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Amaal Mallik reveals how Arijit Singh returned to playback singing for Awarapan 2

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Music fans in India and around the world had recently assumed that Arijit Singh had stepped away from playback singing and was unlikely to return anytime soon. But his involvement in ... Read More


International firms assigned to search for assets of Bangladeshi defaulters abroad

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- The government has taken steps to identify and freeze assets belonging to loan defaulters located abroad in an effort to recover large non-performing loans in the banking sector. Con... Read More


Dhaka ranks 15th among world's most polluted cities

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Dhaka ranked 15th among the world's most polluted cities on Sunday morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 95 at 9:18 am. According to the AQI scale, the city's air qu... Read More


PM leaves Dhaka for Maheshkhali to inspect deep-sea port, meet flood victims in Ctg

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman left Dhaka by helicopter on Sunday morning for Maheshkhali in Cox's Bazar to inspect the Matarbari deep-sea port and the coal-fired power project and rev... Read More


NSDA finds Chinese suitable for adaptation as a third language

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- The National Skills Development Authority (NSDA) has completed task analysis and occupational mapping of "Chinese Language" for the first time in Bangladesh, aiming to make skills dev... Read More


Govt approves Tk 68.50cr budget for workers' welfare in current fiscal

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Sunday approved a Tk 68.50 crore budget for the Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation for the FY27, alongside financial grants worth Tk 12.98 c... Read More


No one to be allowed to play with people's fate: PM Tarique

Chattogram, Aug. 9 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday warned that no one will be allowed to play with the fate of the people of Bangladesh, saying now is the time to build the country and the ... Read More


3rd Int'l Indigenous Language Journalism Conference begins in Kathmandu

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- day 3rd International Indigenous Language Journalism Conference-2026 began in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Sunday, bringing together journalists, media professionals and researchers i... Read More


SCC worker electrocuted, 2 others injured in Sylhet

Sylhet, Aug. 9 -- A worker of the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) was killed and two others were seriously injured after being electrocuted while cleaning the roof of a mosque in the city's Chhararpar a... Read More


DSCC launches tree plantation programme at Kamrangirchar

Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), in collaboration with Plant Scholar, on Sunday inaugurated a programme to plant 10,000 trees in Kamrangirchar under the initiative titled "Tree Sc... Read More