Inspiring Bangladesh, a social good company promoting inspirational stories of Bangladeshis around the globe recently hosted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs endorsed "40 Under 40 Smart Bangladesh ICT Summit & Award," at the Independent University of Bangladesh.  The

The mother of deceased Gulf Air Captain Mohannad Yousef Hassan Al Hindi today (Monday) filed a writ petition in the High Court (HC) against four people for failure and refusal to investigate Gulf Air. The four persons are - CAAB (Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh), Chairman

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas inaugurated the new location of American Corner in Rajshahi on Monday (September 18). According to US embassy to Dhaka this initiative is a joint effort between the US Embassy and Varendra University that aims to advance knowledge exchange,

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has recovered over 5 kg of crystal methamphetamine in a drive in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Monday (September 18). Col Md Mohiuddin Ahmed, commandant of the BGB-2 (Teknaf) confirmed the matter today. He said tipped off, a team of BGB-2

A local Swechasebak League leader was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two factions of the ruling Awami League in Cumilla on Monday (September 18). The incident took place in village Chalibhanga under Meghna upazila this morning. The deceased Nizam Sarkar, 40, is

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) buses started to ply on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway today (September 18).   The bus service was launched with eight buses at an event at Manik Mia Avenue in the morning. A bus passenger will be charged Tk 35 for his/her journey from

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Monday (September 18) arrested 54 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached New York in the USA today to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A flight of the British Airways (BA 1593) carrying the premier and her entourage members landed at the JKF International Airport, New York

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen was greeted by Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem and leaders of Bangladeshi expatriate community during his stopover in London en route to New York to attend the UN General Assembly. Foreign Ministry issued a press release

A Dhaka court today placed six people including four doctors on different terms of remand in a case lodged over the leakage of question papers of centralised medical college admission test. Of the six, founder of Three Doctors' Coaching Centre Dr Md Yunusuzzaman Khan Tarim, 40, Dr

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) today submitted a supplementary charge-sheet against 16 people, including former Lakshmipur-1 lawmaker and Islami Ganatantrik Party chairman MA Awal, in a case lodged over the murder of Shahin Uddin in capital's Pallabi area. The other

A microbus was torched and private cars were vandalized during BNP's ongoing youth road march on the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway at Dalsharak in Natore Sadar upazila on Sunday (17 September). Besides, at least 20 people were injured in this incident. Nasim Ahmed, officer-in-charge of

Two motorcyclists including an UP chairman were killed in a road accident on the Sylhet-Bholaganj Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman Highway in Salutikor area under Gowainghat upazila of the district on early Sunday (September 17). The accident took place around 12:30 am on

An earthquake of 4.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale jolted Dhaka on Sunday (September 17) afternoon. The earthquake was felt at 12:50pm. The epicentre of the quake was 14km from Sakhipur upazila of Tangail, according to Google. No damage had been reported at the time of writing.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said mild heat wave is sweeping over north and north-east of the country and it may abate from some places.  According to the Met office bulletin, mild heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Dhaka, Tangail, Rajshahi, Sirajgonj,

Power generation at Rampal thermal power plant in Bagerhat has been suspended again since Friday (September 16) night due to a technical glitch. According to a source from the plant, the power generation stopped around 9:30pm. Deputy general manager of the Bangladesh-India

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Sunday (September 17) arrested 45 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for New York, USA today (September 17) to attend the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the premier and her entourage members departed from Hazrat Shahjalal

President Mohammed Shahabuddin returned home on Saturday (September 16) evening wrapping up his 13-day visit to Indonesia and Singapore. A VVIP aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President and his entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka

Bangladesh government’s humanitarian assistance in the wake of Cyclone Daniel and catastrophic flooding in Libya was handed over to the representatives of the Libyan government.  Bangladesh Ambassador to Libya Major General Hasnat handed over this assistance to Issa Al