Dhaka: Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) officials have seized 349 cartons of foreign cigarettes, 380kg of banned beauty creams, and one litre of foreign liquor in three separate drives at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport…
Dhaka: A high-level Indian business delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is visiting Bangladesh from August 17-19 and seeks to further strengthen the longstanding economic and commercial engagement between Bangladesh and India. D…
Dhaka: Local government elections across various administrative levels, including city corporations, municipalities, zila parishads, upazila parishads, and union parishads, are set to be completed within the current fiscal year, according to State Min…
Dhaka: German Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr. Rdiger Lotz has called for a comprehensive societal approach to support Bangladesh’s long-term low-carbon and climate-resilient development. He emphasized the necessity for collaboration among government, bus…
Tejgaon: Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir has called on Lithuania to recruit more skilled and trained manpower from Bangladesh to fulfill its workforce needs. This appeal was made during a courtesy meeting with Lithuanian Non-Res…
Dhaka: Education Minister Dr. ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Monday emphasized that Bangladesh must reverse the brain drain by bringing back talented students and researchers from abroad to establish itself as an education hub. ‘We have no shortage of tal…
Narayanganj: A Narayanganj court on Monday sentenced three muggers to death for killing Wazed Alam Shimanto, a student of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), here in 2024. Narayanganj District and Sessions’ Judge Abu Shamim Azad prono…
Dhaka: Dhaka University’s Fazlul Haq Muslim Hall students have announced the indefinite closure of the hall office following allegations of harassment by the hall’s provost. The decision comes after the students failed to receive a satisfactory respon…
Dhaka: Bangladeshi adventurer Najmun Nahar has reached the milestone of travelling to 185 countries, becoming the first Bangladeshi and the first Muslim woman to achieve the feat. She reached her 185th-country milestone on August 7, 2026, during a vis…