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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday arrested Tasvir Ul Islam, one of the owners of fire-ravaged FR Tower of Banani in Dhaka, over design forgery charges. A team of the...
China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) Myanmar Office donated 100,000 school bags and stationeries to Myanmar students under Panda Pack Project for 2019-2020 academic year in Yangon on Saturday. Under...
A decision by the US government on extending a reprieve to Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies is unlikely to change China's stance in the trade negotiations with the US, which...
Terming the dengue outbreak a big problem, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the people of the country to remain aware about the mosquito-borne disease and keep their houses...
At least 224 people were killed and 886 others injured in 203 road accidents across the country in 12 days before and after the Eid-ul-Azha, said Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity,...
Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque on Sunday said the government will rehabilitate the flood-affected farmers and provide them with free fertilisers and seeds for the next Robi crop cultivation. He...
Shohoz - the largest online destination in the country with the highest number of services - has launched their new brand tagline ‘Shohoz, Shobar Jonno’ which translates to ‘Shohoz For...
ONE Bank Limited and Chartered Life Insurance Company Limited signed an agreement recently in Dhaka to facilitate the collection and payment solution of Chartered Life Insurance Company Limited through BEFTN...
Modhumoti Bank Limited observed National Mourning Day by paying tributes to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his 44th martyrdom anniversary. A team of officials led...
BRAC Bank Limited is poised to deploy its real-time online Branch Network and Agent Banking channels to collect insurance premium from the clients of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of Bangladesh...
A 40-foot bridge constructed at a cost of Tk 3.1 million has collapsed in only three months, causing extreme suffering to commuters. The bridge was constructed over the Abashongami canal...
Stocks posted a modest gain on Sunday, the first trading session after a nine-day Eid holiday, as investors were active on sector specific shares. Trading and official activities on the...
Three Palestinians were killed and one was injured after they have been targeted by the Israeli army forces in northern Gaza Strip, close to the border with Israel, medics said...
Aysha Siddika Minni, wife of Rifat Sharif, filed a petition with the High Court again on Sunday seeking bail in a case filed over the killing of her husband. Mozammel...
The Department of Environment has ordered the shutdown of Asian Paper Mill for polluting the Halda river by dumping waste in it. Azadur Rahman Mallik, director in the DoE Chattogram...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the ministries to undertake development projects on a priority basis for implementation of the annual budget properly and accelerating the country’s uplift. “The...
A man was killed in a road accident at Uttar Badda in the capital on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam, 45, son of late Saidul Islam of...
Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque has refused to confirm any specific date for the beginning of Rohingya repatriation from Cox’s Bazar as reported by the international media. "It's (repatriation) very...
Seven people were killed and another was injured as an auto-rickshaw crashed into a bus on Cumilla-Noakhali regional highway at Jamtola in Lalmai upazila Sunday noon. The identities of the...
Indian authorities reimposed restrictions on movement in major parts of Kashmir’s biggest city, Srinagar, on Sunday after violent overnight clashes between residents and police in which dozens were injured, two...
A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 12:05 pm Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicentre, with a depth of 6 km, was...
A waiter near Paris has been shot dead by a customer who was reportedly angry because his sandwich was not prepared quickly enough. Police say a murder investigation has been...
Boris Johnson will tell EU leaders there needs to be a new Brexit deal when he makes his first trip abroad as PM later this week. The UK will leave...
Hong Kong braced for a major anti-government rally planned for Sunday after an unusually calm Saturday night in what has been a summer of violent protests in the Asian financial...
A housewife was hacked to death allegedly by her husband following a family feud at Chheria village in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah on early Sunday. The deceased was identified as...
Mr Manmohan Parkash, the Country Director of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Bangladesh talks to the Financial Express (FE) on the country's macroeconomic trend and risk factors. He also sheds...
A suicide bomber killed 63 people and wounded 182 in an attack on a wedding reception in the Afghan capital on Saturday night, the interior ministry said. The Taliban denied...
The civil administration in Bangladesh is losing its pyramid structure as it is getting heavy at the top with large-scale promotion of officials in the upper tier in recent years,...
Korea has shown interest to invest in 10 public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the aviation, rail and power sectors under government-to-government arrangements. However, Bangladesh sought investment in 14 projects in...
The government is going to build one of the biggest multipurpose terminals of the country at the Payra Seaport with the financial support of India, officials said on Friday. They...
The listed multinational companies (MNCs) have continued their dominance in distributing dividends. The MNCs were the majority in the chart of top 20 listed companies which distributed dividends for the...
State-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd has initiated master sales agreements (MSAs) with 17 global suppliers separately to source liquefied natural gas (LNG) from spot market. Final deals will be...
Few people in the West can keep themselves free of the Monday blues. In the Western and many other countries around the world, workplace-going employees invariably suffer from this syndrome....
Of late, the tanners have agreed to purchase salted rawhides from the hide and skin traders. By visiting the wholesale market of rawhides from early this week, they are expected...
The recent flood that inundated vast tracts of the country, causing extensive damage to human settlements and croplands reminds the nation once again of a universal fact - the people...
In a country like Bangladesh, where there is no dearth of manpower, policymakers and entrepreneurs need to focus on the national strength while setting up industries or initiating a business...
Two Bangladeshis have been killed and another injured after being crushed by a car in Kolkata. The dead are Kazi Md Mainul Alam, 36, and Farhana Islam Tania, 30, Anandabazar...
In the dawn of August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made one of his final phone calls to his military secretary Col Jamil Uddin Ahmad. He had been attacked,...
On August 11, following Narendra Modi-Amit Shah's constitutional coup for bifurcating Jammu and Kashmir and integrating them into Union territory, father of Pakistan's atomic weapons Dr Abdul Quader Khan's irresponsible...
Since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) most advanced industrialised economies have been experiencing very slow growth and also very low levels of investment and inflation with high unemployment. In these...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) called 35 cricketers to join conditioning camp beginning on Monday (August 19) under National Team Strength and Conditioning Coach Mario Villavarayen. Selected players have been asked...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will take all necessary steps for further development of country’s medical science. “We want to do everything necessary for the development of...
A three-member probe committee was formed Saturday to investigate the fire that broke out at a slum in the city’s Mirpur-7 area on Friday, reports BSS. “The three-member committee headed...
Dengue claimed lives of two and 1,460 more people have been infected with the mosquito-borne disease till Saturday morning, according to government information. The fresh deaths were recorded in Dhaka...
A massive fire has broken out at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. The fire has reportedly broken out on the first and second floors...
Industries Secretary Md Abdul Halim today said the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Savar Tannery Industrial City is fully operational for purifying chemical waste. “During the holy Eid-ul-Azha, tannery...
New Chinese animated film Ne Zha has topped the Chinese mainland box office since its opening on Friday. The film broke the opening day record for a Chinese animated film...
A two-year-old boy was slaughtered over a land dispute at Dalarkandi village of Austagram upazila in Kishoreganj on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Wasim, son of Abdul Wadud...
US President Donald Trump on Friday floated the possibility of a deal with the Taliban after a meeting with senior advisors on Afghan issues. "Just completed a very good meeting...
Singapore's then prime minister Lee Kuan Yew once said: "The only pity is that he is not of a big bulk, which makes a difference in a mass rally." The...
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