Dhaka

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has issued a set of directives asking the authorities concerned to take up different measures including keeping doors of the running buses always closed and stopping getting in and down of...

A three-day regional event organised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) kicked off in the city today to further enhance project design and implementation capacity of ADB-funded projects’ executing and implementing agencies. State Minister for Finance...

Flights in and out of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka resumed, two hours after a Thai Airways aircraft’s ‘wheel burst’ halted operations. “No flights could fly or land in and out of the airport since...

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday said that the relationship between Bangladesh and India is passing its golden chapter, reports UNB. He said this while inaugurating the 5th edition of India Education...

The first meeting of India-Bangladesh Joint Committee on Audio-Visual Co-Production was held here today. Abual Hossain, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Information, led a nine-member Bangladesh team. The nine-member Indian team was headed by Jayashree Mukherjee,...

The popular 1970s disco group “Boney M” is coming to Bangladesh to perform a musical performance titled “Bony M live in Dhaka”. The world’s famous German origin musical band will perform on July 13, 2018 at...

A 110-km tailback was created on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway from Chauddagram in Cumilla district on Friday night, causing immense sufferings to the commuters. Several hundred vehicles were stuck on both sides of the highway stretching from...

Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people can obtain the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. ‘Health for all” has therefore been our guiding vision for more than seven decades. It’s also the impetus/drive...

In an unprecedented move, India and Bangladesh have started a container train service between Kolkata and Dhaka. The trial run of the train was flagged off at a Concor terminus near the the Majerhat railway station...

To uplift the spirit of women empowerment, Le Méridien Dhaka arranged a daylong event titled ‘Le Méridien Dhaka Presents Colours of Women’ on March 31, 2018 in collaboration with ColoursFM 101.6. The theme of the event was ‘Women Empowering Women’, where 24 artists...