Bangladesh

Jamaat-led alliance holds emergency meeting without key ally

15 January 2026, 15:11 PM Bangladesh

Bangladeshi-origin woman pulled from car by ICE agents in Minneapolis, says New York Post

15 January 2026, 12:51 PM Bangladesh

Tarique likely to meet CA Yunus today

15 January 2026, 12:35 PM Bangladesh

Khaleda Zia’s legacy honoured in Washington National Press Club

13 January 2026, 23:10 PM Bangladesh

Yunus urges South Asian academics to align education with youth aspirations

13 January 2026, 23:02 PM Bangladesh

Surrendering to those obstructing reform is like walking backwards: Mahfuj Alam

13 January 2026, 22:55 PM Bangladesh

Selling diseased meat as 'beef' undermines public trust: Obhoyaronno

13 January 2026, 21:06 PM Bangladesh

Fakhrul condemns Chuadanga BNP leader’s death in custody, demands justice

13 January 2026, 16:17 PM Bangladesh

Old Dhaka readies for Sakrain as kites, lanterns and memories return to winter skies

13 January 2026, 16:06 PM Bangladesh

Police block July Oikya protest march to EC headquarters

13 January 2026, 15:50 PM Bangladesh

Finance minister wonders why Bangladeshis risking lives trying to reach Europe illegally

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has wondered why Bangladeshis are trying to reach Europe illegally, risking their lives, despite the country's huge economic progress.

26 June 2021, 12:31 PM

All citizen services will be available online by 2025: Palak

All public and private services in the country will be available online by 2025, State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak said while addressing a virtual programme as chief guest at the launch of the Institute of Business Analysis’s (IIBA) Bangladesh chapter last night.

26 June 2021, 10:22 AM

Massive crowds at Shimulia, Banglabazar ferry ghat

Crowds are forming at Shimulia and Banglabazar ferry ghat as the government has declared a seven-day complete lockdown from Monday.

26 June 2021, 10:21 AM

Entering Bangladesh illegally: Another Indian citizen arrested from Padma bridge site

Police today arrested another Indian citizen on charge of entering Bangladesh without proper documents and visiting the Padma bridge site in Shariatpur’s Jajira late at night.

26 June 2021, 09:05 AM

300 more distressed people in Rajshahi get financial assistance from PM

A total of 300 more distressed and low-income people including tailors, rickshaw-pullers and transgender individuals hardest-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic were given financial assistance as gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

26 June 2021, 08:34 AM

Driver dies after vehicle hit by pick-up van in Dhaka’s Natun Bazar

A van driver was killed after a pick-up van hit his vehicle in Dhaka’s Natun Bazar area this morning.

26 June 2021, 08:28 AM

Uttara Group DMD dies with burn injuries

Mehdadur Rahman Durand, Deputy Managing Director of Uttara Group who sustained burns in a fire at his Gulshan home a week ago, died at a hospital early today.

26 June 2021, 08:02 AM

People leaving Dhaka ahead of lockdown from Monday

As the government has declared seven-day complete lockdown from Monday, people are rushing to leave Dhaka but they are suffering on roads as all long-route buses from the capital remains suspended from June 23 to stem the surge in Covid infections and deaths.

26 June 2021, 07:43 AM

Bridge collapses in Barguna, causing despair to thousands

A bridge on Chawra canal, in Mahishdanga area of Barguna's Amtali upazila, collapsed last evening. At least 25,000 people from six neighbouring villages used the bridge on a regular basis.

26 June 2021, 07:16 AM

‘Adequate compensation needed from state fund for torture victims’

Speakers at a views exchange meeting today underscored the need to allocate adequate compensation from the state fund for torture victims and their families.

25 June 2021, 13:45 PM

Reward announced for info on Chinese engineer missing from Padma Bridge site

China Major Bridge Engineering Company Ltd has announced Tk two lakh reward for information on Chinese engineer Zhao Jianpeng (26), who went missing from Lauhajang upazila of Munshiganj on the night of June 22 while working in the Padma Bridge project.

25 June 2021, 11:54 AM

Tunisia rescues 264 Bangladeshi migrants adrift in the Mediterranean Sea

Tunisian authorities on Thursday rescued 267 migrants, most of them Bangladeshis, who tried to sail from neighbouring Libya to Italy across the Mediterranean, reports AFP quoting the International Organization for Migration.

25 June 2021, 09:26 AM

World Bank approves $191 million credit to improve education in Bangladesh

The World Bank’s board of executive directors has approved a $191 million credit to Bangladesh and a $18 million grant to Afghanistan to help the countries strengthen the higher education sector and respond better to the Covid-19 pandemic.

25 June 2021, 09:22 AM

Urban and new poor remain unaddressed by existing social protection programmes: Study

A study conducted by Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) revealed that millions of urban and new poor created by the pandemic remain unaddressed by the government’s social protection programmes.

24 June 2021, 18:06 PM