BSS: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Railways has directed the authorities concerned to take steps immediately for the preservation of the historic Pahartali European... Read more
UNB: The US government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $250,000 in emergency assistance to help communities in the Bandarban district re... Read more
UNB: Bangladesh and the United States will hold the 10th bilateral defense dialogue in Dhaka on August 23-24 that will discuss cooperation on a myriad of defense topics and the two countries... Read more
Bangladesh News Desk: Sri Lanka has paid back Bangladesh $50 million of loans, which is one fourth of the $200 million given by Dhaka in 2021. Confirming the matter, spokesperson and executi... Read more
UNB: Bangladesh reported 17 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Thursday morning. With the new numbers, the country’s total caseload rose to 2,045,120, according to the Directorat... Read more
BSS: The 24th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin on September 3. President Mohammed Shahabuddin convened the 24th session of the parliament exercising the power bestowed upon... Read more
The government is set to launch a groundbreaking universal pension scheme today, a significant stride towards ensuring old-age social security for the citizens. The finance ministry sources... Read more
UNB: There has been no official decision yet on the ground handling work at the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director... Read more
Shuvonkar Karmokar, Dhaka: Bangladesh is struggling to move beyond low-end readymade garment (RMG) products while exporting to the United States (US) and European markets. The situation has... Read more
Gautam Lahiri: India believes that achievement earned during last ten years in the bilateral relations between New Delhi and Dhaka has given a desired results and it should be preserved. Smi... Read more
Mohammad Al Amin, Dhaka: With the worsening dengue situation in the country, the numbers of dengue patients and deaths have been increasing day by day while the actual number of dengue patie... Read more
UNB: Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a loan of USD $490 million to implement two projects in Bangladesh. The Economic Relation Division (ERD) and ADB on Monday signed two separate... Read more
BSS: The Teesta may cross its danger mark (DM) in the next 24 hours at Dalia point in Nilphamari and Kawnia point in Rangpur following continuous sharp rise in water levels amid monsoon rain... Read more
UNB: A significant number of people who sought refuge in shelters due to the devastating floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in Bandarban have now returned to their homes, Depu... Read more
The public administration ministry has sent a proposal to buy 261 vehicles for deputy commissioners and upazila nirbahi officers. The election commission secretariat also wants to buy vehicl... Read more
Foreign aid commitments increased by about 7.23% in FY23 Saifuddin Saif, Dhaka: The year-on-year disbursements of foreign loans from development partners have decreased by 7.4% in the 2022-2... Read more
UNB: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Secretary Mahbub Hossain said the US delegation arrived here to take an idea about ACC’s laws and regulations and how the ACC works, not for any p... Read more
UNB: Dhaka’s air quality continued to be unhealthy for sensitive groups this morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 108 at 9:00 am, Dhaka ranked 7th on the list of cities wo... Read more
BSS: The electricity situation has improved further in the district as country’s largest solar power plant the Teesta Solar Limited has gone to production recently. Prime Minister Shei... Read more
Bangladesh News Desk: As many as 576 people were killed and 1,055 injured in 505 road accidents across the country in July, said a report of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, reports UNB. Fort... Read more
