Dhaka Office: A newly released report from the Health Effects Institute (HEI), in partnership with UNICEF, reveals alarming trends in air quality both in Bangladesh and worldwide, posing sig... Read more

– Explosions from border areas continued past Wednesday morning Bangladesh News Desk: A BGB personnel stands guard amid intensifying shelling in Myanmar border villages. Photo: Collect... Read more

– Don’t be misled by rumours, it urges all UNB, Dhaka: An ISPR release has sought to quell speculation and calm nerves around the situation prevailing at the Bangladesh-Myanmar maritim... Read more

Bangladesh News Desk: There is a conflict between Myanmar Junta army and insurgent group Arakan Army in the Rakhine state for many days. The shipping traffic on the St Martin route has been... Read more

Bangladesh News Desk: Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman, Chief of General Staff (CGS), has been appointed as the new chief of staff of Bangladesh Army. He has been promoted to the rank of ge... Read more

Two in every three children in Bangladesh under the age of five live in child food poverty, according to UNICEF’s report, ‘Child Food Poverty: Nutrition Deprivation in Early Childhood.’ This... Read more

Staff Correspondent, Dhaka: Maintaining economic stability, ensuring disciplines in financial sectors and continuing zero tolerance policy against corruption are among the main priorities in... Read more

Bangladesh News Desk: About 864,619 to 1,391,685 buildings in Dhaka will collapse if a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs on the Madhupur fault in Tangail, a recent study by Rajuk has found. Pr... Read more

Bangladesh News Desk: Starting 1 June, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will partially increase food rations for all Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar camps, raising the entitlement from... Read more

Mohiuddin, Dhaka: In December 2018, the elected Awami League member of parliament from Feni, Nizam Uddin Hazari, got a licence to send workers overseas. His company’s name is Snigdha I... Read more

Dhaka Office: Bangladeshi weather experts said Tuesday that a deadly cyclone that carved a swathe of destruction was one of the quickest-forming and longest-lasting they’d experienced,... Read more

Bangladesh News Desk: The severe cyclonic storm Remal has claimed 10 lives and damaged fully or partly 1,50,475 houses, said State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Ministry Md Moh... Read more

Dhaka Office: A severe cyclone called ‘Remal’ started crossing coastal regions of Bangladesh packing winds up to 120 kilometres per hour on Sunday night while authorities managed... Read more

Dhaka Office: Promotion of renewable energies and fight against climate change to be prioritised. Bangladesh is likely to receive €232.5 million more in loans and grants from Germany mainly... Read more

Bangladesh News Desk: The government undertook 19 development projects involving Tk1,899 crore between 2009 and 2023 to modernise the southern port Both container handling and revenues have... Read more

– Ambassadors not to be appointed on contract for now Raheed Ejaz, Dhaka: After winning the 7 January election, the Awami League government has pointed to politics, economy and diploma... Read more

– Illegal trade in tokay geckos endangers the species – Experts urge govt action Siam Sarower Jamil: In October 2021, an unidentified wild animal attack in Harinathpur Union of P... Read more

– Brazil foreign minister coming to Dhaka – Deals include sports, agriculture Nurul Islam Hasib, Dhaka: Foreign Minister of Brazil Mauro Vieira will visit Dhaka on April 7 and 8.... Read more