Bagerhat: Forest guards in the eastern part of the Sundarbans arrested 377 people in forest crime cases during drives conducted over the past one year and seized more than 1 lakh feet of deer trapping nets along with 249 kilograms of venison and 448 t…
Dhaka: Urban planners have announced that the long-awaited Dhaka-Gazipur Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service is poised to bring a transformative change to Bangladesh’s public transport system once it becomes operational.
According to United News of Ban…
Lalmonirhat: A court in Lalmonirhat has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the rape of an 11-year-old schoolgirl in 2016. The convict, Anath Chandra Barman, 42, was also fined Tk 10,000; failing to pay will result in an additional three months o…
Dhaka: A court in Dhaka has scheduled July 2 as the new deadline for submitting the investigation report in the case concerning the 2016 reserve heist of Bangladesh Bank (BB). This decision came after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), respo…
Dhaka: President Mohammed Shahabuddin returned home this morning after receiving medical treatment and health check-ups in the United Kingdom (UK). A commercial aircraft (flight BG-202) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President and his e…
Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today announced an eight-day programme from May 25 to June 1 marking the 45th martyrdom anniversary of the party’s founder, Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi …
Dhaka: Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) PLC and BRAC EPL Investments Limited today signed a landmark agreement to facilitate electronic subscription of the country’s first ‘Orange Bond’ through the capital market platform, marking a significant step in them…
Dhaka: Singapore’s Non-Resident High Commissioner Derek Loh today paid a courtesy call on the opposition leader of the parliament, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, at his Bashundara office. The meeting was also attended by Singapore High Commission charge d’ affa…
Dhaka: Over the past 12 months, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 495 women and children from the country’s southwestern border areas. The BGB’s Maheshpur and Jhenaidah battalions carried out the rescue operations. Later, the Ministry of Home Affa…