Dhaka, May 2 -- Sayem Sobhan Anvir, the managing director of Bashundhara Group, and four other company officials have been accused of extortion and snatching away the mobile phone of a security guard ... Read More
Dhaka, May 2 -- After an arid and exhausting April, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department is forecasting more heatwaves, along with Kalboishakhi storms, in May. The second half of the current mont... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- The High Court has stayed the trial proceedings of a case filed against Nobel Peaace Prize-winning Muhammad Yunus, the founding chairman of Grameen Krishi Foundation, and five others a... Read More
Dhaka, May 1 -- Twenty Bangladeshi women and children, who were detained at various times upon entering or while in India, have been repatriated to Bangladesh. On Tuesday, at 4:30pm Bangladesh time, ... Read More
Dhaka, April 30 -- The heatwave blistering Bangladesh for weeks has left 10 people dead from heat strokes, the Health Directorate says. However, these numbers only include those who died in governmen... Read More
Dhaka, April 26 -- Chuadanga has once again set a new record for the highest temperature this season with the mercury rising to as high as 42.7 degrees Celsius amid a heatwave that has been boiling Ba... Read More
Dhaka, April 26 -- The BNP has expelled 73 leaders of its local units across Bangladesh for their decision to contest the Upazila council elections despite the party's boycott of any polls under the A... Read More
Dhaka, April 26 -- The relentless heatwave searing Bangladesh has become the longest on record, continuing for 26 days while meteorologists warn it is unlikely to relent anytime soon.The extreme heat ... Read More
Dhaka, April 26 -- As Bangladesh and China are set to hold their first joint military exercise, India says it will keep a 'close watch' on the training as it does in case of other developments in the ... Read More
Dhaka, April 25 -- The foreign ministry has dismissed the US annual country report on human rights in Bangladesh, describing it as reliant on "unfounded allegations." According to the ministry, the r... Read More