Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Mohammad Nur Khan, a human rights activist, has received the Global Human Rights Defender Award. The US Department of State honoured ten individuals from around the globe who have de... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is the most celebrated festival in China and a significant occasion in some other East Asian countries. This yea... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, who resigned from parliament and the BNP, has been re-elected from the Brahmanbaria-2 in the by-election to the parliamentary constituency comprising Sarail and ... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- A woman gave her one-and-a-half-month-old child up for adoption for Tk 42,000 in Gazipur's Sreepur Upazila. Police later returned the child to the mother as no legal process was follo... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the construction work of the first subway in Bangladesh a month after the country rolled out its first metro rail system. The prime minis... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The government has approved a proposal to buy liquified natural gas or LNG from the open market after an eight-month pause due to high prices and low dollar reserves. The decision to... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Bangladesh managed to bring in more than $5 billion in export receipts for a third consecutive month in January, beating the expectations of businesses. Exports increased 5.89 percen... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 1 -- Six constituencies that fell vacant after the resignations of the BNP's lawmakers are holding the polls to elect new parliamentary representatives. Voting started at 8:30 am on Wedne... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 1 -- The Department of Environment has fined the contractors of Bus Rapid Transit or BRT and bypass projects in Dhaka Tk 50,000 each for air pollution. The drive on Wednesday was a part o... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 1 -- No major irregularities have been reported in the by-election to the six parliamentary seats vacated by the BNP, but the turnout may be 15 to 30 percent, Kazi Habibul Awal has said. ... Read More