Bangladesh recently became the third country in South Asia, after Pakistan and Sri Lanka, to seek financial support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this year. Dhaka is now reportedly also ...

Bangladesh has formally requested for a $4.5 billion loan from the Washington-based multilateral lender International Monetary Fund (IMF) to combat the ongoing financial crisis in the country, accordi...

Bengal transport minister Firhad Hakim on Wednesday flagged off a bus service between Siliguri and Nepal capital Kathmandu, which would be operated by the North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBS...

The ferry ride took almost an hour on the water, and another hour each for loading and unloading of passengers and cargo. The new Padma bridge will definitely save valuable hours on this route, but i...

The Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh has begun discussions with the World Bank and the IMF for budgetary support with the twin objectives of dealing with an external payment deficit and shortage...

 Hundreds of people took to the streets in several major cities in Bangladesh on Friday, protesting against the controversial remarks made by two former BJP spokespersons against Prophet Mohammad...

The Agartala-Kolkata bus service via Dhaka resumed on Friday after a hiatus of over two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Tripura minister said. State Transport Minister Pranajit Singha Roy flagg...

Pulmonologist Arup Haldar:  With changing climate and more air pollution, it is expected that asthma, heat strokes, cholera-related diseases and vector-borne diseases will be on the rise. Our ...

 At least 40 people were killed and over 450 injured in a massive fire caused by an explosion that swept through a private chemical container depot in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said on S...

A two-day international seminar on “Revisiting Partition: Social Cultural and Literary Context(s)” was organised by the english and sociology departments of North Bengal St Xavier’s ...