Collision between 2 buses leaves 2 dead in Sylhet

UNB, Sylkhet: At least two people were killed and 30 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway on Tuesday afternoon. The identities of the deceased yet to be confirmed yet. Shayestaganj Highway Police...

Empowering Cancer Care in Bangladesh Through Collaboration

In the quest for effective healthcare solutions, particularly in the field of oncology, the concept of shared decision-making has emerged as a pivotal element in improving patient outcomes. Researchers in Bangladesh have taken significant strides...

Bangladesh at AI crossroads

When Riaz Mahmud's small textile printing factory faced obsolescence from an AI-powered competitor, he stood at a precipice familiar to millions of Bangladeshis: be rendered obsolete by the coming wave or learn to ride it. He mortgaged his home to...

State of mental health in South Asia

The World Mental Health Day, observed annually on October 10, is a reminder of the importance of good mental health and the need to prioritise and invest in good mental health. Worldwide, over one billion people, i.e. around one in eight persons,...

India News | Congress Continuously Pursuing Appeasement: BJP's Sambit Patra Slams Singing of Bangladesh National Anthem at Party Meet

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 31 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sambit Patra accused the Congress party for continuously 'pursuing appeasement' and trying to build a "vote bank" of infiltrators after the Bangladeshi national anthem...

IMGs Keep the NHS Running ‘But We Feel Overlooked’

Overseas doctors are keeping the NHS running, but many say they are not getting the recognition or support they deserve. More than two-thirds of doctors who joined the General Medical Council (GMC) register in 2023 were trained outside the UK....

Five more die of dengue, 1,147 get hospitalised

Tue Nov 4, 2025 12:00 AM Last update on: Tue Nov 4, 2025 08:07 AM UNB, Dhaka Tue Nov 4, 2025 12:00 AM Last update on: Tue Nov 4, 2025 08:07 AM The dengue crisis continues to worsen as five more patients died and 1,147 were admitted to hospitals...

Bangladesh witnesses expected successes in blood pressure control: experts  

- Advertisement - - Advertisement - - Advertisement - DHAKA, Oct 28 (BSS/APP): Health experts at a workshop today that the high blood pressure control rate in some regions of the country increased from 15 percent to 56 percent between 2019 and...

Bangladesh gets big offer from Pakistan amid frayed ties with India, via Karachi

At a time when relations between India and its easterly neighbour Bangladesh are not particularly rosy, the latter has been made a big offer by Pakistan — access to the key port of Karachi. This will allow Dhaka to expand its global trade network,...

Canada mulls large-scale cancellation of temporary visas for Indians

The Canadian government is considering granting its immigration department new powers to cancel temporary visas on a large scale, which would target applicants from India and Bangladesh, according to a report by CBC News. Internal documents...

Unhealthy diet, lifestyle behind rising cancer rates: Experts

Health experts have expressed deep concern over the rising incidence of cancer in Bangladesh and other developing countries, attributing the alarming increase to unhealthy diets, sedentary lifestyles, food adulteration, and air pollution. Without...

Why survival in Dhaka feels accidental

Dhaka has always been a city of contradictions—of ambition and neglect, progress and peril, pride and decay. In recent times, the contradictions have turned fatal. The same projects that symbolise our march towards modernity now routinely remind...

Dengue: 4 dead, 1101 hospitalized in 24hrs

Four more death from dengue was reported in the 24 hours till Tuesday morning, while 1,101 more patients were hospitalized with viral fever. This raises the total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 292 this year and brings...

Lancet 2025 report: Climate change declared Bangladesh’s immediate health crisis

Bangladesh is facing a rapidly escalating public health and economic crisis driven by climate change, according to the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change 2025 report, launched on Thursday at Brac Centre in Dhaka. The report revealed...

HC orders full implementation of 9-point directives to curb Dhaka’s air pollution within 3 weeks

The High Court today (30 October) directed authorities concerned to fully implement the nine-point directives, which the court had issued five years ago to reduce air pollution in Dhaka, within the next three weeks and submit a compliance report....

Policy rate cut may be possible in January, Bangladesh Bank tells IMF

The Bangladesh Bank has indicated that it may adjust the policy rate in the upcoming monetary policy, expected in January 2026, as inflation may come down by that period. Central bank officials disclosed this during a meeting with the visiting...

Turkish team completes Dhaka airport fire probe

An eight-member Turkish team that came to Bangladesh to assist with the investigation into the Dhaka airport fire has left the country after completing its work. The team is expected to submit its report within two to three days, Commerce Adviser...

Bangladesh’s economic crisis is a cautionary tale. For India too

In times of regional economic instability, wise nations pay attention to the challenges faced by their neighbours. Bangladesh, once heralded as a quiet success story of South Asia, now confronts its most precarious economic situation in decades....

Bangladesh Islamists demand ban on ISKCON as Yunus regime cradles radicals

After the Jummah prayers on Friday, the streets of major Bangladeshi cities, including Dhaka and the country's second-largest city, Chattogram, witnessed large Islamist gatherings. Hardliners from radical outfits such as Hefazat-e-Islam and...

Don’t call student protests a revolution. It was a terror attack on Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina

Why “Inshallah Bangladesh”?’ We had not expected Sheikh Hasina to ponder over the title of the book we were writing. It was on the day of Eid Al-Adha, popular as Bakrid, on Saturday, 7 June 2025, that our request to speak to her had been granted....