The Ministry of Railways and Bangladesh Railway have announced a 25 percent fare discount on train travel for senior citizens and physically challenged passengers, effective from tomorrow. Under the new arrangement, cit...

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has intensified security measures across the country, particularly at cattle markets, to maintain law and order ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha.  Continuing its efforts from previous year...

Commerce, Industries, and Textiles and Jute Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir today stressed the need for enhancing industrial skills and improving the quality of education to make the textile sector sustainable. “To ...

The British Council, in partnership with the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements, has launched a new Research and Insight publication titled “Sustainable Architecture Practice”, highlighting...

Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Faqir Mahbub Anam, MP, has said that ensuring equal access to digital services for persons with disabilities is one of the government’s key priorities. ...

Biman Bangladesh airlines and other operators today are set to wrap up their pre-hajj flight operations carrying 4,463 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to perform the holy hajj ahead of midnight today, officials said here. “T...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman today called upon the people concerned to make the law practical so that justice is neither hurried nor delayed. “Let the law be practical so that the int...

Fisheries, Livestock and Agriculture Minister Aminur Rashid today said emphasized proper preservation and management of hide and other by products of the sacrificial animals can play an important contribution to the econ...

Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam today said the government is working to develop a modern, safe and internationally standard communication network in the country, stressing th...

Attorney General Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal has said that the faster justice is delivered in brutal crime cases, the more public confidence in the country's justice system will be restored.  "The right to speedy t...

The National Forum for Preventing Violence Against Women (JNNPF) has expressed deep concern over the brutal killing of an eight-year-old child in the capital’s Pallabi area, describing the incident as a grave violation...

Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, recently released the State of Identity Security 2026, a vendor-agnostic survey of 5,000 IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries. The survey found that 71% of organizations...

Newly appointed Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Mosleh Uddin Ahmed today took charge as the head of the capital's police force. An officer of the 15th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS), Mos...

Asian Petroleum Ltd., the official distributor of ELF Lubricants in Bangladesh, celebrated the first anniversary of the brand’s successful operations in the country on Saturday. To mark the milestone, the company offic...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 today sent former vice-chancellor (VC) of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), Professor Dr Md Hasibur Rashid, to jail after showing him arrested in the case lodged over the ...

Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammed Amin Ur Rashid today said that planned fish farming in university lakes, including those at Jahangirnagar University (JU), could set a new benchmark for freshwater aquaculture in...

The government has transferred nine senior assistant secretaries to various districts as additional deputy commissioners (ADCs). “The officers will join to their working stations, where they were posted, by May 20 oth...

The government has approved establishment of ‘Thakurgaon Medical College' in Thakurgaon district. The Medical Education and Family Welfare Division under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a notification...

Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Md. Nurul Islam today called for a sincere, responsible and efficient administration in achieving the country's desired development goals. "The government formulates development plans, w...

Senior Secretary of Home Ministry Manzur Morshed Chowdhury today reaffirmed Bangladesh’s commitment to combating human trafficking and illegal migration through laws aligned with international standards, describing the...