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The board of directors of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited has recommended 17 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018, according to an official...
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) expects to have won only seven of 13 seats up for grabs in by-elections, a spokesman said on Sunday, conceding that...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of drug traders at Chadgram under Bheramara upazila in Kushtia in the early hours of Monday. The...
Oil prices fell on Monday as the start to US sanctions against Iran’s fuel exports was softened by waivers that will allow major buyers to still import Iranian crude, at...
The US will unleash its "toughest ever" sanctions against Iran on Monday following a wave of protests across the oil-rich country. The Trump administration is reinstating all sanctions removed under...
A school girl was crushed under the wheels of a truck in Katakhali area of Magura sadar upazila on Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as Bonna Khatun, 13,...
The sons of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Sunday issued an appeal for the return of their father’s body and said they wanted to return to Saudi Arabia to...
The government revenue earnings from the Dhaka bourse fell 12 per cent month-on-month in October this year on the back of falling trade volumes. Market insiders said sluggish trading activities...
China will lower import tariffs and continue to broaden market access, President Xi Jinping said on Monday at the opening of a week-long trade expo seen as an attempt by...
The government launched an action plan for the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) on Sunday with models of South Africa, Lesotho and Nepal. The NSSS aims to build an inclusive...
The revenue board has faced a Tk 110 billion shortfall against its target in the first quarter of the current fiscal year as the government allocated less for the development...
Thousands of Iranians held rallies in Tehran on Sunday to mark the 39th anniversary of the seizure of the former US embassy in the capital city, reports Xinhua. The demonstrators...
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 04: Chairman of The Peninsula Chittagong Limited Mahbub Ur Rahman said the company is going to present an exhilarating and exotic place of hospitality and entertainment through constructing...
When the chief of the United Nations (UN) has to make an appeal for standing by journalists the world over for protecting truth and justice, the slide in the working...
For a US economic expansion now in its 10th year, hiring remains robust, growth has picked up and the outlook is a mostly bright one on the eve of congressional...
The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union is rapidly unravelling. The "Chequers plan" upon which British Prime Minister Theresa May has based her negotiating strategy is dead on arrival....
There is no argument that animals including the wild ones and particularly the young ones of them are adorable. So it is only natural that the young of the humankind...
Manpower exports witnessed a record rise over the last nine years as the country sent more than 5.8 million workers abroad between 2009 and October 2018. During the period the...
Public procurement covers one-fifth of global GDP (gross domestic product). According to an estimation of International Trade Centre (ITC), women's participation is only 1.0 per cent in public procurement. Ensuring...
President Trump seeks to redefine all major free trade agreements on the basis of US economic and geopolitical leverage. In these efforts, the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) is...
Japanese philosophers have wielded considerable influences on the society and culture of Japan as well as the Southeast Asian countries since the ancient era. This article presents a chronological review...
Islamophobia is commonly understood to be a condition of phobia directed towards Islam and Muslims. This includes hostile behaviour, including verbal and physical abuse against Muslims, their scripture, holy personalities...
Bangladesh Railway on Sunday signed an agreement with a Chinese company to procure 200 metre gauge passenger coaches involving Tk 9.28 billion. Project director Mrinal Kanti Bonik and vice president...
Chairman of Ninth Wage Board Justice Md Nizamul Haque on Sunday handed over a set of recommendations to Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, for implementation of the wage board...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 04: Farmers of Tanore, Durgapur, Puthia and Paba upazilas in the district who stored potato in cold storages are facing crisis due to excessive rent. It is alleged,...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Sunday approved 39 projects involving an overall cost of Tk 866.87 billion. The approval came from the ECNEC meeting held...
JHENIDAH, Nov 04: Students at the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), Jhenidah, are showing their interest in integrated duck and fish cultivation. They are learning the farming process in the institute...
A local boy and a young Rohingya man sustained bullet injuries as Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) opened fire on them at bordering Rahmaterbill under Ukhiya upazila in Cox's Bazar...
The High Court (HC) on Sunday granted bail to BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in a case filed under the ICT Act. An HC bench of Justice...
A court in London of the United Kingdom has fined a leader of BNP's associate body £1,020 in a case filed over vandalism at Bangladesh High Commission in London. The...
More than 70 British business leaders have signed a letter urging a new referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union. The executives say the British government's plan...
Bangladesh stumbled to 143 in their first innings during the Sylhet Test against Zimbabwe on Sunday. They now trail visiting Zimbabwe by 140, reports bdnews24.com. The Tigers lost Imrul Kayes,...
The Election Commission will unveil on Nov 8 the roadmap for the general election. The decision was made at a meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on...
The government has reappointed Shafiul Alam as cabinet secretary for another year. State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadique confirmed the media about the matter, reports bdnews24.com on Sunday....
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP leaders can talk to the Prime Minister over their demand for releasing their chairperson Khaleda Zia on parole for...
The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday finalised the draft rules to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the general election. The commission finalised the draft rules at a meeting held...
BNP standing committee member and former minister Tariqul Islam passed away at a city hospital on Sunday. He was 73. Tariqul, who had long been suffering from heart, kidney diseases,...
The 18th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers' Meeting has elected Bangladesh as the Vice Chairman of the organisation for the period of 2019-21 and eventually as the...
Bahrain's opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, has been handed a life sentence after the Court of Appeal found him guilty of spying for Qatar. The ruling comes just months after...
Visiting Singaporean Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan on Sunday underscored the need for speedy repatriation of Rohingya people from Bangladesh. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan came up with the view when she...
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) launched a month long cultural festival in 64 districts across the country. Titled ‘City of Art’, the festival aims to introduce people with the country’s rich...
The High Court has ordered the Election Commission to register the Trinamool BNP, led by former minister Nazmul Huda as a political party. The High Court bench of Justice Tariq...
Stocks witnessed moderate correction on Sunday, extending the losing streak for the third straight session, amid poor earnings and dividend declarations. Market operators said lower than expected dividend and quarterly...
A young man was stabbed to death while protesting stalking of his younger sister at Jurain Mazar gate area in Dhaka in the early hours of Sunday. The youth was...
A 10-day 'Shushuk Mela' (Dolphin Fair) kicked off at Hadis park in Khulna on Sunday, aiming to protect the endangered mammals through raising mass awareness on its conservation. The Sundarbans...
The French Pacific islands of New Caledonia began voting on Sunday whether to become the world’s newest state. Queues formed at polling stations across the French archipelago in the South...
Police filed a case accusing 90 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir over the recovery of crude bombs and other explosives from its office Chattogram. Sub-inspector Anisur Rahman filed...
A total of 38 landless and insolvent freedom fighters (FFs) have got small dwelling houses named ‘Bir Nibash’ in sadar, Lohagara and Kalia upazila of Narail district. Local Government and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Qawmi madrasa teachers and students to ignore propaganda spread on social media. She also asked for their prayers ahead of the upcoming elections at...
The government is expected to develop a database for the investors of national savings instruments by January next year to prevent people from buying such schemes exceeding the limit, officials...
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