Biman Bangladesh Airlines has recently received the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations certificate from the International Air Transport Association as the highest recognition in the ground handling sector...
The High Court of Bangladesh has suspended the investigation into a case filed against internationally renowned Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam under Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act.
BANGLADESH is facing two big issues: rising unemployment, especially among educated young people, and a major road safety problem. A recent World Bank report states that around 4.4 per cent of people in Bangladesh are unemployed, with many jobless people having higher degrees. At the same time, unsafe roads, worsening traffic, and unreliable..
Pedestrians, particularly students and workers, face significant risks when they cross busy roads. With industrial, commercial, and educational activities concentrated in urban areas, many must cross high-speed roads daily. This issue is part of a broader global challenge, as 93 per cent of road traffic fatalities occur in low- and middle-income countries...
The adviser to the interim government for road transport and bridges ministry, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, on Tuesday said that the authorities concerned were now considering...
The government is going to observe the National Road Safety Day today amid frequent fatal road crashes across the country.
The country is set to observe National Road Safety Day tomorrow with its biggest ever road safety project likely to undergo significant cuts both in its cost and scope.聽
THE death of three people in a cylinder explosion at a restaurant in Keraniganj, as 抖阴精品 reported on October 6, is shocking. It is more so after a series of such events the latest of which, on February 29, left at least 46 dead as a cylinder explosion burnt an eight-storey building that housed mostly restaurants and eateries on Bayley Road in Dhaka...
Rights activists at a dialogue on Wednesday called on the government to expand its social safety net programmes to reduce extreme poverty and vulnerability of the marginalised people...
TWO pieces of research, one on fruit and the other on vegetables, have found the presence of harmful heavy metals such as lead, chromium and cadmium and pesticide residue in the produces that could expose humans to significant health risks, including cancer. The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute has carried out the research on fruit and the...
Two recent researches found alarming levels of harmful heavy metals such as lead, chromium, and cadmium, which poses significant health risks, including cancer, in common vegetables, along with pesticide residues in various fruits in Bangladesh...
Social safety net programmes are considered an effective mechanism to bridge the income gap and build an inclusive society, but successive governments have given little policy attention to the issue. A recent International Labour Organisation report shows that 91.3 per cent of people in Bangladesh lack any form of social protection...
Malaysia Airlines said on Friday it had found a 鈥榩otential issue鈥� with the engine of an Airbus A350-900 aircraft in its fleet but added that it had been resolved...
According to a research of Road Safety Foundation, a total of 5,916 students were killed in different road accidents across the country in the last five and a half years.
Acting vice-chancellor of the BRAC University Professor Syed Mahfuzul Aziz on Thursday urged students and people of the country to ensure the safety of all, including the minority communities...
JULY 29 marked the sixth anniversary of the death of two college students in a road accident in Dhaka that sparked a mass student uprising for road safety. But the promises that the government made remained unmet and road fatalities saw a radical increase. In 2018鈥�2023, as police records show, 22,052 people died and 20,642 became injured...
Six years have passed since student protests for road safety gripped the nation in 2018 that led the government to make many promises and take several initiatives, but fatal...
Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati in a statement on Wednesday called on the Awami League government to ensure safety and security of the garment workers as apparel factories were open countrywide...
THE death of three students in road accidents on an average every day, which has happened for five years and a half, as a Road Safety Foundation report published on July 13 says, is as concerning as any other such death. The report says that at least 5,619 students died in traffic accidents in January 2019鈥揓une 2024, noting that 611 students...
Road accidents killed three students on average per day in the country in the past five years and a half, revealed a Road Safety Foundation report published on Saturday...
A workshop on food safety was held at the auditorium of the Old Shilpakala Academy in Bogura on Wednesday, said a press release...
The Ministry of Social Welfare is considering allowing mobile financial service provider Upay to disburse social safety allowances 鈥榙espite the company鈥檚 limited agent network across the country鈥�.....
Unauthorised electrolyte drinks remain available in the market in the absence of any measures to withdraw them, while the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority stated that it...
AN INCREASE in workplace death by 22 per cent in the first half of 2024 from the 2023 corresponding period points to a continued criminal negligence on part of the authorities in ensuring workplace safety and labour rights. A Safety and Rights Society report, made public on July 1, says that at least 475 workers died and many became injured...
At least 475 workers were killed in 420 workplace accidents across Bangladesh in the first half (January-June) of 2024, according to a Safety and Rights Society survey report...
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority signed a contract with member of parliament for Dhaka-10 constituency actor Ferdous Ahmed for the fiscal year 2024-25...
THE Road Transport Authority reports that 215 people died and 278 became wounded in 216 accidents around Eid time. The chair of the BRTA has urged the public to adhere to traffic laws and criticised civic groups for their recent reports on road accidents...
A Road Safety Foundation report, published on Monday, showed that daily 20.15 people were killed in road crashes between June 11 and 23 while the country people celebrated Eid-ul-Azha...
POOR allocation for sectors such as social safety, education, health and agriculture as proposed in the budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year is concerning. The proposed budget would hit the disadvantaged hardest. Economists at a discussion that the Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs organised...
The country鈥檚 apex trade body Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Sunday urged businesses to prevent and regulate the supply of substandard fire safety equipment on the market聽to ensure safety of residential, commercial and industrial establishments...