24-hour police monitoring planned for Durga Puja: Home minister
30 September 2026
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Governance
Magistrate’s failure to coordinate with police may have contributed to Mirpur violence: Home minister
30 September 2026
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Governance
New DCs appointed to Tangail, Nilphamari, Patuakhali, Pirojpur
29 September 2026
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Governance
Update / PM considers raising grants to Tk 5cr for Durga Puja, Tk 3cr for Kathin Chibar Daan
29 September 2026
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Governance
Govt employees may get 5-day Durga Puja break if Oct 22 declared holiday in Bangladesh
29 September 2026
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Governance
Verify freedom fighter lists, arrange treatment abroad for July warriors: Parliamentary committee
28 September 2026
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Parliament
Police officials failing to understand public expectations will face consequences: Home minister
26 September 2026
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Governance
PM Tarique heads home after five-day UNGA visit
26 September 2026
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Governance
PM holds 30 official engagements during four-day New York visit: Mahdi Amin
26 September 2026
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Governance
51st special BCS circular issued for 5,000 health cadre posts
24 September 2026
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Governance
Enamul to stay press minister in New Delhi for one more year
The contractual appointment of the press minister at Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, Enamul Huq Chowdhury, has been
24 May 2015
Dhaka to honour Vajpayee for Liberation War role
Bangladesh will honour former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for his contribution to the 1971 Liberation War which led to its independence.
24 May 2015
Taskforce to protect Dhaka water bodies this month: DC
To protect environmental pollution and encroachment of water bodies in Dhaka district, a taskforce will be formed within this month,
23 May 2015
Bangladesh ahead of India in WEF human capital report
Bangladesh secured 99th position among 124 countries in the Human Capital Report 2015 of World Economic Forum (WEF), landing one
23 May 2015
Clean Dhaka top priority (Video)
The two new mayors of Dhaka city corporations yesterday said they urgently needed some 200 designated sites for effective waste collection to keep their priority pledge to make Dhaka a clean city.
23 May 2015
Heading nowhere
Government fails to manage Malaysian company IRIS, which has put in jeopardy future of 30 lakh Bangladeshi expatriates in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Malaysia.
23 May 2015
WB to forge new partnership with Bangladesh
The World Bank is going to forge a new country partnership framework (CPF) with Bangladesh for the period of FY16-FY20 as part of
23 May 2015
Govt must take steps to assess buildings
The government has to take immediate steps to conduct detailed engineering assessment of the existing buildings to minimise
23 May 2015
Another bus service with India mulled
Bangladesh and India are keen to introduce another cross-border bus service, on the Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala route, for improving road
22 May 2015
Bangladesh to import potash from Canada
Bangladesh will import high quality potash fertiliser worth US$44 million from Canada.
22 May 2015
Star invited, then shown the door
A reporter of The Daily Star was denied entry to a programme organised yesterday to felicitate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for finalising the Land Boundary Agreement with India.
21 May 2015
Preparations for Modi's visit underway
The details of the programmes and venues are being finalised for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed visit to Bangladesh in
21 May 2015
Dhaka, Beijing to sign six deals
Dhaka and Beijing are expected to sign half a dozen deals during Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong's three-day visit to Bangladesh from Sunday.
21 May 2015
HC freezes bar council polls for 3 months
The High Court places a three-month stay on the election of Bangladesh Bar Council, the ace body for lawyer regulation in the country.
21 May 2015
Japan to give 150 garbage trucks for Dhaka, Ctg
Japan will provide 150 garbage trucks to improve waste management in Dhaka and Chittagong cities.
20 May 2015
Bangladesh’s state-run telecom firm BTCL to lose $25m Japanese soft loan
Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) is set to lose a $25 million Japanese soft loan for a countrywide telecom backbone as it repeatedly failed to adhere to the donor's guidelines in awarding the project to the lowest bidder.
19 May 2015
Govt takes up project to strengthen coast guards
The government took up a Tk 468 crore project to strengthen Bangladesh Coast Guard to increase security in the coastal areas of the country and combat human trafficking.
19 May 2015
HC questions govt inaction
The High Court yesterday issued a rule questioning the legality of the government's inaction to stop smuggling of drugs and production of counterfeit medicines.
19 May 2015
Democracy in Bangladesh on solid ground: Hasina
Democracy in Bangladesh now stands on a solid foundation, having been practiced for the last two decades, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.
19 May 2015
Canadian envoy lauds govt for holding city polls
Canadian envoy in Bangladesh lauded the government for holding recent city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong observing that the elections brought back normalcy in public life, which was jeopardised by political violence.
19 May 2015