Prime minister leaves Bangladesh for six-day visit to Thailand
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka on Wednesday for Bangkok on a six-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of her ...
Load-shedding more frequent in villages
Representational image. Power cuts remain far more frequent in villages than in cities, with a massive heatwave sweeping Bangladesh for about two weeks now, corroborating the ...
Seven more KNF suspects sent to jail
Representational image. A Bandarban court on Tuesday sent seven people, including Ruma upazila Chhatra League unit president, suspected to be members of the armed hill group ...
Arbitrary introduction of mergers caused further unrest in banking sector: TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh in a statement on Tuesday said that the arbitrary announcement of certain bank mergers, coupled with concerns among well-performing banks involved in ...
DGHS issues directives to reduce risk of heat stroke
Representational image. The Directorate General of Health Services on Tuesday issued some directives to reduce the risk of heat stroke in extreme heat. The directives were given ...
US Human Rights Report exposes govt’s injustice, brutality: Rizvi
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday said that the 2023 ...
CUET students continue demo for safe road, boycott classes
| UNB photo. Communication on Chattogram-Kaptai road remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as the students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology ...
EC postpones polls in three upazilas of Bandarban
The Election Commission has decided to postpone the Upazila Parishad elections in Thanchi, Ruma and Rowangchhari in Bandarban district. ‘The elections of the three upazilas under Bandarban ...
Bangladesh has ‘no significant changes’ in human rights: US report
There had been ‘no significant changes’ in the human rights situation in Bangladesh during the year 2023, the United States said in a new report. The ...
Bangladesh, Qatar sign 10 cooperation documents
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani witnesses the signing of 10 documents between Bangladesh and Qatar at ...
Bangladesh PM, Qatar’s Emir begin bilateral talks at PMO
The bilateral talks between Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Qatar began at the Prime Minister's Office ...
Bangladesh PM warmly welcomes Qatar’s Emir at her office
| UNB photo. Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday morning warmly welcomed and received Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at her office ...
Relentless heatwave wreaks havoc
| — New Age file photo Relentless high temperatures are wreaking havoc across Bangladesh, causing widespread sickness among people and fatalities among animals. The impacts of the ...
Relentless heatwave wreaks havoc
A pair of Royal Bengal Tigers plays while cooling down in water in Bangladesh National Zoo at Mirpur in Dhaka as a heatwave sweeps through ...
CUET students stage protests as bus kills 2 fellows
A bus goes up in flames on Chattogram–Kaptai Highway during a protest against the death of two students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology ...
Bangladesh rolls out red carpet as Qatar Amir arrives in Dhaka
Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani. | BSS photo. A red carpet was rolled out to accord a warm reception to the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim ...
ACC begins inquiry over allegations against ex-IGP Benazir
Benazir Ahmed. | Collected photo. The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday said that they had started an inquiry over allegations of amassing illegal wealth against former inspector ...
Anu Muhammad needs ‘combined operations’: health minister
Anu Muhammad. | Collected photo. Health and family welfare minister Samanta Lal Sen on Monday said that former Jahangirnagar University economics professor Anu Muhammad, who is ...
Bangladesh issues nationwide new heatwave alert for next 72hrs
Representational image. | BSS photo. Bangladesh Meteorological Department has issued country-wide fresh heatwave alert message for the next 72 hours. In the latest heat wave alert Meteorologist ...
BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s appearance in 11 cases on July 29
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. | File photo. A Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court in Dhaka on Monday set July 29 for the appearance of Bangladesh Nationalist Party ...
Relocation of war expenditure could ensure better world environment: Hasina
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday stressed the need for expending money used in the war to protect the world, placing ...