Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and the Commonwealth members to work together as no country is safe from the impact of climate change.

A fire that broke out at a factory of Pran-RFL group in Narsingdi's Palash upazila was brought under control this evening.

Foreign participating companies in the Bangladesh Trade and Investment Summit 2021 have shown interest to invest $1.16 billion in Bangladesh, Rizwan Rahman, president of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), said today.

At least 146 dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am today, of whom 22 are outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Turnover at the Dhaka bourse dropped over 22 per cent today while its index was almost flat.

The commerce ministry has written to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to defreeze the accounts to return Tk 214 crore that got stuck in payment gateways due to e-commerce companies' failure to deliver products against the payments.

US Senator Edward M Kennedy urged the Nixon administration today to support efforts to bring the Bangladesh situation before the United Nations General Assembly in the interests of reaching a political solution.

All media persons should practise true and objective journalism taking lessons from the life of veteran journalist Bazlur Rahman, Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said yesterday.

Bangladesh can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 21.85 percent by 2030 if provided with $175.9 billion as the country joins in the efforts to keep alive a target of capping global warming at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels and avert a climate disaster.

Prime Minister and Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for increased financing for the survival of the most vulnerable countries from the adverse impact of climate change.

Mahadi J Aqib, one of those injured during Saturday’s Chhatra League infighting on the Chittagong Medical College campus, is fighting for his life at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka this morning for the United Kingdom and France on a two-week visit to attend the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) and other events.

The health and family welfare ministry yesterday formed a three-member committee to probe how 17 files, all deemed important, went missing from its premises on Thursday.

Free press is under an onslaught from multiple spheres -- beginning from the legal system, to the corporate domination of the media, to politicisation of journalists, said speakers at an event organised by Sampadak Parishad yesterday.

The worrying dip in remittance flow in recent months is the result of a reemergence of illegal channels of money transfer after the coronavirus restrictions were lifted, a sharp decline in overseas recruitment, and layoffs, experts said.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Bangladesh would play a significant role at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) that is set to begin in Glasgow today.

The Bangladesh problem dominated the talks Indira Gandhi had with Heath today at the British prime minister’s country residence outside London.

Bangladesh has been moving away from the path of secularism while communal forces are being patronised to reap partisan benefits and tap vote banks, academics and rights activists told a webinar last night.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen must revoke his “untrue” remarks over the attacks on Hindu temples during the Durga Puja, demanded Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad yesterday.

Three banks, three companies and five individuals were crowned with the inaugural “A Better Tomorrow CSR Awards” by The Daily Star and the CSR Window Bangladesh in recognition of their extraordinary accomplishments and efforts to create better lives.