The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved a project to build a 442MW solar power plant with battery energy storage in Rampal, Bagerhat, which is expected […]
The government is working to make Bangladesh free of street children and beggars within the next four years, Women and Children Affairs and Social Welfare Minister Prof Dr AZM Zahid […]
A Bangladeshi woman who went to Jeddah on a domestic worker visa and allegedly faced abuse has been taken into the custody of the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh. She was […]
The government has declared November 7 a public holiday every year to observe National Revolution and Solidarity Day. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification to this effect […]
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has destroyed drugs worth around Tk3 crore seized during various operations in the border areas of Khagrachhari. The seized drugs were destroyed at the Ramgarh […]
The Appellate Division’s Chamber Judge Court has stayed a High Court order that had imposed a status quo on a government policy restricting multiple fertiliser dealerships to members of the […]
Japan is providing a $145,000 grant to Bangladesh to expand tuberculosis (TB) screening services in slum areas of Dhaka. A grant agreement was signed between Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Saida […]
Police have arrested a man in a case filed over the alleged forced resignation of Rajshahi Medical University (RAMEBI) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Jawadul Haque. The arrested man was identified […]
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have claimed to have solved the murder of college student Rakib Islam and arrested the prime accused in the case. The identity of the arrested suspect […]
The UN Human Rights Council has unanimously adopted a Bangladesh-led resolution on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the promotion and protection of human rights. The resolution, titled “Impact […]