Excessive use of fertilisers and pesticides by farmers—particularly on leased land—is degrading soil health and jeopardising long-term agricultural productivity, warned Mohammad Emdad Ullah Mian, ...

They announced their resignation during a press conference on Sunday (1 June ) at 8:00pm, in the Barishal Reporters' Unity, alleging that the SAD has turned into an anti-people platform. The leaders ...

The complete district-wise lists of beneficiaries under the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) programme will be finalised by 30 June this year. The decision was taken at a recent meeting chaired ...

Police arrested six members of an alleged robbery gang while they were preparing for a heist in Chattogram city late Saturday night.  The arrests were made from an abandoned house near Road No.

An incident of a man yelling at and threatening a woman in the capital's Adabor police station recently went viral on social media. Commenters pointed out that the man giving the threat – that he ...

The government has called on citizens to contribute photos and videos capturing the spirit and sacrifice of the July Uprising for inclusion in the July Uprising Memorial Museum, previously known as ...

Total remittances for the first 11 months of the current fiscal year amounted to $27.51 billion — 28.7% higher than the $21.37 billion received during the same period in the previous fiscal year ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today (1 June) filed a case against former minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain for money laundering and acquiring of wealth beyond his known source of income.

The common people's boat, the sandoli, was once the main means of fishing, freight, and daily transportation in Venice. Just as the gondola was the vehicle of the wealthy, the sandoli was an integral ...

More than 100 ready-made garment (RMG) workers fell ill after reportedly drinking water at a factory in Gazipur today (1 June). Following the incident, the factory authorities declared a general ...

The general public will be able to collect newly designed currency notes from bank branches across Dhaka from tomorrow (2 June). According to Bangladesh Bank, however, due to limited supply, the new ...

The new Tk1000 note, signed by Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur, is printed on 100% cotton paper, with a watermark of a Bengal tiger's head and a prominent image of the National Martyrs' ...