Salahuddin Ahmed says resignation by Mohammed Shahabuddin would follow constitutional procedures

Postponed HSC exams to be rescheduled after current routine ends, says Milon

Nine villages affected as the Padma and Arial Khan wash away homes, roads and farmland, forcing families to relocate

The prime minister and outgoing Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nazmul Hassan adorn the new chief with the rank badge

Sources said no final decision has yet been made on when the president may resign or who could succeed him

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has accepted the resignations of 10 deputy attorneys general (DAGs) who stepped down in recent months.

Six more patients died with symptoms consistent with measles in 24 hours until 8:00am yesterday, bringing Bangladesh’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 803.

Hong Kong-based prestigious international legal journal, Asia Business Law Journal, has published a list of the top lawyers in Bangladesh.

Over 300 people have expressed interest in leading the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as the government moves to reconstitute the watchdog, which has remained without commissioners for nearly four months.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is preparing responses to a series of queries raised by the Dubai Police as part of the process to repatriate former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed, who is accused in multiple corruption cases in Bangladesh.

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman yesterday held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with his counterparts from the US, Russia, China and Pakistan on the sidelines of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Manila, the Philippines.

On July 23, 2024, amid the raging protests led by Students Against Discrimination (SAD), the public ad-ministration ministry issued a circular slashing quota-based recruitment in civil service to seven percent and raising merit-based recruitment from 44 to 93 percent.

Thousands of kidney patients will have to wait longer for expanded and affordable dialysis services as a government project to set up dialysis facilities at 59 hospitals has been extended by another two and a half years.

The remains of renowned author, thinker Ahmed Sofa were exhumed and reburied in the section reserved for intellectuals at the Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard yesterday at noon, nearly 25 years after his death.

Today marks the 101st birth anniversary of the first prime minister of independent Bangladesh, Tajuddin Ahmad.

Miss World Bangladesh yesterday launched a nationwide hygiene awareness campaign -- Hygiene for Health Bangladesh -- with government support to promote hygiene as a simple and effective way to prevent disease.

Bangladesh has ranked 97th in the latest Henley Passport Index, climbing three places from last year but remaining among the world’s weakest passports, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 35 destinations.

The expulsion of Satkhira-4 lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam from Jamaat-e-Islami has raised questions over whether he can retain his parliamentary seat.

Business leaders yesterday voiced concern as many mills and factories, built at a cost of hundreds of crores of taka, remain unable to go into production due to the lack of gas connections even after depositing payments for demand notes with the state‑owned Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company.

The highest number of female officials are currently serving in the country’s most crucial field administrative posts, including deputy commissioner (DC).