Dhaka July 6, 2025, 9:08 am
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested its suspended Director Khandaker Enamul Basir over the Tk 40-lakh bribery scandal.
A cotton mill and a sawmill were gutted by a fire in Lohagara upazila of Narail on Monday, leaving a worker injured.
A Dhaka court has sentenced four officials of Bangladesh Biman Airline to different terms jail in an embezzlement cases of Tk 2.85 million.
The poverty increased by nearly 3.0 per cent in the host community due to the massive influx of Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, says a new study.
Government through a gazette notification this afternoon has appointed 70 lawyers as deputy attorney generals (DAGs).
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam today said the government has finalized two master plans to prevent encroachment and pollution of the rivers surrounding Dhaka and the Karnaphuli river in Chattogram.
Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) today said it has been able to keep flight operations uninterrupted
State Minister of Shipping Ministry Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday said trucks, covered van won’t be allowed to cross Padma by ferry three days ahead and after Eid-ul-Azha.
Speakers at dialogue on Sunday urged the government to formulate a law immediately to ensure people’s right to food, saying such a law is essential for building a poverty-free society.
Although floodwater started to recede from many areas in the flood-affected northern and northeaster districts, the victims were going through immense sufferings for want to food and drinking water.
Ruling Awami League (AL) has formed six teams to distribute relief goods in the flood affected districts.
Priyabala Saha, who raised allegations of minority torture in Bangladesh while meeting US President Donald Trump, has been sued for sedition.
“Priya Saha’s allegation was absolutely false. No one will agree with her. A sedition case will be filed against her. The process is underway,” he said while talking to reporters at AL president’s Dhanmondi political office.
The government on Saturday said it appears that there was an ulterior motive behind Priya Saha’s absolutely false and concocted stories that were targeted to malign Bangladesh.
It took 10 firefighting units to douse the blaze
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached London on Friday afternoon (local time) on an official visit to the United Kingdom.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Friday strongly condemned the false allegation made by a Bangladeshi to US President Donald Trump saying that the government will look into it why Priyabala Saha did so.
The sudden swelling of the Old Brahmaputra River has led to the inundation of new Char areas, croplands and houses in the district, triggering fears of a devastating flood.
The Department of Environment here on Wednesday suspend production of Picking power plant in Hathazari upazila and fined it Tk 20 lakh on charge of polluting Halda river by dumping wastes.
A court here on Wednesday placed Aysha Siddika Minni, who was arrested on Tuesday night, on a 5-day remand for her suspected involvement in the killing of husband Rifat Sharif.
