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MJF event takes stock of progress towards gender equality

, Sept. 29 -- The working women will get legal rights to take their children to the workplace, said Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Monday. "The working women will soon have the legal right to ... Read More


Farakka Committee urges alarm over successive floods,drought in the Teesta Basin

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- The International Farakka Committee on Monday urged the government of Bangladesh to raise alarm over the issue of repeated floods and drought in the Teesta basin in Bangladesh due t... Read More


114 bank accounts of ex-law minister's PS frozen

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- A Dhaka court on Monday ordered the freezing of 114 bank accounts held in the name of Taufika Karim, former personal secretary to jailed ex-Law Minister Anisul Huq. Senior Special ... Read More


Bus torched after running over teenager in Sirajganj

Sirajganj, Sept. 29 -- A bus was set on fire on Monday in Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj district following the death of a 15-year-old cyclist under its wheels. The accident occurred around 12:45pm in ... Read More


Central Bank mandates banks to report private sector foreign loans at CIB database

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- Bangladesh Bank (BB) has made it mandatory for all banks and financial institutions to report private sector foreign loans, including suppliers' credit, to the central bank's Credit... Read More


UP member lynched over alleged extortion in N'ganj

, Sept. 29 -- A member of local Union Parishad, was reportedly killed in lynch-mob attack while allegedly collecting extortion at Baliapara Bazar in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj district on Monday... Read More


Youth electrocuted while repairing internet connection in Motijheel

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- year-old youth died after being electrocuted while working on an internet line in the Dilkusha area of Motijheel on Monday afternoon. The victim was identified as Oliur Rahman, hai... Read More


RMG worker stabbed dead in Dhaka

, Sept. 29 -- year-old young man was stabbed to death by miscreants in Pallabi of the capital on Monday. The deceased was identified as Md Rifat, a worker of a garment factory and son of Sagar Mia of... Read More


FAO organises a poster competition in Dhaka to mark 'World Food Day'

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Bangladesh organised a poster competition involving nearly 100 students from various schools in Dhaka to celebra... Read More


Advocate Saifur Rahman calls for collective efforts to develop Mirsarai

, Sept. 29 -- Advocate Saifur Rahman has urged the people of Mirsarai to unite in a spirit of cooperation to build Chattogram-1 constituency as a modern and prosperous upazila. Saifur Rahman, an MP a... Read More