Panel given one month to propose a transparent financial management framework

Those responsible for enforced disappearances will be brought to justice, says LGRD minister

Move comes for greater regional connectivity; Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues statement 

On behalf of the people of Bangladesh, he expressed deep sympathy to the families of those who were killed in the earthquake

Dhaka is seeking to deepen ties with China, one of ​its largest trading partners and development financiers

The prime minister arrived in Beijing yesterday, where he was accorded the highest state honours, including a ceremonial red-carpet reception

Government officials, researchers, and public health experts yesterday called for formal recognition and integration of community paramedics into the national health system.

Bangladesh must broaden its tax base, improve public spending, and reduce dependence on borrowing to avoid rising fiscal risks, speakers said at a discussion yesterday.

The government is set to launch its nationwide Vitamin A Plus Campaign on June 28, targeting 2.40 crore children aged six months to under five years -- 58 lakh more than the target set for the measles-rubella campaign for the same age bracket earlier this year.

Nearly 82 lakh people in Bangladesh are addicted to illicit drugs, accounting for 4.88 percent of the country’s population, said Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday.

Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), is being observed in the country today with due religious fervour and solemnity.

The Editors’ Council has demanded a swift, impartial and credible investigation into the attack on journalists covering a political programme in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has reportedly taken back at least 16 people after it failed to push the individuals into Bangladesh in two districts since Wednesday.

Nearly 485 X-ray and about 395 ultrasound machines at upazila health complexes across the country are currently out of order, Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain told parliament yesterday.

Police in Narsingdi have arrested a man for allegedly tying a brick around a dog’s neck and throwing it into a river after a video of the incident circulated on social media.

China has pledged its full support for the management of the Teesta and other rivers in Bangladesh as the two countries signed at least 13 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) yesterday covering political, economic, and strategic cooperation.

Youth groups, women and community-based organisations from the coastal belt yesterday placed a 10-point declaration, calling for loans on easy terms for vulnerable communities and special investment in women-led climate adaptation and the blue economy.

India has announced the resumption of tourist visas for Bangladeshi citizens from June 28, nearly two years after they were suspended following the 2024 political changeover.

The Chattogram City Corporation has cancelled a proposed Tk 30,000 crore monorail project after the Egyptian embassy warned that the person behind the initiative had no affiliation with the two leading Egyptian construction firms with which the city corporation had signed an MoU.

As much as Tk 12,633.2 crore was paid in bribes during the period of the interim government in service sectors, up 15.9 percent from 2023, found the Transparency International Bangladesh’s (TIB) latest National Household Survey.