The commission will be led by Professor AK Azad Khan, president of the Bangladesh Diabetic Society

The Maha Raas Leela festival, celebrated by the indigenous Manipuri community in Moulvibazar and the Hindu community in Patuakhali and Bagerhat, concluded yesterday with colourful and lively celebrations.

2 flights delayed; early winter may affect crop yield

Many private clinics and diagnostic centres in Chattogram have been hiring unregistered nurses, disregarding The Medical Practice and Private Clinics and Laboratories (Regulation) Ordinance, 1982.

In 2020, the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation announced the closure of 25 state-owned jute mills, promising upgrades and a restart within three months. Nearly four years later, these mills remain shuttered, with most now leased to private companies with little experience in the jute sector.

The Bangla daily Prothom Alo celebrated its 26th anniversary with much enthusiasm and fanfare yesterday

The Tabligh Jamaat faction loyal to Maulana Mohammed Saad Kandhalvi yesterday demanded the government allow the followers of Delhi’s Nizamuddin Markaz to hold the first phase of Biswa Ijtema next year.

A Chinese rover has found new evidence to support the theory that Mars was once home to a vast ocean, including tracing some ancient coastline where water may once have lapped, a study said Thursday.

India’s Adani Power has further reduced electricity supply to Bangladesh as it seeks to recover more than $800 million in dues, according to data from Bangladesh’s grid operator and two sources familiar with the move.

The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have appointed five new assistant proctors to its proctorial body

Shah Md Ahsan Habib, a professor at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management, conducted the study

Haunted by the daily violence ravaging the Middle East, Soujoud Hamade, a registered Democrat, felt compelled to back Green Party candidate Jill Stein in the US presidential election

A scion of the famed Kennedy family. A Green Party activist. A self-proclaimed “armed and gay” libertarian. The US presidential election is toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. However, the two-party system still left room this year for three fringe players who could yet influence the ultra-tight election.

The new price will come into effect from this evening

Says Ashik Chowdhury, head of government’s key investment promotion agencies BIDA, BEZA

Another man was killed in a crude bomb attack amid fighting between two armed groups for control over Geneva Camp in the capital’s Mohammadpur early yesterday.

A massive shootout linked to drug trafficking has left a teenager and four others seriously wounded in western France, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said yesterday, in the latest such gunfight to injure children.

A Dhaka court today placed former housing and public works minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury on a five-day remand in a case filed over the death of BNP activist Mokbul in Dhaka's Paltan area on December 7 of 2022..Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub passed the order after pol

Republican Donald Trump on Monday evening appealed to religious voters in the southern swing state of Georgia as his campaign distanced itself from racist remarks by supporters that could alienate key voter groups.

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus today called on Saudi Arabia to increase its investment in Bangladesh, highlighting the potential for deeper energy and economic ties between the two friendly nations.