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The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday filed a case against former chairman of Beraid union of Badda Thana Jahangir Alam for amassing huge wealth illegally, reports UNB. Assistant director...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday announced that the government will provide Tk 20 billion (Tk 2,000 crore) to commercial banks as subsidy so that they could waive this money...
The government has increased fares of inter-district and long routes (Dhaka, Chittagong cities and adjoining areas) bus and minibuses by 60 per cent, in order to compensate bus owners carrying...
A total of 3,023 educational institutions achieved 100 per cent pass rate in this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations, while the number was 2,583 last year. Of those, 157 institutions...
Even as the world is in economic recession, a South Korean company is going to expand its business with the investment of US$ 10 million more in Bangladesh Export Processing...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed case against three persons including a food warehouse officer-in-charge in Bogura for embezzling 15,000 kg of government rice. Wahid Munzur Sohag, a deputy assistant director...
The country’s biggest 660 MW Payra coal-fired power plant has remained shut for the past couple of weeks following its commercial operation of only five days. The first unit of...
Stocks on both the bourses ended higher on Sunday, the first trading session after a 66-day closure, thanks to regulatory move to boost the ailing capital market. DSEX, the key...
Reconditioned car importers on Sunday demanded Tk 5.0 billion loan facility from the government’s stimulus package for taxation of imported used cars that have been siting idle at the seaports....
Bangladesh on Sunday saw the highest single-day spike of new cases and fatalities with 2,545 confirmed cases and 40 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the Directorate...
HeidelbergCement Bangladesh will be placed in ‘Z’ category from existing ‘A’ category with effect from Monday as the company has recommended ‘no’ dividend due to incurring losses. The board of...
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the government will issue a gazette notification on "an adjusted and logical" bus fare. The proposed bus fare by Bangladesh...
The US Embassy in Dhaka is arranging another dedicated flight to the United States for its citizens and their family members who wish to leave Bangladesh amid the coronavirus pandemic....
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone a Group of Seven summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or later and expand the list...
The cut-off price of Delta Hospital Ltd’s shares has been fixed at Tk 11 through electronic bidding by eligible institutional investors. The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Sunday disclosed the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday ruled out the possibility of opening educational institutions right now saying that students are the future of the country and the government does not...
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) on Sunday introduced an instant account opening solution – EBL INSTA Account – first of its kind in Bangladesh under e-KYC guideline. The leading private commercial...
A coronavirus patient, who had been undergoing treatment at Khulna Diabetic Hospital dedicated for treating COVID-19 patients, died on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Tanvir Alam Babu, 32,...
A total of 82.87 per cent students have passed SSC and equivalent exams this year. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina published the results from her official residence Ganabhaban through a video...
Stocks on both the bourses witnessed an upward trend in the early hour of trading Sunday as trading resumed after a hiatus of more than two months. Trading and settlement...
The FBI said on Saturday that its top lawyer, Dana Boente, had announced his resignation as the agency faces scrutiny over its investigations of former staffers and supporters of President...
The board of directors of National Credit and Commerce Bank has postponed the recent dividend recommendation for the year ended on December 31, 2019, said an official disclosure on Sunday....
CHATTOGRAM: The authorities of Shah Amanat (R) International Airport have completed all preparations for restrating operation of flights on Monday as the more than two-month-long general holidays come to an...
Economic researcher Ahsan H Mansur has warned of socioeconomic instability and an eroding public trust in the government as Bangladesh is set to reopen offices and resume public transport system...
The securities regulator will sit with the Bangladesh Bank (BB) tomorrow (Monday) to strengthen coordination between the two regulators for further development of capital market and money market. "Both the...
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 6 million on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, as Latin America reported a grim milestone of 50,000 deaths from the disease. Countries such as Brazil,...
Customs and VAT officials are worried over increasing infections of COVID-19 among staffers in recent times. They said customs officials are involved in ensuring the supply chain of essential and...
Uber has spearheaded formation of a Transport Safety Alliance (TSA) to help contain the spread of COVID-19 and set the highest safety standards in these challenging times. In partnership with...
A research conducted by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has found claim of bidi factory owners false as the number of bidi workers is only 46,000 against 2.0 million...
BENAPOLE: A total of 19 Indian truck drivers and their helpers got stranded at Benapole port terminal for the past one and a half months. They want to return home....
Super cyclone Amphan which hit parts of Bangladesh on May 20 caused damage to crops worth Tk 6.72 billion, an agriculture ministry report said. According to the report, 0.85 million...
The Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) has expressed deep concern over media reports on the threat to shoot and torture the Exim Bank's Managing Director (MD). In a statement on...
The government is set to project the GDP growth rate for the fiscal year 2021 at 8.2 per cent, pinning its hope mainly on possible surge in domestic demand, powered...
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has described the recommendation to hike bus fare by 80 per cent as unjust and unacceptable. Besides, CAB suggested providing incentives or subsidy and...
India extended its coronavirus lockdown until June 30 in high-risk zones but permitted restaurants, malls and religious buildings to reopen elsewhere from June 8 despite a record high number of...
Since its outbreak in China in December and detection of the first case in Bangladesh in early March, Covid-19 has caused massive economic losses through unprecedented communication disruptions worldwide. The...
Many hygiene-conscious people have fretted about the general masses' recent exodus for their village homes prior to Eid. The print media and TV channels have also shown their return to...
The ambitious target set in the country's medium-term development programme to attract a big volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) in five years (2015-2020) has been shattered. The Seventh Five-Year...
Life is set to return to 'new normal' today (Sunday). The government on Thursday through a notification ended the 66-day unscheduled holiday declared in a staggered manner following the outbreak...
The economic downturn caused by Covid-19 or coronavirus is widespread worldwide. This is not the only issue of Bangladesh and it is not a problem of any single sector. That...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) first declared Covid-19 a world health emergency in January, 2020. Now the pandemic has spread across over 190 countries around the world. The growing Covid-19...
Bangladesh capital market needs a re-start to get its normal behaviour. In fact, tradings on both the stock exchanges are set to resume from today (May 31, 2020) after a...
Scientists at the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) have sequenced the genomes of three COVID-19 samples in the country. After analysing the data, the researchers found that...
Bangladesh Auto-Rickshaw Light Vehicle Transport Workers Federation (BALTWF) has demanded that the government take strict action against extortionists in the transport sector ahead of the resumption of public transport after...
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Saturday asked people involved in the various relief efforts to remain careful so that no name on the prepared list of recipients...
A nurse of Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital died of coronavirus in Sylhet on Friday night. Ruhul Amin, a senior staff nurse of the hospital which is dedicated for coronavirus treatment,...
The European Union on Saturday urged US President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to cut American funding for the World Health Organization amid global criticism of the move, as...
Brac University Vice-Chancellor Professor Vincent Chang has announced the establishment of the Brac University Student Assistance Fund to support students who are experiencing difficulties due to the global COVID-19 pandemic....
As a part of Grameenphone’s COVID-19 responses to support the nation, the company has completed the distributon of 50,000 sets of medical-grade full set professional PPE to DGHS selected-12 hospitals....
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday warned that stern action would be taken against those who do not follow the health guidelines during the movement of public...
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