Dhaka, April 5 -- Reform Radar: Mandate vs Mechanism Implementation standoff: Despite a 69 percent referendum mandate, the July Charter is stalled because the ruling BNP refuses to join the Constitut... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- A special measles vaccine drive for children has begun in Netrokona's Atpara, which has been identified as at risk from the disease. Children between the ages of six to 59 months wi... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- Three people have died and four others injured in a collision between a truck and a minibus on the Konabari flyover in Gazipur. The crash occurred on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway on Su... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) has proposed a 5 percent cash incentive on card-based payments to accelerate digital transactions. Under the proposal, custom... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- A Dhaka court has sent Iman Ullah Prakash Mastan to jail pending trial in connection with a devastating fire at a gas lighter factory in Keraniganj that left six people dead. Senior... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- A series of resignations has hit the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). After a marathon nine-hour meeting on Saturday, the notices began pouring in by the hour. Within a few hours, fo... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- More than 1.2 million children aged between 6 months and 5 years will receive measles-rubella vaccines in 30 Upazilas in the first phase of a vaccine drive, UNICEF has said. The gov... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- The recommendations of the 9th Pay Commission, which proposes more than doubling the basic salary for government employees, are being reviewed by a secretary committee, the Prime Min... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) has sounded the alarm over what it describes as rising authoritarian tendencies in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The NCP warned that unche... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- All vessels in the country will be brought under digital registration to make inland waterways safer, says Shipping and Bridge State Minister Md Razib Ahsan. He also said a comprehe... Read More