A drug awareness meeting was held at Narayanganj District Jail on Monday (Sept 21), alongside the launch of vocational training for 50 inmates to help them become self-reliant after their […]
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has ordered former Cox’s Bazar-1 MP Md Zafar Alam to be sent to jail in two separate murder cases, including a 2012 murder case and the […]
A 42-metre-long footbridge built over the Rampura (Begunbari) Canal between Dhaka’s Banasree and Aftabnagar will be opened to pedestrians on Wednesday. The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) spent Tk13.29 crore […]
Local government elections are unlikely to be held this year, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam said Wednesday. He said the Election Commission (EC) […]
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s participation in 10 major programmes on the first day of his New York visit reflected a “360-degree diplomatic and economic strategy”, said Mahdi Amin, adviser […]
Metro rail services on the Uttara-Motijheel route were suspended for about 26 minutes on Wednesday morning after a door of a moving train suddenly opened. The suspension was imposed as […]
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition Dr Shafiqur Rahman attended a reception in Dhaka marking Saudi Arabia’s 96th National Day on Tuesday evening. The reception, hosted by the […]
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed ways to further expand economic, trade and investment cooperation between Bangladesh and Turkey during a meeting in New York […]
Police have arrested a subcontractor after bamboo was allegedly used instead of steel reinforcement bars in concrete slabs of a footpath on an under-construction bridge in Basail, Tangail, costing over […]
President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has stressed the need to prioritise technology, engineering and technical education to equip young people with skills suited to job opportunities at home and abroad. […]