A group of United Nations experts has called on Malaysia to do more to protect Bangladeshi migrant workers from being exploited into coming to Malaysia for non-existent jobs. In a statement to FMT, the UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said they were dismayed at reports about

The fire that broke out at Shishu Hospital in Agargaon area of the capital on Friday (April 19) has been brought under control after 52 minutes of effort. Fire Service Control Room Duty Officer Lima Khanam confirmed the matter. She said that the fire originated at around

A senior civil aviation engineer was killed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Friday (April 19) after a bus lost control and broke the security wall at the airport's third terminal. The accident took place around 10 am in front of the Dhaka Elevated

A fire broke out at Shishu Hospital in Agargaon area of the capital on Friday (April 19). Fire Service Control Room Duty Officer Lima Khanam confirmed the matter.  She said that the fire originated at around 1:45pm. First five units of firefighters later three rushed to the

Freedom fighter Shib Narayan Das, Bangladesh’s first national flag designer and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JASD leader had passed away.  He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital on Friday (April 19) morning at age 78. According to Das’s

A road and a park of the capital will be named after the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani who is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on April 22-23.   According to the itinerary, the Emir will inaugurate the park in Kalshi area of Mirpur under Dhaka North City Corporation

Severe heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Bagerhat, Jashore, Chuadanga and Kushtia and mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over another two divisions and another more seven districts, according to a weather forecast for next 24 hours begins from 9am today.  

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in different operations in the last 24 hours till 6 am Friday (April 19) arrested 27 persons for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Being informed, the DMP’s police and detective units conducted the anti-drug campaign in

A 25-year-old man was arrested in South Tripura district on Thursday evening while he was allegedly attempting to enter Bangladesh illegally, officials said on Friday.  The police identified the man as Ayan Alam and said that he claimed he was a “Pakistan-born Bangladeshi

Thirteen more members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) entered Bangladesh through the Teknaf border of Cox's Bazar on Thursday to take refuge amid the ongoing conflict between the Myanmar security forces and the rebel Arakan Army (AA). Shariful Islam, public relations

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday (April 18) said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has started work on building a future Bangladesh to fulfill the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.   The finance minister made this comments while

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections slated for the second phase on April 26, the Cachar district administration, in Assam has implemented a prohibitory order along its 33.6 km border with Bangladesh. This measure aims to curb infiltration, prevent cattle smuggling, and deter illegal

Several agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) are likely to be signed between Dhaka and Bangkok during the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Thailand from April 24 to 29, the foreign ministry said today (April 18).  At the invitation of her Thai

Bangladesh and India have agreed to boost cooperation in the areas of information, media, film, and television and significantly promote the people-to-people relations between the two neighboring countries. State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat and Indian

A celebration marking Bangladesh's 54th Independence and National Day, along with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and the UAE, took place at Dubai's Raffles Hotel on Wednesday. The event was attended by diplomats, business leaders, and government

Well before the sun rises in Chapra, a small village in the northwest of Bangladesh, Mohammad Abdur Rouf is on his feet. He travels six miles to a neighboring village, where he joins hundreds of other people in line to play a carnival-style game. But instead of throwing darts at a wall

A Chattogram court today (April 18) awarded the death penalty to two men for killing three members of a family in the city's Biyazid Bostami Thana area 19 years ago.  The First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Kamal Hossain Sikdar delivered the verdict on Thursday

Rajshahi University's Mass Communication and Journalism Department Professor Dr Pradeep Kumar Pandey was sworn in as a member of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC). Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan administered the oath at Judges Lounge in Supreme Court around 11:30am today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (April 18) opened the two-day Livestock Services Week and Exhibition-2024. She formally opened the exhibition at the Old Trade Fair Ground at Sher-e-Banglanagar beside the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) here this morning.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) predicted rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with hails at isolated places in the next 24 hours