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Detectives in a drive arrested two young men along with 20,000 Yaba tablets from Bridgeghat Firingibazar area of Chattogram city on Wednesday night. The arrestees were identified as Abdur Rahim...
A man was killed and a child was severely burnt as a fire broke out at a colony in Payarabagan area under Bason police station in Gazipur city on Thursday...
The board of directors of First Security Islami Bank has decided to issue fully redeemable non-convertible "Mudaraba Subordinated Bond". The non-convertible subordinated bond will be Tk 7.0 billion and fund...
A tribunal in Manikganj on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment in an abduction case. The convict, Majnu Pramanik, son of Shamsul Pramanik of Pangsha...
The board of directors of Monno Jute Stafflers has recommended a 350 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018, the company said on Thursday. It...
The 27th annual general meeting (AGM) of KDS Accessories Limited approved 5.0 per cent stock (bonus) and 10 per cent cash dividend for the shareholders at the CBC Confidence Cement...
Police arrested five young men along with five sharp weapons from Laladighirpar in Sylhet city on Thursday. According to UNB news agency, the arrestees were identified as Mainul Islam Rana,...
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from his residence in Chattogram city’s Bakalia area on Thursday night. The arrestee was identified as Prof Ahsan Ullah, nayeb-e-amir of the city...
Moves have been taken to construct several underpasses in the city at the fag end of the government's tenure amid criticism of mismatch in the traffic planning decisions. Sources said...
The authorities concerned have extended the time until December 31 this year for release of 37 import items from the Chittagong port. During this time, the importers will be able...
Migrant workers' participation in relevant policy-making process is a must to ensure their rights as well as for betterment of the country's outbound workers, rights campaigners said at a roundtable....
Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC), the country's lone state-owned non-life insurer, expects to make a robust profit this year on the back of premium earnings from the mega projects under the...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has initiated a plethora of reform initiatives since the 1990s, but those have produced little results in overhauling the taxation regime, officials and experts...
Petrobangla is counting 'capacity payment' for non-completion of a re-gasified LNG evacuation pipeline as it has failed to fully utilise the country's maiden floating LNG terminal. The state-run corporation has...
Construction of the Moghbazar-Mouchak (combined) flyover project was completed by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in June 2017 after a long delay and cost escalation. Commuters and residents living...
That the size and dynamic of a country's retail market is a true representation of its economy and people's living standard is yet to be recognised by policymakers and economists...
That submergence of coastal areas following sea-level rise has long been predicted but how it will trigger internal migration has not been studied systematically. A study under the title 'Coastal...
The country's export earnings from agricultural products are expected to exceed US$ 2.0 billion in the next two years, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said on Thursday. To boost the exports...
The government is working to bring all areas of the country under internet connectivity. State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP, came up with the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chief said it is still possible for them to arrest civil servants even though a new law bars immediate arrest in some criminal cases. “We won’t...
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder was "premeditated", Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has been quoted as saying by Saudi state media. The evidence for this came from a joint Saudi-Turkish task force,...
"Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?" asked Henry II as he instigated the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, in 1170. Down through the ages,...
A true battle unfolds in the Saudi heat. By the time this week finishes, Saudi Arabia will have hosted another 'Davos in the Desert' summit as part of its Future...
The sudden death of pop music icon Ayub Bachhu on last October 18 and the pervasive gloom it created among his fans was phenomenal. The nation witnessed a cross-country outburst...
The government has appointed additional secretary of the Economic Relations Division Monowar Ahmed as the secretary-in-charge of the same division. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a government order in...
The government has promoted 256 senior assistant secretaries to deputy secretaries and 574 assistant professors to associate professors. The Public Administration Ministry and Education Ministry issued separate notifications in this...
Following assurance from the administration, bus owners on Thursday evening withdrew a strike enforced on Chattogram-Rangamati-Khagrachhari route on Wednesday night. President of Chattogram Transport Owners' Association Manjur Alam announced the...
NATORE, Oct 25: Early winter bean farming becomes boon for hundreds of grassroots farmers in the district this season.A good number of farmers said repeated bumper yield and lucrative market...
A man was killed after being hit by a train on a level crossing near Kuril Bishwa Road in the city early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Lutfar Rahman,...
An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed to death at Upashahar in Sylhet on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Jahid Hossain, 18, son of Abul Kalam of...
A suspect package similar to those sent to CNN and senior Democrats has been sent to a New York restaurant owned by the actor Robert De Niro, US media say....
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard early Thursday rescued a fisherman who was kidnapped by forest robbers from Mathabhanga Canal of Chunkuri River of Sundarbans in Satkhira. The rescued fisherman is...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided additional loan of $110 million for a project for improving access to urban primary healthcare services in Bangladesh through public-private partnerships (PPPs). To...
The World Bank (WB) is set to lend $240 million as industrial loan to help improve management and production in marine and coastal fisheries and aquaculture. To this end, an...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said a 'rehabilitation centre' has been opened, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, to 'ruin' Bangladesh. "There's neither president nor convener nor any...
China’s military will take action “at any cost” to foil any attempt to separate the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, the country’s defence minister said...
Ethiopia’s parliament has approved senior diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president, proceedings on state television showed, cementing another shift in the country’s political system from Prime Minister...
South Korea wants to take its relations with Bangladesh to a new height as the cooperation between the two countries has expanded beyond readymade garments (RMG) into infrastructure, energy and...
The government will build 33 thousand academic buildings across the country within 2019. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid came up with the announcement while addressing the closing ceremony of a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised further development of the Bangladesh Air Force ensuring modern technology for it. “We have more plans for the air force which we will implement...
A joint meeting of Awami League Central Executive Committee, Advisory Council and Parliamentary Party will be held on Friday. The meeting will be held at 6.00pm at Ganabhaban, the official...
The future of Mexico City's new airport, already about a third completed, comes down to a public vote this week in a political high-wire act by the country's president-elect that...
Jaguar Land Rover is opening a new, $1.6 billion plant in Slovakia, the luxury car maker's first in continental Europe. The UK-based company, owned by India's Tata Motors, built the...
A Chattogram court on Thursday placed BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on a one-day remand in a case filed under the ICT Act. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi...
BNP on Thursday alleged that the current parliament has been on a spree of making 'black laws' to establish Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 'dictatorship' and revive 'Baksal' in the country,...
BNP on Thursday alleged that the current parliament has been on a spree of making 'black laws' to establish Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 'dictatorship' and revive 'Baksal' in the country,...
Stocks ended slightly higher after volatile trading on Thursday as some investors showed their buying appetite on sector specific issues. Market insiders said the bargain hunters showed their buying spree...
Facebook has been fined £500,000 by the UK's data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said Facebook had let a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon all concerned to work together for keeping the continuity of development flow of Bangladesh Air Force with the profound wisdom and vision of...
Police arrested two suspected criminals along with a firearm and a sharp weapon from Pubail College Gate area in Gazipur city in the early hours of Thursday. The arrestees are...
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