The circular also said the new increment will come into effect from December 1 and the workers will receive the salary with 9 percent annual increment in January
Importantly, unit prices declined for most suppliers in 2024 compared to 2023, reflecting competitive pressures within the global apparel industry
Sohel Talukdar, DBC Channel's Tangail correspondent, said he was attacked and assaulted after referring to the protesters as supporters of Maulana Zubair Ahmad
Says Shipping Adviser Sakhawat
Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, told Lebanese Druze leaders yesterday that his country would not negatively interfere in Lebanon and would respect its neighbour’s sovereignty.
A man suspected of ploughing a car through crowds at a German Christmas market in an attack that killed five people and injured scores faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder, police said yesterday.
Awami League will not be allowed to participate in the upcoming elections under any circumstances until justice is served for the July-August massacre and persecution, said Akhtar Hossain, member secretary of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee yesterday.
The combined private university chapter of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement yesterday placed a memorandum with four-point demands to the home affairs adviser to build a safe Bangladesh by strengthening state security.
The Election Commission has terminated its contract with Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) for National Identification (NID) data verification services due to a breach of terms.
A Gazipur court yesterday placed Muaz bin Nur, a leader of the Tabligh Jamaat faction loyal to Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, on a three-day remand, in connection with a case filed over the killing of three devotees at the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi.
Author Farhad Mazhar underscored the need for adopting a national policy to develop and operate the country’s main port, the Chattogram port, in a well-planned manner
Bangladesh has called on Myanmar to address the ongoing crisis in the Rakhine state and its borders, stressing that it cannot engage in negotiations with non-state actors, such as the Arakan Army.
The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to launch an investigation against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on allegations of laundering $300 million to the United States.
No election will be held using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Badiul Alam Majumdar, chief of the Electoral Reform Commission, said yesterday.
A Myanmar ethnic rebel group has captured a military regional command in Rakhine state, it said, in what would be a major blow to the junta.
Pakistan military courts have convicted and sentenced 25 people for involvement in pro-Imran Khan unrest last year, the armed forces said yesterday, with the majority handed decade-long prison terms.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed a brazen overnight raid on an army outpost near the border with Afghanistan yesterday, which intelligence officials said killed 16 soldiers and critically wounded five more.
A Myanmar ethnic rebel group has captured a military regional command in Rakhine state, it said, in what would be a major blow to the junta
India's green cover went up by 1,445 sq km from 2021 to 2023, reaching 25.17 per cent of its geographical area, according to official data made public today
Md Sad Radi, a Bangladeshi national from Rajshahi, was apprehended in Kerala without valid travel documents
The Pakistani Taliban claimed a brazen overnight raid on an army outpost near the border with Afghanistan on Saturday, which intelligence officials said killed 16 soldiers and critically wounded five more
Provincial authorities in northwestern Pakistan said yesterday they planned to collect heavy weapons to stop sectarian clashes that have killed hundreds, but tribesmen in the historically lawless region said they would not give up their arms.
Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 28 Palestinians, eight of them at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, medics said, as the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north.
Incoming US president Donald Trump on Saturday slammed what he called unfair fees for US ships passing through the Panama Canal and threatened to demand control of the waterway be returned to US.
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday vowed to bring more “destruction” to Ukraine in retaliation for a drone attack on the central Russian city of Kazan a day earlier.
The US military said it mistakenly shot down one of its own fighter aircraft over the Red Sea early yesterday, forcing both pilots to eject.
Four people died when a helicopter crashed into a hospital in southwestern Turkey on Sunday, the provincial governor said, blaming the accident on thick fog
"This move gravely infringes on China's sovereignty and security interests," Beijing's foreign ministry said in a statement, adding it "firmly opposes this action".
The Panama Canal, which was completed by the United States in 1914, was returned to the Central American country under a 1977 deal signed by Democratic president Jimmy Carter.
At least 38 people were killed in a bus crash in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, officials said, in what President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called a "terrible tragedy"
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star, Aryan shares his experience of those miserable days passed during trafficking and more on today's Star Connects
A Rab official said
Accoridng to media reports, Quader fled to the Indian state of Kolkata via Shillong on Nov 8
Probe reports for both the cases were scheduled for completion today
Police recovered the body from Super Home Hostel around 2:00pm
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner SM Sazzat Ali has said the police are making a list of extortionists and will soon launch drives to arrest them.
Women rights organisation Naripokkho received the “2023 Ruby Ghuznavi Award for Social Justice” in recognition of its long-standing work with the Biranganas, the war heroines of Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.
During the 15 years of Awami League rule, police promotions heavily favoured high-ranking officials close to power, leaving lower-tier officers neglected, experts said at a dialogue organised by the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) in Dhaka yesterday.
When a mob of at least a hundred locals was about to attack Minoti Rani’s house on the night of December 3 at Manglargaon village in Sunamganj, she grabbed her child and ran to the riverbank, leaving her home and belongings behind.
The daily Amar Desh is set to return to circulation today, according to the announcement of its publisher and editor Mahmudur Rahman.
At least 32 people died early yesterday when a bus crashed into a truck and then caught fire in southeastern Brazil, officials said.
Kyiv yesterday staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier, as Moscow’s troops captured a new frontline village in eastern Ukraine.
Colleagues, friends and well-wishers of late Civil Aviation and Tourism Adviser A F Hassan Ariff paid rich tribute to his memory yesterday.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday condemned the “terrible, insane” car-ramming attack on a crowded Christmas market that killed five people and injured more than 200.
India has strongly protested a status update posted on the verified Facebook profile of Adviser Mahfuj Alam.
