Two new political parties, the National Citizen Party and the Bangladesh Jatiya League, are set to receive preliminary registration from the Election Commission after meeting all required conditions, senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed said on Tuesday...
A staggering 9 out of 10 children aged between 1 and 14 in Bangladesh experience physical punishment or mental abuse, often at the hands of their parents, teachers, or guardians, according to a report presented at a national seminar in Dhaka, says a press release.
Three students who achieved the highest CGPA in groups A, B and C of the postgraduate examination of the department of Islamic history and culture of Dhaka University have been awarded the Professor Habiba Khatun Trust Fund scholarship...
Stocks on Monday edged into positive territory on the back of late-session buying activity, although most investors remained cautious in absence of a decisive catalyst for the market鈥檚 revival and stayed watchful ahead of the upcoming earnings season...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 114 bank accounts of Towfika Karim, a former personal secretary of former law minister Anisul Huq.
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday allowed the police to take Jatiya Party鈥檚 Raushon Ershad-led faction secretary general Kazi Md Mamunur Rashid into custody for six days for interrogation in a case filed under the Anti-terrorism Act over his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to overthrow the interim government...
Former industries minister of the ousted Awami League government Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, 75, who was in jail custody, died at a hospital on Monday...
Thirteen leaders and activists of Awami League, including two former lawmakers, were arrested under the Anti-Terrorism Act from different parts of Dhaka in the last 24 hours.
Dhaka University authorities on Sunday admitted the allegation of printing ballot papers for recently held elections to the Dhaka University Central Student Union and hall unions in the capital鈥檚 Nilkhet area.
THE failure of automation attempts in Dhaka鈥檚 traffic management is both worrying and symptomatic of a broader inertia in urban governance. Despite repeated investments in automatic solutions, the city remains dependent on the manual traffic policing. The latest example is the automated traffic signalling system, launched only a month ago on a trial basis at seven...
Ekushey Padak-winning photographer and Drik managing director Shahidul Alam departed Dhaka for Italy on Sunday to join the Global Media Flotilla, a part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition鈥檚 mission to Gaza 鈥� the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory.
Dhaka University authorities on Sunday admitted that ballot papers for the recently held Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union (DUCSU) and hall union elections were printed in Nilkhet, following widespread criticism.
The authorities of Dhaka University on Saturday said that they had yet to make any substantial progress in their investigation into the allegations of printing its student union elections鈥� ballot papers in a nearby market.
Dhaka Bank PLC on Wednesday launched Bangladesh鈥檚 first AI-driven digital loan app for smartphones and smart devices aimed at making technology more affordable and accessible for service professionals, micro-entrepreneurs and underserved and unserved communities.
A bank official was hacked to death by allegedly his wife and mother-in-law in his house in Lalbagh area of the capital on Friday...
The Dhaka University unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Friday protested at a statement issued by the university administration on allegations of irregularities and inconsistencies in the...
The Local Government Division has approved a China visit for three officials to learn how to run and maintain five VIP mobile toilets purchased for Dhaka South City Corporation.
The police on Friday arrested two youths and seized a cocktail from their possession at North Basabo under Sabujbagh police station in the capital.
Bus owners on Thursday night suspended services to Dhaka from Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj and Natore districts in protest against what they termed 鈥榠rrational demands鈥� of drivers and transport workers.
The commission for the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall unions on Friday said that the commission was probing the allegations over printing ballot papers in an unprotected way at Gausul Azam Market in the capital鈥檚 Nilhket area.
The Dhaka University celebrated World Pharmacists Day through various programmes on the DU campus on Thursday.
Controversies over the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections held recently have been intensifying following a television channel report that revealed that the DUCSU election ballot papers were printed at an unprotected printing press in the...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked second on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 172 at about 10:30am on Thursday morning...
The Westin Dhaka proudly unveiled a refined new menu at Prego, the city鈥檚 most exclusive fine-dining Italian restaurant, says a press release.
The Dhaka Stock Exchange rebounded on Wednesday after consecutive declines, while the Chittagong Stock Exchange ended in the red, though most listed companies saw price gains across both bourses.
A group of higher secondary-level students and a section of teachers of seven colleges previously affiliated with Dhaka University on Wednesday opposed the structure of Dhaka Central University to be formed with those colleges following students鈥� protests.
Phone conversations of the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina with Dhaka鈥檚 former south mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh were played in the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday, revealing instructions on the use of force and...
Dhaka Regency Hotel and Resort is organising a three-day long Tourism Fair 2025, scheduled to be held in September 25鈥�27, every day from 4:00pm to 9:00pm at Grand Summit-2, Level 6...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 124 at about 9:25am on Wednesday morning...
Several candidates of the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections on Tuesday met the university administration and demanded explanations over alleged irregularities centring the polls.
