Batting has been and will be the biggest concern for Bangladesh when they look to avoid a clean sweep against the West Indies as the two sides face off in the third and final T20I of the series at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium...
The British Council has recently announced the recipients of its Connections Through Culture Grant Programme 2025, which supports collaborations between artists and cultural practitioners in the United Kingdom and internationally, says a press release.
The Israeli military聽on Thursday killed a municipal worker in a raid in southern Lebanon, prompting Lebanese president Joseph Aoun to order the army to confront such incursions.
Dhaka Bank PLC on Monday donated two patrol vans to Bangladesh Police at Araihazar Thana in Narayanganj, said a press release...
Pubali Bank PLC鈥檚 ICT Operation Division recently arranged a virtual workshop on 鈥楥yber Security Awareness,鈥� said a press release...
Bangladesh incurred a staggering loss of $24 billion in potential income in 2024 due to heat-related productivity losses, according to the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report.
BANGLADESH has since the early 2020s enjoyed demographic dividend as 65.08 per cent of its population falls in the working age population group, according to a report published by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics in 2023. Demographic dividend depicts the economic growth potential that arises when a country鈥檚 working age population, people aged 15鈥�65 years...
IN RECENT months, Bangladesh鈥檚 news media have been describing Sheikh Hasina in multiple ways: 鈥榝ormer prime minister,鈥� 鈥榦usted prime minister,鈥� or 鈥榯hen-prime minister.鈥� Technically, such phrasing isn鈥檛 wrong: even though the elections from 2014鈥�24 were widely condemned as fraudulent, in 1996 and 2008, she was in fact elected. But the core question is: is it...
BANGLADESH is a land of rivers, tides, and storms. Women here have always moved with the pulse of the delta 鈥� planting rice before dawn, carrying water through monsoon rains, leading classrooms and communities, raising voices in the streets. Their dignity was never measured by the width of a scarf or the color of a cloth. And yet today, a simple piece of cloth...
IN BANGLADESH where agriculture is the backbone of the economy and livelihood, a pivotal moment has arrived, not just to grow more but to grow differently. From the soggy rice of the Barind Tract to the fertile alluvial soils of the Meghna basin, the traditional model of high-input farming is increasingly showing its cracks: soil degradation, nutrient imbalance...
Bangladesh interim government commerce adviser S K Bashiruddin said on Thursday that the investigation into the recent fire at the Cargo Village of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport is still under way and the government will make the findings public once the probe is completed.
The government formed a 鈥楶ress Accreditation Appeal Committee鈥� so that journalists can file appeal after being aggrieved by the decision of 鈥楶ress Accreditation Committee鈥� that entitled to issue accreditation cards against journalists to enter secretariat for professional purpose.
The law adviser, Asif Nazrul, on Thursday said that the chief adviser, Muhammad Yunus, would soon make a decision on the July Charter implementation and the time for the referendum.
The Election Commission has added 鈥榳ater lily bud鈥�-- 鈥榮hapla koli鈥� IN Bangla -- to its list of designated election symbols.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday said that the interim government did not have the authority to provide a legal basis for the July Charter.
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked sixth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 157 at 9:30am on Thursday morning...
The Asian Development Bank has proposed a Tk 4,200 crore project to modernise and enhance the production capacity of the country鈥檚 largest Saidpur Railway Workshop...
Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigosthi on Wednesday premiered a street play titled 鈥楲al Shahar鈥� at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka to mark the organisation鈥檚 57th founding anniversary...
The International Monetary Fund mission on Wednesday began its fifth review of the IMF鈥檚 ongoing $5.5 billion loan programme to Bangladesh.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday approved two separate charge sheets against 13 people, including former National Bank Limited directors Ron Haque Sikder and Rick Haque Sikder, in two cases filed on charges of money laundering and corruption.
Prime Bank PLC on Wednesday announced its third quarter financial results for the period ended on September 30, 2025, said a press release...
ONE Bank PLC has been awarded ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate by France-based certification authority Bureau Veritas (Bangladesh) Pvt Limited for fulfilling the requirements of the ISO 27001:2022 standard, said a press release...
MetLife Bangladesh has released its Employee Benefit Trends Study, offering insights into the priorities, challenges and expectations of private-sector employees and employers...
Transparency International Bangladesh on Wednesday expressed concern and criticised the government for approving the draft Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 in principle by excluding key strategic recommendations from the ACC Reform Commission.
Dhaka Regional Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh will organise 鈥楢ccounting Day Run 2025鈥� on November 7 at Hatirjheel in the capital to celebrate International Accounting Day...
Controversial S Alam Group took Tk聽10,629 crore in loans from a branch of Janata Bank in Chattogram, and the entire amount has now defaulted...
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its seven other allies on Wednesday warned that the holding of the general election might become difficult as the National Consensus Commission submitted its report without mentioning the time for referendum on the July Charter.
The International Monetary Fund has objected to Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 continued lending to crisis-hit banks against unsecured promissory notes, warning that such practices violate prudential norms and could worsen inflationary pressures...
Nearly 1.6 crore people across 36 districts in Bangladesh are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, while 16 lakh children are acutely malnourished, according to an Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report.
Reform initiatives and policy formulation in the banking sector should be sustainable, practical and gradual, said Abdul Hai Sarker, chairman of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB)...
