Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi yesterday urged Bangladesh and India to work together towards shared prosperity, noting that the two nations are advancing their partnership across vital sectors, ranging from trade and connectivity to security and healthcare.

At least two dengue patients died and 730 were hospitalised in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

When a bottle of toilet cleaner runs out, the container often ends up in the bin. Three university students believe it doesn’t have to.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s possible visit to India later this month could help reset relations by offering an opportunity to address long-standing issues between the two neighbours, foreign policy analysts say.

Measles continues to claim lives nearly three months after the nationwide vaccination campaign ended, with the death toll crossing the 900-mark yesterday, indicating that the outbreak is far from over.

Bangladesh’s LNG supply has recovered with both floating terminals at Maheshkhali back in operation, but the gas crisis is unlikely to ease significantly, with combined LNG send-out expected to remain at around 70 percent of the two terminals’ combined capacity over this week at least.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday apologised to the people for the ongoing power and gas shortages and assured them that his government was taking urgent steps to ease the crisis, expressing hope that the situation would improve significantly within the next few days.

Though many of Bangladesh’s shipbreaking yards have gone green on paper, workers continue to face deadly safety hazards, with at least 84 accidents recorded since the Hong Kong Convention came into force last year.

A crumbling building on a sprawling railway compound along Fire Service Road in Lalmonirhat town stands as a fading reminder of the region’s rich cultural history. It is the historic MT Hossain Institute, once a major cultural hub of northern Bangladesh and home to one of the Indian subcontinent’s rare revolving theatre stages.

The Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (Noab) has temporarily assigned newspaper distribution in Dhaka and adjacent areas to the Bangladesh Newspaper Circulation Managers’ Association following a series of incidents over the leadership of the Dhaka Newspaper Hawkers Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd.

Cameras to detect speeding, illegal parking and wrong-side driving from August 18

For the past 4 years, customers have been making their own tea and leaving money behind

India’s 80th Independence Day celebrated at High Commission in Dhaka

Suspected measles deaths rise to 803; confirmed toll remains 99

Cultural ministry has requested railways ministry to transfer ownership of the long neglected theatre before starting conservation work

The Indian envoy flying back to Delhi within hours of meeting Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, to be followed by an audience with Prime Minister Modi the following day, should indicate India’s willingness in rebuilding its relations with Bangladesh

Heightened security has been in place around the site since last night

Tarique Rahman calls for stronger doctor-patient trust and better treatment facilities

New facility raises hospital’s total bed capacity to 1,000

A UN Security Council monitoring report has expressed concerns that the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) may be trying to establish cells in Bangladesh.