The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast that the weather across the country will remain mainly dry with a partly cloudy sky over the next 24 hours starting from 9 AM today. However, isolated rain or thundershowers accompanied by lightning and gusty winds may occur

Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, Adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, has publicly apologised over a contractor license issued in his father’s name and confirmed that the license has since been cancelled. In a Facebook post made around

A total of 593 road accidents across Bangladesh in March killed 612 people and injured 1,246 others, according to a report by the Bangladesh Passenger Welfare Association (BPWA). The report was published on Thursday (April 24) and signed by BPWA Secretary General Md Mozammel Haque

The Swedish Embassy in Dhaka has highlighted progress made in workplace safety and health in Bangladesh’s garment sector, while remembering the victims and families affected by the Rana Plaza tragedy. The Embassy is observing the 12th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy on

A three-day celebration of the ancient Manipuri religious festival Lai Haraoba has begun in Kamalganj with colorful and spiritual ceremonies. The festival started on Wednesday (April 23) evening at the Manipuri Cultural Complex in Tetigaon village under Adampur Union of Kamalganj

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday (April 24) scheduled to deliver an inspirational speech at Qatar University, focusing on his "Three Zero" theory. The lecture session titled "Building A World of Three Zeros: Zero Net Carbon Emission, Zero Wealth

Bangladesh has announced three days of state mourning from Thursday to Saturday to honour the death of Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church. A notice issued by the Cabinet Division on Wednesday night said that the national flag would fly at half-mast at all government,

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus will travel directly from Doha to Rome, Italy, to attend the funeral of Roman Catholic pontiff Pope Francis.   “The Chief Adviser will leave Doha for Rome next Friday,” Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told

A banned Chhatra League leader was arrested in a case filed for raping a girl in Rangamati’s Kaukhali upazila. He was detained on Wednesday (April 23) afternoon from Kadamrasul area under Sitakunda Police Station in Chattogram. Fahim, 25, is the son of Anwar Hossain, member of

The High Court (HC) has postponed the hearing on the bail rule of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson of the Bangladesh Sammilito Sanatani Jagaran Jote, for one week in a sedition case filed over alleged desecration of the national flag. The bench of Justice Md Ataur Rahman

A Chattogram court on Wednesday (April 23) sentenced a 23-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl in Bhujpur, Fatikchhari. The verdict was delivered by Judge Ferdous Ara of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7. The convict, Khokon Uddin,

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested the prime suspect in the murder case of Prime Asia University student Zahidul Islam Parvez.  The accused, Mehraj Islam, 19, was apprehended in Gaibandha on Wednesday afternoon (April 23). According to RAB-13, Mehraj was detained

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Indian-administered Kashmir.  He also expressed deep sorrow and sympathy for the victims of the incident. The Adviser’s Press Wing issued a statement on

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has warned that the protracted Rohingya crisis could jeopardise security and stability across Asia, urging a united global effort to find sustainable solutions. Speaking at a high-level roundtable in Doha titled “Social and Environmental

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is attending a roundtable on Rohingya issue in Doha this morning. The meeting titled "Social and Environment Challenges Around Forcibly Displaced Populations-The Case of the Rohingya" is being held at Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Doha from

The High Court today (April 23) stayed an office order of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) that permission from higher authorities must be obtained to arrest the accused in the case related to the anti-discrimination student movement. A High Court bench of Justice Fatema Najib and

The High Court (HC) has started hearing on the death reference and appeals today (April 23) in the murder case of former army officer Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, who was shot dead by police in Cox’s Bazar in 2020.  The hearing began at the High Court bench of Justice

At least 32 Bangladeshi nationals stranded in various cities across Tunisia are set to be repatriated, according to the Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli. In a statement issued on Tuesday (22 April), the embassy said it had confirmed the identities of the stranded individuals and issued

Three youths were killed after being struck by a train in the Madhabpur area of Burichang upazila in Cumilla early Wednesday (April 23). Sub-Inspector Sohel Molla, in-charge of the Cumilla Sadar Railway Police Outpost, confirmed the matter. He said the victims were hit by a train

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (April 23) scrapped the framing of charges and all proceedings in a money laundering case filed against Chief Advisor Dr Muhammad Yunus, Chairman of Grameen Telecom, and six officials of the company. A bench led by Chief Justice Syed