The floodwater has disappeared from Satkania and Banshkhali. Roads are reopening, markets are slowly filling with customers again, and children are beginning to return to school. To many, the crisis ...

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Aninda Islam Amit on Wednesday said the government is making every possible effort to ease the gas crisis and improve the power situation. “We ...

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday approved procurement of eight cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through direct international purchases to meet the country’s ...

Nomination papers must be submitted between 10am and 4pm on Thursday to run in the presidential election slated for August 20 next. The ruling BNP has formally not declared its presidential candidate ...

Five employees of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court have been dismissed for disciplinary violations, while the salary of a bench officer has been suspended for remaining absent from work ...

IFIC Bank PLC held its Half-Yearly Business Conference 2026 for Dhaka North and South Regions on Wednesday, August 12, at the Multipurpose Hall of IFIC Tower in Purana Paltan, Dhaka. Managing director ...

Health officials on Wednesday said 723 new dengue cases were recorded and 2 people died from the disease in the past 24 hours. According to a Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) statement, ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will “keep it.” “The USA has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL ...

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, whose market reforms helped drive the country’s extraordinary economic rise, died from illness on Wednesday at the age of 97, state media reported. An obituary ...

Mango trading has gained momentum in Chapainawabganj as the season approaches its end, with large numbers of buyers and sellers gathering at major markets across the district. At Kansat, the ...

Salman Shah’s brother, Shahraan, has allegedly been threatened with death following the arrest of actor Ashraful Haque Don in the case over the late actor’s death. Mohammad Alamgir Kummkum, the ...

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed concern over the Cabinet’s in-principle approval of the draft National Human Rights Commission Act, 2026, and the draft Enforced Disappearance ...