The two sides seek stronger ties in development, trade and water-resource management

Police acted after a video showing a brick tied to the animal’s neck spread on social media

Ties must be based on dignity, equality, public welfare and shared interests, he says

Applications to open on June 28 through five visa centres

Egyptian embassy says MoU signatory has no links to two of its firms

The landslide-hit crossing linked Kapai and Laskarpur estates, serving workers, students and families for 15 years

Tarique announces investment office in China, pledges support for investors at Beijing forum

Prime minister meets senior Communist Party leader in Beijing, discusses bilateral cooperation and investment

Key deals include Chinese Economic Zone, Mongla Port expansion and modernisation, and green energy

PM's Foreign Affairs Adviser and BNP Joint Secretary General (International Affairs) Humaiun Kobir signed the agreement on behalf BNP

Millions of people from marginalised communities in Bangladesh continue to face exclusion due to the absence of specific legislation prohibiting discrimination and untouchability, said rights groups at a seminar yesterday.

The country’s four mobile operators owe a total of Tk 13,144 crore in outstanding revenue, Post and Telecommunications Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam told parliament yesterday.

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament yesterday that Bangladesh’s total external debt stood at US$ 78.22 billion as of March this year.

Leader of the Opposition and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday alleged that some “wrong and shortsighted” decisions of the government have put the country’s economy at risk of collapse.

Climate change could have significant economic consequences for Bangladesh by 2050, with projections indicating a potential annual GDP loss of 2-9 percent, according to a paper presented at a programme yesterday.

Even at 83, Razia Samad Dahlia, a veteran social worker who has spent decades serving the poor, the sick and the vulnerable, shows little sign of slowing down.

The playground of BMM Uttar Gagan Government Primary School in Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila has remained occupied by construction materials for a nearby bridge project for around three years, leaving students without space to play.

A debate erupted in parliament yesterday over the interpretation of a verse from the Holy Quran during a discussion on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2026-27.

A coalition of United Nations human rights mandates has raised alarm over Bangladesh’s draft law on the criminalisation of enforced disappearances, saying it does not go far enough to prevent and prosecute the violation.

The government plans to bring several business sectors, including grocery stores and beauty parlours, under Value-Added Tax coverage in the 2026-27 fiscal year.