Dhaka, Monday, Aug 31, 2026
The dengue situation in Bangladesh is worsening, with 179 deaths this year, over half of whom died within two to three days of hospitalisation.Professor Dr Abu Zafar, Director General of the Directora...
Decades of negligence in the capital’s drainage system have made it difficult to resolve waterlogging, said Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Mohammad Azaz on Monday, adding that the w...
-1758528691.webp "Dhaka rivers to be restored with World Bank support: Adviser")
The government is planning to restore five major rivers surrounding Dhaka with financial assistance from the World Bank, said Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Forest, Environment and Cl...
A brief but heavy downpour early Monday once again laid bare Dhaka’s chronic waterlogging crisis, flooding streets, paralysing traffic, and even claiming a life despite an unexpected silver lining of...
In an era when stories of mistrust often overshadow acts of integrity, a police sergeant in Lalmonirhat has become a symbol of honesty after returning Tk 44,000, which he found lying abandoned on a ro...
-1758519952.webp "Indices mixed in early trading at stock market")
Indices at the country’s two bourses showed a mixed trend in the first hour of trading on Monday, the second working day of the week.At the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the benchmark DSEX index advance...
For the first time in its history, the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC), under the Ministry of Shipping, has purchased two modern bulk carrier vessels with its own financing.To this end, a ship s...
-1758468523.webp "UK, Canada and Australia Officially Recognise Palestinian State")
The United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia have formally recognised the State of Palestine, the three governments announced on Sunday.UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that the United Kingdom now o...
BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that investors are waiting for the upcoming election for investment.Speaking after a meeting between BNP Secretary General Mirza Fak...
Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashiruddin has said that expenditure cannot be increased without assessing the adequacy of resources, stressing that the primary goal of the country’s economy should be to gen...
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, said that no brick kilns will be allowed to operate in Savar upazila in the...
Iran’s top security council has warned that recent moves by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom to reimpose UN sanctions could “effectively suspend” Tehran’s cooperation with the International Ato...
The Taliban on Sunday firmly rejected former U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that American forces could return to Bagram Air Base, four years after the U.S. withdrawal left the sprawling mili...
Disruptions caused by a cyberattack on check-in systems at several major European airports dragged into a second day on Sunday, leaving passengers facing dozens of cancellations, long waits, and mount...
Bangladesh is facing its deadliest spell of dengue fever in 2025, with health officials reporting 12 deaths in a single day on Sunday, the highest daily toll so far this year.According to the Director...
-1758454488.webp "Rezauddin Stalin made new DG of Shilpakala Academy")
Poet Rezauddin Stalin has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, the country’s premier state-run cultural institution.The Ministry of Cultural Affairs confir...
Bangladesh will soon get back $81 million stolen from its foreign reserves in 2016, which had been frozen in the Philippines’ Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), said Criminal Investigation D...
Preparations for Durga Puja have been completed, and law enforcement agencies will be deployed across the country from September 24 to ensure security, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir...
-1758451551.webp "Bangladesh Needs $116.8 Billion to Implement NDC 3.0: Environment Adviser")
Bangladesh will require $116.8 billion to implement its Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) plan, which targets cutting 84.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent emissions by 2035.Of the r...
Adviser to the Ministry of Shipping and Labour and Employment Brigadier General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hossain said that Durga Puja is not only a festival of the Hindu community but a celebration for al...