Tens of thousands of Iranians flocked to the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to join the funeral processions of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday......
Anhar Ahmed Chowdhury, a philanthropist and a distinguished businessman from Dhaka’s Gulshan-2 area, passed away at about 10:00pm on Tuesday at United Hospital after battling leukemia. He was 74......
The British Asian Trust has appointed Eshrat Waris as its first Bangladesh director......
A low pressure area has formed over the south-west Bay of Bengal and adjoining west-central Bay. It is likely to intensify further, Bangladesh Meteorological Department said on Wednesday morning......
Two youths were killed as an oil-laden truck ran over them in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna on Tuesday night......
The body of Md Anwarul Azim, lawmaker for Jhenaidah-4 constituency and president of Kaliganj upazila Awami League, was recovered from a residence in Kolkata’s New Town on Wednesday, after being missing for the last eight days, according to reports of local media of Kolkata......
Dhaka ranked 13th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 97 at about 9:00am on Wednesday morning......
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving four years for her coverage of Beijing’s Covid-19 response, according to a video released by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders......
Activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League allegedly attacked two former leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, including its former president Kazi Rawnakul Islam Shrabon, on Tuesday night....
Bangladesh national team produced a shocking performance in the first Twenty20 International of their three-match series against USA as they conceded a five-wicket defeat in Houston, Texas on Tuesday. ...
The 18th death anniversary of Eastern News Agency founding editor Golam Rasul Mallik will be observed today....
The death in a helicopter crash of president Ebrahim Raisi, seen as a possible successor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reshuffled the......
Buddha Purnima, the largest religious festival of the Buddhist community, will be observed today across the country....
The Association of Bankers Bangladesh, an organisation representing top bank officials, clarified that the United States Department of Justice’s Office of......
People still wait for train services to establish between Khulna and the Mongla port as the project undertaken 14 years ago in this regard has yet to......
At least one person was killed and several injured in clashes during the polling of the second phase of the ongoing upazila parishad elections held on Tuesday amid......
The United States Department of State has announced that the former chief of the Bangladesh Army, General Aziz Ahmed, and his family members are generally ineligible to......
The country’s gross domestic product grew by 5.82 per cent in the outgoing financial year, despite slower growth in the agriculture and......
Eight students of Eastern University have got the opportunity to do fully-funded internships at two organisations in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan recently....
A doctor at Chalitadanga Union Health Centre was injured in an attack by unidentified people in Sirajganj’s Kazipur upazila early Tuesday....
A Dhaka Pure Food Court on Tuesday fined Akij Food and Beverage Limited chairman Sheikh Shamim Uddin Tk 4 lakh in a case filed on charges of......
A fresh heatwave started on Tuesday with the forecasts of it continuing until the end of the week......
Leaders of Rickshaw, Battery Rickshaw-Van and Easy bike Sramik Union on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, demanding......
A group of unidentified people carried out an attack on a car carrying former Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony, who later joined the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on the Dhaka University campus on Tuesday......
Workers of four container depots in the port city observed work abstention early Tuesday protesting at attacks on their drivers and officials......
A construction worker was electrocuted to death while doing plaster works in an under-construction building in the capital’s Kalabagan area on Tuesday......
Thousands of Ukrainian inmates are seeking to join the military, Kyiv said on Tuesday, following a decision by lawmakers enabling some categories of prisoners to join the armed forces......
Israeli forces battled Hamas in Gaza on Tuesday after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily dismissed a bid for an international arrest warrant against him on war crimes charges in the Palestinian territory......
Indian authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday, after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius with Delhi gripped by a ‘severe heatwave’......
Australian actor Cate Blanchett, goodwill ambassador for the UN agency for refugees, on Monday urged the film industry to take a leap and include their......
Bangladeshi popular actress Ashna Habib Bhabna signed a new film while attending the Cannes Film Festival under way in Cannes, France....
Cultural organisation Chhayanaut will pay tribute to national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam organising a three-day festival at its auditorium in......
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal achieved Scopus indexing status on May 19, said a press release......
Park Young-sik, ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Bangladesh, visited BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology on Tuesday......
The National Museum of Science and Technology organised a seminar and prize distribution programme for young students at the museum in Dhaka on Tuesday on the occasion of ‘International Museum Day’......
Bangladesh and Indian artists have attempted to translate the life of Gautama Buddha, his philosophy and love for nature in a group art exhibition under way at the......
