Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday said that there was a national consensus on holding the next general election before Ramadan.
Bangladesh Academy of Science, the apex organisation of eminent scientists and technologists, elected Professor ABM Badruzzaman, vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, as Fellow in its 16th council meeting on May 18...
Acting foreign secretary Md Ruhul Alam Siddique on Tuesday said that the Bangladesh foreign ministry had some responsibility for not taking place an expected meeting between interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and British prime minister Keir Starmer in London during his June 10-13 visit to the United Kingdom...
The Border Guard Bangladesh arrested an Indian youth on Monday in the border area along Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj district on charges of illegal entry...
The West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a sharp attack on BJP-ruled governments in states and at the Centre over the alleged 鈥榩ush back鈥� of migrant workers from Bengal to Bangladesh, accusing the administrations of labelling those individuals as Bangladeshis only because they speak in Bengali, reports The Telegraph online...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Tuesday warned of taking the protest to the streets if the interim government did not administer his swearing-in as Dhaka South City Corporation mayor soon...
A meeting on university rankings was held at Bangladesh Medical University鈥檚 Shaheed Dr Milton Hall on Tuesday...
Ten commercial banks collectively had over Tk 3 lakh crore in defaulted loans as of March 2025, accounting for nearly 71.4 per cent of the total Tk 4.2 lakh crore non-performing loans in the country鈥檚 banking sector...
Mushfiqur Rahim expressed that every innings holds special significance for him at this stage of his career, as he silenced his critics with a timely ton on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle on Tuesday.
Some 10 Bangladeshi companies are participating in the three-day 鈥楪lobal Sourcing Expo Sydney 2025鈥� at the International Convention Centre in Sydney, Australia...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry has emphasized signing the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to expand bilateral trade and investment...
Bangladesh鈥檚 economy is under growing pressure as GDP growth slows, foreign investment declines and unemployment rises, raising concerns among economists and industry insiders that the economy could face long-term instability without urgent reforms...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) has called for allowing its professionals the authority to conduct financial audits, particularly for small and medium enterprises to foster competition and improve transparency in the country鈥檚 audit system...
Xiaomi Technologies Bangladesh Private Limited has recently penned an agreement with MetLife Bangladesh to provide insurance benefits to its employees, said a press release...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has expanded its special concessional airfare programme, known as 鈥榳orker fare,鈥� to four additional Middle Eastern countries, namely United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar...
The West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a sharp attack on BJP-ruled governments in states and at the Centre over the alleged 鈥榩ush back鈥� of migrant workers from Bengal to Bangladesh, accusing the administrations of labelling those individuals as Bangladeshis only because they speak in Bengali, reports The Telegraph online.
Indian Border Security Force returned two Bangladeshi college students, who were detained while making Tiktok video in the Indian territory along Naogaon border, to Border Guard Bangladesh on Monday.
IN THE at-risk southern region of Bangladesh, fierce winds and rising rivers cause more than just home and farmland damage. Climate change, poverty, and social disintegration are quietly increasing crime, a worrying trend that is often overlooked. Policy responses prioritise rescue, relief, and infrastructure repair, but climate change-induced criminality is neglected...
THE childhood of thousands of children are consumed by hardship, lost to the shadow of child labour. Child labour remains a critical issue across South Asia, especially in Bangladesh. Instead of books and play, countless children are burdened with work in brick kilns, factories, tea estates, hotels, buses, quarries, garages, and hazardous industries like tobacco and...
After an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has initiated a series of precautionary inspections across its entire Dreamliner fleet to ensure safety and operational integrity.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against former Bangladesh national cricket team captain and former lawmaker from Magura-1 constituency, Shakib Al Hasan and 14 others on charges of embezzling Tk聽257 crore from stock market through fraudulent...
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim both scored centuries, forming a record-breaking partnership of 247 runs as Bangladesh took control on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium on Tuesday.
Bangladesh archer Abdur Rahman Alif confirmed a silver medal in the Asia Cup-World Ranking Tournament Stage 2 after reaching the final of the recurve men鈥檚 individual event at the Bukit Gombak Stadium in Singapore on Tuesday.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus thanked Australia for resuming visa processing operations in Dhaka as newly appointed Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle called on him at the State Guest House Jamuna on Tuesday.
Bangladesh has begun a process to relocate its citizens from Tehran to a 鈥榮afe place鈥� in Iran as around 400 Bangladeshis living in the Iranian capital have been exposed to danger due to attacks from Israel for the past five days.
Local government, rural development and cooperatives adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said that the government had taken an initiative to set up new missions in five countries to expand diplomatic relations...
Justice Md Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, chairman of the newly reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday said that no act of violence 鈥攊ncluding gunshots, bomb blasts, or other terrorist activities 鈥� can stop the tribunal from holding trials related to the July鈥揂ugust 2024 atrocities...
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that Bangladesh would face pressure if the current conflict between Iran and Israel became a lengthy one...
A metropolitan magistrate court in Chattogram on Monday allowed the police to interrogate Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson of Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatan Jagran, at the jail gate in a case involving attacks on the police and vandalism at a mosque.
The Border Guard Bangladesh seized smuggled goods worth over Tk 133.11 crore in border areas and other places of the country in May, said a press release of the paramilitary force on Monday.