Forty-two percent of Bangladeshis have a favourable view of India, compared with just 25% of Indians who hold a positive opinion of Bangladesh, according to a survey by the US-based […]
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Administrator Md Abdus Salam has ordered strict action against irregularities, harassment and illegal financial transactions in the issuance and renewal of trade licences. Following allegations […]
Water Resources Minister Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee on Monday said Bangladesh does not want its friendly relations with India to deteriorate over the long-pending Teesta water-sharing agreement, stressing that New Delhi […]
A new pay scale for government employees will be implemented within this year, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Monday. Speaking to reporters after a meeting at the […]
The government has recommended increasing the basic salaries of public servants from grades 1 to 20 by up to 100 percent, with the proposed pay hike to be implemented in […]
Seven more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours to 8am Monday, raising Bangladesh’s combined confirmed and suspected measles-related death toll to 915 this year, according to the […]
Three days after nine workers died from toxic gas exposure at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda, Chattogram, investigators are still unable to enter the accident site because of the continuing […]
Myanmar has recognised nearly 309,000 Rohingyas sheltering in Bangladesh as former residents of Rakhine State but said it will not accept their return until security conditions in the region improve. […]
Arguments have concluded in the July uprising murder case against seven senior Awami League leaders, including its former general secretary Obaidul Quader, with the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) reserving the […]
The government has taken an initiative to gradually introduce solar power across all offices, agencies and institutions under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives. Local Government, Rural […]