A 250-bed hospital, 50-seat medical college, and nursing institute will be set up on 4.8 acres in Kamalapur under a PPP, with United Enterprise investing Tk530 crore.

BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman today (19 August) called for the need to politically empower the people, stating that the exercise of the right to directly vote for representatives strengthens ...

The SME Foundation will host the 12th National SME Product Fair from 4-11 November 2025 at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in Dhaka.

The British government sent a nine-member medical team to Dhaka to treat the burnt patient following the tragic accident ...

ACC Director General Md Akhtar Hossain confirmed the development today (19 August), after commission's Assistant Director Md Ashiqur Rahman lodged the case with the commission’s Gazipur office.

The proposed amendments to the Bank Company Act promise to curb family dominance, cut director tenures, and ban political influence. Yet unless regulators are independent and enforcement is strong, Ba ...

Central bank’s acting spokesperson Mohammad Shahriar Siddiqui confirmed the development to The Business Standard today (19 August).

As Bangladesh embarks on a new journey towards democratic reforms, experts warn that legal frameworks alone may not be enough to halt the rise of autocracy. Without genuine changes within political ...

A Chattogram court has issued arrest warrants against BNP central executive committee member Aslam Chowdhury and his wife, Nazneen Maola Chowdhury, in connection with a loan default case involving ...

Politically conscious, Raihan actively joined the 1952 Language Movement and the 1969 Mass Uprising. These struggles inspired his iconic film 'Jeebon Theke Neya' (1970), hailed as a milestone in ...

Utility relocation work under the Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project (Line-1) at Uttar Badda, Badda and Aftabnagar station sites has been stalled since April 2025. The work, however, has ...

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