The High Court on Thursday released its full judgement that earlier confirmed the death sentences of former Teknaf police station officer-in-charge Pradeep Kumar Das and Baharchhara outpost in-charge Md Liakat Ali for the 2020 murder of retired army major......
Share prices of nearly 40 listed companies have plunged below Tk 5 each as the stock market continues to sink amid political uncertainty, regulatory actions and deep financial-sector stress....
The country鈥檚 exports of readymade garments to the United States grew robustly by 19.83 per cent reaching $5.64 billion in the January-August period of 2025......
The Bangladesh Bank has discontinued several public services offered directly over the counter at all its offices......
The country鈥檚 first national Artificial Intelligence Readiness Assessment Report was launched on Thursday to guide the nation鈥檚 adoption of AI to protect rights, promote inclusion and strengthen public institutions......
Gaza health authorities said fresh Israeli air strikes killed four people Thursday as Qatar, a mediator of the weeks-long ceasefire, warned that renewed attacks threatened to undermine the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas....
Western Marine Shipyard Limited on Thursday handed over three newly built landing craft vessels to Marwan Shipping Ltd of the United Arab Emirates, marking another step forward for Bangladesh鈥檚 growing export-oriented shipbuilding industry......
After four consecutive days of gains, the Dhaka Stock Exchange closed the week with a decline on Thursday, as all major indices and most share prices fell......
Fish export to India through Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria has been suspended due to complications over certification from the Fisheries Department......
Cultural affairs director of Gono Bishwabidyalay Enayat-a-Moula Jinnah died on Thursday....
President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff hikes on dozens of trading partners hit US imports in August, according to a Wednesday report delayed by a record government shutdown that ended last week......
Sylhet Gas Field Limited authorities discovered a new layer of natural gas in the well number 1 of the Kailashtila Gas Field, one of the five fields of the company which had remained abandoned for six years......
Pakistan will receive a $330 million loan to upgrade its energy grid, which will help hydropower reach major cities, the Asian Development Bank said Thursday......
Mushfiqur Rahim said that he鈥檇 enjoyed the new experience of being unbeaten on 99 runs overnight after his historic milestone of reaching a hundred in his 100th Test against Ireland at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.聽...
Shoppers could face higher prices for phones, laptops and other gadgets next year, manufacturers and analysts warn, as AI data centres hoover up memory chips used in consumer electronics......
Japan鈥檚 government said Thursday it was worried about 鈥榦ne-sided鈥� and 鈥榬apid鈥� fluctuations of the yen, as speculation grows that Tokyo might intervene to prop up the beleaguered currency......
US retail giant Walmart reported higher quarterly revenue Thursday and raised its outlook, in a closely watched earnings report as American households feel the squeeze from rising costs of living......
One hundred seven citizens, including academics, activists, lawyers, writers and journalists on Thursday demanded the cancellation of recently signed agreements for appointing overseas operators to Laldia Container Terminal in Chattogram and......
Nvidia shares climbed Wednesday after it beat quarterly earnings expectations on fierce demand for its sophisticated chips that power artificial intelligence......
Additional attorney general Aneek R Haque on Thursday told the High Court that the government would not move ahead with awarding the New Mooring Container Terminal contract to a UAE-based company, DP World, until the court hears the matter again on November 25....
A court in Spain said Thursday it has ordered Facebook owner Meta to pay local media outlets 479 million euros ($552 million) in compensation for 鈥榰nfair competition鈥� plus 60 million euros in interest......
Lion Kallol Limited鈥檚 MAMA Lemon Liquid Dishwash hosted a press meet on Thursday at Lakeshore Heights in the capital to introduce its Kitchen Hygiene Awareness Campaign to improve hygiene habits and food safety practices among primary school students in Bangladesh......
Meta鈥檚 chief artificial intelligence researcher Yann LeCun on Wednesday confirmed he is departing the tech giant to focus on a startup seeking a breakthrough in machine intelligence......
Low-cost airline flydubai said it signed Wednesday an agreement with Boeing for 75 737 MAX aircraft valued at $13 billion, a day after announcing a similar initial deal with Airbus......
Midland Bank PLC in collaboration with Career Guidance Placement and Alumni Relations of Independent University, Bangladesh jointly organised a seminar on financial literacy on Monday at DMK Lecture Gallery of IUB, Bangladesh......
