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The three-day Ceramic Expo Bangladesh 2019 ended on Saturday fetching an export order of $5.5 million amid huge responses from visitors and buyers. Ceramic manufacturers got export orders worth $5.5...
Some 62 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday. Of them, 28 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the...
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed Abdur Rahman Saikat, the accused of the mysterious death Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa , on a 4-day remand. Police detained Saikat on Saturday night over...
The government has declared the surrounding areas of the secretariat as 'No Horn Zone', which will come into effect from December 17. According to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and...
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange dipped below the 'psychological' threshold of 4,600-mark after three years on Sunday as investors dumped their holdings to prevent further losses. The...
Former Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman said the process of financial inclusion could be made more secure and speedy through the use of digital technologies like blockchain. Research, awareness...
Police are set to request a 7-day remand to grill Abdur Rahman Saikat, a friend of Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa, over the death of the Stamford University student. Saikat was apprehended...
Bangladesh Women’s cricket team clinched the gold medal in the ongoing 13th South Asian Games (SA Games) on Sunday beating Sri Lanka in the nail biting final of the T20...
The subscription period for rights shares of Golden Harvest Agro Industries Ltd started today (Sunday), aiming to raise a capital worth Tk 899.32 million. The subscription period will continue until...
A Rohingya man has been killed in an alleged gunfight over ‘territorial dominance’ between rival factions at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf Upazila. Two others were wounded in...
M. Khorshed Anowar, Head of Retail and SME Banking of Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) inaugurated the second Banking Booth of the Bank at Hazi Renu Miah Master Shopping Complex at Mirsarai...
Customs officials arrested a man along with 20 gold bars at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Sunday. The arrestee is Mohammad Ohidul Alam. Khairul Kabir, assistant manager of...
Thousands of workers of the nine state-run jute mills in Khulna and Jashore have staged a sit-in programme this morning as part of their scheduled agitation programme to push for...
Cumilla district was freed from the occupation of the Pakistani occupation forces this day (December 8) in 1971. To mark the day, Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad, Cumilla District Command, Cumilla brought...
City Bank recently signed an agreement with Indesore Sweater Ltd. for providing Employee Banking facility. The signing ceremony was held at the Indesore Sweater Ltd office in Gazipur. The agreement...
Mercantile Bank Limited has recently signed an agreement with Zenith Islami Life Insurance Company Limited. The agreement was signed by Adil Raihan, Deputy Managing Director and CSBO of the Bank,...
Law enforcers have arrested two people over the killing of three people at a house in Banaripara upazila of Barishal. The arrestees were identified as Jakir Hossain, son of Chunnu...
Bangladesh clinched three more gold medals – all in archery - in the 13th South Asian Games at Pokhara Stadium, Nepal on Sunday. The Bangladeshi archers bagged the gold medals...
Diarrhoea and cholera has broken out in 34 Rohingya refugee camps under Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of Cox's Bazar district. According to refugee camp and district health department sources, more...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a High Court order staying the proceedings of a case against actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed under the Information and Communication...
Heidelberg Cement Bangladesh has successfully completed the acquisition of entire shareholding of Emirates Cement Bangladesh and Emirates Power Company from UltraTech Cement Middle East Investments Ltd. With the acquisition, the...
Amari Dhaka is bringing a relaxing Friday getaway for those who are looking for a bubble of warmth and serenity in this long gray winter. Its new 'Weekend Paradise' package...
Stocks posted a modest gain in the early hour of trading on Sunday as investors mostly followed cautious stance amid concern over the country’s overall economic condition. Market analysts said...
Four people were killed and two injured in a shooting on Saturday near Mexico’s National Palace, the presidential residence in the capital’s historic downtown, officials said. President Andres Manuel Lopez...
At least 43 people were killed on Sunday after a massive fire broke out at a factory at Aanaj Mandi area in Delhi, according to an ANI report run by...
Myanmar leader and Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi departed on Sunday for the UN’s top court in The Hague to defend the country against charges of genocide...
Shares of around 13 per cent listed companies are being traded at the prices below their face value of Tk 10 as they have failed to perform as per investors'...
Democrats in the US House of Representatives met on Saturday to prepare for what could be the final week of their months-old impeachment inquiry that has imperilled Donald Trump’s presidency....
Due to the prolonged price hike, immature onion is being stolen from fields in Bogura, Sirajganj, Pabna and Joypurhat districts. The farmers are defying acute cold wave at night to...
Multinational companies (MNCs), not having offices in Bangladesh, are unlikely to be allowed to pay VAT directly to the public exchequer, officials said. MNCs, not having establishments in Bangladesh, have...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has decided not to allow any transport related projects linking the front side of Kamalapur Railway Station (KRS). The decision came at a recent meeting as...
The numbers that have emerged lately about the country's exports are enough to trigger worries. For, those represent a worsening export scenario that unless rolled back in good time could...
The Global Climate Risk Index has placed Bangladesh at the seventh position among countries most vulnerable to climate change in its annual report for 2020, which was released by a...
The nearly obsessive act would have suited linguistically sensitive nations like the French or the Germans. Both the nations are said to be highly protective about their mother tongues. But...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a follow-up on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted in 2000 and completed in 2015. However, SDGs differ from MDGs in many aspects. SDGs...
When I think of the incredible challenges we must confront in the face of a changing climate, my mind focuses on young people. Eventually, they will be the ones either...
At this point in time, wherever one looks at the global economy, signs of economic slowdown is pretty visible. In fact, most advanced economies are not only trapped in a...
The construction work of the metro rail is progressing fast as an 8.04-kilometre viaduct from Uttara to Agargaon has become visible. “So far 38.35 per cent of the 20.10-kilometre metro-rail...
Two in five jobs are facing risk of automation in five key sectors like RMG and textile, agro-food, furniture, tourism and hospitality and leather and footwear, according to a study....
At least 96 people in a veterinary research institute in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu Province were diagnosed with brucellosis by noon on Saturday, health authorities confirmed. As of Saturday noon,...
Facebook has been fined around $4.0 million for allegedly misleading its users in Hungary by claiming the use of its services was free, the Hungarian Competition Authority said Friday. The...
Bangladesh has attained self-sufficiency in fish production as the country’s per capita fish consumption has increased to 62.58 grams per day against the demand of 60 grams. State Minister for...
A youth, who had protested against the sexual harassment of women, was killed in Gobindopur village of Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Manna...
The annual Urs marking the Holy 880th Fateha-e-Yazdaham (death anniversary) of Bara Pir Hazrat Gawsul Azam Shaikh Syed Abdul Kader Zilani (RA) will be observed on the premises Of Mia...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has warned party leaders and activists that the days of assuming leadership roles in the party by flexing political muscle are over. His warning...
Paleontologists announced Friday the discovery of numerous dinosaur footprint fossils dating back to the Jurassic period in the former royal summer resort in north China. The footprints from multiple species...
Some 46 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Saturday. Twenty five of them were hospitalised in Dhaka,...
The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Rabab Fatima presented her credentials to the UN Secretary General (SG) Ant¢nio Guterres, in the UN Headquarters on Friday....
India's central banking institution Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said round-the-clock transactions will be available under the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system from Dec. 16 to promote digital transactions,...
Russia successfully launched its Progress MS-13 cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the spacecraft blasted off...
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