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Dhaka becomes 2nd most polluted city with AQI score of 234

Dhaka has ranked second on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 234 at about 9:10am on Saturday morning. Dhaka’s air was

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BNP ELECTION MANIFESTO: Social safety, growth, reform key targets

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday unveiled its election manifesto for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad polls, outlining nine key pledges focused on economic growth, social protection, and institutional reform. Major

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How Hasina’s League Has Lost Relevancy in Bangladesh’s Politics

Being an outcast in politics is not unusual. Political parties rise and fall; leaders become heroes one day and footnotes the next. But what Bangladesh is witnessing today is something

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Death toll from heavy Japan snow hits 30

Unusually heavy snow in Japan has been blamed for 30 deaths in the past two weeks, officials said Tuesday, including a 91-year-old woman found under a three-metre pile outside her

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DMP bans fireworks, lanterns marking Shab-e-Barat

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a temporary ban on fireworks, lanterns and explosives in the capital to ensure peaceful observance of the holy Shab-e-Barat. According to a notice

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Trump launches $12 billion minerals stockpile to boost US manufacturing, counter China

US President Donald Trump is set to launch a strategic critical minerals stockpile with $12 billion in seed money from the US Export-Import Bank, a Trump administration official familiar with

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Jahangir urges Coast Guard to perform impartial duty in national election

Home Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday urged members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) to perform their duties with neutrality, professionalism and integrity to ensure a free, fair, peaceful

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Nahid’s writ dismissed, no bar for BNP’s Quayum to contest in polls

The High Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition filed by National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam, challenging the validity of BNP-nominated Dr MA Quayum’s candidacy in the Dhaka-11

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