Dhaka: US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The US envoy met the premier at his Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat here this noon, said Prime Minister’s Additi…
Dhaka: The Ministry of Home Affairs is moving forward with a major initiative to strengthen drug addiction treatment services nationwide through the construction of 200-bed rehabilitation centers in seven divisional cities. The project, led by the Dep…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s point-to-point general inflation eased slightly to 8.71 per cent in March 2026, down from 9.13 per cent in February, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The BBS data showed that food inflati…
Dhaka: The Traffic Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) conducted coordinated eviction drives across Dhaka city on Sunday, fining Tk 3.33 lakh and sentencing nine people to different terms of imprisonment. During the daylong drives, illegal enc…
Dhaka: Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmad Azam Khan on Sunday announced that the process for taking action against politically enlisted non-freedom fighters has commenced following their identification. ‘From August 2024 to March 2026, the gazettes…
Keraniganj: The death toll from the devastating fire at a tin-shed gas lighter factory in the Kadamtali Gol Chattar area of Keraniganj has risen to six after rescuers recovered one more body, authorities confirmed.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sa…
Dhaka: Prime Minister’s Adviser Mahdi Amin and Press Secretary Abu Abdullah M Saleh, popularly known as Saleh Shibly, have been appointed as spokespersons for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The Prime Minister’s Office released a notification regar…
Chattogram: Two children tragically died after falling into a water-filled pit in Harualchhari of Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram district. The incident occurred at a site where soil had been excavated for a brick kiln.
According to United News of…
Dhaka: Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain announced today that a nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign will commence on May 3, targeting children across all districts and upazilas in the country. The announcement wa…