BRUSSELS, Sept. 3 -- Belgium recorded nearly 3,000 excess deaths during three summer heatwaves, according to data released Thursday by the national public health institute, Sciensano. Sciensano's Bel... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- UK Export Finance (UKEF) has offered financing support of up to £2 billion for eligible Bangladeshi buyers to undertake projects involving British goods and services in key deve... Read More
Chandpur, Sept. 3 -- For fish lovers in Chandpur, the wait for affordable hilsa appears to be ending. After months of relatively low supplies, the arrival of hilsa at the city's century-old Boro Stat... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested four individuals for their alleged involvement in a gunfight between two criminal gangs over control of the drug trade in ... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- Dhaka ranked 10th among the world's cities with the worst air quality on Thursday morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 106 at 09:42 am. According to the AQI scale,... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- The High Court on Thursday refused to grant anticipatory bail to film actor Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique in two separate cases filed over the July 2024 mass uprising. Riaz appeared be... Read More
Sangsad Bhaban, Sept. 3 -- Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal on Thursday expressed dismay over delays in placing bills in Parliament following approval by the Cabinet, saying legislation should be sent to t... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- Renowned actress Elina Shammi was seriously injured in a road accident while travelling on a battery-powered rickshaw (an e-rickshaw) in Dhaka on Wednesday evening. The actress said... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group Dr Muhammad Al Jasser met Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday and exchanged views on development, entrepreneurship an... Read More
Sangsad Bhaban, Sept. 3 -- The government has proposed replacing the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) with a new specialised police unit, the Special Response Battalion (SRB), amid objections from opposit... Read More