Work hours: Govt offices 8am-3pm, banks 9am-4pm from Aug 24

The cabinet has rescheduled the office hour of government and autonomous institutions from 8am to 3pm to save electricity and reduce traffic jam.
22 August 2022, 09:05 AM

“Ensure wellbeing of the masses for economic growth”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (August 22, 2022) asked government officials to serve people to the best of their abilities.
22 August 2022, 06:46 AM

Handicrafts worth crores of taka exported from Gazipur

Mehdi Hasan, a young businessman from Gazipur, transforms trash into a variety of artifacts.
22 August 2022, 06:10 AM

BFIU seeks loan info about SBAC Bank chair

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has asked banks to furnish it with loan information of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank Chairman Abdul Kadir Molla.
21 August 2022, 17:00 PM

ICDs raise export container handling tariff by 25%

The owners of private inland container depots (ICDs) raised tariffs for handling export laden containers by 25 per cent due to price hike of the diesel.
21 August 2022, 14:30 PM

‘Inflationary pressure won’t ease soon’

The inflationary pressure in Bangladesh will not ease anytime soon as the commodity prices will continue to spiral in the days to come, experts said today.
21 August 2022, 14:09 PM

Progressive student groups demand removal of DU’s Ziaur Rahman Hall provost

Leaders and activists of progressive student groups have demanded removal of Prof Bellal Hossain from his post of Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall provost at Dhaka University.
21 August 2022, 12:11 PM

No Covid-19 death, 173 cases recorded in 24 hours

At least 173 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (August 20, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
21 August 2022, 12:05 PM

Cox's Bazar trawler capsize: Death toll now 7

Three bodies were recovered from different points of the Bay of Bengal in Cox’s Bazar’s Nazirartek area this morning (August 21, 2022).
21 August 2022, 11:09 AM

Attempt to rape child: ASI withdrawn for assaulting father who wants justice

An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) has been withdrawn from Shibaloy Police Station for allegedly assaulting a man who went to police to seek justice following rape attempt on his five-year-old child in Manikganj.
21 August 2022, 09:55 AM

“BNP brought in Dalim, Rashid to plot Aug 21 attack”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that the August 21 grenade attack was carried out under direct patronage of the then BNP-Jamaat government to kill her and wipe out the top leadership of Awami League 18 years ago.
21 August 2022, 08:25 AM

Protest continues: Tea garden workers block Dhaka-Sylhet highway demanding Tk 300 daily wages

Workers of five tea gardens have blocked Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Madhabpur in Habiganj demanding an increase in their wages.
21 August 2022, 08:14 AM

Courier, logistics services providers demand sector-friendly law

The courier and logistics services providers today urged the government to form a business-friendly law for the sector.
20 August 2022, 16:42 PM

8-yr-old killed as covered-van runs over Dhaka's Jatrabari

An eight-year-old madrasa student died this evening, hours after a covered-van hit him in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.
19 August 2022, 14:00 PM

2 dead, 2 missing in Noakhali trawler capsize

Two fishermen died and two others went missing after a trawler carrying 16 fishers capsized amid a heavy storm in the Bay of Bengal today (August 19, 2022), police said.
19 August 2022, 13:24 PM

“I told India to help maintain stability in Bangladesh”: Momen clarifies

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today (August 19, 2022) said he told the Indian government that Bangladesh would be happy if India helps Bangladesh in maintaining stability, noting that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants stability and communal harmony in the country.
19 August 2022, 12:31 PM

No Covid-19 death in 24 hours, positivity rate now 3.37%

At least 93 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8am today (August 19, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
19 August 2022, 11:38 AM

BRT girder tragedy: 10 accused placed on remand

A Dhaka court today placed 10 people, including crane operator Md Al Amin Hossain alias Hridoy on different periods of remand in a case filed over the incident that resulted in the death of five people in the capital's Utrara on August 15.
19 August 2022, 10:57 AM

Demand for fertilisers: Dinajpur farmers remove road block after assurance

Hundreds of farmers of Kaharol upazila in Dinajpur blocked a road for around one and a half hours demanding fertilisers today (August 19, 2022).
19 August 2022, 10:42 AM

4 tea-garden workers die in Moulvibazar hillside collapse

Four tea-garden workers died today (August 19, 2022) in a hillside collapse in Kalighat of Moulvibazar’s Srimangal upazila.
19 August 2022, 08:26 AM