US$2b fuel bill spurs solar drive
Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud has urged non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to help expand Bangladesh’s rooftop solar net metering system, saying the...
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Iran in ‘full-scale war’ with US
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday said his country was in a “full-scale war” with the United States and that Tehran should accept the repercussions...
All Quiet on the Western Front
The FIFA World Cup 2026 was concluded at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, United States of America (USA) on Sunday last. After the final match...
ACC raids Ziaul Ahsan’s home
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday searched the Jalshiri Housing Project residence of former National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) Director General and dismissed Major General...
Crisis now shifts to public health
Thousands of flood-affected families across Chattogram division are grappling with an acute shortage of safe drinking water and damaged sanitation facilities, raising fears of a...
SAARC, BIMSTEC not rivals
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Monday said Bangladesh views the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the Bay of...
Rain warning raises alarm in capital
Following the recent devastating flood, the weather office has once again warned another spell of flood and chances of waterlogging in the capital as there...
Over 930 dead as Congo’s Ebola outbreak continues to worsen
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has climbed to at least 930, the country’s Ministry of Health said...
India’s ‘Cockroach’ protest defies crackdown
Children who sneaked out of their homes, elderly people who travelled across states and students holding placards were among the thousands who gathered in Delhi...
27 Sundarbans bandits surrender to Coast Guard
Twenty-seven active bandits, including Jahangir Sheikh, the leader of the notorious Choto Jahangir Bahini, surrendered to the Bangladesh Coast Guard in the Sundarbans on Monday...