Airfares, particularly for flights to Saudi Arabia, have dropped by nearly 75 per cent following government intervention and stricter regulations, according to the Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh...
The newly elected 12th executive committee of the GTCL Officers鈥� Welfare Association assumed office in a grand ceremony at the company鈥檚 head office auditorium in Dhaka on Sunday...
Eid handicrafts fair began at Autism Welfare Foundation鈥檚 permanent campus in Bosila, Keraniganj on Tuesday...
Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC on Wednesday deposited Tk 1.06 crore to Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation聽fund from its profits of the 2023-24 financial year under Section 238 of Labour Act, 2006, said a press release...
In an effort to prevent an abnormal surge in airfares, the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry has issued ten directives aimed at regulating ticket sales and ensuring fair pricing for travelers...
ISSUES of worker welfare, which have largely been ignored by successive governments, have once again come to the fore with construction workers having pushed for a set of demands. The Building Construction Workers鈥� Union at a rally in Dhaka on January 18 demanded that the government should ensure fundamental rights of construction workers...
US president Joe Biden urged Americans Wednesday to stand guard against a 鈥榙angerous鈥� oligarchy forming under Donald Trump as he delivered a dark farewell address before stepping down next week...
At least 497 people were killed and 747 others injured in 415 road accidents across the country in November, said a report published by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday...
Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser Supradip Chakma on Tuesday addressed the newly appointed chairman and members of the Chittagong Hill Tracts District Council, emphasising the need for working for the people鈥檚 welfare...
Social welfare adviser Sharmin S Murshid on Saturday in Rangpur said that one lakh heroic freedom fighters of 1971 did not get justice during the post-independence period...
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Sunday called on everyone irrespective of their religions and castes to work together to take the country forward...
The Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh on Sunday demanded improved city bus services and separate bus lanes to solve the traffic congestion crisis in the Dhaka city.
Grameenphone contributed Tk 24.44 crore to the Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation Fund on Sunday, said a press release...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a ban on importing pharmaceutical raw materials and selling foreign medicines without prior approval from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...
A foundation named 鈥楯uly Shaheed Smriti Foundation鈥� was formally launched on Tuesday with Tk聽100 crore in donations received from the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund...
Employees of the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority have donated a sum equivalent to their one day鈥檚 salary to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund, said a press release...
Premier Bank PLC, on behalf of its board of directors, officers and employees, has donated Tk 1 crore to the Chief Advisers Relief and Welfare Fund, said a press release...
Southeast Bank PLC donated TK 2 Crore to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund for relief and rehabilitation of flood victims, said a press release...
Sonali Bank PLC donated its employees鈥� one day鈥檚 salary amounting to Tk 1,91,70,000 to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund to provide assistance to the flood victims, said a press release...
Employees of Expressions Limited, Express Events and Digital Expressions 鈥� referred to as Expressions Family, made donations to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund on Tuesday, said a press release...
Dutch-Bangla Bank鈥檚 executive committee in a meeting held on August 22 decided to donate Tk 10 crore to Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund to help flood-affected people in the country, said a press release...
All the officers and employees of Mongla Port Authority donated an amount equal to their one day鈥檚 basic salary in the relief and welfare fund of the chief adviser to the interim government...
The people, who are interested in standing beside the flood victims, have been urged to send money to 鈥楥hief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund鈥�.
Meherba Plaza Owners Welfare Association has filed a general dairy with the Shahbagh police station alleging that some unidentified people are threatening that they will occupy offices and land of the building...
The Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 on Sunday relieved 14 people, including interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and health adviser Nurjahan Begum, of a case filed on charges of embezzlement of Tk 25.22 crore from the Grameen Telecom Workers鈥� Welfare Fund...
Bangladesh Retired Police Welfare Association in a statement on Thursday demanded trial of those members of the police involved in killings and torture of protesting people, including students, during protests for quota reform in government jobs...
Outgoing Norwegian Ambassador Espen Rikter-Svendsen paid a farewell call on prime minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in city on Tuesday...
At least 801 people were killed and 3,267 others injured in 557 road crashes across the country in June, according to a report published by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh issued on Wednesday...
THE plights of exploited migrant workers have fallen on deaf ears of successive governments as the number of death in destination countries continues to increase. The Wage Earners and Welfare Board says that at least 4,261 Bangladeshis died abroad in July 2023鈥揓une 2024. Official statistics also report a staggering 41,053 death in 2002鈥�2021...
No decision has been made till Sunday night over the metro rail fare hike from Monday following the exemption of the Value Added Tax on tickets.....