Dhaka March 21, 2026, 2:43 pm
A half-day hartal has been enforced by the Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) across the country, including Dhaka city, to protest against the recent hike in gas tariffs.
The foreign secretary said the two ministers discussed the Rohingya issue at the meeting.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday left Beijing for home wrapping up her five-day visit to China.
The first hajj flight, carrying 417 pilgrims, left here for Saudi Arabia on Thursday morning.
Good news for cross-border travellers! A direct train service from Dhaka to Benapole will be launched on July 25 next, which will facilitate the travel of India-bound people through Benapole Checkpost, said Railways Minister
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon today said to ease growing traffic congestion, the city corporation has imposed ban on plying of rickshaws on three major roads in the capital.
The two city corporations have earned Tk 228.7 million from the lease of 19 makeshift cattle markets for the upcoming Eid-ul-Adha.
Two female students, who suffered severe burns in a fire at Borogaccha of the district town on June 27, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.
Three more bodies were pulled out of the wreckage of a spinning mill in Sreepur upazila’s Faridpur on Wednesday, taking the death toll to four.
A court here on Tuesday sent suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
The budget with an allocation of Taka 5,23,190 crore was passed on Sunday, with a growth target of 8.2 per cent.
The government has taken an initiative to build an autistic academy at a cost of Taka 422.34 crore to include autistic children in the main stream of the country’s education system.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today joined a post-budget dinner hosted by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre here.
A project to set up overhead electric traction in the Dhaka-Chattogram corridor has been revived after it remained shelved for over three years.
Erosion by the Padma River has taken a serious turn in the last couple of weeks, devouring more than 50 acres of arable land in the upazila.
On Friday (July 28th) Belarus's Ambassador spent nearly an hour at the Father of the Nation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum, and watched each part of it.
Erosion by the Jamuna River has turned serious in Shahjadpur upazila devouring many dwelling houses and vast tracts of croplands and trees in four unions in the last two weeks.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the fresh civil service (BCS) administration cadre officials to begin their career with a vow to serve the country with patriotism, dutifulness and innovative ideas as public servants.
Alleging that the convicts and accused in two cases were issuing threats to them and trying to abduct them, Jesmin Akhter,
The Housing and Public Works Ministry is working on a master plan containing a policy framework for running commercial establishments in otherwise residential areas such as Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara.
