The government has approved a draft guideline on emergency responses to nuclear or radioactive disasters in Bangladesh, considering progress on the Rooppur nuclear power plant project

The international community has announced funding some US$600 million to assist Rohingya refugees, host communities, and internally displaced people in Myanmar

The government is deploying mobile courts in Dhaka to ensure that mask rules are followed by all amid the pandemic outbreak

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told the Parliament that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had formed Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League to unite the nation, but this idea was misinterpreted

The government is going to make COVID-19 negative certificate mandatory for every incoming passenger from foreign countries, said Prof Khurshid Alam, director general of the Directorate General of Health Services

Bangladesh on track to becoming a $6b pharma market by 2025

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh Coast Guard will be strengthened so that they can play a role in helping the government tap the potential of the blue economy

Revealing a rift in the Hefazat-e-Islam, which terms itself as Bangladesh's largest "non-political" Islamist group, its Joint Secretary General, Mainuddin Ruhi, on Saturday said that an "illegal" council meeting has been convened to implement the agenda of the Jamaat-e-Islami and its students' wing Islami Chhatra Shibir

Twenty-six researchers from 17 Bangladeshi institutions were among the top two percent of the most cited researchers throughout their careers, found a research on metascience by Stanford University

Bangladesh has not shown any interest in joining the world's largest trade deal, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) primarily to safeguard its revenue generation from duties on imports

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday reiterated that Bangladesh maintains friendship with all and does not believe in quarrels with neighbours

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Saudi Arabia's King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) will provide $1 million each to a program managed by the World Food Programme (WFP) to rehabilitate cyclone shelters and reduce the risk of disasters in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh

BNP has announced holding of protest rallies across Bangladesh over the arrest of their leaders and activists during the by-elections to the Dhaka 18, and Sirajganj 1 constituencies

Bangladesh on Friday recorded 19 COVID-19 deaths and 1,767 fresh cases overnight

Bangladesh has been unable to attract attention from the governments of the United States, including the outgoing administration led by Republican Donald Trump, Michael Kugelman, deputy director and senior associate for South Asia of Washington-based Woodrow Wilson Center, has told Dhaka Tribune through an email