Footpaths cleared to curb road fatalities
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has launched a drive to clear encroached footpaths across the capital to improve pedestrian safety amid a rise in...
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BD, Aus discuss LNG supply
Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle met State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam today to discuss the possibility of supplying liquefied natural...
Weeklong prog set to implement July Charter
The 11-party electoral alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday announced a seven-day nationwide programme demanding implementation of the referendum verdict on state reforms in...
Court grants bail to Jamaat activist
A court in Bhola has granted bail to Bibi Saoda, an activist of the municipal unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, who was detained over alleged anti-state...
Voting of reserved women’s seats on 12 May
The Election Commission has announced that the voting for the 50 reserved women’s seats of the 13th Parliament will take place on 12 May. Further...
68,648 tonnes of Nigerian LNG arrives in BD
A shipment of 68,648 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Nigeria has reached Bangladesh, as the government continues efforts to diversify its energy imports...
Corruption clouds Sirajganj SDE
Questions have been raised within the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) regarding the unusually long tenure of a Sub-Divisional Engineer (SDE) in the Sirajganj Roads...
Ex-Jubo Dal leader accuses Hasina of ‘disappearance’
A former Jubo Dal leader has filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal, accusing former prime minister Sheikh Hasina of orchestrating his enforced disappearance...
IRGC intel chief killed in strike
The head of the intelligence organisation of Iran’s ?elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed on Monday in a “terrorist attack by the American-Zionist...
GDP growth slows to 3.03pc in Q2
The provisional gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Bangladesh slowed to 3.03 percent in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, compared to a...
Vaccination lapses behind measles surge
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Sakhawat Husain told Parliament today that the recent spike in measles cases in Bangladesh is a result of vaccination...
