Polluted air costs Bangladeshis on an average 5.5 years of life: AQLI
The average Bangladeshi people could live 5.5 years longer if particulate pollution met the World Health Organisation guideline of 5 碌g/m, said a new report on Thursday...
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Seven fishermen kidnapped in Sunderbans
Seven fishermen were allegedly kidnapped by forest robbers from separate places under Satkhira range in the Sunderbans...
BSF repeats promise to end border killing in talks with BGB
The Indian Border Security Force has once again promised to bring down the border killing to zero by adopting extra precautionary measures while the Border Guard Bangladesh has renewed its call for an end to such violence against Bangladeshi nationals on the frontier.
BMD predicts rains in Dhaka, seven other divisions
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted rain or thunder showers in all divisions, including Dhaka, in next 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Thursday...
Khalilur to attend China鈥檚 Victory Day military parade
Bangladesh鈥檚 national security adviser Khalilur Rahman, also the chief adviser鈥檚 high representative on Rohingya affairs, will attend the military parade on September 3 in the Chinese capital
Complete shutdown at all engineering universities starts today
The students of all government and non-government engineering universities across Bangladesh started observing a complete shutdown from Thursday...
UGC signs agreement with univs to implement HEAT鈥檚 151 sub-projects
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh at a programme in Dhaka on Wednesday signed agreements with 43 public and private universities to implement 151 selected sub-projects under the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation project...
FPAB employees demand dues pending for 21 months
A group of employees of the Family Planning Association of Bangladesh staged a sit-in and protest rally on Wednesday, demanding 21 months of unpaid salaries for the current staff and gratuity for all former employees...
10 injured as BNP, Jamaat activists clash in Ctg
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami during a recruitment event of Islami Chhatra Shibir at a madrasa in Banshkhali upazila Tuesday evening...
Planners for no amendment to DAP under realtors鈥� pressure
Dhaka鈥檚 existing civic crises will worsen if the government once again amends the Detailed Area Plan under the pressure of real estate companies, the Bangladesh Institute of Planners warned on Wednesday...
BARI holds innovative technology exhibition for young entrepreneurs
The training and communication wing of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute has arranged an innovative technology exhibition and exchange of view for young entrepreneurs at the institute鈥檚 Kazi Badruddoza auditorium in Gazipur on Wednesday...
Adviser Bashir Uddin made Biman鈥檚 board of directors鈥� chairman
Adviser to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Sheikh Bashir Uddin has been appointed as chairman of the board of directors of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited...
13 Rohingyas among 16 pushed into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India pushed at least 16 more people, including 13 Rohingyas, into Bangladesh through a border point under Baralekha upazila in Moulvibazar on Tuesday morning...
Fakhrul warns of plot to disrupt elections, asks people to remain vigilant
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that a conspiracy was underway to undermine the upcoming general election and urged the people to remain vigilant...
Rampant industrial pollution blamed for disease spread in N鈥檊anj
Green activists and local people at a discussion on Wednesday blamed industries for polluting water, air and soil in Narayanganj and spreading pollution-related diseases...
Man held with counterfeit 5 lakh Indian rupees in Jhenaidah
MEMBERS of the Border Guard Bangladesh have arrested a Bangladeshi national with counterfeit Indian currency notes worth 5,04,000 rupees from the Maheshpur border area in Jhenaidah...
NBR transfers 225 tax inspectors across Bangladesh
The National Board of Revenue has transferred 225 tax inspectors from different tax zones to its offices elsewhere across Bangladesh on Wednesday...
No respite from high prices despite fall on global market
Despite a sharp decline in the commodity prices on the international market after a Ukraine war-induced surge, consumers in Bangladesh are still bearing the brunt of high prices of commodities as the domestic market remains indifferent to the global price fall...
US envoy cuts short south Lebanon visit amid protests
Lebanese state media said US envoy Tom Barrack cut short a visit to the south on Wednesday, amid protests in two planned stops against US pressure to disarm Hezbollah...
Pakistan blows up embankment as it braces for flood surge
Pakistan authorities blew up an embankment next to a monsoon-engorged dam on Wednesday as flooding submerged one of the world鈥檚 holiest Sikh sites...
Cash outside banks soar amid public distrust
Cash held outside the banking system in Bangladesh climbed further in June, highlighting deepening public distrust in banks...
Nagad to be privatised
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Wednesday said that new private investors will soon be sought for the mobile financial service provider Nagad, as part of a plan to privatize the platform as the postal department lacks the capacity to operate the MFS...
BIDA hosts consultation on pharmaceuticals
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority on Wednesday organised a stakeholders鈥� consultation on the draft research report titled 鈥業dentification of the Key Challenges and Opportunities for the Pharmaceutical Sector in the Post-TRIPS Era.鈥�..
Bagherhat鈥檚 dried fish fetches Tk 6cr revenue
On the windswept shores of Dublar Char, at the southern edge of the Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal, a seasonal economy thrives that sustains thousands of livelihoods and contributes significantly to Bangladesh鈥檚 national coffers...
Semiconductor producers call on Bashir
The Bangladesh Semiconductor Industry Association (BSIA) says the country鈥檚 semiconductor sector is emerging as a major source of jobs for the rising number of Computer Science and Electrical and Electronics Engineering graduates...
Prime Bank gets Sustainability Rating award
Prime Bank PLC has received prestigious 鈥楽ustainability Rating 2024鈥� award from Bangladesh Bank for the third consecutive year in recognition of its strong and consistent commitment to sustainability practices...
Rupali Bank holds EGM, AGM
The 10th extraordinary general meeting and the 39th annual general meeting of state-owned Rupali Bank PLC were held at the bank鈥檚 conference room on Wednesday...
Midland Bank holds session on AML, CFT
The anti-money laundering division of Midland Bank PLC arranged an awareness session on AML and CFT for the board of directors and senior management of the bank...
NCC Bank鈥檚 training in leadership dev begins
A four-day training programme titled 鈥楲eadership Development and Team Building鈥� for the bank officials were recently held at NCC Bank鈥檚 Learning and Development Centre...
Mastercard, ICMAB host Cashless Bangladesh Summit
Mastercard and The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) jointly hosted the 鈥楥ashless Bangladesh Summit 2025鈥� under the theme 鈥楾he Intersection of Finance and Technology鈥� at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Dhaka on Wednesday...