They claimed that despite the presence of qualified officers, the food ministry gave “current charge” of upazila food controllers to the 69 officials, violating the policy of the Ministry of Public Ad ...

Workers from a garment factory in Gazipur took to the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway today (1 October), protesting for unpaid wages ...

Mahfuzur Rahman joined UNB as its Editor on Tuesday, while the current Editor, veteran journalist Farid Hossain, has been ...

Israel’s latest surge in attacks in Lebanon, including strikes that have killed Iran-backed Hezbollah leader Hassan ...

Total remittances in September reached $2.40 billion, a substantial increase from $1.33 billion in the same month of the previous fiscal year ...

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Unidentified individuals attacked, vandalised and set fire to Lalon Anand Dham in Motra village of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur in the early hours of Monday (30 September). During the incident, Lalon's ...

The nurses and midwives of Dinajpur Medical College and Hospital and private hospitals observed a three-hour work abstention till 12pm today (1 October) demanding withdrawal of the cadres of Nursing & ...

Police have recovered the body of NTV News Editor Shimanto Khokon from his Chamelibagh residence in the capital this morning (1 October). Bacchu Mia, a duty officer of Paltan police station, confirmed ...

A total of Tk8 lakh, which was extorted from the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) and the Narayanganj Chamber of Commerce & Industry, has been recovered. "After the ...

According to ERD officials, the fall is owed to the recent political turmoil amid the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and the interim government's decision to review foreign loan-funded projects, ...

Deputy Attorney General Md Masud Rana, who represented the prosecution in the court, said the state will appeal against the bail order with the Appellate Division ...