A tribunal has sentenced five people, all from Mymensingh, to life in prison for war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War. Three judges led by Justice Md Shahinur Islam of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Monday) conferred ‘Ekushey Padak 2023’ to 19 eminent personalities and two organisations in recognition of their contributions to various fields. She handed over the Ekushey...
Barcelona's Sergi Roberto and Robert Lewandowski struck just before halftime to give the league leaders a 2-0 home win over lowly Cadiz on Sunday in their pursuit of a 27th...
Lionel Messi scored a stunning free kick in added time to earn Paris St Germain a 4-3 comeback win over Lille on Sunday and lift them eight points clear at...
Heavy rains in coastal areas of Brazil's southeast have caused flooding and landslides that killed 36 people and dislodged hundreds of others, according to a statement from Sao Paulo state...
A five-member probe committee has been formed over the fire that tore through an apartment block in the capital's Gulshan area Sunday evening, leaving one dead. Lt Col Mohammad Tajul...
Nazmul Huda, a senior lawyer and former BNP leader who served as a minister in Khaleda Zia’s cabinet, has died under hospital care in Dhaka at the age of 80....
ব্রাজিলের দক্ষিণপূর্বাঞ্চলীয় উপকূলীয় এলাকায় ভারি বৃষ্টিতে সৃষ্ট বন্যা ও ভূমিধসে অন্তত ৩৬ জনের মৃত্যু হয়েছে, জানিয়েছে সাউ পাউলো রাজ্য কর্তৃপক্ষ। রোববার রাজ্য কর্তৃপক্ষের দেওয়া বিবৃতির বরাতে স্থানীয় গণমাধ্যম জানায়, এসব...
The Biden administration is planning to impose new export controls and a fresh round of sanctions on Russia, targeting key industries, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with...
আশি বছর বয়সে থেমে গেল আলোচিত রাজনীতিবিদ ব্যারিস্টার নাজমুল হুদার জীবন। রোববার রাত পৌনে ১১টার দিকে রাজধানীর স্কয়ার হাসপাতালে চিকিৎসাধীন অবস্থায় তিনি মারা যান বলে হাসপাতালের জনসংযোগ বিভাগ থেকে জানানো...
Meta Platforms on Sunday announced that it is testing a monthly subscription service, called Meta Verified, which will let users verify their accounts using a government ID and get a blue...
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its eastern coast on Monday in its second weapons test in three days that drew quick condemnation from its rivals. The weapons...
The country's software operators are hopeful of achieving the US $5.0 billion worth of software export target by the year 2025. According to them, the country's current export earning from...
The United Kingdom (UK) on Sunday urged Bangladesh to ensure a level-playing field for foreign companies eager to invest and operate businesses in Bangladesh. At the second BD-UK Trade and...
Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh reported an 18.4 per cent year-on-year drop in profit in 2022, mainly for costlier raw materials and a sharp devaluation of local currency against the dollar. The...
Foreign exchange loss dealt a heavy blow to Robi Axiata's financials as it wiped out 49 per cent of its profit after tax in 2022. The gradual fall of the...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) would assess the strength of local assembling industries to see whether the sector has been able to achieve the capacity of complete manufacturing process...
Business leaders have demanded removing the existing bottlenecks in the business environment related to customs and tax, in order to help boost both domestic and foreign investment in the country....
The country has no specific research to measure zinc level in rice after it is cooked, experts said at a roundtable on Sunday. According to them, such research is needed...
Investors in the government's post office savings certificates will not be able to deposit in general accounts under the manual system from July 1, 2023. However, they will get the...
Import of diesel from India through the maiden intra-country oil pipeline is all set to start on March 17, a national holiday in Bangladesh on its independence leader's birthday. Indian...
Non-performing loans (NPL) in Bangladesh's banking sector decreased by 1.20 percentage points to over Tk 1.20 trillion at the end of last December, following a special classification that economists see...
A fire broke out on the seventh floor of a multistorey building in the capital's Gulshan Sunday evening, the fire service said. One person has died so far and four...
Bangladesh Flower Society hopes the revenue from sales of different types of flowers may cross Tk 3.0 billion in February thanks to three important occasions that fall within a week...
[The second part of the three-part article on Just and Green Transition in Bangladesh] In Bangladesh, economic growth has been the priority focus for policymaking. For the last three...
The toll from the two huge earthquakes has crossed 34,000 across south eastern Turkey and northern Syria. In addition to hundreds of thousand affected survivors, tens of thousands of injured...