Manarat International University celebrated its 24th founding anniversary on its Gulshan campus in the capital on Tuesday......
Rising talent Jake Fraser-McGurk and fellow batsman Matt Short were added to Australia’s Twenty20 World Cup squad as travelling reserves......
Bayer Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso can confirm his status as the rising star of coaching in Wednesday’s Europa League final, but he will come up against a......
The 25th season of the National Cricket League will begin on October 15 with a new structure as the tournament will scrap its two-tier format from the......
Marcus Rashford paid for his poor season as the Manchester United forward was left out of England boss Gareth Southgate’s provisional 33-man squad for......
Bashundhara Kings is set to become the second Bangladeshi club after Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra to win a domestic treble when they take on defending champions......
Bangladesh batter Liton Das, who is undergoing a lean patch of form, believes that the key to coming out of his off-form is to stop overthinking and focus on the......
ON NUMEROUS occasions, Sri Lanka’s president Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that he was elected president to get Sri Lanka out of its economic morass and will do his utmost to fulfil that obligation. This has led to much speculation regarding the president’s intentions with......
INTERNATIONAL Biodiversity Day is observed on May 22 every year and the day is important in raising awareness about biodiversity and in deciding what to do about it. The day was set for December 29, 1993, but the UN General Assembly......
LEAVE alone prime minister Modi’s mindless rant for a moment — and the needlessly craven apology by the Congress party spokesman — over Sam Pitroda’s scientifically-spirited but lazily presented comment that Indians comprised a range of races......
Ambassador Donald Lu, assistant secretary for South and Central Asia at the US state department, gave an interesting interview to Prothom Alo and Independent TV just before leaving Dhaka on the conclusion of his visit to Bangladesh in May 14–16. When asked by the interviewers......
THE blanket arrest of Bawm people and their harassment in Bandarban as part of a joint security operation for their suspected involvement in the Kuki-Chin National Front, said to be responsible for attacks on banks and security facilities......
Gunmen riding motorbikes killed around 40 people in a raid on a mining community in northcentral Nigeria, opening fire on residents and torching......
Russia on Tuesday said the United States was seeking to place weapons in space, the latest accusation in an ongoing row that comes a day after Washington vetoed a......
THIS is unacceptable that the authorities have not yet been able to make producers withdraw unauthorised electrolyte drinks even after a court order to this end. The authorities first failed to take action on their own against the unauthorised production, marketing and sales of electrolyte drinks......
A video posted Monday by Donald Trump’s Truth Social account shows hypothetical headlines speaking of a ‘unified reich’ if he wins the 2024 presidential election......
Taiwanese lawmakers shouted each other down on Tuesday in a rambunctious parliamentary session, indicating the troubles ahead for newly appointed president......
The net sales of national savings certificates plummeted in the July-March period......
The UN maritime court on Tuesday ruled in favour of nine small island states who brought a case to seek increased protection of the world’s oceans from......
A delegation from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, led by president SM Mannan (Kochi), met foreign minister Hasan Mahmud at the ministry in Dhaka on Tuesday and sought the foreign ministry’s cooperation in product, market diversification for RMG sector......
Implementing responsible purchasing practices by the fashion companies is imperative to support worker rights and ensure fair compensation, including living wages for all, according to a report released by Global Fashion Agenda......
NGOs filed a criminal complaint against French oil giant TotalEnergies and its top shareholders in Paris on Tuesday, seeking a trial for involuntary manslaughter and other consequences of climate change ‘chaos’......
Bangladesh is categorised as a ‘crisis’ country regarding freedom of expression, ranking 128th among 161 countries in the world, according to the......
BYD SEALION 6 has been launched recently at Duckland Studio, a world-class film and television production facility in Melbourne, Australia........
Bangladesh will bat first in the first Twenty20 International of their three-match series against USA in Houston, Texas after losing the toss....
Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Tuesday that the United States’ entry restrictions on......
Dhaka stocks dropped for the seventh consecutive session on Tuesday to hit a fresh three-year low after the previous session despite showing optimism in the early hours of the trading session, as investors continued offloading shares in the later hours amid the downward market trend and the ongoing economic uncertainty......
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought cooperation from Australia to boost agriculture production as Australia has technological expertise in this sector......
The per capita income of Bangladesh stands at $2,784 in the current fiscal year, slightly higher than the previous fiscal year........
Police recovered the bodies of three people including two children from a hole from Kakchar Nayapara under Trishal upazila in Mymensingh district on Tuesday.......
