Sir Mark Tully, the former British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) correspondent whose reporting during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War became a vital source of information, died on Sunday in New Delhi at age 90.
The United States will suspend immigrant visa processing for citizens of Bangladesh starting Jan. 21 as part of a broader halt affecting 75 countries whose nationals the Donald Trump administration says are more likely to require public assistance.
A Bangladeshi child wounded by a stray bullet allegedly fired from Myanmar along southern Teknaf border remained in critical condition on Tuesday.
Bangladesh’s labor productivity has declined over the past three decades, raising concerns among economists about the country’s ability to generate stable jobs and lift incomes. CEIC data shows annual labor productivity growth averaged minus 0.33 percent from December 1992 to December 2024. In December 2024, productivity fell 2.42 percent from a year earlier, underscoring the […]
A large national survey analysis suggests obesity is now common among Bangladeshi adults and is far more prevalent among women than men, while the social drivers of excess weight may operate differently by sex.
Labour productivity in Bangladesh was $8.7 per hour in 2025, below Vietnam’s $12.4 and India’s $10.7, General Economics Division of Planning Commission data cited in Bangladesh State of Economy 2025 report showed.
Indian lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to return former Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh during a campaign speech this week, sharply criticizing the government for what he described as political inconsistency in its messaging on migration.
Bangladesh Navy detained 273 people, including 10 suspected members of a trafficking syndicate, as they tried to travel illegally to Malaysia through Bay of Bengal on Saturday night, officials said.
The police detained two men on Sunday for what authorities described as suspicious movement near the Gulshan residence of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
Kamal Hossain, a key architect of Bangladesh’s constitution and founder of Gono Forum, has been hospitalized in Dhaka after a serious decline in health.
