Dhaka鈥檚 air in 鈥榤oderate鈥� zone with AQI score of 90
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 28th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 90 at about 10:30am on Tuesday morning...
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Two DU students assaulted allegedly by Hizb ut-Tahrir mob during anti-Israel protest
Two students of Dhaka University were assaulted on the university campus on Monday during a protest against Israel鈥檚 ongoing attacks on Palestine, with allegations surfacing that members of the banned organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir members were involved in the attack...
11 jailed over Sonali Bank loan scam
A Dhaka court on Monday convicted and sentenced 11 individuals to different terms of jail in a case lodged over embezzlement of Sonali Bank money through loan forgery...
Court freezes ex-PSC driver Abed Ali鈥檚 13 bank accounts
A Dhaka court on Monday ordered to freeze 13 bank accounts of Syed Abed Ali, a former driver for the chairman of Public Service Commission, seize a car and attach two flats and a building on 8.88 bigha plot...
Elderly man dies in Old Dhaka fire
A 65-year-old man died and 17 others suffered injuries in a fire that broke out on the ground floor of a five-storey building in Dhaka鈥檚 Nazimuddin Road early Monday...
Tanzid hits hundred聽in Rupganj鈥檚 win
Tanzid Hasan smashed a blistering 103* off 59 as Legends of Rupganj thrashed Partex Sporting Club by 10 wickets in the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the BKSP-3 on Monday...
Dhaka to make zero duty on 100 items
The commerce ministry in Bangladesh on Monday sent a letter to the United States Trade Representative saying duty on 100 items will be cut to zero.
US embassy advises Americans in Bangladesh to remain alert due to Gaza protests
The US Embassy in Dhaka on Monday advised US citizens to remain vigilant due to protests across the country, including Dhaka, in solidarity with Gaza.
BB to set up Tk 900cr fund for startup: Mansur
Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur on Monday said that the central bank had taken an initiative to launch a special fund of about Tk 800 crore to Tk 900 crore to support startup...
Students, teachers, mass people across Bangladesh join global strike in solidarity with Gaza
Tens of thousands of students, professionals, and general people across Bangladesh held demonstrations throughout Monday as part of a global strike in solidarity with Gazans amid an escalating offensive by the Israeli military...
Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025 kicks off in Dhaka
Bangladesh Investment聽Development Authority executive chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun on Monday said that the聽government was creating an ecosystem to make business operations in Bangladesh聽much easier...
One killed, several injured in Old Dhaka building fire
A 65-year-old man was killed and seven others were injured after a fire broke out on the ground floor of a five-storey building in Dhaka鈥檚 Nazimuddin Road area on early Monday...
Dhaka's air 鈥榤oderate鈥� Monday morning
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality turned 鈥渕oderate鈥� and ranked 19th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 93 at 9:00 am on Monday...
DU to reintroduce vehicle restrictions at entry points from today
The University of Dhaka authorities have again decided to restrict vehicular movement at seven entry points on the university campus from today...
61 pro-AL lawyers sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent to jail 61 pro-Awami League lawyers in a case lodged over assault, vandalising and attempt to murder allegedly committed during July-August mass uprising...
AL holds protest procession in city
The Awami League鈥檚 Dhaka south city unit leaders and activists brought out a protest procession from the south gate of Baitul Mukarram that ended at party headquarters on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital on Sunday morning...
German delegation in Dhaka to join Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025聽
A German delegation consisting of different business stakeholders has arrived in Dhaka for a five-day visit between April 6, 2025 and April 10, 2025....
Woman stabbed to death by brother in-law in Dhaka
A woman was stabbed to dead by her brother-in-law at South Kamalapur of Motijheel in Dhaka on Sunday...
DU students submit memo demanding DUCSU election roadmap
A group of Dhaka University students on Sunday submitted a memorandum to the vice-chancellor鈥檚 office, urging the swift announcement of a road map for the long-overdue Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union election...
Parvez shatters record as Abahani seal Super League spot
Parvez Hossain smashed the fastest fifty by any Bangladeshi across all formats as he reached the milestone in just 15 balls in Abahani Limited鈥檚 10-wicket thrashing of Shinepukur Cricket Club in the ongoing Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League at the BKSP-3 on Sunday...
Auto-rickshaw driver electrocuted in Dhaka
A battery-run auto-rickshaw driver died from electrocution while charging a rechargeable battery in a garage in the capital鈥檚 Hazaribagh area early Sunday...
Evaly Chairman, MD jailed for three years in fraud case
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced e-commerce platform Evaly鈥檚 chair person Shamima Nasrin and her husband and company managing director Mohammad Rassel to three years鈥� jail in a fraud case...
BMD predicts rains in Dhaka, seven other divisions
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted rains at several places in seven divisions of the country including Dhaka in 24 hours commencing 9:00am on Sunday...
Army chief leaves Dhaka for Russia, Croatia official trips
Army chief General Waker-uz-Zaman on Sunday morning left Dhaka for Russia on an official visit...
Fakhrul leaves Dhaka for Singapore for health check-up
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary seneral Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and his wife Rahat Ara Begum left Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday morning for health checkup...
Shahbagh flower market damaged in fire, no casualty reported
A fire broke out at the Shahbagh flower market in Dhaka on Saturday night...
Dhaka鈥檚 air 鈥榰nhealthy鈥� this morning
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 151 at 8:50am on Sunday..
Holidaymakers rush back to Dhaka as offices reopen today
Thousands of people from across the country returned to Dhaka city on Saturday to join work as offices reopen today after a relatively longer Eid holiday...
First thunderstorm lashes Dhaka
Season鈥檚 first thunderstorm lashed parts of the country, including Dhaka, on Saturday, accompanied by strong wind and rain, potentially bringing relief from searing temperature today...
One dengue patient dies, 10 hospitalised across Bangladesh in 24hrs
Dengue claimed another life while 10 more people were hospitalised with the illness around the country in the 24 hours till Saturday 8:00am, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.