NCC Bank has launched a new digital service under its transaction banking and cash management, enabling customers to pay 206 types of government fees, including passport fees, income tax, VAT, customs duties, and surcharges, using the online A-Chalan platform......
Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC on Wednesday provided scholarships to 300 poor and meritorious students, who have passed HSC and equivalent examinations and are currently studying in the first year of their degree in various public universities, government medical colleges and engineering universities in the country......
Major political parties on Thursday welcomed the verdict of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court that reinstated the non-party caretaker government system for the Jatiya Sangsad elections....
Mushfiqur Rahim finally faced the media after reaching a hundred in his 100th Test against Ireland at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday. The former Bangladesh captain talked about various topics during the press conference......
England captain Ben Stokes called Steve Smith and Joe Root the greatest batsmen of their generation on Thursday and said keeping the Australian skipper quiet was crucial to winning the Ashes......
Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi won the African men鈥檚 player of the year award on Wednesday, capping a season in which he lifted the UEFA Champions League with his club Paris Saint-Germain......
Four-time World Cup winners Italy will face Northern Ireland in the semi-finals of the European playoffs for the 2026 tournament, following the draw on Thursday......
India will not play skipper Shubman Gill in the second Test against South Africa on Saturday if it risks aggravating his neck injury, a team coach said......
Temba Bavuma鈥檚 South Africa are aiming for their first Test series victory in India in 25 years when the second match starts on Saturday in Guwahati......
Steve Smith took a swipe Thursday at 鈥榗omical鈥� Monty Panesar after the former England spinner urged fans and players to target the stand-in Australia captain during the Ashes over his part in the 2018 鈥楽andpapergate鈥� affair......
DISFIGURED by 200,000 tonnes of American bombs, the mountain of rubble called Gaza represents the open casket of Emmett Till, whose funeral forced the world to behold the ugly, violent truth of America鈥檚 failure to protect a people suffering racism, colonial violence, torture and murder for centuries. The genocide against Palestinians since October 2023, and the......
IN THE 21st century, humanity faces a paradox of its own making. The same chemistry that fuels economic growth, medical advancement and industrial innovation has silently filled the planet with invisible poisons. From pesticides in the soil to microplastics in the ocean and pharmaceuticals in our rivers, a complex web of synthetic compounds now threatens the......
THE clatter of a wooden crutch on uneven pavement echoes through a crowded Dhaka lane, where a young man with one leg drags himself toward a bus that will never lower its steps. According to Wikipedia, in Bangladesh, 16 million people, nearly 10 per cent of the population, live with physical, intellectual or sensory disabilities. Their mobility is restrained because......
Anmol Bishnoi, a key accused in the 2024 firing incident outside Salman Khan鈥檚 Mumbai home and the murder of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, was extradited to India from the United States, reports NDTV....
THE swift progression of digital technologies, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, fintech, smart agriculture and more constitutes a significant threat to the intellectual property framework in a nation like Bangladesh. The country risks losing its place in global value chains and failing to reward its own inventive activities if the legal framework for patents is not......
CITY authorities are mandated to ensure safe pedestrian mobility. And, in Dhaka city, which is home to more than 10 million people, they should, therefore, ensure that footbridges are both comfortable and accessible. There are 31 footbridges in the area of the south city authorities and 62 in the area of the north city authorities. But most of the footbridges are rundown, with......
THE mental health crisis of migrant workers is a dismal story that often remains little talked about although the impact is severe. Wage Earners鈥� Welfare Board statistics show that more than 20,000 Bangladeshis have died overseas over five years. A staggering 31 per cent of the deaths are classified as 鈥榓bnormal,鈥� an estimated 700 cases of which are suicide. The number......
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi decried on Thursday a Western-backed resolution adopted by the UN鈥檚 nuclear watchdog, saying it disrupted Tehran鈥檚 cooperation with the agency......
Rescuers plucked stranded people from the rooftops of submerged homes as widespread flooding inundated central Vietnam, where authorities said on Thursday at least 41 people were killed......
Donald Trump signed into law on Wednesday legislation requiring the release of government records on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, spurring a showdown over whether the US president will allow full disclosure 鈥� or return to trying to bury the case......
Images of Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te holding a plate of sushi were posted on social media on Thursday in a show of support for Tokyo after reports that China will halt Japanese seafood imports......
Explosive weapons killed or injured children at record levels last year, as wars increasingly move into urban areas, Save the Children said in a report published Thursday......
