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Tarique tells DCs to deliver promises, reject corruption

Dhaka, May 3 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has told district administrators that his government will make no compromise with corruption, while urging them to play an active role in delivering the p... Read More


Bangladesh keeps May price of 12kg cylinder at Tk 1,940 after April hikes

Dhaka, May 3 -- Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices in Bangladesh will remain unchanged in May, with the regulator opting to hold rates steady after a volatile April marked by steep adjustments. The... Read More


Court jails two suspects for life for killing trawler driver in Savar

Dhaka, May 3 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced two people to life imprisonment for the murder of a trawler driver at Savar's Aminbazar two decades ago. Dhaka's Additional District and Sessions Judge Md ... Read More


DU teacher Sudip placed on 3-day remand over student's suicide

Dhaka, May 3 -- Police have been given three days to grill Dhaka University Associate Professor Sudip Chakroborthy in a case filed over the suspected suicide of a student from his department. Metropo... Read More


BYD opens largest Bangladesh showroom in Dhaka's Tejgaon

Dhaka, May 3 -- BYD Bangladesh has opened its largest exclusive showroom in the country in Dhaka's Tejgaon and held a vehicle delivery event for customers. The 6,000 sq ft showroom at Aristo Tower wa... Read More


Bangladesh records 10 more child deaths amid measles outbreak

Dhaka, May 3 -- Ten more children have died of measles or measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in the last 24 hours. One of the children died after being diagnosed with measles, while the other ni... Read More


No shortage of sacrificial animals for Eid-ul-Adha: livestock minister

Dhaka, May 3 -- Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammed Aminur Rashid has said there will be no shortage of sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Adha. Speaking to the media after a meeting at the Se... Read More


Gas supply halted in Gulshan, Banani after Titas pipeline damage

Dhaka, May 3 -- Gas supply to Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara and adjoining areas in Dhaka has been suspended after a Titas Gas pipeline was damaged during Dhaka WASA work on the Gulshan-Badda Link Road. ... Read More


Very heavy rain likely to lash parts of Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 3 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast moderate to very heavy rain in parts of the Dhaka, Chattogram, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions. Meteorologist AKM Nazmol Ha... Read More


Journalists protest ban on entering Supreme Court courtrooms

Dhaka, May 3 -- Media workers have formed a human chain with their faces covered in black cloth to protest the ban on journalists entering courtrooms at the Supreme Court. They said they would boycot... Read More