The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday agreed to provide credit guarantee to reassure other banks to lend to five financially troubled banks through the interbank money market, aiming to help these banks partially return funds to their depositors...
China imposed sanctions on nine US defence firms on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, describing the measures as retaliation for Washington鈥檚 approval of military equipment sales to Taiwan this week...
Indian-administered Kashmir began voting Wednesday in the first local elections since the cancellation of its special semi-autonomous status sparked fury in the troubled Himalayan territory, which is also claimed by Pakistan...
Activities at Teknaf Land Port were suspended since 2:00pm on Wednesday, about half an hour after three bullets fired from Myanmar hit three places at a time in the port area...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Mainul Hasan said that recording a case at a police station did not automatically necessitate the immediate arrest of the accused named in the FIR...
A pioneering private crew made history on Thursday by becoming the first civilians to perform spacewalks, as NASA hailed 鈥榓 giant leap forward鈥� for the commercial space industry...
A case was lodged on Thursday with a court in Chapainawabganj against five people including former inspectors general of police AKM Shahidul Hoque and Benazir Ahmed for killing an...
American firms in China are grappling with an unprecedented web of challenges, a business group said Thursday, as economic woes and geopolitical tensions drag optimism and profitability to all-time lows...
European firms are considering a 鈥榮ubstantial鈥� rethink of their operations in China in the face of lacklustre demand and a lack of action by Beijing to mitigate economic woes, a business lobby warned Wednesday...
Ongoing labour unrest in the readymade garment sector led to the shutdown of 114 factories in Ashulia and Gazipur industrial areas on Wednesday, while agitating workers set fire to a factory in Kashimpur following a clash between two groups of workers...
Today is the tenth anniversary of the death of legendary Nazrul Sangeet singer Firoza Begum, who is regarded as the nightingale of Nazrul Sangeet for her contribution to the genre...
The Police Headquarters on Saturday said that law enforcers had recovered 53 firearms and arrested 25 people in the ongoing joint operations from midnight past Wednesday till Saturday morning...
At least eight people were arrested and 11 firearms, including a shotgun from Noakhali-4 constituency lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury鈥檚 family graveyard in the district were recovered...
At least 17 young children were killed and 70 missing after a fire ripped through a primary school dormitory in central Kenya overnight, officials said Friday, leaving...
Mohammad Abdul Mannan has joined First Security Islami Bank PLC as chairman of the bank鈥檚 reformed board of directors, said a press release...
A joint operation began across the country in an effort to recover illegal firearms Tuesday midnight.
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday dissolved the board of First Security Islami Bank PLC, which was under the control of controversial S Alam Group, and appointed independent directors to the bank board...
The fire that broke out at Gazi Auto Tyres Factory in the Rupganj area of Narayanganj on Sunday night was yet to be completely doused after nearly three days...
The fire that broke out at Gazi Auto Tyres Factory in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday night was yet to completely douse after burning for nearly 44 hours on Tuesday, leaving the factory at risk of collapse...
A Bangladeshi man was injured along Sylhet鈥檚 Companiganj border after Indian Border Security Force personnel opened fire on Monday night.
The fire that broke out at Gazi Auto Tyres Factory in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday night was brought under control on Monday evening through 21 hours of...
A fire broke out at Gazi Auto Tyres Factory in Narayanganj鈥檚 Rupganj upazila on Sunday night...
Hopes were dwindling on Thursday for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where fighting raged despite pressure from the United States on Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas to reach an agreement...
A fire broke out at the eighth floor of a 12-storey residential building at Road no 5 of Dhanmondi on Wednesday morning...
THERE is only one way to end the ongoing genocide in Gaza. It is not through bilateral negotiations. Israel has amply demonstrated, including with the assassination of the lead Hamas negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh, that it has no interest in a permanent ceasefire...
The Bangladesh Bank on Monday restricted S Alam Group-controlled six banks from issuing new loans to safeguard depositors鈥� money...
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken headed to Israel on Sunday seeking a Gaza ceasefire deal that could help avert a wider war, while a senior Hamas official dismissed 鈥楢merican diktats鈥� in negotiations...
Gaza ceasefire talks resumed in Doha on Thursday as pressure mounted for a deal to halt the spread of a war that the Hamas-run territory鈥檚 health ministry said has killed 40,000.
Israeli air strikes targeted Gaza on Wednesday ahead of ceasefire talks that the United States hopes will stop Iran striking Israel in retaliation for the killing of a Hamas leader...
The Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked all scheduled banks not to honour cheques exceeding Tk聽1 crore from nine banks, most of which are controlled by S Alam Group...