US president Donald Trump said he will host New York鈥檚 mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for a meeting Friday, after fiercely attacking the 34-year-old聽self-described Democratic Socialist during his recent campaign......
The Grevin waxwork museum in Paris unveiled a new star attraction on Thursday: Princess Diana in the 鈥榬evenge dress鈥� she wore after public revelations about her then-husband prince Charles鈥檚 infidelity......
Dozens of Tunisians including journalists protested Thursday to denounce attacks on press freedom, with some describing the crackdown on media as 鈥榰nprecedented鈥� since the country鈥檚 2011 revolution......
Scientists have discovered a giant spider web spanning about half the size of a tennis court and with some 1,11,000 spiders in a cave on the border between Greece and Albania......
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday summoned 15 accused, including former national cricket team captain and Awami League lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan, for questioning on November 25 and 26 in a case filed over stock-market manipulation, illegal transactions and money laundering....
A Manikganj court on Thursday sent a Baul singer to jail over allegations of making offensive remarks against Islam and hurting religious sentiments....
Health officials on Thursday said that they recorded 745 fresh cases of dengue onslaughts, killing at least four persons in the past 24 hours....
Bangladesh will accord a red-carpet welcome to Bhutanese prime minister Tshering Tobgay as he is set to arrive Dhaka on Saturday for a three-day state visit aimed at advancing bilateral relations through enhanced connectivity, trade and investment....
BRAC Institute of Educational Development in partnership with the FrameWorks Institute hosted research convening titled Building Futures: Using Metaphors and Values to Tell a Story of Early Childhood Development in Bangladesh at BRAC University in Dhaka on Wednesday....
A man was killed and four others were injured after a private car veered onto the railing of the Chattogram Elevated Expressway and broke the railing before falling onto the road below in the port city鈥檚 Bandar area on Thursday....
Bangladesh鈥檚 efforts to enhance value addition in its garment and textile sectors are set to gain significant momentum with the upcoming Techtextil and Texprocess 2026 fairs in Frankfurt....
The government is considering approaching the International Criminal Court to seek the extradition of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman, both of whom have been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity......
The interim government on Thursday finally gave green signal to establish a separate secretariat for the judiciary under the Supreme Court after approving the draft of the Supreme Court Secretariat Ordinance 2025....
M Matiul Islam, the country鈥檚 first finance secretary, died early Thursday....
Mushfiqur Rahim鈥檚 historic hundred, followed by Litton Das鈥� 128, put Bangladesh in firm control at the end of the second day鈥檚 play of the second and final Test against Ireland at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday. ...
Bangladesh on Thursday called for stronger collective action among Colombo Security Conclave member states to confront cyber security, misinformation and disinformation challenges....
Commonwealth secretary-general Shirley Botchwey on began her first official visit to Bangladesh to discuss areas of mutual interest, including deepening engagement to support the people鈥檚 aspirations for peace, stability, democracy, good governance and prosperity....
Bangladesh called on the international community to act immediately to ensure the safe return of Rohingyas as it was no longer possible to bear the burden of hosting 1.3 million Rohingyas....
Police Headquarters has instructed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Special Branch (SB) and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to immediately submit lists of honest, neutral and administratively efficient police inspectors for appointment as officers-in-charge (OCs) at police stations across Bangladesh ahead of the national elections....
US President Donald Trump said he will host New York鈥檚 mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for a meeting Friday, after fiercely attacking the 34-year-old self-described Democratic Socialist during his recent campaign....
The Supreme Court Appellate Division on Thursday restored the non-party caretaker government provisions, overturning its 2011 verdict in this regard....
Separate fires burnt a garment jhut warehouse in Sreepur and a coil factory in Rajendrapur of Gazipur district, destroying large quantities of stored materials and perishing three cattle, fire officials said on Wednesday......
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police commissioner Mohammad Abu Sufian on Wednesday appeared before the Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-5 to explain how the accused in the case of killing a judge鈥檚 son in the city managed to speak to the media while in police custody......
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested two more suspects in connection with the murder of Golam Kibria, member secretary of the Juba Dal鈥檚 Pallabi thana unit in the capital Dhaka......
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution launched an e-services management system, bringing all customer services under a single digital platform, at an event at the BSTI headquarters at Tejgaon in Dhaka on Wednesday......
Bangladesh Medical University on Wednesday held a training workshop titled Phlebotomists on Sample Collection: Bridging the Gap between Diagnosis and Treatment as part of a series of programmes marking World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025 began on Tuesday......
