The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine's request to become the 194th member of the United Nations.
Veteran leftist leader and Marxist theorist Haider Akbar Khan Rono passed away at a city hospital early today. He was 82.
The US government has nominated David Slayton Meale as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Bangladesh.
A court here today convicted and sentenced three people including notorious businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai alias Abdul Aziz to life imprisonment in a case lodged over the murder of actor Sohel Chowdhury in 1998.
The first hajj flight of Saudi Airlines left Dhaka for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with 410 hajj pilgrims at 4:20am today morning.
India has expressed interest to finance Bangladesh’s Teesta project, foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said on Thursday.
A pilot died and another was injured after a training fighter jet of Bangladesh Air Force crashed into the Karnaphuli river in Chattogram on Thursday morning.
The employment scope for students who pass Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) will increase by 8% by 2029, according to a study released on Wednesday.
Voting for the first phase of the 6th Upazila Parishad Election is underway across 139 upazilas nationwide, with polls open from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm without any interruptions.
With an AQI score of 68 at 9:10 am this morning, Dhaka dwellers saw some improvement in air quality.
AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its Covid-19 vaccine due to a "surplus of available updated vaccines" since the pandemic.
The first phase of the sixth upazila parishad elections in 141 upazilas will be held tomorrow. Voting will begin from 8 am and to continue till 4 pm.
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast rain or thundershowers in seven divisions including Dhaka and Chattogram in 24 hours commencing 9 am on Tuesday.
A total of 418 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed to maintain law and order situation ahead of the first phase of Upazila Parishad Election tomorrow in 150 upazilas across the country.
A senior Hamas official on Saturday said the group would not accept a truce that did not completely end the Gaza war, accusing Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu of "personally hindering" a deal.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday opened the newly constructed Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) Bhaban and Sena Prangan (Army Central Auditorium) Bhaban in Dhaka Cantonment.
Dhaka has ranked 7th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 153 at 9:00 am this morning.
The 10th Convocation of University of Asia Pacific (UAP) was held at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh–China Friendship Exhibition Center (BBCFEC) on Saturday (4 May).
India had lifted its ban on onion exports with immediate effect, said a notification from the country’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade on Saturday.