Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announces 'Light Engineering' as the product of the year to give special attention to this sector for earning more foreign exchange through exporting various products.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has reversed their decision of blocking mobile phone operators’ signals up to a kilometre from the borders.

The world celebrates the New Year on Wednesday with fireworks displays from Sydney to London, although celebrations were clouded by deadly wildfires in Australia, protests in Hong Kong and India and new nuclear tensions with North Korea.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurates the installation of metro rail’s tracks in Dhaka's Diabari area this morning.

The government of Bhutan is now looking to technological interventions for “sustainable dog population management”.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared an end to moratoriums on nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests and threatened a demonstration of a "new strategic weapon" soon.

Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB) expresses deep concerns over a directive of NGO Affairs Bureau asking some NGOs to drop the words “indigenous or adivasi” from the organisations’ name.

A man with around 4180 Yaba tablets kept hidden in his stomach is held at the domestic terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

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Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited earns profit of Tk 218 crore in 2018-19 fiscal year.

The country’s eminent citizens expresses strong condemnation for harassing Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur and activists of Sadharan Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad by implicating them in cases, one under Digital Security Act 2018.

Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur claims that he has been released from Dhaka Medical College Hospital though his physical condition is completely recovered yet.

The High Court questions the legality of a condition imposed by Bangladesh Bank (BB) in a job circular asking the married female candidates for the post of assistant director (general) to mention their husbands’ residential addresses as their permanent addresses in the application forms.

The Police Headquarters propose names of 118 police and Rab personnel, which is the lowest in the last five years, for prestigious police medals.

Today is the last day for submission of nomination papers for Dhaka North and South City Corporations elections.

The number of rape victims in the county has doubled in 2019 than that of 2018. Rights body Ain o Salish Kendra publishes a report titled “Human Rights Situation of Bangladesh in 2019: Review of ASK”.

The High Court refuses to grant bail to a detained businessman of Lakshmipur, Md Main Uddin, in a case filed on charge of illegally storing 42 sacks of onion.

The pass rate of Primary Education Completion (PEC) and its equivalent Ebtedayee terminal examinations is 95.50 per cent this year, 2.09 per cent lower than the previous year.

Mayor candidate of BNP for Dhaka North City Corporation Tabith Awal says faith in the public and his party are motivating him to participate in the upcoming city polls.

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