ADVOCATES for preventing child marriage, both within the government and in society, are understandably frustrated. Despite the national policy setting 18 as the legal age of marriage for girls, the Child Marriage Restraint Act being passed in 2017, and the adoption...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast rain or thundershowers for the Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions over the next 24 hours starting from 9:00am on Sunday...
Ukraine targeted the south Russian region of North Ossetia with drones for the first time ever on Saturday, causing minor damage, local authorities said.
Two unidentified people were killed in separate train accidents in Khilkhet and Airport Thana Bazar areas of Bangladesh capital Dhaka Saturday morning and Friday night.....
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted light to moderate rain or thunder showers in all eight divisions including Dhaka in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Saturday...
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged the West to do more to achieve a fair peace as Ukraine battles the Russian invasion, telling US leader Joe Biden that Kyiv is counting on 鈥榮houlder-to-shoulder鈥� support...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department had forecast rain or thundershowers in Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions over 24 hours, starting at 9:00am on Thursday...
Russian forces killed one person and wounded five more in Ukraine鈥檚 eastern Donetsk region, which is suffering the most intense assaults from Moscow鈥檚 army, regional authorities said on Wednesday...
A man was killed after he was hit by a train while crossing the Mohakhali rail crossing in the capital...
The flood situation in the north-east is set to worsen over the weekend with the ongoing wet spell picking up with heavy to very heavy rainfall continuing inside the country and increasing in its upstream in parts of north-eastern India...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted rain or thundershower across the country including Dhaka over 24 hours, starting from 9:00am on Wednesday...
Ukraine said on Monday it would urge allies to give its troops more freedom to strike military targets inside Russia after the United States partially lifted restrictions on the use of some Western-supplied weapons...
Russia鈥檚 defence ministry claimed on Sunday to have captured a tiny village in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, where it has been on the offensive making territorial gains...
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday urged the newly appointed firefighters and divers to be engaged in service by keeping the standard of discipline...
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky arrived on Saturday at a Singapore security forum, as he seeks to rally support for Kyiv while a Russian offensive gains ground....
Train communication on the 138.64km Benapole-Mongla route began operations on Saturday, carrying 500 passengers on its inaugural journey....
China said Friday it would be 鈥榙ifficult鈥� for it to take part in a planned conference on the war in Ukraine next month if Russia did not attend...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over three divisions, at a few places over three other divisions and at one or two places over Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions.....
Russian authorities are increasingly targeting children and their families as punishment for opposing the Kremlin and its invasion of Ukraine, Amnesty International said on Friday....
Due to shortage of engines, the regular train service on the Chittagong-Cox鈥檚 Bazar route has been suspended for an indefinite period from today...
NATO foreign ministers gathered in Prague on Thursday in the face of growing calls for leading allies to lift restrictions stopping Kyiv from using Western weapons to strike inside Russia...
Bangladesh鈥檚 business environment deteriorated in the financial year 2023-24 compared with that in the FY 2022-23 due mainly to lack of necessary reforms, increasing pressure from tax authorities, rising interest rate and impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a report released by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka...
EU states agreed on Thursday to impose 鈥榩rohibitive鈥� duties on grain imports from Russia in a bid to cut off revenues to Moscow for its war on Ukraine...
A commuter train will start operation on Benapole-Mongla route from June 1....
Bangladesh Railway is scheduled to introduce a commuter train on the new Khulna-Benapole-Mongla route on June 1...
Ukraine reported on Wednesday that nine people had been killed in five regions of the war-battered country, as Russia presses gains on the front line where Kyiv鈥檚 troops are struggling...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers in seven divisions including Dhaka...
The Bangladesh Railway is going to sell all advance intercity train tickets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha online from June 2 on different schedules...
EARNING enough to pay the rent or mortgage, cover utility bills and travel costs, buy food and have the occasional coffee is difficult, impossible for many...
The sale of advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers across Bangladesh will start online from June 2....