Trade through Benapole port suspended for 2 days

Export and import between the two countries through the land port will resume on Monday
26 October 2024, 09:44 AM

Travel ban imposed on 4, including two ex-AL lawmakers

A Dhaka court today issued travel bans on four individuals, including two former Awami League lawmakers, in connection with corruption allegations.
23 October 2024, 10:35 AM

St Martin's: No overnight stays in Nov, daily cap on tourists in Dec, Jan

Interim government announces plans to limit visits to the coral-rich island
22 October 2024, 13:23 PM

Hasina’s resignation: Debate swirls around president’s remark

Speculations and debate ran rife yesterday over President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s remarks on Sheikh Hasina’s resignation letter and Law Adviser Asif Nazrul’s public dressing-down of the president.
21 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Tourist drowns after falling from jet ski in Cox's Bazar

A tourist drowned after falling from a jet ski at Seagull Point on Cox's Bazar beach around noon today.
21 October 2024, 14:52 PM

BERC to set gas, power prices through public hearings: adviser

The adviser says that the government will no longer directly decide gas and electricity rates
20 October 2024, 13:39 PM

CAB forms 5-member committee to identify REB-PBS disputes

The power system is at risk due to the dispute, said CAB officials
19 October 2024, 09:35 AM

Sedition Cases: Palli Bidyut Samity’s 6 officials put on remand

A Dhaka court yesterday placed six Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) officials on three-day remand each in two sedition cases. They have been accused of destabilising the power sector.
18 October 2024, 21:27 PM

Govt’s second round of talks with political parties today

The second round of dialogue between the interim government’s advisers and several political parties will be held today.
18 October 2024, 19:02 PM

South Korea's Han sells one million books after Nobel win

More than a million copies of books by Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, have sold locally since the honour was announced, bookstores said Wednesday.
16 October 2024, 05:24 AM

Yunus seeks more Turkish investment

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has called for increased Turkish investment in Bangladesh, asserting that the country is now "ready for business" and urging both nations to fully explore the potential of their bilateral ties.
14 October 2024, 13:50 PM

Man killed in dispute over fishing rights

A 60-year-old man was killed in an altercation over fishing rights in a disputed pond in Natore’s Baraigram upazila yesterday morning.
13 October 2024, 20:26 PM

A stinky welcome

Stench of waste lining the roadside welcomes anyone entering Keshabpur town in Jashore.
13 October 2024, 19:59 PM

Suspected human trafficker, 4 others held in Dinajpur, Thakurgaon

The detainees were handed over to the police stations concerned for legal action
8 October 2024, 14:23 PM

Country's education system 'unplanned'

The adviser also criticised the corruption and political manipulation in private school and college appointments and urged for a well-planned national education policy. He advocated for the inclusion of recent student uprisings in textbooks.***************.Wahiduddin Mahmud, education mini
5 October 2024, 21:41 PM

Israel should ‘hit’ Iran nuke facilities: Trump

Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump said Friday he believes Israel should strike Iran's nuclear facilities in response to the Islamic republic's recent missile barrage...The former president, speaking at a campaign event in North Carolina, referred to a question posed to Demo
5 October 2024, 19:59 PM

Anwar ibrahim’s visit: A chance to root out graft from labour hiring

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s visit to Bangladesh has created an opportunity to restructure the labour recruitment process that has long been mired in corruption and exploitation, analysts said.
5 October 2024, 18:05 PM

Call on Malaysia to dismantle syndicate

Dhaka should call on Kuala Lumpur to dismantle the labour recruitment syndicate that has created havoc for hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia.
3 October 2024, 21:02 PM

Ex-EXIM Bank chairman Nazrul placed on 7-day remand

A Dhaka court today placed former chairman of EXIM Bank Nazrul Islam Mazumder on a seven-day remand for interrogation in a case filed over the death of Emon Hossain Gazi in Dhaka's Jatrabari area during the mass protests on August 5..Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur Rahman passed the o
2 October 2024, 11:54 AM

Israel bombs ‘dozens of targets’ in Lebanon

Israel struck multiple targets in Lebanon yesterday, pressing Hezbollah with more attacks and saying it had killed yet another senior figure after it struck a huge blow by killing the Iran-backed group’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
29 September 2024, 18:02 PM
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