Air pollution causes 2.35 lakh deaths in Bangladesh in 2021
GB Today Dhaka Office: A newly released report from the Health Effects Institute (HEI), in partnership with UNICEF, reveals alarming…
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Teknaf villages again shaking at sounds of shelling in Myanmar
– Explosions from border areas continued past Wednesday morning Bangladesh News Desk: A BGB personnel stands guard amid…
ISPR release addresses situation around St Martin’s, seeks to reassure citizens
– Don’t be misled by rumours, it urges all UNB, Dhaka: An ISPR release has sought to quell…
Construction of jetty ghat near Saint Martin’s island suggested
Bangladesh News Desk: There is a conflict between Myanmar Junta army and insurgent group Arakan Army in the…
Lt Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman appointed as new army chief
Bangladesh News Desk: Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman, Chief of General Staff (CGS), has been appointed as the new chief…
2 in 3 children under 5 in Bangladesh face food poverty: UNICEF
Two in every three children in Bangladesh under the age of five live in child food poverty, according…
Budget 2024-25: Economic stability, fighting corruption among main priorities
Staff Correspondent, Dhaka: Maintaining economic stability, ensuring disciplines in financial sectors and continuing zero tolerance policy against corruption…
60% Dhaka buildings to collapse if 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurs on Madhupur fault: Rajuk
Bangladesh News Desk: About 864,619 to 1,391,685 buildings in Dhaka will collapse if a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs…
WFP increases food rations again for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar
Bangladesh News Desk: Starting 1 June, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will partially increase food rations…
Malaysia labour market: Four MPs’ business booms after joining ‘syndicate’
Mohiuddin, Dhaka: In December 2018, the elected Awami League member of parliament from Feni, Nizam Uddin Hazari, got…
Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seen
Dhaka Office: Bangladeshi weather experts said Tuesday that a deadly cyclone that carved a swathe of destruction was…
Cyclone Remal claims 10 lives, damages 1.50 lakh houses
Bangladesh News Desk: The severe cyclonic storm Remal has claimed 10 lives and damaged fully or partly 1,50,475…
Cyclone Remal hits Bangladesh coast
Dhaka Office: A severe cyclone called ‘Remal’ started crossing coastal regions of Bangladesh packing winds up to 120…
Germany offers Bangladesh €232.5m more in loans, grants
Dhaka Office: Promotion of renewable energies and fight against climate change to be prioritised. Bangladesh is likely to…
Modernisation efforts drive Mongla Port to more ship arrivals
Bangladesh News Desk: The government undertook 19 development projects involving Tk1,899 crore between 2009 and 2023 to modernise…
IMF loan’s third instalment doubled, June reserves target sharply lowered
Bangladesh News Desk: The target has been revised under a staff-level agreement between the international lender and Bangladesh…
Foreign minister’s letter to envoys to tackle diplomatic challenges
– Ambassadors not to be appointed on contract for now Raheed Ejaz, Dhaka: After winning the 7 January…
Bangladesh’s wildlife and forest decline linked to misinformation
– Illegal trade in tokay geckos endangers the species – Experts urge govt action Siam Sarower Jamil: In…
Bangladesh, Brazil to sign 4 deals
– Brazil foreign minister coming to Dhaka – Deals include sports, agriculture Nurul Islam Hasib, Dhaka: Foreign Minister…
Bangladesh Govt plans to sign loan agreement of Tk 1000b in current fiscal year
Jahangir Shah, Dhaka: The government has planned to sign loan agreements of Tk 1000 billion with development partners…