Dhaka March 17, 2026, 11:10 am
Funding requirement pared down by a quarter for FY'20
Newly-appointed Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Naoki Ito on Monday said Japan is ready to extend any kind of assistance in resolving Rohingya crisis as the country wants a sustainable solution to the problem.
The government has initiated a move to purchase electricity from solar mini-grid power projects to save investors from financial losses they have been suffering for the expansion of the national grid in off-grid project areas
The court also sentenced them to 10 years’ imprisonment each in the case. Each of the convicts was also fined Tk 50,000.
A court here on Monday sentenced 10 people to death in a case filed over the bomb blast at a CPB rally in Paltan area in 2001.
The government has appointed 97 new assistant judges to the subordinate courts which are grappling with a staggering 3.1 million cases.
President Abdul Hamid hoped that Press Council will work with sincerity for the development of the professional skills and provide legal assistance to journalists
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said a limited number of public buses will be allowed to ply the streets of the capital city on February 1, the DSCC and DNCC Election Day.
The High Court on Sunday asked the government to form a commission within 30 days under the Law Ministry to stop rape and violence against women.
Another 224 Bangladeshi workers were deported by Saudi Arabia on Saturday, although many of them claimed to have legal documents.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday submitted chargesheet against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman and suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case over Tk 40 lakh bribery scandal.
Electronic passport or e-passport will formally be introduced in the country on Wednesday, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan.
Students of government and private schools, colleges and madrasas can go to any destination with the minimum fare Tk 5 and there will be two ‘honesty boxes’ in every bus, where student will put the bus fare willingly
Mentioning that the number of extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh is much lower than that in the USA, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said propaganda is being carried out against the country.
Elections to both the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will now be held on February 1 instead of January 30.
The Election Commission is likely to change the date of elections to two Dhaka city corporations as it sat in an emergency meeting on Saturday afternoon.
Twenty-two shops were destroyed in a fire that broke out at Prodhan bazar in Charfesson upazila on early Saturday.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the government and the ruling party will not oppose if the Election Commission (EC) changes the date of elections to two Dhaka city corporations.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday said new gas connections will not be provided to households.
Awami League MP of Bogura -1 constituency Abdul Mannan died at a hospital in the capital early Friday after suffering a cardiac arrest.
