Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country’s longest 6.15 km long road rail Padma Bridge which is completely built with domestic...
Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh's largest opposition group have assembled in Dhaka to oppose the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led administration and call for fresh elections.
Dhaka: A temple, shops and several houses of the Hindu community have been vandalised in southwestern Bangladesh by some unidentified people over a Facebook post allegedly belittling Islam, in the latest spate of violence targeting the religious...
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country’s longest 6.15 km long road rail Padma Bridge which is completely built with domestic...
Dhaka: Even as Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina prepares to inaugurate later this month the landmark China-built Padma bridge, which promises to transform the country’s economy, Dhaka is treading cautiously on economic assistance from China. The...
Sitakunda (Bangladesh): At least 49 people died and hundreds were injured after a fire sparked a huge chemical explosion at a shipping container depot...
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government cancelled foreign trips of 17 officials following its decision to stop overseas trips of government officials on May 12, in the wake of the post-Covid economic recovery and the current global crisis.
Dhaka: Nearly six months after a controversy erupted following incidents of attacks on the Durga Puja pandals, a prominent Hindu leader was brutally tortured during the Iftar party recently.
Dhaka: In an incident of hate crime in Bangladesh, Lata Samaddar, a female teacher of Tejgaon College in Dhaka was reportedly harassed in broad daylight by a policeman for wearing a traditional bindi on her forehead. According to reports, the...
Dhaka: Bangladesh will ban questions probing the “immoral character” of rape victims in criminal cases, authorities say, after a long campaign by rights groups against humiliating interrogations of traumatised survivors.
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government will provide special cards to 10 million people so they can purchase some essential commodities at lower prices. “We have targeted 10 million people. We will provide them with...
Dhaka: A man hacked a pregnant woman and her mother to death at their home in Narayanganj city’s Dalpotti area. The victims are Ruma Chakraborty, 46, and her pregnant daughter Ritu Chakraborty, 22. “It is heart-wrenching that a stranger shattered...
Dhaka: For the first time in Bangladesh, people with disabilities are being brought under health insurance. The name of the insurance policy is Bangabandhu Suraksha Bima for Persons of Disabilities.