A 20-month-old baby died after falling into a bucket of water in their house in Elephant Road area this afternoon
Manas Biswas, Technical Coordinator - Integrated WASH & CESP, Tongi Urban Programme, World Vision Bangladesh.
A record 16 Chinese warships were spotted in waters around Taiwan in a 24-hour period late last week, the island’s Defense Ministry reported, in what analysts said was the latest sign of an intimidation campaign against Taipei by China’s ruling Communist Party.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol yesterday blamed authorities’ failure to follow disaster response rules as the death toll from days of torrential rain rose to 40, including a dozen people found dead in a submerged underpass.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister dismissed the idea of talks with the United States as “a daydream” yesterday, the eve of the first US-South Korean meeting on nuclear deterrence.
Temperatures reached new highs yesterday as heatwaves scorched parts of the Northern Hemisphere, triggering health warnings and fanning wildfires in the latest stark reminder of the effects of global warming.
Singapore’s parliament Speaker and a woman MP yesterday resigned over an “inappropriate” affair, plunging the ruling party into further turmoil following a rare high-level corruption probe involving a cabinet minister.
An eight-party alliance seeking to form Thailand’s next government reaffirmed its backing for Pita Limjaroenrat to become premier, Pita said yesterday, despite his defeat last week in a parliamentary vote.
US climate envoy John Kerry held four hours of talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing yesterday, calling for “urgent action” as the two countries revived stalled diplomacy on reducing planet-warming emissions.
Mexican authorities on Sunday said they intercepted over 500 migrants in two days in the eastern state of Veracruz as authorities crack down on the transportation of migrants toward the United States in unsafe conditions.
Iranian authorities have shuttered an educational centre accused of “inciting riots” during last year’s mass demonstrations triggered by the death in custody of a young woman, state media reported yesterday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday received Kolaboti sarees and handicrafts, all made from banana plant fibre.
Sazedur Rahman, 40, a resident of Gaibandha, had been suffering from fever since the last week of June.
The government is going to undertake a project under which modern urban facilities will reach 15 villages under 15 upazilas of as many districts.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has asked the government to amend the Money Laundering Prevention Rules 2019 immediately to restore the Anti-Corruption Commission’s power to investigate money laundering related offences.
A college student died after being stabbed allegedly by muggers in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area on Sunday night.
Around 26 kilogrammes of gold in paste form was recovered from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka yesterday morning.
The Supreme Court yesterday deferred till July 23 the hearing of three leave to appeal petitions filed by Nobel laureate Muhammad challenging a High Court verdict that justified the decision of imposing tax on the money gifted by him to his three charitable trusts.
Police have detained six persons from the sand-laden bulk carrier that hit and sank a waterbus in the Buriganga near Keraniganj on Sunday night, killing at least three passengers.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the attack on Hero Alam, an independent candidate in the by-election to Dhaka-17 constituency, was a mockery of democracy.
Children engaged in domestic work face exploitation, oppression, and sexual abuse, and are deprived of their basic needs, said speakers at a seminar yesterday.
Around 40 percent of adults in Bangladesh are still illiterate, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistic’s Literacy Assessment Survey 2023 report.
The standard for Particulate Matter (PM 2.5) and Sulphur oxides (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions has to be restored to their previous indexes, demanded environmentalists at a seminar yesterday.
North South University hosted its summer semester orientation programme on July 16.
Newly-appointed South Korean and Swiss ambassadors to Bangladesh Park Young-Sik and Reto Renggli presented his credentials to President Mohammed Shahabuddin at the Bangabhaban yesterday.
The cabinet yesterday approved the draft National Tariff Policy aiming to make Bangladeshi products more competitive in the international market.
Although Bangladesh has secured geographical indication (GI) status for 15 products so far, local businesspeople have yet to benefit in absence of global demand for these goods, according to experts.
Prime Bank Ltd made a 50.75 per cent year-on-year higher profit of Tk 114.36 crore in the second quarter of 2023.
Mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited has decided to take a $55 million loan from its parent company Axiata Group.
Indian traders have been scooping up Chinese steel at a deep discount, industry officials and analysts said, spooking Indian producers ahead of a seasonal pick up in domestic demand.
A deal allowing Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea will expire at the end of Monday after Russia said it will suspend its participation.
China’s lower-than-expected growth in the second quarter comes as the world’s second largest economy is hit by sluggish consumption, a real estate sector in crisis and worries over deflation.
The 500th meeting of the board of directors of Bank Asia Ltd was held at the Sheraton Dhaka in Banani last week.
Southeast Bank Ltd recently organised the “Southeast Bank Agent Banking Half-Yearly Conference 2023” for Chattogram division.
The United States would not be surprised if North Korea conducts another nuclear test, following the regime’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile this past week, a senior White House official said Sunday.
Rab detained a suspected drug dealer with 2kg heroin in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila early yesterday.
One Bank Ltd recently celebrated the 24th anniversary of its operation in the banking sector of Bangladesh.
Two children drowned in a local pond at Dalgaon village in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj yesterday.
Police yesterday arrested a young man with 80,000 yaba pills from the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Narayanganj’s Kanchpur area.
A Rangpur court yesterday sent three people to jail for raping a woman and filming the act in Rangpur city’s Haragachh area.
Pran Dairy Ltd signed a deal with Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (Rakub) on supply chain finance to assist the dairy farmers of the north-western part of Bangladesh.
The dollar edged lower on Monday against a basket of currencies after suffering its biggest weekly drop of the year as traders waited on economic data and policy decisions before selling it down any further.
Flood water has started receding in five districts, leaving people in the areas in distress as their houses and crop fields remain inundated.
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced expelled Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim, widely known as GK Shamim, to 10 years in imprisonment in a case filed over laundering Tk 195 crore to Singapore and Malaysia.
An Australian sailor and his dog have been rescued after two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean, surviving the ordeal by drinking rainwater and snacking on raw fish.
Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) recently opened six branches in as many districts across the country.
A day after the Election Commission primarily cleared little-known Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) for registration as political parties,
Russia yesterday halted participation in the year-old UN-brokered deal that lets Ukraine export grain through the Black Sea, spreading a sense of dread in poorer countries where people fear price rises will put food out of reach.
The Election Exploratory Mission of the European Union yesterday wanted to know from reporters about professional challenges the media might face while covering the next general election in Bangladesh.
Doctors at private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres across the country suspended private practice services yesterday, as part of their two-day strike demanding the release of two physicians involved in the alleged botched C-section that resulted in death of a mother and her newborn in the capital last month.
Eleven districts got new superintendents of police yesterday, just around six months before the national election.
Awami League candidate Mohammad Ali Arafat won the Dhaka-17 by-election yesterday which was marred by an attack on independent runner Hero Alam and a few stray incidents of irregularities.
The appeal board of the FBCCI’s election board has announced the names of the valid director candidates for the polls of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).
Oil dropped by more than 1 per cent on Monday after weaker than expected Chinese economic growth fuelled concern over demand in the world’s second-biggest oil consumer while a partial restart of halted Libyan output also pressured.
With the national polls around six months away, the Awami League and the BNP are going to hold programmes and counter-programmes today and tomorrow to show off their strength on streets.
IFIC Bank awarded six of its employees and staff members with “Integrity Award” for the fiscal year 2021-2022 in recognition of demonstrating exemplary effort under the national integrity strategy (NIS) of the government.
Saudi Arabia’s annual inflation rate eased to 2.7 per cent in June from 2.8 per cent the previous month, government data showed on Sunday.
Transport and communication in Bangladesh are going to have a significant boost in the next two to three months when seven mega infrastructure projects will start making travel and transport of goods a lot easier.