PM Hasina opens NAP Expo-2024
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday inaugurated a four-day UN Climate Adaptation Conference titled ‘National Adaptation Plan Expo 2024’ and Bangladesh Climate ...
Single nomination paper filed for post of chairman in 3 upazilas
The returning officer’s office for each of Sadar in Cumilla and Raujan and Rangunia in Chattogram received a single nomination paper from the ruling Awami ...
Children mostly affected by heatwave
Two mothers put oxygen masks on their babies at the Dhaka Shishu Hospital as the ongoing heatwave affects infants and children causing pneumonia, asthma, breathing ...
Bangladesh’s nine-month debt payment surges by 48pc
Bangladesh’s debt payment in the first nine months of the current FY24 stood at $2.5 billion, recording a surge of 48.6 per cent over the ...
30 hurt in clash between police, RMG workers in Narayanganj
| UNB photo. Thirty people were injured in a clash between police and garment workers at BSCIC industrial area in Fatullah of Narayanganj on Sunday. Quoting witnesses, ...
‘Very severe’ heat wave sweeps parts of Bangladesh
Representational image. | UNB photo. Very severe heat wave has gripped parts of Bangladesh, with maximum temperatures ranging from 40 degrees Celsius to over 42 degrees ...
Professor Anu Muhammad’s toes severed in train accident
Professor Anu Muhammad. | File photo. Jahangirnagar University’s former economics professor Anu Muhammad was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after his toes were severed in ...
Hasina opens ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Battery Complex’ in Ctg
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the newly constructed ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Battery Complex’ at Halishahar cantonment in Chattogram. She inaugurated the ...
Power capacity charge puts govt under pressure
The overall subsidy in the coming national budget is likely to sustain over Tk 90,000 crore with more than one third to be spent for ...
AL become more violent after Jan 7 polls: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday said that the ruling Awami League became more violent after ‘seizing power’ through ‘dummy’ elections on January ...
Bangladesh closes schools, colleges for 7 days due to heatwave
Bangladesh authorities on Saturday announced to keep the schools and colleges closed for seven days from Sunday due to ongoing heatwave in the country. The education ...
Bangladesh closes primary schools for 7 days due to heatwave
The primary and mass education ministry on Saturday gave directives to keep all the government primary schools, Shishu Kalyan Trust schools and Bureau of Non-Formal ...
Bangladesh closes primary schools for 7 days due to heat wave
The primary and mass education ministry on Saturday gave directives to keep all the government primary schools, Shishu Kalyan Trust schools and Bureau of Non-Formal ...
Karnafuli 3 launch catches fire in Chandpur
A Dhaka-bound launch from Bhola, Karnafuli -3, caught fire in the middle of the River Meghna in Chandpur district on Saturday morning. Confirming the matters Messrs ...
No respite from heat wave for five days: met office
Representational image. | UNB photo. Severe heat wave is sweeping Khulna division and Rajshahi, Pabna and Tangail districts, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department. The heat wave ...
Severe heatwave spreads to Dhaka div
The severe heatwave that largely affected the coastal Khulna and northern Rajshahi divisions over the last week spread to Dhaka division on Friday with forecasts ...
Fire forces evacuation at Shishu Hospital
Left, attendants run carrying a child patient along with an oxygen cylinder on the corridor of the Dhaka Shishu Hospital during a fire incident, right, ...
Army man killed, JCO among 2 injured in KNF ambush
At least one army corporal was killed and two others, including a junior commissioned officer, were severely injured in an ambush allegedly carried out by ...
Govt harassing, humiliating leaders: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, said on Friday that the ruling Awami League government was harassing and humiliating ...
Bangladeshi workers must be protected in Malaysia: UN experts
United Nations' experts on Friday expressed dismay about the situation of Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia, who travelled there in the hope of employment after engaging ...
Petrobangla seeks to complete drilling of 48 wells by 2025
Representational image. | UNB photo. State-owned oil, gas and minerals corporation Petrobangla seeks to complete the drilling of a total of 48 wells at different gas ...