প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা বৈশ্বিক খাদ্য সংকট মোকাবেলায় দেশের জনগণকে প্রতি ইঞ্চি জমিতে আবাদ করার আহ্বান জানিয়েই ক্ষান্ত হননি। তিনি নিজেও তাঁর সরকারি বাসভবন গণভবনের অব্যবহৃত প্রতি ইঞ্চি জমি কাজে লাগিয়েছেন।...
Quite a few pictures of the river Buriganga carried in different newspapers over the past weeks paint a nightmarish sight of Dhaka City's lifeline. In one such picture, the colour...
A recent report published in the British multidisciplinary science journal, Nature, says that a variant of bird flu virus, H5N1, that can spread from mammal to mammal also poses risk...
The extension of the timeframe by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) for banks to join the Tk 10 billion refinancing scheme for renovating and modernising cinema halls is welcome news. Expressly,...
A fire broke out on the seventh floor of a multi-storey building in the city's Gulshan Sunday evening, the fire service said. According to UNB, no casualties were reported till...
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) is working to make its one-stop service (OSS) 100 per cent operational within three to four months to provide prompt services to the investors. BIDA...
রাজধানীর গুলশানের একটি ভবনে আগুন লাগার পর ফায়ার সার্ভিস কর্মীরা তা নেভাতে কাজ শুরু করেছেন। রোববার সন্ধ্যা ৭টায় গুলশান ২- এর ওই ভবনে আগুন লাগে বলে ফায়ার সার্ভিসের ডিউটি অফিসার...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the "Ekushey Padak 2023" to 19 eminent individuals and two organisations on Monday on the occasion of the Amar Ekushey and the International...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has rejected any possibility of restoring the obsolete caretaker government system by amending the country's constitution. "The caretaker government will not return. No...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the "Ekushey Padak 2023" to 19 eminent individuals and two organisations on Monday on the occasion of the Amar Ekushey and the International...
The government of Bangladesh plans to procure 300 electric double-decker air-conditioned (AC) buses from India for the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC). The discussion was come out as Indian...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has not only urged the people to grow food in every inch of land to face the global food crisis but also she herself utilised fallow...
A Dubai-based architecture firm, Ardh Architects, is set to bring a new level of luxury to the hospitality industry by creating 'The Floating Retreat.' The firm plans to combine the...
The Taliban administration will move ahead with plans to turn former foreign military bases into special economic zones for businesses, the acting deputy prime minister for economic affairs said in...
A route map has been finalised for going to the Central Shaheed Minar on February 21 to pay respect to language martyrs. Dhaka University's Central Coordination Committee finalised the route...
We all know about the fabled city, Atlantis. According to the legend, the city represented a civilisation far ahead of its contemporaries. But they angered the gods and suffered utter...
The two-day long Executives & Branch Managers 'Annual Business Conference' of NCC Bank Ltd was held at Grand Sultan Tea Resort & Gulf in Sreemangal to increase Bank’s business by...
India hammered Australia inside three days for the second time in a fortnight to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Sunday and are on the verge of qualifying for the World...
Rampal power plant runs the risk of shutdown again for hurdles in opening letter of credit (LC) amid dollar dearth, amid growing concern about high-demand power supply in the forthcoming...
Social Islami Bank Limited arranged a meeting with the hajj agencies of Chattogram region at Peninsula in Chattogram on Saturday. Zafar Alam, the managing director and CEO of the bank,...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive on Sunday in Turkey for an official visit and discuss how Washington can further assist Ankara as it grapples with the aftermath...
Bengal Commercial Bank (BGCB) has opened its 18th Branch at Satmasjid Road in the Dhanmondi area in Dhaka. Md. Jashim Uddin, chairman of the bank and president of FBCCI, inaugurated...
ভাষা শহিদদের স্মরণে অমর একুশে বইমেলা গেট প্রাঙ্গণে পরিচ্ছন্নতা কার্যক্রম করলেন স্বেচ্ছাসেবী সংগঠন কোয়ান্টাম ফাউন্ডেশনের দেড় শত স্বেচ্ছাসেবী। রবিবার সকাল ৭টা থেকে ৯টা পর্যন্ত টিএসসি মোড়ের সামনের প্রবেশ গেট ও...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq says they do not anticipate any militant threat to the Central Shaheed Minar during the events commemorating International Mother Language Day on February...
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