Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said the government is determined to create a labour-friendly environment in the country as he addressed International Labour Organisation (ILO) governing body’s 350th session in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday. “The government is pledge-bound to form a labour-friendly environment in the country and is taking every possible step to build necessary labour-relations ...

A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff Wednesday, livestreamed video showed. Online video showed the rocket called Kairos blasting off from Wakayama Prefecture, in central Japan, a mountainous area filled with trees, but exploding midair within seconds, AP reports. A huge plume of smoke engulfed the area, and flames ...

No extortion will be tolerated in any sector including transportation of goods and strict action will be taken against extortion, said Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Tuesday. He asked the field-level police officers to perform their duties with sincerity to control the prices of commodities, UNB reports. The IGP came up with the information while talking to ...

The Annual Development Program (ADP) has been revised with its allocation reduced by Tk 18,000 crore or 6.84 per cent from the original ADP size of Tk 2,63,000 crore for the current fiscal. After the reduction due to ministries’ inability to spend their allocated funds, the size of the revised ADP (RADP) now stands at Tk 2,45,000 crore. The revised ...

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday set March 19 to deliver the judgment against 18 people, including Hallmark Group Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud and his wife Jasmine Islam. After concluding cross examination, Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 Judge Md Abul Kashem fixed the date. Mir Ahmmed Salam, lawyer of the Anti-Corruption, confirmed this. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates Saifur Rahman and Keshav Roy ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the High Court order the closure of primary and secondary schools across the country during Ramadan. Now, primary schools across the country remain open for 10-day in the month of Ramadan, while secondary for 15-day. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order ...

As Ramadan began, all government and private offices started in new timing from 9am-3:30pm. Meanwhile, banks will remain open from 9:30am to 4pm and courts from 9am-3pm. However, customers will be able to make bank transactions from 9.30am to 2.30pm. There will be a 15-minute break for Zuhr prayers from 1:15pm to 1:30pm.  

Four astronauts left the International Space Station on Monday and were bound for Earth following a more than six month mission. Led by American astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, NASA’s Crew-7 arrived at the research platform last August aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon. The same spacecraft undocked on Monday morning, with Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, Satoshi Furukawa of Japan, and Russian cosmonaut ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the  doctors in the country to devote more time to  research in medical science burying the mentality of doing private practice to just earn money. “We are lagging behind in one sector and that is the research in the medical science. Doctors are engaged in practicing and earning money, and they don’t bother ...

The first namaj-e-janaza for Prime Minister’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim Helal was held at Jatiya Press Club in the capital at 11am on Monday. After the janaza, military secretary Maj Gen Kabir paid tribute placing wreath on behalf of the Prime Minister. Later, Awami League, Jatiya Press Club, Prime Minister’s office, Prime Minister Press Wing,  Dhaka South City Corporation mayor ...