Bangladesh

A video showing a traffic policeman standing up to an MP for breaching traffic rules in capital Dhaka has gone viral on Facebook. The “hero of the day” is seen stopping the car of Jatiya Party...

Pope Francis has sent a video message of greetings and blessings to the people of Bangladesh. The 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and...

Several members of the third gender community joined police in Khulna to regulate vehicular movement in the city as part of an awareness campaign on Monday. A number of hijras, led by one Pakhi, took part...

Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday she hopes talks with Bangladesh this week will result in a memorandum of understanding on the “safe and voluntary return” of Rohingya Muslims who fled...

A section of the CNG auto-rickshaw transport workers will go on strike in Dhaka city over an eight-point demand including a stop to app-based ride-hailing services. Dhaka District CNG Auto-rickshaw and Mishuk Union’s Member Secretary Shakhawat...

After declaring Mymensingh as a divisional headquarters, the government has now decided to upgrade the municipality to a city corporation. The National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation or NICAR, headed by the prime minister, cleared the...

The High Court has ruled that hospitals cannot refuse to hand over dead patients to their relatives over unpaid hospital bills and medical costs. The court has also ordered the formation of a fund to help...

Bangladesh is going to build a cantonment named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on a shoal in the coastal district of Patuakhali on the bank of the Payra River. The government will fund around Tk 17...

The Bengal Foundation’s classical music festival has finally found a venue: Dhanmondi’s Abahani field. The five-day festival will start on Dec 26. Most of the Indian subcontinent artists and musicians invited to the event have agreed...

The GDP growth and per capita income for FY2017 are slightly higher than previous estimates. Bangladesh’s economic growth accelerated to 7.28 percent in the year to June 30, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said at a...