France鈥檚 environment minister said Wednesday that governments remain far from reaching a deal at UN climate talks in Brazil, but she was nonetheless 鈥榤ore optimistic鈥� than the day before......
Arson and petrol bomb attacks by unidentified people continued on Wednesday, with two incidents occurring on the day鈥攐ne in Dhamrai, on the outskirts of the capital, and the other in Mymensingh......
The European Union wants to train up to 3,000 Palestinian police officers in the Gaza Strip under a scheme similar to one it already runs in the West Bank, an EU official said Wednesday......
US president Donald Trump fiercely defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Tuesday over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, insisting the kingdom鈥檚 de facto ruler 鈥榢new nothing鈥� about the murder as he wooed him at the White House......
Farmers in the southern districts, particularly in Jhalokathi, are making good incomes from betel nut compared with paddy, as the income from the staple crop sees a gradual decline, while betel nut continues to attract good prices......
Visual artist Ahmed Nazir in his digital prints exhibition titled Bioscope attempts to give expression to the contemporary global and local political crises......
The United Nations Population Fund on Wednesday expressed concerns over the increasing rate of marriage of girl children, estimating that Bangladesh would require over 200 years to eliminate child marriage......
A driver of Kumarkhali Municipality in Kushtia died at his workplace on Wednesday as he was allegedly punched by a surveyor of the municipality during a dispute over unpaid wages......
The first year admission test of the 2025-2026 session of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology has been rescheduled to January 22 instead of January 23......
Three people were arrested and several firearms recovered in a series of raids conducted by the Chattogram district police early Wednesday in Chattogram......
The United Kingdom鈥揵ased global education and research authority, Quacquarelli Symonds, has released its World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026, where Gazipur Agricultural University has secured first place among agricultural universities in Bangladesh, third among public universities and fifth nationwide across both public and private institutions......
Three Bangladeshi youths from Madaripur district were reportedly shot dead by an alleged human trafficking gang in Libya while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy.......
Bangladesh has emphasised justice, ambition and urgent global solidarity in the face of escalating climate impacts at COP30 in Brazil鈥檚 Bel茅m......
Global Entrepreneurship Network Bangladesh in collaboration with Daffodil International University held the national segment of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025 at the 71 Auditorium of Daffodil Plaza in Dhaka on Tuesday......
The Medical Technologist Forum on Wednesday warned of a strike for indefinite period if the demand for upgrading their salary to 10th grade of pay-scale is not implemented immediately......
At least eleven people were injured in a clash between the activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami over the hanging of a party symbol at Shyampur village of Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga on Tuesday night......
A newborn boy found abandoned in a paddy field at Mithapukur in Rangpur, died while receiving treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital on Tuesday......
A Russian strike on the west Ukrainian city of Ternopil on Wednesday killed at least 25 people, including three children, ripping聽 off the top floors of a block of flats and overshadowing president Volodymyr Zelensky鈥檚 push to revive a peace process in Turkey......
Bangladeshi asylum applications in the European Union fell sharply in the first eight months of 2025, with first-time submissions dropping by 21.9 per cent to 22,220 from 28,445 in the same period of 2024, according to Eurostat data released on November 17....
Cultural activists and a researcher on Wednesday said that composer, lyricist, poet and writer Salil Chowdhury鈥檚 works were still relevant because common people are still fighting for their basic needs and rights......
Most of the footbridges in Dhaka, home to more than one crore people, are now either rundown or occupied by hawkers, homeless people or drug addicts, leaving little scope for people to use them......
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said that mob violence must be shunned to build a true democratic system in the country......
Migrant workers are facing acute mental health crises in destination countries as they struggle with unemployment, loans, unpaid wages, exploitation, family-related stress, loneliness and cultural shock as there is no mental health support system in place......
The country鈥檚 energy security hinged on policy consistency to attract domestic and foreign investments under a transparent regulation, experts said at a seminar on Wednesday in the capital......
Transport workers operating goods-laden vehicles at Chattogram port on Wednesday afternoon blocked a key road for nearly an hour in protest at alleged extortion and assaults by outsiders at several entry gates of the port......
Bangladesh Bank has allowed using of international cards for purchasing outbound air tickets directly from airlines operating in the country......
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was designating Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, as he hosted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a gala dinner at the White House....
