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JOYPURHAT, Feb 24: Excellent growth of onion plants on a vast tract of land across all the five upazilas of the district is predicting a bumper production of the item...
Hundreds of garment workers staged a demonstration in the capital on Sunday in demand of their unpaid wages and benefits. They also protested against the authorities concerned for shutting down...
The 18th Nurul Matin Memorial Lecture on “Ethics in Banking” is going to be held at 7.30pm today (Monday) at Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) Auditorium. Dr. Junaid Kamal...
A Thakurgaon court on Sunday took into cognisance the cases filed by the families of the three victims killed during a clash between alleged cattle smugglers and members of Border...
A Dubai-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines made emergency landing at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Sunday evening following a reported attempt to hijack the aircraft. The plane,...
Parliament on Sunday unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound shock at the death of 67 people in the devastating blaze at Churihatta in Old Dhaka. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin...
Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmood has admitted that investigations into allegations of corruption are not being completed within the appointed time and said that the officials responsible will have to...
The Canadian government on Sunday is willing to cooperate in the development of airports in Bangladesh, including the security system. Canada came up with the willingness while a delegation of...
Three children drowned in a pond at Kanai Madari under Chandanish upazila in Chattogram on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Shifatul Islam Abir, 6, son of Helal Uddin, Mohamamd...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said over 1.2 million Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar district of the country are eating up much of forests in the area....
Voicing deep concern over of the security of its chairperson Khaleda Zia in Old Dhaka central jail near Chawkbazar where a devastating fire has taken place, BNP on Sunday demanded...
Chairmen of 20 departments of Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) resigned from their posts protesting assault on them and some fellow teachers. JUST Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Md Anwar...
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said Bangladesh has conquered a position in mobile financial service (MFS), amazing the rest of the world. “Using the (MFS) platform,...
Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury visited Chawkbazar fire victims at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday. During her visit, she talked to...
The daily trade turnover on the prime bourse fell below Tk 6.0 billion-mark on Sunday, hitting nearly two months low, as most investors were reluctant to make fresh investment in...
Two workers were killed as a tractor overturned and fell into a ditch while climbing up a hill at Tungtunglapara in Khargachhari’s Lakkhichhara upazila on Sunday. The dead men were...
A solo musical evening styled ‘Smritimoy Sandhya’ of Shahida Akhter Smriti highly entertained the huge audience at Town Hall auditorium in Rangpur city on Saturday night. Shahida Akhter Smriti, a...
North Korea on Sunday confirmed for the first time that its leader, Kim Jong Un, will hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump, days ahead of the high-stakes...
Awami League (AL) has nominated its three candidates for contesting chairmen posts in three upazilas of Narail district as part of participating in third phase of upazila polls scheduled to...
The European Union expects Britain to seek its assistance to avoid disruption to food imports in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the EU’s agriculture chief said on Saturday. Britain...
Pragati Life Insurance Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Al Haramain Hospital Private Limited in Sylhet with an aim to ensure better treatment for all insured members...
The people who were responsible for the Chawkbazar fire will be brought to justice under the purview of law, the deputy commissioner (Lalbagh Zone) has said. Investigations are going on....
Singer Bangladesh is offering “Free AC Cleaning Service" for all existing Singer AC users. To obtain this service, customers need to visit their nearest Singer Mega or Singer Plus shop...
The authorities are in a dilemma over finalising the revised annual development programme (RADP) as public agencies have sought Tk 287 billion extra from internal resources, officials said on Saturday....
The National Health Service or NHS in England has been told to stop using pagers for communications by 2021, in order to save money. The health service still uses about...
Actress Glenn Close and racial injustice movie “If Beale Street Could Talk” were the big winners on Saturday at the Independent Spirit Awards, a day ahead of the Oscars ceremony....
India outlined a new draft policy for its burgeoning e-commerce sector on Saturday, focusing on data localisation, improved privacy safeguards and measures to combat the sale of counterfeit products. The...
A total of 21 people have been killed and 29 others injured after a vehicle lost control due to faulty brakes on Saturday at a mining company in northern China's...
#Wateryouwearing, a campaign targeted to raise awareness and funds in the trajectory of access to safe drinking water has been launched in Dhaka city. Footsteps Foundation, a youth based social...
Saudi Arabia has announced that Princess Reema bint Bandar al-Saud will become its next ambassador to the US - the first woman ever to take on an envoy role for...
Tobacco-related illnesses and deaths are a growing strain on the economy of Bangladesh, the world’s cheapest market for tobacco products, says a new study. The Bangladesh Cancer Society revealed its...
The death toll of tea plantation workers who died after consuming toxic illicit liquor in Assam has gone up to 133. More than 225 people have been hospitalised after drinking...
Lionel Messi scored his 50th career hat-trick to fire Barcelona to a 4-2 win at Sevilla on Saturday after the champions had twice fallen behind, giving the Catalans a 10-point...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the boring work of the much-awaited Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the Karnaphuli river, opening up a new horizon in the country’s communication...
Shifting of chemicals from Haji Wahed Mansion at Churihatta in Dhaka’s Chawkbazar has started for the second straight day. Owners of the warehouses started it at around 10:30 am on...
US and Chinese negotiators met for over seven hours on Saturday to resolve their trade dispute and avoid an escalation of the tit-for-tat tariffs that have already disrupted global commerce,...
After two long years, the government has finally decided to conduct a labour force survey aiming to get a more accurate picture of the national economy. The Bangladesh Bureau of...
The board of directors of United Finance has decided to issue non-convertible zero coupon bonds worth up to Tk 5.0 billion (in face value) to strengthen its capital base, said...
Vegetable farming on floating beds made of water hyacinth and bamboo in water bodies or ponds, is gaining popularity in different areas of Sylhet district. With support from Bangladesh Agriculture...
A mobile court in Khulna on Saturday sentenced a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to one-year jail for teasing a female SSC examinee at Chuknagar in Dumuria upazila....
Storage limitation in the country's lone LNG import terminal is pushing re-gasification of 'expensive' fuel above its capacity. State-run Petrobangla had been re-gasifying more than 500 million cubic feet per...
The prices of most of the shares on both the bourses witnessed a downward trend in the early hour of trading on Sunday as some investors continued their selling binge....
Be it the Nimtali tragedy or the latest in Chawkbazar in Old Dhaka, neither could make local traders realise that their businesses should be relocated. They are unwilling to even...
Authorities of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) rescued a newborn girl from a bathroom of its new building on Sunday morning. A woman spotted the baby inside the bathroom...
The rail communication of Rajshahi with other parts of the country was restored after six-hour disruption following derailment of a freight train near Halidagachhi station of Charghat upazila of Rajshahi...
Troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro turned back foreign aid convoys from Venezuela’s border using teargas and rubber rounds on Saturday, killing two protesters and putting his socialist government on...
The country's 70.4 per cent public transport drivers have some kind of problems with their eyesight, findings of a survey revealed on Saturday. Of the 70.4 per cent drivers, some...
The net profit of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) gradually declined in last five fiscal years (FYs) as the 'trade volume' plummeted during the period. The net profit of the...
The combined import of chemicals has been on the rise for the last couple of years, with the annual average import posting a double-digit growth. During the past fiscal year,...
Dhaka South Mayor Sayeed Khokon and others helping in loading a truck with chemicals being transfered from the basement of the Hazi Wahid Manzil at the city’s Chawkbazaron Saturday —...
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