Dhaka March 2, 2026, 1:06 pm
Local farmers are getting much higher prices for their raw jute in this harvesting season than last season, following the government's withdrawal of ban on uncut jute export from June, said insiders.
There is hardly any tangible benefit from declaring Maheshkhali as a 'digital island' by the government due to "irregularities and poor communication" with the mainland.
The funding for humanitarian response to the Rohingya living at multiple camps in Cox's Bazar is declining, giving Bangladesh serious cause for concern.
Power consumers under Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) on Sunday demanded the authorities concerned to suspend the installation of prepaid metres saying the system is ‘unfair’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to be mindful so that the people who have gone abroad to attract good luck do not end up being cheated by middlemen.
Thousands of angry and frustrated Rohingya refugees have marked the second anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar into Bangladesh by demanding their citizenship and other rights in the country they fled from.
At least five people were killed and 25 others injured after a Gopalganj-bound bus fell off a bridge in Dhuldi area of Sadar upazila on Saturday.
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller on Saturday said they will continue to put pressure on Myanmar to create conditions on the ground for the “voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable” return of all Rohingyas to Myanm
Some were also hitting the makeshift shanties of the refugees at Jadimura in Teknaf.
At least 18 new patients were admitted with dengue to Cumilla Medical College Hospital and other hospitals here in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning.
Farm credit disbursement dropped by over 15 per cent in July, the first month of the current fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, mainly due to flood at different parts of the country.
A man died of dengue at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SMCH) in the district on Thursday.
Accusing the past BNP-Jamaat government and Begum Khaleda Zia and her elder son Tarique Rahman of perpetrating the August 21, 2004 gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the capital, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
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.
