Dhaka January 9, 2026, 10:00 am
The issuance of ePassport faces further uncertainty as the authorities concerned could not yet fix any fresh date for its launching although they have missed two deadlines earlier.
“Actually we targeted to set up an intake station of 1,050 million litre per day. Unfortunately, instead of 1,050 mld we wrote 2,000 mld in the proposal.”
Strict actions will be taken against traffic sergeants if they are found involved in abusing the new Road Transport Act, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam here on Monday.
Bangladesh’s capital was ranked fourth worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning.
Sadeque Hossain Khoka , former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP vice-chairman, died on Monday in the USA.
The elections to Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will be held in January, 2020, Election Commission (EC) Secretary Md Alamgir Hossain said here.
The body of a schoolboy was retrieved while seven others were injured after a four-storey building collapsed in Babubail area of the city on Sunday afternoon.
Lack of vehicle fitness, driving licences for heavy vehicles blamed
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday said those who spread rumours on Facebook are now under government surveillance and stern action will be taken against them.
The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahsan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader came up with the rule and asked the respondents to respond to the rule within three weeks
A labour court here on Sunday granted bail to Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus in three cases filed over sacking three employees of Grameen Communications.
Claiming that the hike in the onion price is a planned one by a syndicate, a consumer rights body on Sunday urged the government to take immediate steps to arrest the skyrocketing price of the cooking ingredient.
This type of lavish expenditure is simply a misuse of public money
The government will further strengthen its diplomatic efforts to bring back the fugitive killers of the Father of the Nation and four national leaders, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday.
Ruling Awami League and its associate bodies and other political parties are observing the day with various programmes
The bodies of two women were recovered from a house in the city’s Dhanmondi area on Friday night.
As the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists approaches, concern for the safety of journalists in the challenging profession grows worldwide.
The service will give an opportunity to make a voice call to the national emergency hotline “999” or any designated emergency number using the emergency call feature of the handset through the mobile network during any disast
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today hinted Dhaka’s readiness to host the next summit of the eight-nation D 8 or Developing-8 as the forum’s secretary-general Ambassador Jaafar Ku Shaari called on her.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell on Thursday said currently 28 percent youth are unemployed in the country.
