New policy to rein in battery rickshaws on Dhaka roads
The government is formulating a policy to regulate battery-run rickshaws, under which their movement on major roads and in important areas of Dhaka will be...
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Canada calls for economic ties with BD beyond aid
Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Ajit Singh has called for transforming Canada-Bangladesh relations from an aid-focused relationship into a broader economic and strategic partnership. He...
‘Govt recognises oxygen therapy as essential health service’
The government has recognised oxygen therapy as an essential health service and is taking steps to ensure safe, reliable and equitable access to medical oxygen...
Bomb attack threat at BRAC University
A bomb attack threat was made against the private BRAC University. The threat was sent to the university authorities by email on Sunday. A general...
Dengue kills 9 more, death toll rises to 271
Nine more people died of dengue across the country in the 24 hours to Monday morning, taking the total number of deaths from the mosquito-borne...
Trio wins Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics
American Karl Deisseroth and Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for developing optogenetics, a...
Houthi Strikes Bangladeshi killed in KSA
A Bangladeshi national was killed after a missile or drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck an Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province on...
442MW Rampal solar project awaits ECNEC nod
The incumbent government has schemed to set up a Tk 2,502.39 crore 442-megawatt-peak (DC) solar photovoltaic Rampal power plant project which would be placed before...