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Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim on Sunday said the cabinet will approve draft ‘Road Transport Act (RTA)’ on Monday. “This is a pro-people government…It always works for the...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Sunday directed the principals of government and private colleges of Dhaka to convince their students to vacate roads and return to their classes at...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) claims that the mobile internet has been interrupted because of ‘technical issues’ and not because of a government order. “Technical issues are causing mobile...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that the party responded to attacks on its Dhanmondi office on Saturday amid the student protests calling for safer roads. Asked about the...
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has proposed Tk 9,228 or US$110 as the minimum monthly wage for an entry-level worker of the country’s readymade garment sector. The CPD also proposed...
A multi-stakeholder group, working for the cause of safe road, on Sunday made several recommendations to the draft Transport Bill 2018 in order to cover every possible aspect and eliminate...
A Knowledge Sharing Programme (KSP) workshop on startup and business incubation was held at UGC auditorium on Sunday. The programme was organised by Asian Development Bank (ADB) with the financial...
Stocks finished lower Sunday, breaking a three-day winning streak, as risk-averse investors chose to book quick gain on sector-wise stocks. Market insiders said the retail investors went for booking profits,...
A court in Dhaka has granted a four-day remand to interrogate detained actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. Dhaka Metropolitan...
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Sunday expressed his solidarity with the ongoing widespread movement of students demanding a nine-point demand, including ensuring road safety and justice for the two...
Indonesia lobbied visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to keep the Southeast Asian nation on a list of countries that receive preferential trade terms, its foreign and trade ministers...
The US Embassy in Dhaka has said nothing can justify the brutal attacks and violence against the thousands of agitating young people. The embassy claimed the youths were peacefully exercising...
Italian mathematician Alessio Figalli has won the Fields Medal, which is awarded every four years to the most accomplished mathematicians in the world under the age of 40, the International...
Six photojournalists were injured in an alleged attack by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists in different parts of the city on Sunday. The injured were identified as AM Ahad of the...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported shootout with police at Olipur Bazar in Cumilla’s Nangalkot upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan, son...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has urged the students, protesting for safer roads, to return home. “Their demands are not going unfulfilled. Two of the nine demands, such as the law,...
The 69th birth anniversary of Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh MujiburRahman, is being observed on Sunday. Awami League, its front organisations and different...
Sir Patrick Stewart is boldly going where he has been before - by reprising the Star Trek role of Jean-Luc Picard. The character will feature in a new CBS All...
Bangladeshi expatriates sent home US $1,316.93 million remittance in the first month of the current fiscal 2018-19, which is 18 per cent higher than the amount received in the corresponding...
The African swine fever has had an aggressive, explosive development recently in Romania, with the number of outbreaks reaching 524, a senior official with the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food...
Off-season radish farmers of the district are disappointed over the low market price in Bogura district. Growers are incurring massive losses instead of profit, said farmer Salam Hossain of Mohasthan...
The month-long 'National Tree Fair' is getting good response from target people. Organisers and participants have said the fair is witnessing an increased sale of saplings. During a visit to...
The much desired bridge, built over the Noljur river under Jogonnathpur upazila of Sunamganj couldn't be made ready for use only due to unusual delay for construction of its western...
Indonesia lobbied visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to keep the Southeast Asian nation on a list of countries that receive preferential trade terms, its foreign and trade ministers...
Russia has appointed the US actor Steven Seagal as a special envoy to improve ties with the United States. Seagal was granted Russian citizenship in 2016 and has praised President...
A suicide bomber killed three NATO service members in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the NATO Resolute Support mission said. A Resolute Support service member, an American, and two Afghan National...
Late editor of The Financial Express A.H.M. Moazzem Hossain was truly an honest professional, free from greed. He was an icon in the country's financial journalism. Senior journalists, colleagues recalled...
Activists from the ruling Awami League party and transport workers have taken to the streets a week after students launched protests in Dhaka to demand safer roads. Several hundred transport...
The country's readymade garment (RMG) sector has started facing difficulties in making timely shipments while buyers are also cancelling their trips to Dhaka due to the ongoing student protest, industry...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the people of the country not to pay heed to rumours and get confused by false propaganda. "A vested quarter is trying to...
The public subscription of Indo-Bangla Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Kattali Textile Ltd will open on August 09 and August 28 respectively, officials said. Indo-Bangla Pharma: The initial public offering (IPO) subscription...
A man has been arrested in possession of 135 gold bars at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram. The suspect came to Bangladesh from Oman's Muscat aboard a US-Bangla Airlines...
A total of 150 female workers in Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha district have got their savings over Tk 11.2 million earned from the Rural Employment and Road Maintenance Programme (RERMP)...
Long-route bus service remained suspended for the 3rd consecutive day on Sunday as an apparent counter-programme against the ongoing student movement for safe road, causing immense sufferings to people across...
The vehicle carrying outgoing US ambassador Marcia Bernicat came under attack by a group of unidentified miscreants as it left the residence of Badiul Alam Majumder, secretary of civil society...
A family of four, including two children, were killed on Saturday morning after their small plane crashed into a forest in Swtizerland, causing a forest fire that completely destroyed the...
A pick-up van has rammed into a parked truck in Gazipur’s Sadar Upazila, killing a man instantly and injuring five others amid an ongoing student campaign for safe roads. The...
At least 14 people were killed and over 30 others injured in a deadly road crash in Pakistan's northwestern district of Kohat on Saturday evening, local media and police said....
British trade minister Liam Fox said “intransigence” from the European Union was pushing Britain towards a no-deal Brexit, in an interview published on Saturday by the Sunday Times. With less...
Rail and airways have been attracting an increased number of passengers as long-haul bus operators enforce strike for the last few days. As passengers increasingly leaned on the railway network,...
Ethiopian soldiers have clashed with a local police force in the restive Somali region, with the defence ministry saying it will "take the necessary measures" to restore order. Witnesses say...
Aman Cotton Fibrous Ltd makes its share trading debut on stock exchanges tomorrow (Monday) under "N" category, officials said. The company floated a total of 20.83 million ordinary shares and...
At least one explosion rocked a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech on Saturday and the government said it was a failed assassination attempt involving...
China’s state media said on Saturday the government’s retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of US goods showed rational restraint and they accused the United States of blackmail. Late on Friday,...
Although the number of public buses has ballooned in the country in the past decades, it cannot help reduce public sufferings mainly due to irregularities, experts say. They blame unhealthy...
The earnings of most of the multinational companies (MNCs) listed with the country's capital market increased during the first half (H1) of this year as compared to the same period...
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) finally resumed drive against illegal housing companies around Dhaka city last month after a lapse of nearly five years. Demolition drives against errant property developers and...
State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is set to take out 'costlier' loan of US$ 1.0 billion from ITFC to import petroleum products from the international market in the calendar year...
North Korea and the United States on Saturday sparred over an agreement reached at a landmark summit in June for the Asian country to end its nuclear program, as Washington...
The observance of Traffic Week across the country began today (Sunday) to reinforce discipline on roads and highways. Amid the growing student movement over a nine-point demand, Dhaka Metropolitan Police...
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