Tens of thousands mourned Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday after his death in a helicopter crash, amid political uncertainty ahead of an election for his......
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday sentenced 11 people including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam to two years’ imprisonment in a violence case filed with Motijheel Police Station in 2010......
One person died and multiple people were injured aboard a Boeing 777 plane that experienced ‘severe turbulence’ while heading from London to Singapore before it was diverted to Bangkok on Tuesday, Singapore Airlines said....
Transparency International Bangladesh has expressed deep concern over the theft and online sale of citizens’ confidential information and demanded severe punishment for those responsible.......
The voter turnout in the second phase of upazila elections on Tuesday was estimated to be above 30 per cent, chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said......
Environment minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury and Nepalese prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda emphasized their joint commitment to address environmental and climate issues in the region.......
Mastercard on Tuesday announced the launch of its ‘Spend and Win’ campaign 2024 titled ‘Stunning Sydney’ as the campaign will provide Mastercard cardholders a chance to win exciting prizes while shopping for Eid-ul-Azha, including a luxurious couple tour to Sydney......
Mobile financial service provider Nagad has established itself as the most successful startup unicorn in the country within just three years of its inception, said state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology, Zunaid Ahmed Palak.......
The High Court on Tuesday in a verdict declared admission of 169 overage children to Class I of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in Dhaka this academic year illegal......
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced Tuesday a partnership with ChatGPT-founder OpenAI and US biotech firm Formation Bio to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in developing drugs......
Real Madrid\'s German international midfielder Toni Kroos announced on Tuesday he will retire from all football after Euro 2024. ...
United States ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Tuesday said that it would take contributions from the government, private sector, and civil society to achieve a just energy transition in Bangladesh......
The High Court on Tuesday approved the appointment of Barrister Prashant Bhushan, a Supreme Court lawyer, as the new chairman of the board of directors of Destiny-2000........
Bangladesh will observe a one-day state mourning on Thursday showing respect to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a tragic helicopter crash on Monday.......
The police on Tuesday foiled an attempt by the Ganosamhati Andolan to besiege the Bangladesh Bank at Dhaka’s Motijheel......
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Tuesday said that the Bangladesh mission in Washington was earlier informed about the United States restrictions on entry of ex-chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed and his family members to the United States over corruption......
Australian foreign minister Penny Wong arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday on a two-day official visit to strengthen their bilateral relationship with Bangladesh and find ways to boost cooperation for regional peace and prosperity......
Police recovered the body of a farmer from his house at village Borokhari in Magura’s Sadar upazila on Tuesday......
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two cases against National Security Intelligence\'s assistant director Akram Hossain and his wife Suraya Parveen on charges of amassing illegal wealth......
Voting in the second phase of Upazila Parishad election began on Tuesday at 8:00am and it will continue until 4:00pm......
Bangladesh capital Dhaka ranked second on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality Tuesday morning........
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, whose death in a helicopter crash was announced on Monday, is the latest major political leader to die in an aviation accident.......
At least 19 people were killed in two minibus accidents in Peru over the weekend, authorities said Monday in the Andean country plagued by road fatalities........
Iran announced on Monday that it would hold presidential elections on June 28, state media reported, following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage in a helicopter crash........
The US Department of State in an announcement on Monday said former chief of Bangladesh Army General Aziz Ahmed and his immediate family members, were ineligible for entry into the United States....
The artificial intelligence-based smart customer assistant chatbot, ‘Bidyut Bandhu’ chatbot, of the Dhaka Power Distribution Company secured 2nd position in the......
A Chattogram court on Monday granted two sub-inspectors of police one-day remand on the allegations of snatching gold ornaments from an......
The High Court in a verdict on Monday asked the police, lower court judges and jailers to collect and verify identity documents—national identification cards, or......
The railways authorities on Monday inked a contract with an India-based manufacture and supply company to procure 200 broad gauge carriages for the......
Unauthorised electrolyte drinks are still available in the market although a week has passed since a Dhaka Pure Food Court issued arrest warrants for the......
Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and India has decreased in recent months amid falling export and import activities between the two countries, according to......
The country’s 156 upazilas will go for elections today amid fears of violence, intimidation, and low voter turnout in the second phase of the upazila election. ...
The government has backtracked on its decision to ban operations of unauthorised battery-run rickshaws in Dhaka city amid street protests by......
