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Collaboration among accountability organisations, including Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), parliamentary committees and civil society organisations, can ensure transparent and effective public spending. Experts said this at...
The customs have found a gross mismatch between the assessed import value and the ruling market prices of onion. The average price of a kilogram of onion currently stands at...
CUMILLA, Nov 18: Cultivation of different types of vegetables is gaining popularity among the growers across the district. Some growers said bean, snake gourd, bottle gourd and sweet pumpkin cultivation...
LALMONIRHAT, Nov 18 (UNB): A risky bamboo bridge at Mohishamuri Dharapar village in Kaliganj upazila has become the only means for over one lakh people of 15 to 20 villages...
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Donald Trump to testify in front of investigators in the House impeachment inquiry ahead of a week that will see several key witnesses...
If rapacious, brutal and even sadistic instincts are witnessing unrelenting prolificacy in this country, small groups are starting to make a bold statement that violence and the anti-life are not...
The transformation of the country's agricultural sector, in terms of its mechanisation, has been slow but steady. There is no denying that the mechanisation of Bangladesh agriculture is yet to...
As all attention remained focused on the category-2 tropical cyclone 'Bulbul' and the trail of devastations it had left behind in some of the country's south and south-western districts in...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will reopen its labour market for Bangladeshi workers, which was closed several years ago. Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan...
Analyst Jo Glanville has interestingly observed that "the Internet has been a revolution for censorship as much as for free speech". This assumes importance given the fact that international, national...
It was already clear 30 years ago that the fall of the Berlin Wall would change everything. But precisely what that change will mean for world politics in the twenty-first...
As onion price started falling with the government’s move to import the produce and arrival of the locally-produced ones in the market, the wholesalers in the capital were seen passing...
CUMILLA, Nov 17: At one time Cumilla Zoo and Botanical Garden was one of the most entertaining places for the local people. The zoo, along with a botanical garden, was...
The government will import an additional 30,000 tonnes of octane to meet the growing demand of fuel for November and December this year. The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase approved...
In the wake of newspaper reports, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar on Sunday said there should not be any problem with rice price as happened in the case of onion....
Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque has said the onion price is expected to come to a tolerable limit soon as the newly-harvested onion already started arriving in the market across...
The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase has taken a decision to procure some 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat at a cost of Taka 1.14 billion. The committee took the decision...
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to buy two 787-9 Dreamliner jets, valued at $585 million. Biman and Boeing announced a deal over the procurement at the 2019 Dubai Airshow...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the BRICS countries to undertake their due obligations in championing and practicing multilateralism. Xi made the appeal in a speech entitled "Together...
Sri Lanka's former wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won a presidential election that has split the country along ethnic lines. Official results showed Mr Rajapaksa took 52.25 per cent...
Amid the overheated onion market, state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has started selling onions imported from Myanmar at Tk 45 per kg in front of its head office in...
As many as 396 children were killed in the country between January and October of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rights and legal aid body. Of...
Mentioning that Bangladesh is under serious threat for money laundering, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government is putting all out efforts to prevent the crime. The minister...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has kicked off her four-day visit to the UAE by attending the Dubai airshow, reports bdnews24.com. The Bangladesh leader joined the inauguration ceremony of the five-day...
Closing down the facility of travel quota of international credit and pre-paid cards by several banks is hindering the development of digital marketing sector of Bangladesh. A delegation of the...
A Dhaka court will deliver its verdict in a case over the 2016 terror attack on the Holey Artisan cafe in Dhaka’s Gulshan on November 27, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka’s Anti-Terrorism...
The total assets of insurance companies reached 20 trillion yuan (about US $2.86 trillion) at the end of September, up 1.63 trillion yuan or 8.9 per cent from the beginning...
While the national team surrendered in meek fashion against India in Indore, Bangladesh Emerging team crushed Indian Emerging team by six wickets in the Emerging Teams Asia Cup at BKSP...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been given six days to grill expelled Jubo League Ismail Chowdhury Samrat for possession of illegal wealth. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge KM Irul Kayes...
The United States and South Korea on Sunday said they were postponing a joint military air exercise that North Korea has criticised as provocative. US Defence Secretary Mark Esper and...
A 24 member Board of Directors of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) for 2019 – 2021 periods has recently been elected with Abdul Matlub Ahmad, Chairman of Nitol...
The Road Transport Act (RTA), 2018 is now under implementation with some relaxation from today. "We call upon all to abide by the act," said road transport and bridges minister...
The three-day Dhaka International Folk Fest (DIFF) ended on Saturday night with music lovers rejoicing at the soothing tune of local and international folk singers. Held at the Bangladesh Army...
BASIC Bank Limited is providing necessary banking services for tax payers at the ongoing income tax fair through Bank’s booth. National Board of Revenue (NBR) organized the weeklong fair at...
BRAC Bank Limited has organized ‘TARA Business Owners’ Fair' to promote products and services of women entrepreneurs of Bangladesh. This is the first such fair by TARA to...
The Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee examinations began on Sunday. The examinations are being held at 7,470 centres across the country. This year, 2,553,267 students have registered for the...
Three workers went missing as a sand-laden vessel sank after being hit by a launch in the Meghna River in Gazaria upazila of munshiganj on early Sunday. Two of the...
The phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart at the center of Congress’ impeachment investigation was “inappropriate,” a foreign policy aide to Vice President Mike Pence...
Sri Lanka’s former wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa established a lead over his main rival in a presidential election months after deadly militant attacks in the island, early results showed...
Rising temperatures, lightning strikes and gusty winds further raised fire danger on both coasts of Australia on Sunday as the country already battles more than 120 bushfires and firefighters work...
Pancharatna Boro Govinda Mandir in Puthia is one of the exquisitely ornamented terracotta plaques made temples in the country. This temple stands inside the boundary of Panch Ani Palace of...
The NBR's newly launched website, termed as one-stop service, has expedited tax return submission process for taxpayers across the country this year. The taxpayers can complete two-third of their tax...
Heavy rains in October and November have brought more misery to India’s farmers, after summer-sown crops such as soybean, cotton, rice and vegetables suffered rain and flood damage during the...
Japan’s Nissan Motor Co Ltd has said it is recalling 394,025 cars in the United States over a braking system defect, causing concerns that a brake fluid leak could potentially...
The government will decide after November 27 whether to stop sending female workers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, said expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Imran Ahmad on Saturday....
The EPS (earnings per share) of majority number of listed textile companies declined while some eight others incurred loss in the last fiscal year (FY) compared to previous FY. On...
At least seven people have died in an explosion in a house in Chattogram’s Patharghata area, according to police. The incident took place on the ground floor of a building...
The government is set to issue the country's first automobile policy that has focused on an import substitution strategy. Developing countries adhere to import substitution with an eye to decreasing...
Prices of different rice varieties remain static at the retail level in the city even after an increase of Tk 4.0-Tk 6.0 per kilogramme a week ago, said traders and...
Onion prices were hovering on Saturday around the same high level they reached the previous day, denting the consumers' hopes for a turnaround. The local variety of onion was selling...
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