Offices reopen after Eid, Pohela Boishakh break
After a five-day break for Eid and Pohela Boishakh, offices, courts, banks and stock markets across Bangladesh resumed operations on Monday While some have already returned, ...
Dhaka calls for measures to de-escalate Iran-Israel tensions
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has called upon the countries who are supposed to play a role to take “effective” measures in de-escalating Iran-Israel tensions ...
Pohela Boishakh: Metro rail eases travel, but balloon ban upsets children
Pohela Boishakh, the festival of Bengali life, is celebrated with great fervour as people welcome the Bengali New Year with various festivities. Traditionally a village celebration, ...
MV Abdullah: Somali pirates claim to have received $5m in ransom
Somali pirates released a hijacked ship, MV Abdullah, and its crew of 23 early on Sunday after a $5 million ransom was paid, according to ...
Banks, stock, offices, courts to open on Monday after Eid holiday
After 6 days of Eid and Pohela Boishakh vacation, offices, courts, banks-stock markets are set to open on Monday. The holidaymakers are arriving in the capital ...
KSRM: Previous experience used to rescue MV Abdullah, crew
KSRM Group, the owner of MV Abdullah, has claimed that the ship and its 23 crew members were safely released through negotiations with the pirates, ...
9 more Myanmar security forces take shelter in Bangladesh
Nine more members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) have taken shelter in Bangladesh. They entered Bangladesh through the Kharangkhali and Jhimongkhali borders in Teknaf on ...
Bangladesh celebrates Pohela Boishakh with zeal
Pohela Boishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year 1431, is being celebrated across Bangladesh on Sunday with festivity, upholding the rich cultural values and ...
23 sailors, MV Abdullah released by Somali pirates
The 23 crew members of MV Abdullah, who were captured by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, have been released after a month. Mizanul Islam, media ...
All set to welcome Bengali New Year 1431
People from different strata of society are set to observe Pohela Boishakh, the first day of the Bengali new year 1431, in Bangladesh and abroad ...
All set to welcome Bengali New Year 1431
People from different strata of society are set to observe Pohela Boishakh, the first day of the Bengali new year 1431, in Bangladesh and abroad ...
Canadian company plans to set up aircraft repair facility in Bangladesh
Canadian company IMP Cascade Aerospace is keen to set up a commercial aircraft-repairing facility, well known as an MRO facility, in Bangladesh. Once completed, the project ...
14-km Alpona in Kishoreganj eyes world record
A 14-km road in the Haor region in Kishoreganj is being painted on the occasion of Pohela Boishakh in an attempt to set a world ...
Gold price hits record high in Bangladesh
The price of gold has reached a record high of Tk1,15,824 per bhori with the latest increase in price of Tk1,750 per bhori. Bangladesh Jewellers Association ...
Chuadanga records year's highest temperature at 41.2°C
Chuadanga district is currently grappling with an intense heatwave, recording the highest temperature in Bangladesh this year at a sweltering 41.2°C on Saturday. According to Altaf ...
No KNF members named in 7 cases filed over Bandarban robberies, abduction
No members or leaders of the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) were named in the seven cases that have been filed so far ...
FM: KNF received weapons from criminals of surrounding countries
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) has contact with the criminals of the surrounding countries and received ...
Home Minister announces operation against KNF in Bandarban
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday announced an operation against the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) following the recent bank robberies in Bandarban. “Bandarban ...
Reading without learning, learning without reading
As we coast along the 21st century, we notice two phenomena happening at the same time. Some people are reading without learning, and many are ...
Dhaka airport third terminal: CAAB to take control with key infrastructure still missing
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) is scheduled to take control of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Saturday, ...
Student politics on campus: What will Buet do now?
Amid the ongoing unrest surrounding the reinstatement of student politics on its campus, the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) authorities announced a 13-day ...