Buses rule Dhaka roads beyond AI watch
Inter-city buses stop in the middle of busy roads to pick up and drop off passengers as the area remains outside DMP’s publicly identified AI...
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Information flow ‘acid test’ for govt during disasters Info Minister
Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon said ensuring the supply of accurate information and preventing misinformation during national disasters was a major test for...
Norway receive hero’s welcome after historic World Cup 2026 campaign
Around 90,000 people welcomed back Norway’s players to Oslo on Monday after they returned home from making a historic run to the World Cup quarter-finals....
Stephen new UNDP BD resident representative
Stephen Rodriques has joined the United Nations Development Programme in Bangladesh as its new resident representative, replacing Stefan Liller. Rodriques will lead UNDP’s operations in...
RAB struggles as slums fuel crime networks
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday admitted that it has struggled to keep ahead of muggers and drug peddlers operating along the Dhaka airport-Gazipur...
Govt orders coordinated flood response, damage assessment
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday urged all ministries, divisions and agencies to work together to tackle the...
Road crashes kill 463 in June
At least 463 people were killed and 1,323 others injured in 532 road accidents across Bangladesh in June, according to the Bangladesh Passengers’ Welfare Association....
JCD backs HSC delay, seeks dialogue
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) called on the government to reconsider its position on the ongoing student movement demanding the resignation of Education Minister ANM Ehsanul...
Poor groups get more support
The government has been implementing a wide range of rehabilitation, social protection and employment programmes to improve the living standards of the country’s ultra-poor and...
Man held over wife’s killing in Gazipur
RAB has arrested a man accused of killing his wife following a dispute over Tk3,000 in Sreepur, Gazipur. The suspect, Sayedul Islam, 40, was arrested...
July Memorial Museum set for inauguration
The July Memorial Museum is set to be inaugurated soon as construction and renovation works have almost been completed, Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury...
July sees highest single-day death toll
Bangladesh recorded its highest single-day measles death toll of July as seven people died from confirmed and suspected measles infections in the 24 hours until...