RMG workers block highway for benefit
Several hundred workers of a readymade garment factory at Ashulia, on the outskirts of the capital, on Monday blocked the Dhaka-Tangail Highway for five hours demanding their termination benefit...
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IFAD Motors begins delivering Royal Enfield motorcycles
IFAD Motors on Sunday started to handover pre-booked Royal Enfield motorcycles at its flagship showroom at Tejgaon in Dhaka, said a press release...
BORDER TENSION: Bangladesh envoy in Delhi summoned
The Indian external affairs ministry on Monday summoned Bangladesh deputy high commissioner to India Nural Islam a day after Dhaka summoned Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh...
Ten-man United knock Arsenal out of FA Cup
Ten-man Manchester United beat Arsenal 5-3 on penalties after a dramatic 1-1 draw in the FA Cup third round, while Tottenham needed extra time before seeing off non-league Tamworth 3-0 on Sunday.
MASS UPRISING: 2 unidentified bodies claimed at DMCH
Family members initially identified and claimed two bodies kept at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital mortuary since the student-led mass uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to flee to India bringing an end to a 15-year fascist Awami League regime...
Holding powerful quarters accountable underscored
Speakers including development professionals, academics and journalists at an event on Sunday said that development journalism was not meant for producing 鈥榩ositive stories鈥� as part of any power quarters鈥� propaganda, but for holding them accountable to the people...
BPGMEA places 5 proposals
The Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association has placed five proposals to address the energy crisis...
City hit Salford for eight
Manchester City dashed the dreams of Salford's former Manchester United star owners with an 8-0 FA Cup rout on Saturday, while Liverpool cruised into the fourth round with a 4-0 victory over Accrington Stanley.
Tarique, Fakhrul, Khasru invited to Nat鈥檒 Prayer Breakfast聽in Washington
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman along with two other senior party leaders has been invited to the forthcoming National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.
'Very difficult' to improve Arsenal in January window, says Arteta
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said it will be difficult to find January signings that will be capable of immediately improving his side as they aim to end a five-year trophy drought.
Fascist regime destroys all institutions, says Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mira Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that the fascist regime of Awami League destroyed all the institutions in the country in the past 15 years.
AIB gifts bus to CGWC
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC managing director and chief executive officer Farman R Chowdhury, on behalf of the bank, has recently handed over a bus to Chattogram Government Women鈥檚 College principal Tahmina Akhter Noor, said a press release.
Fakhrul calls for unity to restore democracy
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday called for unity to restore democracy in the country...
Farmers at a crossroads
AS AN agrarian nation, Bangladesh鈥檚 economy is deeply intertwined with the agricultural sector. Agriculture remains the primary source of income for many, with a significant portion of the population depending on it. According to Bangladesh鈥檚 2018 Economic Survey, agriculture employs 40.6 per cent of the workforce and contributes 14.10 per cent to...
Stringent measures needed to save NBFIs
THE failure of the authorities to take measures to discipline and facilitate the ailing non-bank financial institution sector, crippled by an abnormally high defaulted loans, is unacceptable. More than 70 per cent of non-bank financial institutions are about to collapse. The Bangladesh Bank says that 21 of the 35 institutions have more than 50 per cent...
Turkey keen to invest in renewable energy
Turkey has expressed keenness to invest in Bangladesh鈥檚 various sectors, including renewable energy, automobile manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, information and communication technology, logistics and construction industry...
Farmer beaten to death by youths over drug consumption
A 54-year-old farmer was beaten to death, reportedly after attempting to stop a group of youths from consuming marijuana in Puthia village of Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj on Tuesday night...
FALSE INFO ON BANGLADESH IN 2024: Rumor Scanner detects 2,919 cases
Fact-checking organisation Rumor Scanner detected a record 2,919 pieces of false information in 2024 related to Bangladesh, with the highest number鈥�727鈥攔elated to politics, mostly spread through social media platforms...
Pakistan sisters set father on fire after rape
Two teenage sisters were arrested in Pakistan for killing their father by setting him on fire in revenge for rape, police said on Wednesday...
Campaigners seek free healthcare
The Health Sector Reform Commission in 50 days of its formation is still gathering information and opinions on several focal areas such as service improvement while public health campaigners and medical practitioners demand free healthcare at all public health facilities...
Santals鈥� security and rights to land must be protected
YET another attack on a Santal family shows that the authorities have failed to protect and ensure the rights of the community. A union council chair and his associates reportedly attacked members of a Santal family, including a woman, over a land dispute at Gobindaganj in Gaibandha on January 3. The Rajahar union council chair and his associates...
TCB to sell items thru smart cards: Bashir
Commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Wednesday said that, from now on, operations of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh would be conducted through smart family cards instead of paper system...
AIB holds 413th board meeting
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC held its 413th meeting of its board of directors on Wednesday, said a press release...
German factory orders fall
German industrial orders fell 5.4 per cent in November, official data showed on Wednesday, in the latest sign of the headwinds facing Europe鈥檚 largest economy...
BUFT, MU Bigdata Tech sign deal on academic collaboration
BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology has signed an agreement with MU Bigdata Technology Co Limited on advance academic collaboration on Tuesday, said a press release...
FILING BASELESS CASES: Interim govt introduces fascist culture: JSD
Leaders of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD, a partner of the Ganatantra Mancha at a protest rally in Dhaka on Tuesday alleged that the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus had introduced fascist culture by filing baseless cases like the Sheikh Hasina-led government...
Consist Apparels earns LEED certification
Consist Apparels Limited has become the first readymade garment factory this year to receive platinum LEED certification...
Five killed as train hits microbus in Faridpur
At least five people were killed and four more were injured as a microbus fell into a rail trackside pond after it was hit by a passenger train in the Munshibazar area under the sadar upazila in Faridpur on Tuesday.
Conflict between Faruque and Fahim surfaces
The conflict between him and the other board director, Nazmul Abedin Fahim, will be sorted soon and won鈥檛 happen again, said Bangladesh Cricket Board president Faruque Ahmed after Fahim accused him...
US manufacturing contraction improved in Dec
A monthslong US manufacturing slump lessened last month, according to better-than-expected survey data published Friday, as demand showed signs of improving.
