Public Administration Reforms Commission Chief Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury has said he saw justification for increasing age of entry into the civil service. “There is no doubt about the justification of increasing age-limit for entry into the government job,” he said this after

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has increased the price of a 12kg liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder by Tk 35 to TK 1,456 for the month of September. In September, the price was increased by Tk 44 to 1,421.  BERC authority announced the new price at a

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted light to moderate rain over the country for the next 24 hours from 9am today. "Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places in Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal,

Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh Antonio Alessandro has pledged that his embassy in Dhaka, with reinforcements from Rome, is taking steps to resolve the huge backlog in processing work visas for Bangladeshi nationals.   The assurance was made when he paid his maiden courtesy call

Detectives arrested Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, the former principal secretary and adviser to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, early Wednesday. Naser Chowdhury was arrested from the capital by the Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police (DB). Deputy Commissioner of the Media and

Police arrested former Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) President and NASA Group Chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder from Dhaka on Tuesday night. Rezaul Karim Mallick, additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch, confirmed the news. The police officer

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested former lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy in Dhaka on Tuesday night. The ex-MP for Khulna-4 was apprehended in the Bashundhara Residential Area, the battalion said in a text message. He has been arrested in connection with a murder that took

A Dhaka court on Monday (Oct 1) appointed nine private lawyers for running the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case on behalf of the plaintiff at his own cost following a court order. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Mahbubul Haque gave the permission upon a

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent US$2405 million remittances in September, 2024 which was 80.20 percent higher than the corresponding month of the previous year. The country received $1334 million from overseas workers in September 2023, according to the central bank data. During July

Section 144 has been imposed in Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila and municipality as communal tensions erupted Tuesday noon following the mob lynching of a Bengali teacher over the teacher’s alleged role in raping an indigenous woman. Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sujan

Workers from a garment factory in Gazipur took to the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on Tuesday, protesting for unpaid wages.  The demonstration, which lasted for over two hours, severely disrupted traffic on the busy highway. Law enforcement agencies are currently working to control

A Chattogram court on Tuesday (Oct 1) declared Dr. Shahadat Hossain as the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC). Earlier, BNP's mayoral candidate Shahadat Hossain filed a case seeking the annulment of the election results due to allegations of rigging in election. At the same time,

Members of the police, who did not return to their respective positions, will be brought to book shortly, said Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury. He made the remark while talking to journalists at the Home Ministry on Tuesday (Oct 1). Jahangir

Police have arrested former Election Commission secretary Md Jahangir Alam from Dhaka's Gulshan area. Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner of the Dhaka metropolitan police media wing, confirmed the matter. Jahangir Alam was the EC secretary in the 12th national election. After

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (October 1) predicted light to moderate rain at many places over the country within the next 24 hours as of 9 am tomorrow. "Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most

Workers have been denied a fair share of the country's development, as they continue to receive inadequate wages, labour leaders told Debapriya Bhattacharya, head of the committee drafting a white paper on the state of the economy. "According to labour leaders, the existing

Six members of a family have died in a fire that broke out at an Ashrayan Project house in Sunamganj's Dharmapasha upazila. The victims were identified as Emarul, 50, his wife Pori Aktar, and their four children: Polash, Farhad, Fatema Begum, and Omar Faruk, according to Md Enamul

The United States has renewed its call for thorough investigations into the deaths of civilians during recent protests and the government's response to them. "We believe there must be comprehensive investigations into the civilians who lost their lives during the protests and

A union parishad Chairman was shot dead in Doulatpur upazila of Kushtia on Monday (Sep 30). The deceased, identified as Naeem Uddin Sentu, was the chairman of Philipnagor union parishad. According to police and locals, Naeem was working in the union parishad office, as he did every

Two persons were killed and another went missing in an oil tanker explosion at Chattogram seaport on Monday. Deck Cadet Shourav was identified as one of the deceased, while the identities of the remaining deceased and missing persons couldn’t be known. Sources said the