Uber, Bangladesh’s leading ridesharing app today (Wednesday, 20 May, 2026) announced the launch of its services in Chattogram, further expanding access to convenient, affordable, and technology-enabled mobility solutio...

State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Bobby Hajjaj today warned that any irregularities, negligence, or compromise in quality in the mid-day meal programme of government primary schools across the country would n...

Bangladesh is once again preparing for the Eid travel rush, with road safety experts urging coordinated measures to manage overcrowded highways, reduce driver fatigue and improve passenger safety during one of the countr...

Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury has said the government has started working from the grassroots level to improve the living standard of marginal people. He said destroying a nation begins with destroying i...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Mizanur Rahman Sinha, former state minister for health and convener of Munshiganj BNP. In a condolence message, the premier said the cont...

Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir today said the government has undertaken extensive preparations to ensure the proper collection, preservation, trading, and transportation of raw hides of sacrificial animals du...

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood today said that the government is considering introducing a five-year tax holiday and reducing import duties to nominal levels to encourage greater privat...

A total of 138,856 prisoners have received legal assistance through the National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO). According to a report published on the NLASO website, from 2009 to April 2026, some 30,567 people...

The government is planning to establish health centres at sea beaches in Cox's Bazar and Patuakhali to strengthen tourist safety and improve emergency response facilities at major coastal tourist destinations. Civil Avi...

State Minister for Land and Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin emphasized the need to protect the young generation from the clutches of drugs, saying sports and cultural activities are mandator...

Prime Minister’s wife Dr. Zubaida Rahman has come forward to extend humanitarian hands to 6-month-old Noor Nahar, who is suffering from measles. She took the move as a media report titled “Condition of a 6-month-old...

Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL) has renewed its tripartite partnership with Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) and Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) for a further two years, continuing joint efforts to strengthen the ...

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will begin a 10-day nationwide emergency truck sale of essential commodities from tomorrow to maintain price stability in the market ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.  Under...

A total of 50,904 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims have so far reached in Saudi Arabia by 130 Hajj flights. Director of the Bangladesh Hajj Office Md Lokman Hossain said that a total 130 flights had landed in Jeddah by 10 am t...

Farmers across the Khulna region have harvested 73 percent of Boro rice by Sunday and hope to complete harvesting before Eid-ul-Azha. Officials said around 96 percent of Boro seedlings cultivated in February in the regi...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Begum Jebunnessa, mother of Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Minister Professor Dr AZM Zahid Hossain. In a condolence m...

Noting that industries which remain operational generate employments and keep local economy active, Commerce, Industries, Textiles and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir today said every industrial establishment i...

সমাজকল্যাণ এবং মহিলা ও শিশু বিষয়ক মন্ত্রী অধ্যাপক ডা. এ জেড এম জাহিদ হোসেনের মা বেগম...

Ahead of the upcoming Eid al-Adha, railway authorities have decided to operate five pairs of special trains and three cattle special trains to facilitate smooth travel for holidaymakers. Advance train tickets for Eid jo...

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today approved proposals for re-fixed levelized tariffs for two major power plants operated by the North-West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL), aligning electr...