Police on Thursday (Oct 10) recovered the dead body of a recently retired additional secretary from a resort in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar. The deceased Salahuddin Mahmud was serving as the deputy managing director of state-run SME Foundation having retired from his post of additional

The World Bank on Thursday (Oct 10) lowered Bangladesh’s economic growth outlook for the fiscal year "July 2024-June 2025" to 4% from its April projection of 5.7% due to “significant political uncertainties” clouding industrial expansion prospects. In addition,

Egg prices in the market have slightly decreased following the government's recent decision to allow imports. Two days ago, the interim government granted permission for egg imports, alongside an increase in market monitoring, which led to a reduction in prices. In just four days,

One hundred and fifty more stranded irregular Bangladeshi migrants returned home today (October 10) from Libya. The repatriation has taken place under the joint initiative of the foreign ministry, Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a

Police yesterday detained a man while he was vandalising a gate of a temple in Bhola. The detained man is Shimul Chandra, 35, a resident of Sadar upazila's Bapta union. Meanwhile, superintendent of Bhola police Mohammad Shariful Haque gave Tk 1,000 to ASI Manik as gift for

A Bangladeshi fisherman was killed and three others injured as members of Myanmar Navy opened fire on them in the River Naf in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar on Thursday. The victim was identified as Md Osman, son of Bacchu Miah from Konarpara area of Shapuree Island. Apart from this,

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (October 10) predicted light to moderate rain at different places across the country for the next 24 hours beginning from 9 this morning. "Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to

The council of advisers of the government has formed a three-member committee to ensure the treatment of those injured in the recent Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. The Cabinet Division issued a notification on Wednesday night, which will come into immediate effect. The

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus's press wing has clarified that his recent remarks on "pressing the reset button" in an interview with Voice of America is being misinterpreted by some people. "He (Prof Yunus) did not mean wiping out Bangladesh's proud

At least eight people, including four members of a family, were killed after a private car plunged into a roadside canal in Pirojpur early Thursday (Oct 10). Four of the deceased were identified as Motahar Hossain, 45, his wife Sabina, 36, their daughter Mukta, 10, and son Shoayeb, 2.

Bashundhara Group has employed two family members of Abu Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University who has made the supreme sacrifice in the recent student movement.  On behalf of Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, East West Media Group Executive Director Yasin

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has asked banks to freeze the accounts of ABM Mokammel Hoque Chowdhury, managing director of Union Bank, and his wife. The anti-money laundering agency sent the directive on Tuesday to all banks and financial institutions in the

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) today brought back five Bangladeshi fishermen taken earlier hostage by Myanmar's separatist group Arakan Army while fishing in the Naf River. “The Arakan Army handed over the five Bangladeshi fishermen to the BGB at about 1:30 pm today,”

Four people, including a housewife, were killed in two separate lightning events in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila on Wednesday afternoon. Five others were also injured in the incidents, including two critically wounded. The incident took place at Hosenabad Gorerapara and

Dhaka today (Oct 9) protested to Indian government on the killing of a Bangladeshi national, Md. Kamal Hossain hailing from Sadar South upazila of Cumilla district. Kamal was shot and killed by the Border Security Force (BSF) of India on October 7.  “The Government of

Badiul Alam Majumdar, head of the Electoral System Reform Commission, announced that the commission will sit with Bangladesh's political parties to discuss electoral system reforms. He made these remarks during a press conference held on Wednesday at the Election Bhaban in

Home Ministry Adviser Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) today (Oct 9) said there was no apprehension of security around Prabarana Purnima, the second largest festival of the Buddhist community. “I’m ensuring that you (Buddhist community) can hold your festival in

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins. Baker works at the University of Washington in Seattle, while Hassabis and Jumper both work at Google Deepmind in London. Hans Ellegren,

The government has appointed Dr Mobasser Monem, a Professor of Governance and Public Management at the University of Dhaka, as the new Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC). In a notification issued on Wednesday by the Ministry of Public Administration, it was

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, former ICT state minister, and 17 others sued over the leaking of NID information.  On the other hand, 15 to 20 unidentified people have been accused in the same case. One Enamul Haque filed the case with Kafrul