Bangladesh

The government has imposed a 22-day ban on catching, selling, transporting, storing and marketing Hilsa to protect mother Hilsa during the breeding season. The restriction came into effect at midnight […]

Bangladesh has formed a committee to strengthen water cooperation with India and has asked New Delhi to nominate representatives for talks, Foreign Affairs State Minister Humayun Kabir said on Thursday. […]

Election symbols will be allocated to the candidates contesting the Thakurgaon-1 by-election on Thursday (October 8), formally launching their election campaigns. According to the Election Commission’s schedule, Wednesday (October 7) […]

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 528 people and filed 53 cases during its regular anti-crime operations across the capital over the past 24 hours. DMP Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public […]

Four police constables have been arrested for allegedly collecting and selling sensitive personal information, including call detail records (CDRs), mobile phone locations, national identification (NID) data, passport details and SMS […]

The government has taken a policy decision to form a minimum wage board to review and reset wages for garment workers following demands from labour organisations. Officials at the Ministry […]

Eight more people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to 44 in the first week of October. During […]

The Shiyaljani Canal, flowing through the municipal town of Mohanganj in Netrokona’s haor region, has turned into a dumping ground despite more than Tk29 crore being spent on its development […]

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved two projects worth a total of Tk1,813.28 crore to improve infrastructure in Rangpur City Corporation. Of the amount, Tk1,602.79 […]

Four more people have died from measles and measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,390 new cases were reported during the period, according to the Directorate […]