PROFESSOR Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 recent visit to London, marked by the distinguished honour of receiving the King Charles III Harmony Award 2025, was a moment of significance鈥攏ot only for him personally but also for the Bangladeshis and the wider global community who value peace, equity, and sustainable development. It also, perhaps unintentionally, served as...
Iran launched a new wave of missiles at Israel on Saturday, wounding several people in residential buildings, while Israel said it was striking Tehran.
As Covid-19 infections has begun to rise once again in Bangladesh, the prices of face masks has doubled in the wholesale market, driven by opportunistic traders seeking to cash in on its growing demand...
Oil prices soared and stocks sank Friday after Israel launched strikes on Iran, prompting retaliation from Tehran and stoking fears of a full-blown war...
Oil prices soared and stocks sank after Israel launched strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites on Friday and warned of more to come, stoking fears of a full-blown war.
Ukraine and Russia said on Thursday they had swapped a fresh group of prisoners of war, the third exchange this week as part of a deal agreed at peace talks in Turkey...
Outpatient services at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital in the capital Dhaka resumed on Thursday morning amid security concern after remaining suspended for over two weeks following clashes among the hospital staff, outpatients and July uprising-injured patients...
The Private University Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal on Thursday announced committees in 19 private universities...
Deposits in 10 well-performing private commercial banks surged by Tk 32,000 crore in the three months ending in March 2025, as depositors moved their funds away from financially weak institutions amid growing fears of collapse, persistent fund shortages, and distrust in bank management...
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced a 15 per cent increase in the electricity price to shore up revenues for the state-run utility, in line with conditions imposed by an IMF bailout...
Despite hopes for a fair return, seasonal traders expressed disappointment over the low prices of rawhides during this year鈥檚 Eid-ul-Azha...
All writers draw on their experience, whether consciously or not, says Indian author Banu Mushtaq -- including the titular tale of attempted self-immolation in her International Booker Prize-winning short story collection.
Leaders of Ganosamhati Andolan, a partner of 6-party alliance Ganatantra Mancha, on Wednesday said that the interim government had failed to reflect the spirits of the July uprising in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2025鈥�26 placed on Monday...
Prime Bank PLC has recently signed a strategic agreement with Incredible Pvt Limited, said a press release...
THERE are moments in a nation鈥檚 history when silence bears more weight than slogans. In post-uprising Bangladesh, a country navigating political rupture and renewal after the fall of long-standing authoritarian rule, the language of reform rings loudly across press briefings and policy drafts. Yet parallel to this public performance of transformation runs a quieter, more...
THE budget for the 2026 financial year that the finance adviser to the interim government has proposed appears rhetorical, with largely no direction on how to achieve the goals that the budget puts forth. The interim government, which assumed office in August 2024 against the backdrop of a student led mass uprising that had sprung from protests against...
Prime Bank PLC has recently partnered with DX New Energy Industries Limited to promote women empowerment, said a press release...
The interim government, which assumed power following the collapse of the Awami League鈥檚 one-and-a-half-decade-long autocratic rule鈥攚idely blamed for devastating the country鈥檚 economy鈥攊s set to commence a new financial year amid high public expectations. However, the general population is increasingly facing hardship due to declining incomes and soaring prices of essential goods...
Rights activists have criticised the interim government for increasing price of kerosene although the price of diesel, octane and petrol price has been reduced in the recent time...
Rights body Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh has demanded reduction in public transport fares as fuel oil prices have dropped...
The final round and prize-giving ceremony of City Bank presents BUP IV Inter-Varsity Debate Competition was held at Bijay Auditorium of Bangladesh University of Professionals in Dhaka on Saturday...
THE recent surge in violence against women perpetrated by Islamist groups or mobs acting as 鈥榯awhidi janata鈥� alongside the government鈥檚 failure to adequately respond is gravely concerning. After the July uprising, in which women and girls from diverse backgrounds actively participated and which they often led, it was hoped that women鈥檚 democratic aspirations...
Patients admitted to the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital and those coming to the hospital for treatment from Dhaka and other districts continued to suffer on Sunday as treatment remained suspended for the fifth consecutive day...
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday pressed charges against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun for their alleged involvement in...
The International Crimes Tribunal prosecutors are set to press formal charges on Sunday against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others over alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July-August student-led mass uprising.
Politicians, economists and bureaucrats at a discussion on Saturday demanded establishment of an agricultural price commission so that farmers could get legitimate price for their crops...
Speakers at a book launching event on Saturday deplored that discrimination against persons with disabilities continued even after the student-led July uprising that called for ending all forms of discrimination...
The government has reduced the prices of diesel, octane and petrol while raising the price of kerosene...
The Chinese Enterprises Association in Bangladesh (CEAB) and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at enhancing bilateral cooperation in the textile and apparel sector...
Prime Bank PLC, a leading second generation local commercial bank in Bangladesh, has recently signed an agreement with Prime Bank Signs Agreement with Farazy Hospital Limited at bank鈥檚 Gulshan corporate office...