Fuel crisis deepens in Thakurgaon, bikers queue for hours
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Energy
US signals openness to Bangladesh’s request for waiver on Russian fuel
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Energy
Securing Bangladesh’s energy future
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Business
Man sentenced to jail in Panchagarh for hoarding and overcharging petrol
1 April 2026, 14:04 PM
Energy
Rooppur nuclear plant delayed as fuel loading awaits clearance
1 April 2026, 13:23 PM
Energy
Six villages flooded, cropland submerged in Mymensingh
31 March 2026, 18:47 PM
Natural disaster
Some interim govt advisers acted as corporate lobbyists for foreign firms: Anu Muhammad
31 March 2026, 18:26 PM
Energy
Fuel prices unchanged for April despite rising import costs
31 March 2026, 18:01 PM
Energy
Sirajganj extends fuel card deadline to April 4 amid rush of motorcyclists
31 March 2026, 17:15 PM
Energy
Fuel hoarding, not supply shortage, is now the bigger concern: Energy minister
30 March 2026, 19:47 PM
Energy
Winter approaches Dhaka, temp drops to 14.5 degrees this morning
Residents are likely to feel colder after December 20, as temperatures are expected to dip further
8 December 2024, 09:20 AM
Dhaka's air quality 2nd worst in the world this morning
Today's air was classified as "very unhealthy" and such air quality continued for the past few days
8 December 2024, 03:33 AM
Power deal signed with Adani should be renegotiated: expert
The deal with India’s Adani Power should be renegotiated as the cost of power from the company is much higher than that of domestic power plants, said energy expert Prof M Tamim, a member of the White Paper Committee on Economy today
7 December 2024, 12:29 PM
Naogaon records season's lowest temperature at 9.9°C
The cold wave is intensifying due to chilly winds blowing from the north
7 December 2024, 06:04 AM
Child mauled to death by dogs in Kishoreganj
A child died after being mauled by a pack of stray dogs in Kishoreganj's Nikli upazila this afternoon
6 December 2024, 17:55 PM
Biplob Udyan: Once a green park now a food court
Locals and environmentalists say the park has been ruined in the name of modernisation, which started around six years ago
6 December 2024, 16:40 PM
Dhaka’s air quality world's worst this morning
Today's air was classified as "unhealthy", according to the AQI index.
6 December 2024, 05:28 AM
Birds of a feather
A flock of little Egrets, a small sized species of herons, soaring across the Dhaka sky. Little egrets are aquatic birds that are found in tropical parts of Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe.
5 December 2024, 19:43 PM
PDB can save $1.2 billion a year by fixing core problems: IEEFA
The global energy think-tank suggested shifting half of Bangladesh’s existing industrial demand to the grid
4 December 2024, 05:01 AM
Rizwana calls for legal recognition for water, land
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan urged the global community for legal recognition of water, land, food, and the environment
3 December 2024, 15:39 PM
Blockade, vandalism protesting illegal sand lifting on Jamuna river
Locals blocked a highway and vandalised trucks, excavator, and pipes demanding to put an end to illegal sand lifting on Jamuna river in the Garabari Tarai area in Tangail’s Bhuapur upazila this afternoon
3 December 2024, 14:18 PM
Land of Karnaphuli: HC issues contempt of court against 3 CPA officials
The High Court today issued a contempt of court rule against three officials of Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) including its Chairman Rear Admiral SM Moniruzzaman, for initiating a process to give lease of Karnaphuli river land without complying with its order for preserving the land
3 December 2024, 13:41 PM
Chevron plans to invest in gas exploration, officials tell Yunus
The chief adviser highlighted key reforms undertaken by the interim government to ensure a better investment climate in the country.
3 December 2024, 12:23 PM
World Court to open climate change hearings
The hearings begin a week after developing nations denounced as woefully inadequate an agreement reached at the COP29 summit for countries to provide $300 billion in annual climate finance by 2035 to help poorer nations cope with climate change.
2 December 2024, 04:30 AM
BMD forecasts cold waves, fog in December
Rainfall is predicted to remain within normal levels for December
1 December 2024, 14:57 PM
Three killed as Cyclone Fengal pummels India's south
Cyclone Fengal made landfall late Saturday with sustained winds of 70-80 kilometres an hour (43-50 miles per hour).
1 December 2024, 07:35 AM
Tetulia records country’s lowest temperature today at 10.5°C
The northern districts, particularly Panchagarh, are experiencing biting cold as temperatures have hovered between 10.3°C and 13.4°C over the past six days
1 December 2024, 06:32 AM
Dhaka's air quality 5th worst in the world this morning
On the first workday of the week, Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 193 at 8:50am this morning
1 December 2024, 04:04 AM
Cyclone ‘Fengal’ over Bay
Dhaka city experienced a light drizzle yesterday evening due to the impacts of the cyclone “Fengal” (pronounced Feinjal) formed over the Bay of Bengal, according to an official of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).
30 November 2024, 20:04 PM
Power sector’s indemnity act repealed at last
The government yesterday repealed the long-debated “indemnity act” of the power sector, bringing to an end the 15-year-long practice of awarding contracts under opaque circumstances.
30 November 2024, 18:30 PM