UNB: About 2,000 homes were destroyed while over 10,000 houses partially damaged during tropical cyclone Mocha in the Saint Martin’s island and Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district,... Read more
Shamim Jahangir: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concerns over the overcapacity of power generation in Bangladesh, highlighting that the country’s capacity is at 22... Read more
Diplomatic Correspondent: Bangladesh and Malaysia agreed to explore the possibility of concluding a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in order to add further substance to the steadily inc... Read more
The council sent a letter to the state minister for shipping about delays and operational disruptions at Bangladesh ports Jannatul Islam: The World Shipping Council (WSC) expressed deep conc... Read more
UNB: Bangladesh has ranked 163rd out of 180 nations, according to Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) World Press Freedom Index 2023. Bangladesh is behind both Pakistan and Afghanistan in this... Read more
Bangladesh signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding the allocation of plots for constructing a permanent complex for Bangladesh Embassy in Abu Dhabi and a memorandum... Read more
The World Bank (WB) has agreed to provide a loan of 2.25 billion US dollars to Bangladesh for its five development schemes on regional trade and connectivity, disaster preparedness and envir... Read more
UNB: Chhagalnaiya-Srinagar (India) border haat in Feni district will reopen on May 9 after remaining closed for three years. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Bangladesh-India manag... Read more
Over 10 million tons of potatoes are produced in Bangladesh every year, Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque says BSS: Bangladesh is going to export the Valencia variety of potatoes to Jap... Read more
Bangladesh News Desk: The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has called upon the government to make the draft of the Bank Company (Amendment) Act – 2023 open for the public. T... Read more
UNB: Bangladesh registered eleven more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total caseload rose to 2,038,185, according to the Dir... Read more
Special Correspondent, Dhaka: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not content with the current foreign currency reserve of Bangladesh and the projected figure for June this year. The gl... Read more
UNB, Dhaka: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology today recommended that the government expands the network of Teletalk... Read more
Bangladesh News Desk: The average amount of loans taken by households has doubled in the country. One-third of households are taking loans now. A latest Household Income and Expenditure Surv... Read more
Bangladesh News Desk: The rickshaw puller has no alternative but to come out into the scorching heat to earn a living. He pours a bottle of water over his head for some relief in the burning... Read more
UNB: Bangladesh reported four more Covid cases in the 24 hours to Saturday morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total caseload rose to 2,038,113, according to the Directorate G... Read more
BSS: The country is celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year-1430, today upholding the rich cultural values and rituals of the Bangalees. The Bengali New Year festival... Read more
Says report of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti Bangladesh News Desk: Some 235 incidents of human rights violation took place in Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) last year, affecting at l... Read more
The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at Sreemangal of Moulvibazar on Tuesday (Today). Local weather office recorded 8.5 degree Celsius at 9 o’clock this morning while it... Read more
UNB: A patient infected with Omicron sub-variant BF.7 has been detected in Bangladesh. The patient came from China recently, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control And Research... Read more
