MEXICO CITY : At least 22 people were wounded, three of them critically, when a Mexican Navy training ship slammed into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Saturday, the navy said in a statement.
"No personnel fell into...
LONDON : Severe storms that swept through the US states of Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia left more than 25 people dead, laying waste to local communities and cutting off electricity to nearly 200,000, authorities said Saturday.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear...
DHAKA : Dhanmondi Road- 27 has been renamed after ‘Shaheed Farhan Faiyaz’, a martyr of July uprising.
“The new name of Dhanmondi Road- 27 (old) is now ‘Shaheed Farhan Faiyaz Road’.
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) unveiled the plaque of the...
DHAKA : National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman today said he remains prepared to exercise his rights as a Bangladeshi citizen although a BNP leader recently alleged that the adviser is a foreign citizen.
In response to the allegation, Dr...
DHAKA : Information and Broadcasting Secretary Mahbuba Farjana today said Bangladesh Film Archive will work on collecting and preserving audio-visual documents of July uprising.
She said this in a discussion meeting organized marking the 47th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Film...
DHAKA : A Dhaka court here today granted six-day police remand to three accused in the murder case of Dhaka University student Shahriar Alam Shammo, who was stabbed to death at Suhrawardi Udyan on May 13.
The accused persons are...
DHAKA : Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder today said that 5.5 million (55 lakh) low-income families will be provided with food items at lower prices under the food friendly programme by increasing the number of families by 5 lakh...
DHAKA : The National Economic Council (NEC) will sit tomorrow to consider a possible Annual Development Programme (ADP) with an outlay of TK 2,30,000 crore keeping highest allocation in the transport and communication sector.
NEC Chairperson and Chief Adviser Professor...
SATKHIRA : Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today affirmed that Indian nationals found staying illegally in Bangladesh will be repatriated through proper diplomatic channels, rather than being pushed back in the same manner they entered...
DHAKA, May 17, 2025 (BSS)- Claiming that the microcredit is the "real banking", Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today stressed establishing a 'Microcredit Bank' to create more entrepreneurs by disbursing collateral free small credit among young people.
"Microcredit has reached...