Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 10th in the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 110 at about 9:20am on Sunday morning...
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh suspended its proceedings for half day on Sunday as a mark of respect following the demise of senior Supreme Court lawyer MI Farooqui...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will return to Dhaka from London on Tuesday, instead of the previously announced Monday.
The Rising Stars Concert, featuring three emerging Russian musicians, was held at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka on Friday night...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is preparing an elaborate and coordinated reception to welcome back home its chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, who is set to return to Dhaka tomorrow after a nearly four-month stay聽 in London for receiving advanced medical treatment...
Theatre troupe Prachyanat on Saturday staged a scenic reading of Dickhauuter written by German contemporary playwright Tina M眉ller at the auditorium of Goethe-Institut Bangladesh at Dhanmondi in the capital Dhaka...
Bangladesh Open University on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding with National Skills Development Authority to enhance skills of students and strengthen industry-academia collaboration and foster mutual cooperation in developing a skilled workforce...
Leaders of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) on Saturday called for holding the Jatiya Sangsad elections by December this year, after a prompt political consensus and the implementation of minimum reforms through ordinances where necessary...
The Indian Border Security Force early Saturday returned two Bangladeshi youths, whom they had detained at Patgram border in Lalmonirhat the previous evening...
The Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) in Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector plummeted to an all-time low of 3.08 per cent in December 2024 鈥� far below the regulatory minimum of 10 per cent under the Basel III framework 鈥� manifesting that a significant portion of banks are effectively insolvent and unable to endure even minor financial disruptions...
The month of April brought no respite for investors in Bangladesh鈥檚 capital market...
Bangladesh Chamber of Industries held a roundtable discussion in the capital on Saturday to address the challenges faced by the manufacturing sector, especially micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs)...
Novoair, a Bangladeshi private airline company, shut down its operations from Friday (May 2) due to an internal financial crisis...
Prime Bank Investment Limited (PBIL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime Bank, commemorates its 15th anniversary as Bangladesh鈥檚 premier, full-fledged investment bank...
Indo-Pacific Trade Representative Paul Thoppil will arrive in Bangladesh this evening with a business delegation on a four-day visit beginning from Sunday...
A rising number of people across Bangladesh 鈥� from university students to auto-rickshaw drivers, and even schoolchildren 鈥� are increasingly engaging in online and informal betting, viewing it as a shortcut to a financial success...
Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC inaugurated special Hajj Booth at Hajjcamp at Ashkona in Dhaka for providing banking service, information and gifts for Hajj pilgrims...
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Faruque Ahmed on Saturday rejected claims associating him with the ex-government, Awami League, stating that these accusations are completely baseless...
Bangladeshi-origin Canadian footballer Shamit Shome is likely to make his debut for Bangladesh in the forthcoming AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers third-round match against Singapore in Dhaka on June 10...
Fakirerpool Young Men鈥檚 Club earned a comeback 3-2 win over bottom-placed Chittagong Abahani in their return leg tie of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Shaheed Barkat Stadium in Gazipur on Saturday...
In October 2024, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission undertook a significant step by establishing a taskforce tasked with rejuvenating the country鈥檚 ailing capital market. The taskforce was entrusted with the responsibility of proposing reforms to address the structural inefficiencies and governance issues that have long plagued the market, persisting since...
AS THE global trading system faces rising uncertainty, from tariff hikes to shifting geopolitical alliances, Bangladesh stands at a critical crossroads. As the country is quickly approaching graduation from a least developed country, rethinking our current trade strategy is necessary. We need to move beyond short-term, quick fixes and embrace a more holistic trade...
IN BANGLADESH, where rivers dominate the landscape and flood narratives shape public discourse, groundwater continues to flow silently beneath the surface 鈥� out of sight, out of mind. Yet this invisible resource is the true lifeline of our resilience to climate extremes, food insecurity, and water scarcity. It sustains more than 80 per cent of irrigation, provides 97 per...
BANGLADESH stepping up 16 notches in the World Press Freedom Index 2025, prepared by Reporters Without Borders, is comforting, but the country has ways to go and issues to address to further improve on press freedom. The index, made public on May 2, ranks Bangladesh the 149th among 180 countries. Bangladesh ranked the 165th in 2024, the 163rd in 2023 and the...
THE decision on a humanitarian channel that the United Nations weighs from Bangladesh to the Rakhine state of Myanmar to provide aid for the war-affected civilians there, mostly Rohingyas, is not for the interim government to make. This is, perhaps, not now for the government to make the decision either, especially when there is no parliament in place, as it involves...
As summer temperatures soar across Bangladesh, residents are turning to innovative cooling solutions to beat the heat....
Hefazat-e-Islam on Saturday demanded the immediate cancellation of women affairs reform commission and its report, condemning it as anti-Quran...
Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) chief coordinator Masud Rana said on Saturday that rejecting the Women Affairs Reform Commission goes against the spirit of the July uprising...
One or two depression may intensify into cyclones while multiple spells of heatwaves and nor鈥檞esters are also likely to sweep Bangladesh this months, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department...
The High Court has released its 131-page full verdict in the murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student Abrar Fahad, confirming the death sentences of 20 former activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student organisation of the Awami League...