Dhaka May 16, 2025, 1:16 pm
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government is implementing all its development programmes centring rural areas to provide a better economic status to Bangladesh villages.
Seven people who suffered severe burns in a factory fire in Dakkhin Keraniganj on Wednesday succumbed to their injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Thursday.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday sentenced war criminal Tipu Sultan to death for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
A number of protesting workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore started falling sick on Wednesday, the second day of their hunger strike.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged everyone to shun negative attitudes and stop isolating leprosy patients and instead take initiatives for their proper treatment.
A Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) candidate reportedly took her own life after failing to secure pass marks in test examination in the district town on Tuesday.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved the first revision of the expansion of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA-1st phase) project with an additional cost of Tk 7,788.5
The Election Commission (EC) plans to hold the elections to two city corporations -- Dhaka South and North -- on the same day towards the end of January next.
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to take steps to ensure the use of ‘Joy Bangla’ as the national slogan from December 16 next.
A garment worker was killed and ten other pedestrians were injured as a wall of a sweater factory collapsed on them following a blast inside it at Gouripur in Ashulia here on Tuesday morning.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government will establish human rights in the country through ensuring the trial of all the incidents of human rights violation.
The International Human Rights Day is being observed in the country today as elsewhere across the globe.
The timeline for a decision on the provisional measures can be relatively quick, according to the Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Director of TIB Outreach and Communication Sheikh Manjur-E-Alam read out the keynote paper titled ‘Challenge of investigative journalism: Perspective mass media capture’.
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Monday warned the corrupt that they will not be spared.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday handed over the prestigious Begum Rokeya Padak to five persons for their outstanding contributions towards the society and women empowerment.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged all to remain alert against all forms of repression of women, saying that enacting laws is not enough to end this menace.
Begum Rokeya’s 139th birthday and 89th death anniversary today
The issue came up in the committee’s meeting when it discussed the severe deterioration of Dhaka’s air quality recently
The surrounding areas of the Secretariat have been declared ‘No Horn Zone’ and the decision will become effective from December 17 aiming to prevent sound pollution.
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