The government and development partners decided to extend the Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) project for two more year at a virtual meeting yesterday for delivering adaptation benefits to the most vulnerable coastal people of Bangladesh.

Even though a decade has passed, trial of a case filed over the robbery at Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) 30 years ago has not made any headway.

Countries like Bangladesh that have the capability to produce vaccines should be allowed and supported in producing those, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said.

US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat-Texas) has assured of a fair share of Covid-19 vaccines for Bangladesh during a meeting with Bangladesh Ambassador to the US M Shahidul Islam at her office in Houston.

Dhaka University (DU) today placed a Tk831.79 crore budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2021-22, allocating nearly 59 percent of it for salary and allowances of teachers and staff.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said buses will run under a single company on the proposed Kanchpur Bridge-Ghatarchar pilot route in Dhaka from September 7.

The law ministry has promoted 69 lower court judges across the country.

A high-level delegation, including city corporation mayor Serniabat Sadik Abdullah and Divisional Commissioner Md Saiful Islam, expressed displeasure at various management issues of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) after a visit yesterday afternoon.

A high-level delegation, including city corporation mayor Serniabat Sadik Abdullah and Divisional Commissioner Md Saiful Islam, expressed displeasure at various management issues of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) after a visit yesterday afternoon.

At least four people, including a tenth-grader, were killed and two injured in two separate road crashes in Mymensingh on Tuesday night.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed former Uttara Club Limited president Nasir U Mahmud and his associate Tuhin Siddiqui Omi on a five-day remand each in an attempted rape and murder case.

Many of the 137 illegal recruits at Rajshahi University (RU), who were recruited by former vice chancellor Prof Abdus Sobhan, called off their demonstrations yesterday evening, after discussions with the authorities.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday alleged that the government decision to procure vaccines from a single source was taken from a business point of view.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday renewed her call to the global community to ensure the dignified repatriation of Rohingyas as they are posing a big security threat to Bangladesh as well as the region.

Formulating new rules to address alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in labour migration is a necessity to uphold migrant workers’ rights and end fraudulence in the sector, said speakers at a workshop yesterday.

Dr MA Zulkifl, senior consultant of urology department at United Hospital, and his team performed a rare surgery recently, said a press release.

Today is the first death anniversary of noted poet and journalist Mashuk Chowdhury.

Nine pilots of Regent Airways have served a legal notice on the airlines authorities, demanding payment of unpaid salary and over other issues.

Two construction workers were electrocuted at Narayanganj city’s Naluapara area on Monday night.

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has kicked off an eviction drive to demolish illegal structures beside the national highway from Baghabari to Hatikumrul area in Sirajganj.