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Padma Oil Company Limited (POCL), a leading fuel oil company of the country, has approved 130 per cent dividend for shareholders of the company for the 2018-19 financial year. The...
Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury said mandatory digital application for land mutation will start on March 17. "We are committed to fully digitalise the process of applying for land mutation. No...
The average temperature of Dhaka city remains 2.0 degrees Celsius higher than that of rural areas in summer and monsoon, a new study has found. Its temperature has been increasing...
Liberty Fashion Wears Limited, a closed apparel manufacturing company, on Sunday alleged that its tenant company Sinha Knit and Denim Ltd is trying to capture its property forcefully. The Sinha...
Chinese authorities have reported 139 new cases of a mysterious virus in two days, marking the first time that the infection has been confirmed in the country outside of Wuhan...
A fresh spell of mild cold-wave, also likely to be the last of this winter season, may sweep over some parts of the country from tomorrow (Tuesday). Besides, the Bangladesh...
Higher borrowing of the government during the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY20) compelled the central bank to revise the growth rate of the borrowing significantly upward...
The central bank is set to announce a long-term comprehensive plan this week aiming to support sustainable development of the country's capital market. Under the plan, the Bangladesh Bank (BB)...
A third-year student at Goizhou Forerunner College in China, Wu Huayan captured media attention last October all across the world for sisterly sacrifice. The 24-year old Chinese girl started leading...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has reportedly placed before the Planning Commission (PC) a Tk 2.83 billion project, designed to protect a bridge on Dhaka-Barishal Highway from river erosion,...
Regional highways or vital inter-district roads have continued to be inaugurated across Bangladesh over the last 8-10 years. At present, their total length is 4,206.121 kilometres (km) with the number...
Bangladesh have booked their place in the semifinals of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup after a comfortable 3-0 win against Sri Lanka in their final match of the group stages on...
When Bangladesh is seeking duty-free access of exportables to the American market, the US authorities have complained about duplication of fumigation test of cotton imported by Bangladeshi traders that created...
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a process of dispute settlement outside the formal judicial system through mutual compromise and agreement by the parties themselves with the third party facilitating the...
The number of people having visual impairment will increase dramatically in the coming decades across the world due to population growth and ageing, behavioral and lifestyle changes, and urbanisation, a new...
China has reaffirmed its willingness to provide further support, within its capacity, to Myanmar in the Rohingya repatriation process and resettlement of the displaced people from Rakhine State. This was...
The embarrassment and entanglement that have marked the Iran-US imbroglio has continued to evolve. It started on January 03 with the assassination of Iranian Major General Kasem Solaimani, Head of...
The World Economic Forum's annual flagship meeting this year (January 21-24) will focus on how to build a more cohesive and sustainable world. As always, the topic is timely, but...
More than 3.64 million cases are now pending with the higher and lower courts across the country, according to statistics placed by Law Minister Anisul Huq in the parliament on...
Eminent Indian-Bengali actor-filmmaker-musician Anjan Dutt has said half of his music listeners are Bangladeshis that prompts him to travel frequently to Bangladesh to sing his songs for his huge fans...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the need for bringing more important projects under the watch of the Fast Track Monitoring Committee alongside the exiting 10 fast-track projects. “We’ve...
A woman and her three-year-old daughter were killed in a fire that broke out at their home in Sadar upazila’s Charmamudpur of Faridpur on Saturday night. The deceased were identified...
A three-day Indian engineering trade show will kick off in the capital on Wednesday aiming to forge global supply chain with partners from Bangladesh. The second edition of the show...
Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle, has accused his daughter of 'cheapening' the British royal family, in part of an interview released a day after Buckingham Palace said Prince Harry and...
The government has published a revised routine for SSC and equivalent examinations, with the written tests running from February 3 to February 27. The inter-education board coordination subcommittee already published...
Bangla Academy has deferred the launch of Ekushey Book Fair to Feb 2 from Feb 1, due to the rescheduled mayoral polls in Dhaka. The decision came on Sunday, a...
The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking as to why it shall not passed order to bring all the courts in the country under e-judiciary project and...
The season’s last cold wave is likely to start sweeping across Bangladesh from Wednesday after rain in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet, Mymensingh and some parts of Dhaka division, the Met Office...
Amid ongoing protests against the new citizenship law in India, the country's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said as many as 172 Bangladeshis received Indian citizenship in six years. Sitharaman...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday submitted chargesheet against suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman and suspended ACC director Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case over Tk 4.0 million...
Facebook has apologised for translating Chinese President Xi Jinping's name from Burmese to English into an obscenity on its platform. The translation gaffe came to light on the second day...
The government is set to begin distribution of electronic passports (e-passports) in the country from Wednesday. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal gave the information at a media briefing at the...
Dhaka stocks have gained 5.6 per cent, the biggest jump since the key index DSEX was introduced in January 2013. The shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange were buoyed by...
Another 224 Bangladeshi workers were deported by Saudi Arabia on Saturday, although many of them claimed to have legal documents. A Saudi Airlines flight carrying 116 workers landed at Dhaka...
Eight people were killed and 30 others wounded when a passenger bus overturned in Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday, media reported on Sunday. The driver was believed to have...
Masatsugu Asakawa has assumed office as the 10th President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), an ADB press statement said. "I am honoured to assume the role of ADB President...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the sentence given to former chairman of the Jamuna Bank, Arifur Rahman, by a trial court in a case filed...
A 7 day-long training on “Basic Credit Course”, arranged by Padma Bank Training Institute began in the capital on Friday. Managing Director & CEO of the bank Md. Ehsan Khasru...
Mr. Mohammed Rabiul Hossain, Managing Director & CEO of Uttara Bank Limited, inaugurated the new premises of Kushtia Branch on Sunday. Senior executives and local dignitaries were present on the...
A BAMLCO Conference of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd was held at Regency Hotel, Dhaka on Saturday to prevent Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing. Head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU)...
Police on Saturday night arrested the main suspect in connection with the murder of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s (BCL) Chattogram city unit leader Sudipta Biswas from Ispahani intersection in Khulshi area...
The annual business conference of Jamuna Bank Limited-2020 was held at Dali's Amber Resort in Munshiganj recently. Engr. Md. Atiqur Rahman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jamuna Bank,...
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she did not understand the purpose of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed in India that aims to offer citizenship to non-Muslim minorities that...
The second phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, ended on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi on Sunday through the...
US President Donald Trump's legal team has issued its first formal response to the impeachment charges against him, describing them as a "dangerous attack" on democracy. The document said the...
Students in Chattogram will soon be able to travel to any destination within the city for only Tk 5. The young students will have to pay the fare in the...
China reported 17 more cases of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus strain on Sunday, stoking worries of it spreading as the country gears up to celebrate Chinese lunar new...
Police say a man has committed suicide after killing his wife, mother-in-law and two neighbours in a tea garden in Moulvibazar’s Barlekha Upazila. The incident took place in the Pallartal...
Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a military training camp in the Yemeni city of Marib on Saturday, killing 60 military personnel and wounding dozens others, Saudi state television said on Saturday evening....
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer be working members of Britain’s monarchy and they will pay their own way in life as they embark on an independent...
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