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3 with measles symptoms die in a day

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Bangladesh has reported three more suspected measles deaths in a 24-hour count. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday said 1,220 patients were admitted to ho... Read More


People must know why vaccines were not imported: state minister

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- It is important for the Bangladeshi people to know why necessary vaccines were not imported, State Minister MA Muhit has said. "We do not want to engage in a politics of blame, but t... Read More


Gold gets costlier again

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Gold prices in Bangladesh have surged again, with the Bangladesh Jewellers' Association (BAJUS) raising the rate of 22-carat gold by Tk 5,482 per Bhori in its latest adjustment. The ... Read More


New RMG wage within 2 months: PM

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said the wage board formed for the garment sector will set a new minimum wage for workers within a month or two. He told a roadside rally at Katakha... Read More


Madrasa student death: Police seek to keep Iqbal Sobhan in jail

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Police have filed an application seeking to keep Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, former information advisor to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and chairman of private television channel D... Read More


Journalist Iqbal Sobhan sent to jail over July 'murder'

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- A Dhaka court has sent Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, former information advisor to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and chairman of private broadcaster DBC, to jail in a case over the al... Read More


US trade reached $12.67bn last fiscal year: speaker

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Two-way trade between Bangladesh and the United States reached $12.67 billion in the 2025-26 fiscal year, Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has said. Describing the US as Banglade... Read More


The need for a strong data privacy culture

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- The digital world runs on data. And it is you, me, and the people around us who spend time on digital platforms and in the process creating this modern-day oil called data. As digital... Read More


Pori Moni insults journalists, snatches reporter's phone

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Actress Pori Moni has allegedly snatched a journalist's mobile phone and verbally abused him as she left a court after securing bail in a case filed by businessman Nasir Uddin Mahmud ... Read More


Bangladeshi to die in Kuwait for killing friend

Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- A Bangladeshi man has been sentenced to death in Kuwait for killing a friend following a dispute over the publication of his wife's private photographs on Facebook and the friend's re... Read More