Ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), the government of Bangladesh, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have partnered to improve the sustainable management of critical wetland ecosyste…
Bangladesh ace allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has
shelved the plan to return to the country tonight for a Test match against South Africa at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium which was supposed to be his final Test match in his career.
The allroun…
A motorcyclist was killed and three others were injured as the motorcycle plunged into a roadside ditch in Madhobpur upazila here last night.
The deceased was identified as Sourov Mia, 18, who hailed from Kalikapur village in upazila.
Sourov lost c…
Each family of those who sacrificed their lives in July-August anti-discrimination movement will be provided Taka 30 lakh for their rehabilitation.
“This money will be provided from July Shaheed Smriti Foundation,” Mahfuj Alam, Special Assistant to …
A man was killed in a thunderbolt strike in Gabtoli upazila here today.
The deceased was identified as Sultan Sarker, 60, hailed from Shildohobari village in the upazila.
Local people said the thunderbolt struck Sultan when he was working at his ch…
Just a day after reaching Dhaka, South Africa kicked off its practice session for the first Test match against Bangladesh, starting on October 21 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.
The South Africa team got some fitness drill befor…
A court here today sent to jail former agriculture minister and Awami League (AL) presidium member Abdur Razzaque and former civil aviation and tourism minister Lt Colonel (Retd) Faruk Khan in two separate murder cases.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate…
In view of Bangladesh’s foreign reserve crisis, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today urged the central bank to establish a dedicated local currency conversion channel for renewable energy investors, ensuring timely conversion of returns from BD…
A total of 33,000 teenage girls will be brought under immunization in Khulna city during the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine programme beginning on October 24.
All the girls aged between 10 and 14 will be vaccinated during the 18-day-long vaccina…