Dhaka May 9, 2025, 8:39 am
The cost of conducting a feasibility study for establishing rail corridor with Payra port through Barishal has been increased significantly due to delay in starting the study work.
Despite guarantees of normal bus fares for different routes during Eid-ul-Azha festival, private bus operators were found charging much higher for advance tickets.
Cashing in on the dengue outbreak, a section of dishonest traders are reportedly selling mosquito control products in the capital at abnormally high prices.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit New Delhi in the first week of next October to attend the India Economic Summit, slated for October 03-04.
Erosion by the Meghna river continues unabated in Harishava area in Puranbazar of the district town, forcing hundreds of people to transfer their belongings to safe areas on Sunday evening.
The wife of Additional Inspector General of Police Shahabuddin Quraishi died of dengue at a hospital in the city on Sunday.
A 70-year-old woman and a schoolboy died of dengue on Sunday – the first reported deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in the district.
The government has made a move to frame a maiden policy to expedite countrywide hydrocarbon explorations with an intent to rein in the growing reliance on imported fuels.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will allow importers for a period of three months to release their products through Pangoan port if the goods are bound to Kamalapur Inland Container Depot (ICD) from Chittagong port.
Devising ways to curb illegal migration will come into focus of the upcoming home ministry-level talks between Bangladesh and India.
India has urged the world to help Bangladesh cope with the “humanitarian burden” mentioning that they are “deeply conscious” of the humanitarian and security implications due to the presence of huge Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar.
Panam City, an attractive tourist spot in Sonargaon, and Bangladesh Folk Art & Craft Foundation here are losing attraction due to the dilapidated condition of roads in the areas.
A good number of cattle farmers in 18 districts across the country are counting heavy losses due to recent floods.
Terming the dengue situation a humanitarian crisis, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said everyone should work together to tackle the crisis.
The government has asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) to provide it with the lists of abandoned commercial properties located in their respective districts.
Japan has proposed to play a role as mediator in Tokyo taking Bangladesh and Myanmar onboard to find a peaceful solution to Rohingya crisis ensuring their safe return to their place of origin in Rakhine State.
Overcrowded hospitals in the capital are struggling to provide healthcare services as the number of dengue patients keeps rising fast, physicians and officials said.
A cattle-laden truck overturned on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on early Wednesday, killing three people and six cows.
A sub-inspector of police’s special branch (SB) died on early Wednesday in the city after suffering from dengue.
Supreme Court lawyer Zahir Uddin Limon who filed the writ said the HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Quader is likely to hear it on Wednesday.
