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The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka bourse fell 27 per cent month-on-month in May this year on the back of falling trade volume and value. Market insiders said the...
A passenger welfare platform has called for strictly checking movement of unfit vehicles on the highways to help reduce the number of road accidents during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr vacation. It...
Bangladesh Autocars has displayed an 'abnormal' price hike on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) despite there was no undisclosed price sensitive information (PSI). The company's share price has shoot up by...
An explosion in Baghdad’s Sadr City district killed at least 18 people and wounded over 90 on Wednesday, an Iraqi police source said. Photos from the scene showed a destroyed...
At least 200 shops were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out at the hawkers' market in Ganginapar area of Mymensingh district town early Thursday. Fire Service sources said...
Two people have died and two others sustained injuries when a Jashore-bound private car plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Aricha highway near Bathuli Bus Stand in Dhamrai upazila on early...
Some 442 textile and readymade garment (RMG) factories across the country are 'vulnerable' to labour unrest over payment of wages and festival allowances, officials said. Intelligence agencies recorded 168 and...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has released Ganajagaran Macha Spokesperson Imran H Sarker hours after he was detained on charges of organising 'unlawful gathering’ at Shahbagh in Dhaka city. RAB-3...
Knitwear manufactures have sought a fund of Tk 10.50 billion from the government to pay wages and allowances to the workers, officials said. Acting president of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and...
Non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) urged the government to keep their hard-earned money out of the tax net to encourage remittance of their earnings home. The Centre for Non Resident Bangladeshis (Centre...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) introduced a term repurchase agreement (repo) facility for the first time on Wednesday to ensure liquidity in the banking system. Under the term repo, the banks...
International humanitarian agencies are "uncomfortable" with the government move to relocate 100,000 Rohingya refugees to the southern Bhasanchar Island. They are concerned that the island itself is vulnerable to extreme...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith is set to unveil the last budget of this government today (Thursday). He is due to start placing the Tk 4.64 trillion-plus budget before Jatiya Sangsad...
Bangladeshi security forces have shot dead around 130 people and arrested 13,000 in the past three weeks since the government introduced a ‘zero tolerance’ policy against illegal drugs, the United...
Eeshita Azad Bangladesh is home to a lot of gifted creative people who are part of an expanding creative community. While creative professionals are not always seen to follow traditionally...
The first-ever 'Safe Water Challenge' has come to an end with Team Tetra from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) winning the title. Unilever Pureit and UNDP Bangladesh jointly...
Children are the future pillars of our nation. Their education and healthcare are of utmost importance. It's Humanity Foundation (IHF) is a non-profit organisation working to facilitate and bring about...
An all-round performance by Rumana Ahmed guided Bangladesh to their first-ever victory against India beating the neighbour in the Women's T20 Asia Cup match by seven wickets, reports UNB. The...
The European Union (EU) expects to hit US imports with additional duties from July, ratcheting up a transatlantic trade conflict after Washington imposed its own tariffs on incoming EU steel...
BOGURA, Jun 06: A good number of peasants of the district are passing busy time growing short-duration Aus paddy. Sources said Aus cultivation is gaining popularity across the area as...
NAOGAON, Jun 06: Some farmers across the district started farming mango leaving paddy and other crops cultivation during the last few years. Sources said growers have recently begun harvesting the...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Commissioner Dr Nasiruddin Ahmed has requested all to dial hotline 106 if any staff of land office demands bribe in exchange of giving services. “Stern action will...
An independent director is quite often termed an outside director. He is a member of the Board of Directors (BoD) who does not have a material or pecuniary relationship with...
At the turn of the century sagacious views moved from crystal ball gazing to first scan the distance and then their bagels. The conclusions were that future wars would be...
Slow pace of project implementation, especially in case of foreign-funded ones, has almost become a norm in Bangladesh. This phenomenon has now become widespread in the absence of proper monitoring-cum-evaluation...
The presentation of national budgets in parliament traditionally starts with praise for the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate, which crossed seven per cent or so during the last couple...
The country's tourism sector is yet to be developed to the desired level despite immense potential for its improvement. The cities and towns lack quality accommodation facilities, decent public transports,...
Almost 720,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees have fled persecution and military crackdown and atrocities from Rakhine state of Myanmar during 2016-2017 where they had been living for centuries. Besides brutal massacres,...
Finance Minister Mr. AMA Muhith will present the National Budget of Bangladesh for fiscal year 2018-19 today at the Jatiya Sangshad, our national parliament. This is the last budget of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the drives against militancy, terrorism and drugs will continue to make Bangladesh free from anti-social elements. "The drives against militancy, terrorism and drugs...
Bangladesh is important to the United Kingdom because of Sylhet. British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake said this while exchanging Ramadan greetings with locals at a hotel in Sylhet...
Singapore airspace will be restricted during the planned US-North Korea summit next week, according to a notice to airmen posted by aviation authorities on Wednesday, reports Reuters. The Southeast Asian...
Although Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is conducting harsher drives against the traffic rules violators in the capital, motorcyclists have been constantly breaching the traffic rules and regulations, putting their lives,...
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday urged the Information Commission to be more active and dynamic for ensuring the free flow of information. "Getting information is one of people’s basic rights....
Ten people, including a minor boy, died and four others were injured in separate road accidents across the country on Wednesday. In Tangail, four people were killed in a head-on...
A Pakistani journalist who has openly criticised the military was briefly kidnapped by masked men in Lahore. Gul Bukhari was freed several hours after being abducted, her family said. There...
Speakers have demanded rehabilitation of the victims of the last year's June 6 arson attack at Langadu upazila of Rangamati. They made the call at a programme on Wednesday marking...
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Shahjahan Kamal on Wednesday said the government will not tolerate any harassment of passengers especially expatriate Bangladeshis at the country’s airports. “We are receiving a...
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passenger welfare platform, on Wednesday demanded that the government stop plying of unfit vehicles on highways during Eid-ul-Fitr. They came up with the demand at...
The third plant of the country’s only state-owned pharmaceutical manufacturer is going to be commissioned in the last week of July. “The 3rd plant of Essential Drugs Company Ltd (EDCL)...
The High Court has issued a rule asking the government to explain why former chairman of Farmers Bank's audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chishti, also known as Babul Chishti, should not...
Medics with the UN Migration Agency (IOM) have now carried out more than 400,000 consultations in Cox’s Bazar since late August 2017 when hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas started fleeing...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained Ganajagaran Mancha spokesman Imran H Sarker. RAB spokesman Mufti Mahmud Khan said Imran was detained on Wednesday afternoon from Shahbagh in Dhaka before...
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has said army will be deployed during the upcoming parliamentary election but not during the city polls. "I think, army will be deployed during...
The government has appointed former secretary Abdul Mannan as a member of Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC). President Abdul Hamid appointed him to the post, according to an official order...
Bangladesh suffered the largest deterioration in South Asia on the 2018 Global Peace Index, largely driven by a colossal influx of Rohingya refugees. Bangladesh’s rank plunged 10 places to 93...
Speakers at a programme on Wednesday demanded rehabilitation of the victims of the last year's June 6 arson attack by Bangalee settlers at Langadu upazila of Rangamati. They said though...
The historic Six-Point Day, marking the demand for autonomy for former East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, will be observed on Thursday across the country in a befitting manner. On June 7...
President M Abdul Hamid on Wednesday expressed profound shock and grief at the death of Fazlur Rahman Mollik, an eminent lawyer and a member of Kishoreganj Bar Association. In a...
A court has sent singer Asif Akbar to jail in a case filed by lyricist, composer and singer Shafiq Tuhin under the Information and Communication Technology or ICT Act. The...
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