Dhaka January 14, 2026, 3:59 am
The joint move by the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar to start repatriation of the Rohingya refugees from today (Thursday) has drawn flak from different quarters.
The Myanmar government has betrayed us many times in the past. We don’t trust it anymore” – this is how Joynab Begum, one of the 3,450 Rohingyas set to be repatriated on Thursday, reacted after learning that she is on the lis
Some 120,000 prepaid gas metres are likely to be added to the ongoing project of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd (Tas Gas T&D) to install those in the southern part of capital Dhaka.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed for eight weeks a High Court order on the ninth wage board for journalists, clearing the way for publication of gazette notification to this end.
Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md Atiqul Islam on Tuesday said owners will be fined if Aedes larvae are found in houses under his city corporation after 20 days.
People are not getting the expected level of services from the existing top-heavy civil administration as the issue of accountability is still largely neglected.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has taken an initiative to carry out environmental cleanliness drives in all the metropolitan cities including Dhaka to prevent corruption, irregularities and negligence.
The government and the UNHCR have taken all necessary steps to begin repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Myanmar's Rakhine State on August 22, an official said on Monday.
At least 30 trees on the compound of Jotmoniram Government Primary School in Boda upazila here have been cut down without permission from the authorities concerned.
The number of dengue patients was 1,460 on Saturday against 1,719 on Friday and 1,929 on Thursday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked her office to strengthen its monitoring so that the physical works on development projects can be started right after the recession of floodwater.
The civil administration in Bangladesh is losing its pyramid structure as it is getting heavy at the top with large-scale promotion of officials in the upper tier in recent years, suggest official data.
There is nothing new in slum fire in Dhaka city. When it happens, it leaves thousands of people in deep despair. Over 20,000 slum dwellers turned paupers within hours in Friday night’s fast-moving fire in the city’s Mirpur ar
Unlike previous years, Eid joy eluded septuagenarian Ambia Khatun this time. She could not celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with her grandchildren as she is fighting against dengue lying on a hospital bed.
A college student died of dengue at Faridpur Medical College Hospital here on Saturday morning.
Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) has set a target to install 10 million smart pre-paid meter by 2025 to facilitate its clients for paying hassle-free monthly power bills, official said.
The number of clinically diagnosed cases of mosquito-borne dengue infection reaches 50,000 this year on Friday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The massive fire broke out at a slum in Mirpur-7of the city on Friday was doused early Saturday after six hours of relentless efforts by fire fighters.
The Planning Commission (PC) has sent back a project proposal of Bangladesh Railway (BR) to set up an Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Ishwardi due to showing excessive cost of consultancy services, sources said.
The number of railway passengers leaving the city almost doubles during the Eid vacation, but that has little impact on the overall annual income of the Bangladesh Railway (BR), people familiar with the situation said.
