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Light rain or drizzle likely across country: BMD

, Dec. 30 -- Light rains or drizzle is likely to occur across the country in 24 hours commencing 9 am on Tuesday, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). According to a regular bulletin of B... Read More


Youth injured during July Uprising dies

, Dec. 30 -- Shafiqul Islam, one of the July warriors who was shot during the July Uprising, has died after battling complications for nearly one and a half years. Shafiqul, a resident of Haluaghat u... Read More


Nepalese FM to attend state funeral of ex-PM Khaleda, pay last respects

, Dec. 30 -- Nepalese Foreign Affairs Minister Bala Nanda Sharma will attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Begum Khaleda Zia and pay la... Read More


Chief Adviser Prof Yunus to address nation Tuesday noon

, Dec. 30 -- Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will address the nation at 12:00 pm, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said on Tuesday. The speech will be broadcast simul... Read More


Khaleda Zia embodied Bangladesh's democratic aspirations: Chinese envoy

, Dec. 30 -- Extending his deepest condolences, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday said BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia has long embodied Bangladesh's demo... Read More


Prof Yunus mourns death of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia

, Dec. 30 -- Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday expressed profound sorrow at the death of three-time former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, describing her a towering fi... Read More


Khaleda's body to remain at Evercare overnight before moving to Feroza Wednesday

, Dec. 30 -- The body of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will be kept at the Evercare Hospital mortuary overnight before being taken to her Gulshan residence on Wednesday m... Read More


7-year-old child allegedly raped after being tied up in Cumilla; 1 arrested

, Dec. 30 -- year-old child was allegedly raped after her hands, legs and mouth were tied in Chandina upazila of Cumilla. The injured child is currently receiving treatment at Cumilla Medical College ... Read More


Rising medicine prices threaten healthcare for marginalised communities, warns study

, Dec. 30 -- income communities in Bangladesh face a severe healthcare crisis as potential medicine price hikes following the country's LDC graduation threaten to halt their access to essential treatm... Read More


Institutional deposits to be converted into shares as Bangladesh Bank finalises 'Sammilito Islami Bank' merger

, Dec. 30 -- Bangladesh Bank has finalised the scheme to merge five troubled Shariah-based banks into a single entity named 'Sammilito Islami Bank PLC'. This newly formed bank will acquire First Secu... Read More