There is a need for a ration card system to provide essential commodities like rice, lentils, and oil at affordable prices to ...

Of them, 206 dengue patients were admitted in hospital under Dhaka North City Corporation while 167 were hospitalised in Dhaka South City Corporation. Some 3,808 patients are receiving treatment in ...

The government wants to work together by strengthening harmony, peace and amity among people of all communities in the country, Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma has said.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Netanyahu, his former defence chief Yoav Gallant, and ...

In a recent standing committee meeting, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman emphasised the importance of enhancing the party's ...

From gridlocked roads to unruly rickshaws, Dhaka’s traffic woes have only deepened. Can the Bus Route Rationalisation project finally restore order?

US President-elect Donald Trump and the head of NATO have met for talks on global security, the military alliance said today (23 November). In a brief statement, NATO said Trump and its secretary ...

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Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation, in collaboration with Halda Valley Tea Garden, celebrated local tea by creating the perfect ‘Cha Er Adda’ ...

The $250 bn COP29 annual finance deal, which developed countries will provide by 2035, has angered many. Climate activists worldwide described the newly reached deal as a “joke” and “insult” to the pe ...

There is no question of offering rehabilitation to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her associates, July Shaheed Smrity Foundation General Secretary Sarjis Alam said today (23 November), ...

Police have arrested a man - known as a Jubo League activist – for firing 28 rounds of bullets indiscriminately at students during the anti-discrimination movement in Chattogram on 4 August. The ...