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An NGO worker was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at Haldiapalong union in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Mazharul...
Ten most traded companies accounted for 29 per cent of transactions on the prime bourse on Thursday, with the National Tubes making it to the top of the turnover chart...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will transfer his entire holding of shares in Asia Pacific General Insurance Company (APGIC) to his daughter Nafisa Kamal. Mr Kamal, one of the sponsors...
The government has declared Bholaganj as the country's 24th land port to facilitate import and export activities, officials said. With this end in view, the Ministry of Shipping (MoS) has...
The first cargo of coal to be used for generating electricity at the 1,320-megawatt Payra coal-fired thermal power plant reached newly built Payra jetty on Thursday afternoon. Chinese vessel Xin...
India meets the criteria for trade concessions that the United States eliminated in June, India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said on Thursday. The United States removed India from the Generalized...
Bankers and experts on Thursday called for framing a comprehensive policy guideline for supply chain financing, saying it could help develop smaller firms. They said Bangladesh Bank (BB) should form...
Apart from onion, prices of eggs also witnessed a notable surge last week raising woes of the consumers. Prices of farm eggs, a key protein source for the commoners, was...
The beautification of both sides of the city's airport road has remained almost stalled for the past few months because of 'procedural complexities'. All the parties, both private and public,...
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) looks to enter into an agreement with the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) to import diesel using waterways. Officials of both the state-run entities of...
The apparel apex body -- Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) -- has proposed the government to set a capacity development benchmark to rein in the unplanned expansion of...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested the regulatory authorities adopt a comprehensive timely action plan to help maintain confidence in the banking system. It has recommended that the Bangladesh...
Travel tax collection slipped by almost 8.0 per cent during the last fiscal year, despite a surge in the number of outbound passengers from the country. The National Board of...
The Bangladesh Bank, reportedly, has declined an offer of technical assistance (TA) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The TA was intended to deal with a number of banking sector...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has started an eviction drive against illegal occupiers of its land from Tuesday last. On the first day, the BR demolished 250 structures, including residential buildings,...
The gradual drying up of cash for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been noted in a report appearing in this paper last Tuesday. Money available for the sector...
Angel Di Maria scored twice in a vintage performance to help Paris St Germain outclass Real Madrid 3-0 in their opening Champions League Group A game on Wednesday, reports Reuters....
Police have been granted seven days to grill Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan in connection with two cases relating to arms and drugs, reports bdnews24.com. Gulshan Police sought seven...
Around the world, digital technology is transforming the way young people live their lives, from the time they wake up till the time they go to bed. They are immersed...
RANGPUR, Sept 19: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever", a famous quote of English romantic poet John Keats, is pretty well pertinent to Tajhat Palace in Rangpur as...
SYLHET, Sept 19: There has been no major progress in the much-talked-about rehabilitation of Kulaura-Shahbajpur railway track in Moulvibazar district. Sources said, rail tracks had been brought to the project...
The two key goals in the UN's development agenda are the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by 2030. But most of the world's developing nations, currently fighting a losing...
Most of the people confuse travel with tour. In fact, these are two different types of recreation. While on a tour, we just engage in activities like sight-seeing. At tour...
Since fingers were pointing from the very start, where the drone that hit Saudi Arabia oil facilities originated may become a lesser concern than the ripples it sparked across the...
BRAC founder and Chair Emeritus Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has won the prestigious Yidan Prize, the largest international prize in education, for his groundbreaking work on education development. The Yidan...
The government is formulating the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework aligned with the 8th Five Year Plan. Foreign Minister Dr AK Momen said this while addressing a conference on 'SDGs...
As many as 491 dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Thursday, according to government sources. Among them, 159 were admitted in Dhaka and 332...
The Rapid Action Battalion has filed three cases against Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan on charges of running a casino at the Young Men’s Club in Dhaka’s Fakirapool, reports...
Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) realised Tk 3.0 million as fines from different people for violating traffic rules on Wednesday. Besides, a total of 6,804 cases were...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 72 people in the city in a regular anti-narcotics drive for selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under DMP conducted the drive...
China on Thursday issued a white paper on the progress of women's cause in the past 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The white paper,...
Any US or Saudi military strike against Iran would result in "all-out war", Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Thursday. "I am making a very serious statement that...
The crackdown on unauthorised casinos in the city will continue. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said this while talking to reporters at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the afternoon. "We...
China's first self-developed 8.5 generation TFT-LCD panel, or thin-film transistor liquid crystal display panel, rolled off the production line Wednesday in Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province, paving the way for...
275,857 motorcycles were registered in the first eight months of the current calendar year across the country, according to official data. Of the total, 67,410 motorcycles got registration in Dhaka...
At least 30 civilians were killed and 40 injured in an air strike conducted by the Afghan security forces, backed by US air support, in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on...
Police have found a housewife and her two daughters dead with throats slit in Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj. The incident took place around 10am on Thursday in the Upazila’s CI Khola neighbourhood,...
Stocks witnessed yet another bearish session Thursday, with key index of the Dhaka bourse hitting fresh 33-month low, as jittery investors continued to dump their holdings to prevent further loss....
US and Chinese deputy trade negotiators were set to resume face-to-face talks on Thursday for the first time in nearly two months as the world’s two largest economies try to...
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) home loan clients are set to enjoy exclusive privileges while buying Samsung consumer electronic products from selective Samsung Smart Plaza. M Khorshed Anowar, Head of Retail...
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has voted to leave its ultra-easy monetary policy unchanged at the conclusion of its two-day policy-setting meeting. The central bank on Thursday took the decision...
The Maldives government has banned recruiting unskilled Bangladeshi labourers for a period of one year, starting from September 18, in a bid to solve a longstanding problem of undocumented migrant...
US Ambassador Earl Miller on Thursday said his country is committed to supporting Bangladesh in its efforts to tackle money laundering, terrorism financing, and strengthening the rule of law. “We...
Fazlur Rahman Khokon has been elected president and Iqbal Hossain Shyamol general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of BNP. BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas announced the...
Two motorcyclists were killed in an accident on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Zakir Hossain, 24, son of Mostafa; and Mohammad Miraz, 18, son...
A woman and her two daughters were hacked to death by miscreants at Siaikhoa in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Nasrin, 28, wife...
Angel Di Maria scored twice in a vintage performance to help Paris St Germain outclass Real Madrid 3-0 in their opening Champions League Group A game on Wednesday. In the...
A Taliban truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 95 others when it exploded near a hospital in southern Afghanistan, an official said. The Taliban, who have been...
The board of directors of Argon Denims Ltd has recommended 10 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2019. The final...
Three suspected criminals, including two Rohingyas, were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Baharchhara in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as...
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