Dhaka: Bangladesh and Bhutan today agreed to deepen bilateral trade and private-sector cooperation, expand product coverage under their Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA), and explore the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The issues figured…
Sirajganj: A pickup van driver and a milk trader were killed in a collision between a truck and a pickup van at Patdhari Bazar on the Dhaka-Pabna highway under Ullapara upazila of the district early this morning. According to Hatikumerul Highway Polic…
Dhaka: Government has stepped up efforts to tackle the country’s mounting judicial backlog by combining legal aid, mediation, digital technology and faster judicial proceedings, with a target of significantly reducing the more than 45 lakh pending cas…
Dhaka: Bangladesh officially launched the World Health Organization’s (WHO) SPECS 2030 Initiative on Tuesday, marking a significant step towards expanding access to quality, affordable, and people-centred eye care services across the nation. State Min…
Dhaka: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam criticized the bilateral agreement with Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation, stressing that the government of Sheikh Hasina ruined everything right at the start by making a bilateral agreement. …
Dhaka: Three more children died with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours until 8:00am on Tuesday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 918 this year. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)…
Dhaka: Four newly appointed members of the BNP National Standing Committee on Tuesday met Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at his office in the Bangladesh Secretariat. The four leaders – Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Amanullah Aman, Dr Farhad Halim Donar, and Ismai…
Narayanganj: Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed today announced that the government will gradually introduce an artificial intelligence (AI)-based automated fine system on all highways across the country, following an evaluation of the system launched on …
Rajshahi: State Minister for Textiles and Jute Shariful Alam, MP, has announced that the government has embarked on several initiatives to modernize the traditional silk industry in Rajshahi and restore its lost prominence. The measures include integr…