Fire breaks out at Kalshi Slum
A fire broke out at the Kalshi Slum in the capital’s Pallabi area on Monday evening. According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD),...
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30 killed in Pakistan train bombing
More than 30 people died in a suicide bombing of a train in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said on Monday, in the latest attack...
17 children die from measles
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain today said the government’s special measles vaccination campaign has achieved encouraging success in tackling the recent...
Eid spl coach for females in trains
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken an initiative for special coach for female passengers during Eid journey. Director General of Bangladesh Railway Afzal Hossain inaugurated the...
CHT ethnic communities face climatic pressure
Climatic change, environmental degeneration, deforestation, monoculture plantations and resource extraction are creating pressure on ethnic communities in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), according to a...
170 Bangladeshis return from Libya
A total of 170 irregular Bangladeshi migrants have been repatriated from Libya’s Benghazi on Monday morning. They have returned as part of a coordinated effort...
Bangladesh sends food aid to Kuwait
Bangladesh has handed over a consignment of food assistance to Kuwait as a gesture of solidarity, friendship and brotherhood amid the ongoing regional situation in...
ATM cash shortage hits hassles for customers
Customers across Dhaka are facing sufferings to withdraw cash from ATM booths during the Eid-ul-Adha holidays, as several banks have reportedly faced cash shortages and...
Iran , US play down hopes for upcoming breakthrough
Iran and the United States played down hopes for an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war on Monday, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
Local polls to be held in phases from Sep-Oct: EC
The Election Commission (EC) has said it has no plan to deploy armed forces personnel in the imminent local government elections, which are likely to...
Women journos seek action against Alamgir
A major controversy has erupted within Bangladesh’s journalistic community following a series of allegations against Khondokar Alamgir Hossain, treasurer of the Dhaka Union of Journalists...
BADC renews Russia MOP fertiliser import agreement
To ensure the timely supply of quality non-urea fertilizers to farmers and support a safe agricultural production system, the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), under...