Bangladeshi climber targets world’s fifth-highest peak as part of mission to conquer all 14 eight-thousanders

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) drive to reclaim encroached footpaths and roads is continuing for fifth consecutive day today

Aims to end naming debate and promote unity through inclusive celebrations

Fourteen new admissions and 36 discharges in the last 24 hours, with 125 patients currently undergoing treatment

Drive targets over 13.23 lakh children as suspected measles deaths reach 98 nationwide

Recent Eid releases show faith as part of everyday life -- complex, personal, and often contradictory

Working hours reduced by one hour; banks and courts to follow separate directives

The ongoing war involving the US, Israel, and Iran has slowed Bangladesh’s labour market in the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia, prompting the government to prioritise reopening Malaysia and explore alternative destinations to sustain overseas employment and remittance flows.

Speakers at a discussion yesterday said it is possible to eliminate unlawful arrest and detention in the country through inclusive social reforms without considering the government and law enforcement stakeholders as opponents.

Bangla literature is undergoing multiple changes amid shifts in reading habits, digital platforms, language, and the wider social context, speakers said yesterday.

The top 20 loan defaulters account for 63 percent of the defaulted loans in six state-owned banks, prompting the government to order specific roadmaps for recovery.

Professionals associated with the field of architecture have described internationally acclaimed structural engineer and architect Fazlur Rahman Khan as the “Einstein of Structural Engineering.”

The government is set to import another 1,00,000 tonnes of diesel from Kazakhstan on an emergency basis as it hunts high and low for fuel amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran.

In a sudden reversal, the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has withdrawn its claim that the government had established a formal Private Sector Advisory Council.

Businesses yesterday called for uninterrupted energy supply, easing of regulatory bottlenecks, lower bank interest rates and inauguration of the third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to improve the investment climate.

The country stands on the edge of a difficult summer as global tremors from the war on Iran ripple through its energy lifelines, stoking fears of blackouts as heat waves loom.

The government today launches an emergency measles-rubella vaccination drive targeting over 13 lakh children, aged six months to under five years, in 30 upazilas of 18 districts, where the infection rate is relatively high.

Today marks the third death anniversary of Rokia Afzal Rahman, an eminent entrepreneur, philanthropist, and trailblazer for women’s empowerment.

Bangladeshi cardiologist Dr Chowdhury H Ahsan has been appointed as the chair of the International Committee of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), a US-based professional organisation.

Farmers in riverine chars of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat are increasingly cultivating ginger in sacks, using organic inputs, and turning a once-absent crop into a growing source of income in climate-vulnerable areas.