An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Tonga Islands at 05:54:25 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has been making armed forces of the country as modern and time-befitting to make them capable to face any situation as various development projects are being implemented for the purpose.
Police on Friday detained three people involved in running two of the eateries engulfed in last night's devastating fire at the seven-storey building on Bailey Road in Dhaka.
President Mohammed Sahabuddin on Friday expressed deep sorrow and grief over the loss of lives in the devasting fire at a building on Bailey Road in the city.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock and sorrow over the fire incident at a commercial building on Bailey Road in Dhaka that claimed dozens of lives.
A total of 44 people died in a fire that broke out at a seven-storey building in Dhaka’s Bailey Road on Thursday night.
The month of independence will begin tomorrow giving a heartbreaking reminder to the genocide that the Pakistani occupation forces carried out in the country from March to mid-December in 1971.
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will procure 1.10 crore litres of edible oil and 10,000 metric tons of lentil to sell through its open market sale (OMS) programme.
A two-month-long ban on all kinds of fishing including jatka (hilsa fry) in the 70-km Padma-Meghna sanctuary area will come into effect on March 1, impacting 43,000 registered fishermen in Chandpur
Dhaka has topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI of 313 at 8:31 am on Thursday.
All offices of the government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies will function from 9:00am to 3:30pm during the upcoming month of holy Ramadan.
Dhaka has topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 274 at 9 am on Wednesday morning .
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Combilift Limited, Ireland, Martin Macvicar, was warmly welcomed to Dhaka.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin today urged the businessmen, industrialists and entrepreneurs to explore more export markets in the globe along with establishing safe and environment-friendly industries.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the police force to serve the people and play an active role in containing militancy, terrorism and corruption.
Dhaka has ranked second on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 181 at 9 am this morning (February 27, 2024).
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The 15th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at the Pilkhana BDR (now BGB) headquarters in the capital will be observed on Sunday.
The World Bank’s Managing Director of Operations, Anna Bjerde arrives in Dhaka today evening on her first official visit to Bangladesh.