Bangladesh’s NCTB will revise 2027 textbooks, adding content on the Liberation War, Bir Sreshthos, 7 November 1975, Khaleda ...

Bus fares have been increased following a rise in fuel prices. A decision has been taken to raise fares by 17 paisa per kilometre for long-distance and city buses, including those in the capital. The ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will present Bangladesh's vision for the future, national interests and aspirations of its people at the global forum of the United Nations General Assembly, with a focus ...

At a Dhaka Secretariat briefing, Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman said crude bombs and burnt buses cannot trigger a government crisis. Though not naming the Awami ...

A private-sector employee, AKM Azhar, has booked a flat in Bosila, in the capital. He does not earn a particularly high salary and is the sole breadwinner in his family, which consists of his wife and ...

Jamaat-e-Islami is working to develop alternative leadership to Gazi Nazrul Islam in the Satkhira-4 (Shyamnagar) constituency ...

Bangladeshi MP Gazi Nazrul Islam and his first wife Maksuda were brought to a Dhaka court over the abetment-to-suicide case of his 19-year-old second wife, Marium Khatun. Prosecutors alleged the ...

The Houthis have carried out attacks against facilities belonging to the Saudi oil giant Aramco in the Red Sea port city of Yanbu. The East-West Pipeline—a crucial crude oil export route—has also been ...

At a time when ordinary people’s purchasing capacity has been declining steadily and private-sector investment is slowing, ...

A recent survey of 134 knitwear factories found that 55 per cent had seen buyers cancel or cut orders because of gas and power shortages since late August, and 78 per cent had partially halted ...

The session of the United Nations General Assembly occurs every year. World leaders travel to New York, deliver speeches, hold bilateral meetings, pass some resolutions, and make many promises.

The day after diesel prices were raised, passengers at the Gabtoli bus terminal in the capital were being charged Tk 50 to Tk 100 more in fares, depending on the distance. Meanwhile, a rice mill owner ...