Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday sent controversial health sector contractor Motazzaroul Islam Mithu to jail in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 75 crore...
As part of preparation for the upcoming 13th national parliament elections, the Election Commission has transferred 61 field-level officials...
A US trade delegation will arrive in the capital next week to discuss progress on finalizing the possible trade deal with the USA alongside talking about reducing further the reciprocal 20 per cent tariff currently imposed on Bangladeshi exports to the US market...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has fined six individuals and one institution a total of Tk 44.40 crore for manipulating shares of two listed companies 鈥� New Line Clothings Limited and Pioneer Insurance Limited 鈥� back in 2021...
Highlighting the untapped potential of the Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation (BFIDC), environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has emphasised the urgent need to modernize the corporation through new equipment, innovative designs, and capacity-building measures...
The government has decided to exempt the existing 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax on the import of sea-going vessels with a capacity of more than 5,000 Deadweight Tonnage (DWT)...
Stocks managed a turnaround from the short-lived correction phase, riding on late-session buying activity, as investors turned back to the market owing to positive expectations amid favorable macroeconomic developments...
Top Japanese power generation company JERA said Thursday it had signed an initial agreement aimed at buying liquefied natural gas from a huge pipeline project in Alaska, after Tokyo agreed to increase US purchases as part of a trade deal...
ADN Telecom Limited and ADN Technologies Limited, business units under ADN Group, have signed agreements with South Korean companies CND Motors Co Limited and PBS Co Limited to collaborate on sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy and smart mobility solutions in Bangladesh...
Prime Bank PLC signed a participation agreement with the Bangladesh Bank to implement Tk 500-crore Start-up Refinancing Fund aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and supporting emerging business ventures across the country...
Direction Technology (Bangladesh) Company Limited, a Chinese-owned company, is set to establish a manufacturing facility at the Chattogram Export Processing Zone to produce Bluetooth headphones, wired headphones and data cables...
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Bangladesh in partnership with the Chittagong Port Authority recently introduced a fully automated, real-time port payment system aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, security and convenience for the country鈥檚 maritime stakeholders...
Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, in association with bKash, has expanded its book reading programme to Lakshmipur and Feni...
A border outpost of the Border Guard Bangladesh at Udaynagar under Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia has been severely damaged by the ongoing erosion of the Padma.
Southeast Bank PLC has recognised academic achievements of 53 meritorious students, who are children of the bank鈥檚 employees, said a press release...
Jamuna Bank PLC on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Apollo Clinic-licensee JMI Specialized Hospital Limited, said a press release...
Press freedoms worldwide have declined significantly over the past five years to hit their lowest level in 50 years, a report by a democracy think tank showed Thursday.
Electro Mart Group recently gave 1,000 umbrellas to the Ministry of Home Affairs for the welfare of Bangladesh Police, said a press release...
In Tuesday鈥檚 Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union and hall union elections, 74.75 per cent, not 78.33 per cent, of votes were cast, authorities said on Thursday.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday expressed concern that the country still faced a challenge in holding the upcoming national election as political parties were yet to reach a consensus on the democratic transition.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against seven people including retired Supreme Court judge, justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, former Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha chairman Md Nurul Huda and former finance minister...
Skipper Liton Das top-scored with 59 as Bangladesh beat a spirited Hong Kong by seven wickets in their first match of the Asia Cup on Thursday.
During the first two months in FY26, the government repaid Tk 3,105 crore to Bangladesh Bank while borrowing only Tk 588 crore from commercial banks, leaving net borrowing from the banking system at negative Tk 2,516 crore...
A new panel named Sarbojanin Chhatra Sangsad has entered the race for the upcoming elections to the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union, with a former coordinator of Students Against Discrimination, Tasin Khan, contesting for the post of vice-president...
The Directorate of Primary Education, under the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, and the British Council have formalised a partnership set to shape the future of primary education across Bangladesh...
Vice-chancellor of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology Professor Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan at a programme at CUET in Chattogram on Thursday said that to find new knowledge, one must take the help of research...
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University celebrated the 24th foundation anniversary on the SAU campus in Dhaka on Thursday...
More than three quarters of school-age children in war-torn Sudan are currently out of school, making it one of the world鈥檚 worst education crises, Save the Children said Thursday.
Back-to-back talks between the United States and China鈥檚 top diplomats and defence chiefs could mark 鈥榓 small step鈥� towards a meeting between the leaders of the two countries, analysts said, but cautioned against expecting an imminent summit.
It certainly is a walk of pride for students, or anyone, down the Dhaka Collegiate School campus, now at 1 Lyall Street in Old Town of Dhaka, founded in 1835 as the first government high school in undivided Bengal...