Students can run political activities on BUET campus: HC
*The High Court (HC) on Monday (April 1) said that the students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) can run political activities on ...
No extension of Eid holiday
*Cabinet division today (April 1) rejected the recommendation of a holiday on April 9 ahead of Eid.* The decision was taken at the Cabinet division meeting ...
Fuel price comes down
*The government on Sunday (March 31) announced that fuel oil prices have fallen for the second consecutive month with the new prices effective from Monday, ...
Investigate if BUET turning into militants’ hub: Quader
*Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today (March 31) said it should be investigated if BUET in the name of banning student politics is being ...
Foil paper halts metro rail service for 2 hours
*The metro rail operation was suspended for two hours today (March 31) as a foil paper got stuck with its electrical wires.* The first train was ...
Khaleda Zia admitted to CCU
*BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital early Sunday (March 31) as her health condition deteriorated.* Khaleda Zia's press wing officer ...
Train trial run on Bhanga-Rupdia route begins
*The trial run of a train on Bhanga-Rupdia route began today as part of Padma Bridge Rail Link project.* The stone-laden trial train left for Rupdia ...
BUET students issued ultimatum for expulsion of BCL leader, 5 others
*The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) on Saturday (March 30) issued an ultimatum to the university authorities calling for the expulsion ...
Bangladeshi seafarers in double bind as piracy resurges in Horn of Africa
*As the setting sun marked the end of another day of fasting, Abida Begum remained motionless. A plate of food – puffed rice, dates and ...
3 killed in Magura as bus hits autorickshaw
*Three people were killed and four others injured after a bus hit an autorickshaw in Magura's Shalikha upazila on Friday night (Mar 29).* The accident took ...
Remove cables from Metro Rail lines by Friday: DMTCL
*The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) has directed the authority concerned to remove overhead internet and satellite TV cables line connected to 51 buildings ...
Met office predicts rains in Dhaka, 3 other divisions
*Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over ...
Bangladesh visa centre opens in India’s Guwahati, Bongaigaon, Silchar
*The Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Guwahati, Assam, has announced the establishment of Bangladesh Visa Application Centres in Guwahati, Bongaigaon, and Silchar in India.* This ...
Bangladeshi teen shot dead by police in New York
*A 19-year-old Bangladeshi, who was reportedly in mental distress and called 911 seeking help, was fatally shot by the police in his Queens home on ...
Bangladesh: Pollution causes 2.72 lakh premature deaths annually
*Bangladesh faces alarming levels of pollution and environmental health risks that disproportionately harm the most vulnerable people – the poor, children under five, the elderly, ...
BSF hands over body of Bangladeshi youth
*India's Border Security Force (BSF) last night returned the body of a Bangladeshi youth who died in BSF firing along the Dighaltari border in Lalmonirhat.* Liton ...
Govt to import 50,000 tons of onion from India
*The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a proposal in principle for importing some 50,000 metric tons of onion from National Cooperative Exports ...
Extend Eid vacation for two more days: BJKS
*Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS) today (March 27) urged the government to extend the Eid-ul Fitr vacation for two more days.* Jatri Kalyan Samity Secretary General ...
Pabna train collision: Asst station master, 2 locomasters suspended
*Pakshi Divisional Railway Authority has suspended two locomasters and an assistant station master for negligence of duty in a head-on collision between two freight trains ...
Five Bangladeshi nationals apprehended for visa overstay in Nepal
*Nepali authorities apprehended five Bangladeshi citizens residing unlawfully in Kathmandu’s Sohrakhutte area after the expiration of their visas.* According to Superintendent of Police Nakul Pokharel, information ...
Saudi ITFC signs $1.4bn energy financing plan with Bangladesh
*The Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) signed an agreement on Monday to provide $1.4 billion to the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, Saudi Arabia's state news agency ...