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'Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials': Human rights day to be observed Wednesday

, Dec. 9 -- With this year's theme 'Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials', Human Rights Day 2025 will be observed in Bangladesh on Wednesday as elsewhere across the globe. Different organisations ha... Read More


Jamaat to seek public opinion online for election manifesto

, Dec. 9 -- e-Islami will collect public opinion through an online platform to prepare its manifesto for the upcoming 13th national election. Party Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman announced the initiative ... Read More


ACC chief: Political elites helped corrupt individuals flee for crores after August 5

Dhaka, Dec. 9 -- Political elites in Bangladesh facilitated the escape of corrupt individuals across the country's borders in exchange for huge amounts of money after August 5, 2024, Anti-Corruption C... Read More


Bangladesh Bank buys $202 million to support Forex market

, Dec. 9 -- Bangladesh Bank purchased $202 million from 13 commercial banks on Tuesday to stabilise the foreign exchange market and bolster remittance and export inflows, according to the central bank... Read More


IELTS paper leak in Bangladesh, China, Vietnam gives 80,000 students wrong scores

, Dec. 9 -- Thousands of migrants may have received UK study and work visas despite failing mandatory English tests due to a marking error, The Telegraph reported. Up to 80,000 candidates taking IELT... Read More


Experts urge govt to make birth, death registration more citizen-friendly

, Dec. 9 -- Experts on Tuesday stressed the need for amending the Birth and Death Registration Act, 2004 to shift the responsibility of registering births and deaths from families to healthcare instit... Read More


Some parties may disrupt election after survey frustration: Nazrul Islam

, Dec. 9 -- BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday said he feared some political parties might try to disrupt the upcoming national election after being disappointed by an opinion survey condu... Read More


Chinese firm to invest US$ 10.32 million at BEPZA EZ in Mirsarai

, Dec. 9 -- Wing Tai Garments (Bangladesh) Co. Ltd., a Chinese company, has signed a land lease agreement with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) to set up a garment industry at BEPZ... Read More


E-GP system sees record surge in tenders, registrations: BPPA

, Dec. 9 -- The electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system operated by the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) has recorded a year of exceptional expansion, posting all-time highs in t... Read More


31 govt officials made ADC

, Dec. 9 -- The government has appointed 31 senior assistant secretary-level officers as Additional Deputy Commissioners (ADCs). The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in... Read More