The Dhaka North City Corporation has sent letters to the relevant government agencies, urging them to prevent the sale, purchase, or change in land use of areas earmarked in the Detailed Area Plan for parks, playgrounds and waterbodies...
A South African court has refused environmental authorisation for offshore drilling in a venture led by French energy giant TotalEnergies near the foot of Africa, in a ruling seen by AFP Thursday...
The three-day orientation programme for newly appointed assistant managers and junior officers of the Sadharan Bima Corporation concluded on Thursday...
THE death of three workers at an abandoned building in Netrakona is yet another reminder that the government needs to take urgent steps to protect labour rights in the informal sector. The deceased were involved in the demolition work of the Agricultural Development Corporation鈥檚 irrigation office. They died as the roof fell on them. As it has always been the case, the...
Three workers were killed and two others seriously injured when the roof of an old building collapsed during demolition work at the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation鈥檚 Irrigation Office in the Nagra area of Netrakona town...
A section of teachers, officials, and employees of Rajshahi University staged a demonstration on Thursday, demanding the reinstatement of the abolished ward quota facility for their children and grandchildren to be admitted to undergraduate courses at the university...
Dhaka city unit of the Students鈥� Federation of Bangladesh, the student wing of Ganosamhati Andolan, on Thursday observed the first anniversary of death of its former leader Julfikar Ahmed Shakil...
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation has taken an initiative to hold public hearings with the aim of making the services provided by the BADC to its stakeholders more dynamic, seamless, non-discriminatory and resolving the complaints and problems raised by them expeditiously...
In the ongoing countrywide operation, the police apprehended 1,858 crime suspects in the past 24 hours...
South Korea migration aspirants on Wednesday besieged Probashi Kallyan Bhaban demanding speedy migration for the estimated 21,000 aspirants on a seniority basis...
The number of consumers gathering at the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh鈥檚 mobile trucks has surged significantly, as low- and middle-income families sought essential goods at subsidised prices at various points in the capital, Dhaka, on Wednesday...
A chaos occurred at the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh鈥檚 essential goods sale at a reduced rate on mobile trucks in the capital鈥檚 Press Club area Tuesday morning.
EVERY year on 12 August, International Youth Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the contributions of young people to global progress. The 2025 theme, 鈥榶outh advancing multilateral cooperation through technology and partnerships鈥�, is more than aspirational. It reflects a reality already taking shape. From climate action to digital governance...
A 5-day training course on Islamic Banking Operations organised by Agrani Bank Training Institute (ABTI) began on Sunday...
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh will resume selling essential commodities in the various selling points in the capital and some other places of the country from Sunday...
Speakers at an exchange-of-views meeting on Friday said that the July Declaration presented on August 5 failed to properly reflect the pressing issues of workers鈥� rights.
The government has failed to prepare a fit list for appointing deputy commissioners though the selection process has begun almost seven months ago for posting to the key position in the field administration.
Thirty-two citizens in a statement on Thursday said that Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami must admit that it played a role against the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971...
The Dhaka South City Corporation on Wednesday announced a budget of Tk 3,841.38 crore for the financial year 2025鈥�26...
Major political parties on Wednesday gave mixed reactions to the July Declaration and a time frame for the next national election announced by the interim government in the previous day...
The eight special trains the government provided to carry people from different districts to Dhaka city on Tuesday to join the July Declaration announcement ceremony, had passengers fewer than the usual trains...
At least 10 people, including a boy and an adolescent, were injured on Tuesday in Dhaka city when a fire broke out from the explosion of a gas balloon during the celebration of the first anniversary of the July uprising on Manik Mia Avenue...
The stay of a group of central leaders of the National Citizen Party in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Tuesday created controversies whether they avoided joining the July Declaration ceremony in Dhaka, marking the first anniversary of the July uprising.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday welcomed chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 twin announcements of the July declaration and the forthcoming national election, calling them a pivotal moment in Bangladesh鈥檚 return to democratic order.
Parties under the Left Democratic Alliance, the Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod on Tuesday abstained from joining the July Declaration ceremony.
Below is the text of the July Declaration that the chief adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus read out at a public gathering on the South Plaza of the National Assembly building in Dhaka on August 5, marking a year of the deposal of the authoritarian Awami League government...
The July Declaration was made on Tuesday, which was termed as aspirations of the people underlying the student-people uprising.
The Liberation War Affairs Ministry has cancelled the recognition of eight individuals listed as 鈥楯uly martyrs鈥� in a gazette.
In a major stride for Bangladesh鈥檚 energy security, JERA Meghnaghat Power Limited officially launched commercial operations at one of the country鈥檚 largest and most efficient gas-fired power plants in Meghnaghat of Narayanganj on July 28...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed a case against Gazipur City Corporation鈥檚 former mayor Md Jahangir Alam and its former chief accounts officer Golam Kibria on charges of embezzling Tk聽7,500 crore and laundering the money abroad...