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
Directive issued to drop 'Awami League-aligned' members from local committees
23 September 2026
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Governance
Tarique, UN refugee chief discuss sustainable solution to Rohingya crisis
23 September 2026
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Diplomacy
Govt had no better alternative to fuel price hike: Zahed
22 September 2026
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Governance
Abdur Rouf appointed Bridges Division Secretary, Alimul Amin DG of Passports
21 September 2026
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Governance
Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury made regular High Court judge
21 September 2026
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Legal System
Six police officers dismissed over prolonged absence from duty
21 September 2026
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Legal System
Demand of tuition fee from students on scholarship questioned
The High Court questions the legality of demanding monthly tuition fee from the students who got scholarship.
3 October 2016
Distribution of smart NIDs starts
Distribution of smart national identity (NID) cards begins in Dhaka and Kurigram.
3 October 2016
Diplomatic ties with Pakistan to stay: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rules out any possibility of severing diplomatic ties with Pakistan in the purview of row over war crimes trials.
2 October 2016
Ensure security of data being used for smart NID cards: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the Election Commission to ensure the security of the data being used for preparing smart national identity (NID) cards, saying that there should have firewall in such a digital project to check forgery.
2 October 2016
Rampal plant won’t harm Sundarbans: Environment minister tells JS
Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju tells Parliament that the proposed Rampal coal-fired power plant would not cause any harm to the Sundarbans.
29 September 2016
JS adopts proposal for confiscating properties of Bangabandhu killers, war criminals
Bangladesh parliament unanimously adopts a resolution to confiscate all movable and immovable assets of convicted killers of Bangabandhu and war criminals.
29 September 2016
Introduce mother tongue-based edn
Indigenous leaders and civil society members at a meeting in Kulaura upazila town of the district yesterday urged the
28 September 2016
Legality of EC’s allocation of Inu-led JSD poll symbol questioned
The High Court questions the legality of Election Commission’s decision to allocate poll symbol “moshal” (torch) to the faction of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) led by Hasanul Haq Inu.
28 September 2016
Hasina beacon of hope, Modi says in birthday greeting
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on her birthday.
28 September 2016
Bangladesh, India boycott SAARC Summit in Pakistan
Bangladesh and India decide not to attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit 2016 which is scheduled to be held in Islamabad of Pakistan in November.
27 September 2016
Imtiaz, Sorcar made ambassadors to Germany, Egypt
The government appoints Portugal Ambassador Imtiaz Ahmed as Ambassador to Germany while appointed Germany Ambassador Muhammad Ali Sorcar as the ambassador to Egypt.
27 September 2016
‘Tangail boy jailed for possessing narcotics,’ HC told
The schoolboy, who was jailed for two years over allegedly threatening a local lawmaker via Facebook, was penalised for 'carrying narcotics' - Tangail authorities tell High Court while offering explanation on their action.
27 September 2016
'Save waterlogged Bhabadah people'
People, living in the waterlogged Bhabadah area under Abhaynagar, Monirampur and Keshabpur upazilas in Jessore yesterday demanded
26 September 2016
UN chief lauds icddr,b's work
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commends International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh for its decades of work towards solving public health challenges and saving lives.
26 September 2016
37th BCS preliminary exam Sept 30
The 37th Bangladesh Civil Service preliminary examination is scheduled to be held on September 30, 2016.
26 September 2016
Recognition of guerrillas: Govt seeks stay on HC order
The government files a petition with the Supreme Court seeking stay on a High Court verdict that directed for recognising 2,367 members of a special guerrilla force of 1971 Liberation War as freedom fighters.
25 September 2016
JS goes into session today
The 10th Jatiya Sangsad goes into its 12th session today after a 59-day recess.
25 September 2016
Govt to respond to Unesco report next week
Bangladesh government will respond next week to a report sent by Unesco requesting it to conduct a revised Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) before going ahead with the Rampal power plant.
25 September 2016
Pirojpur suffers outage for eight hours
Nearly 13,000 power consumers of West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL) under Pirojpur Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS)
24 September 2016
UK minister lauds Dhaka's drive against terrorism
British Minister for Asia Alok Sharma lauds Bangladesh government for its drive against terrorism and extremism.
24 September 2016