THE growth that Bangladesh posted in apparel export to non-traditional market is an encouraging shift in export dynamics. With earnings having reached $3.97 billion in July鈥揇ecember of the 2025 financial year, a 6.42 per cent increase on the previous year鈥檚 figure, the sector shows resilience amid global economic shifts. The market now accounts for a 16.84 per cent of the...
Bio-Xin Cosmeceuticals has introduced a month-long Basanta Bilash Offer, said a press release.
Dhaka has ranked the sixth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 171 on Tuesday morning...
Doel Academy, a cultural organisation founded by Bangladeshi expatriates in Greece, performed traditional Bangladeshi songs and dances at the 13th Folklore Festival in Greece on Monday...
Bangladeshi apparel exporters bagged $3.97 billion from the nontraditional market in July-January of the financial year 2024-25, which is 6.42 per cent higher than $3.72 billion in the same period of the previous financial year, according to the data from the Export Promotion Bureau...
Md Mamunur Rashid Molla has joined Phoenix Finance and Investments Limited as managing director, said a press release...
Bangladesh Army on Monday claimed that the incidents of mob justice, extortion, theft and murder had come down across the country in the last 50 days since December 28 compared to previous two months due to its operations.
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday said that deputy commissioners had been directed to assist National Board of Revenue identifying taxpayers outside Dhaka and Chattogram...
At least 20 people were injured in an accident involving five vehicles on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway near Kamarkhola area in Munshiganj on Monday morning, fire service said...
The National Board Revenue on Sunday said that the submission of income tax returns by individual taxpayers online could be made all year round.
More than 1.4 million taxpayers have so far submitted their returns online this year while more than 1.8 million taxpayers have completed registration for e-returns.
The Bangladesh Bank has eased loan rescheduling policy for raw-jute exporters for the next two years.
Elon Musk said his startup xAI will release its Grok 3 chatbot on Monday and billed it as the 鈥榮martest AI on Earth鈥� in a fiercely competitive market.
At least 1,500 Russians came to the grave of Alexei Navalny in Moscow Sunday, risking reprisals and braving freezing temperatures to pay their respects to the opposition leader on the first anniversary of his death in prison.
At least 12 people were injured in an accident involving three vehicles on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway near Nimtali bus station in Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj on Saturday...
At least 11 people, all members of the same family, including four children, sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion while making rice cakes at their house at Ashulia on Friday night.
The volume of foreign currency transactions made through cards surpassed Tk 800 crore in December 2024, the first time in a year, as increased outbound travel during the holiday season boosted spending...
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association currently has 1,806 active members who are eligible to become voters and can exercise their voting rights in the upcoming BGMEA polls...
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Bangladesh, in collaboration with BGMEA and Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE), organised a Circular Textile Trade Mission matchmaking session at the BGMEA complex in Dhaka on Wednesday...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Wednesday downgraded Global Islami Bank PLC to 鈥榋鈥� category from 鈥楢鈥� category due to non-compliance with securities laws...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Thursday awarded financial information exchange certification, or FIX certification, to three brokerage houses to help them offer value-added services to their investors...
Bangladesh said that it had taken measures to address some objections raised by China regarding two Bangladeshi textbooks and the map displayed on the website of the survey of Bangladesh.
The reform commissions, recently formed by the interim government, have recommended measures to curb extrajudicial detention, enforced disappearances, and torture and cruelty in police custody, identifying these crimes as...
The Friends in Village Development Bangladesh, with technical support from the Plan International Bangladesh and funding from Radiohj盲lpen, has recently hosted an advocacy workshop under the 鈥楶revention and Response of Child Protection Concerns through Timely Initiative with Child Engagement鈥櫬� project at Saint Martin Hall of Hotel Uniresort in Cox鈥檚 Bazar....
Skincare brand Bio-Xin Cosmeceuticals inaugurated its 17th branch at L L Tower Bibir Pukurpar, Barisal City, said a press release.
A Chattogram court on Wednesday granted permission for a three-day jail gate interrogation of former Chattogram Metropolitan Police Commissioner Saiful Islam in the murder case of Hridoy Chandra Tarua, a university student killed during the student-led mass uprising...
A student who was injured in a counter attack by local people allegedly over attacking on the ousted Awami League government鈥檚 liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque on February 7 night, died while undergoing treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital Wednesday afternoon...
The government will complete the payment of arrear wages and allowances to more than 27,000 laid-off workers of different industrial units of the Beximco Group this month...
Despite decades of educational reform, millions of students still struggle with basic literacy and numeracy. In Bangladesh, where a significant proportion of children lack foundational skills, the pursuit of 鈥榪uality education鈥� raises an urgent question: can we truly achieve it without first addressing the fundamentals?...
BANGLADESH has ranked the 151st, two steps lower than the 2023 rank, in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2024 that Transparency International released on February 11. The 2024 score is Bangladesh鈥檚 worst since 2012, which has identified the country with a 鈥榮erious corruption problem鈥� where the government loses the 鈥榗ontrol of corruption鈥�. It remains the second lowest...