The government has set a record in procuring paddy and rice during the Boro procurement programme-2025. According to the Ministry of Food, the government earlier set a target to procure 350,000 tonnes of paddy, 1.40 million of parboiled rice and 50,000 tonnes of atap rice till Au
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has urged all to come forward to protect nature, aiming to conserve the country's fisheries resources. "Let's learn to show honour to the nature; let's learn to be kind of nature," he told the inaugural session of the National Fisheries Week-2025 at the Bangl
State-owned Biman Bangladesh Airlines has reported an unaudited profit of Tk 9.37 billion for the 2024-25 fiscal year. The national carrier has described the figure as a milestone in its 55-year history. In a statement on Monday, the airline said the profit marked a “unique” record si
At least 113 women were killed by their husbands in the first seven months of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rights and legal aid body. The Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) report noted that a total of 322 women were victims of 363 domestic violence in the country from Januar
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Monday issued warrants for the arrest of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary and four other law enforcement officials in a case over the killing of seven youths in Gazipur in 2016. The three-member tribunal, led by its Chai
