The government has formed a 16-member inter-ministerial committee, headed by the principal secretary to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office, for reviewing the possible measures for enhancing the export competitiveness of four sectors namely leather and leather goods, jute-made goods, agricultural and agri-processed goods and pharmaceuticals sectors...
New York-based boxer Zinnat Ferdous is determined to change global perception about the female boxers from Bangladesh and shed the underdog tag...
Pope Leo XIV made a surprise appearance in a crowd of 1,20,000 young Catholics who gathered on Tuesday in Rome for the Vatican鈥檚 Jubilee of Youth 鈥� an event that takes place every 25 years...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has imposed lifetime bans on Salman F Rahman, former IFIC Bank PLC chairman and Beximco Group vice-chairman, former BSEC chairman Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, and Salman's son Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, former IFIC Bank vice-chairman, from participating in the country鈥檚 capital market.
The police have seized four cheques for around Tk2.25 crore from the capital鈥檚 Nakhalpara home of Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad leader Abdur Razzaque Bin Solaiman Riyad, who is now in police custody in an extortion case...
The advisory council committee on economic affairs at a meeting on Tuesday agreed in principle to hand over about 55 acres of land of closed Jalil Textile Mills in Chattogram to the Bangladesh Army for establishing an ordnance factory...
A Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation double-decker bus rammed into a pillar of the Elevated Expressway at Farmgate in Dhaka city on Tuesday, causing a brief traffic disruption on the busy road...
UCSI University Bangladesh Branch Campus commemorated the first anniversary of the July 2024 uprising with a discussion and photo exhibition, reflecting on the movement鈥檚 legacy and the nation鈥檚 political direction, in Dhaka鈥檚 Banani area on Tuesday...
The country鈥檚 stock markets continued to face a downward trend for the second consecutive day of the week, with most companies witnessing a fall in share prices on both the Dhaka and Chattogram bourses...
EssilorLuxottica, the world鈥檚 top maker of eyeglasses, said Monday a tripling of sales of Ray-Ban Meta AI connected glasses helped drive increase in profits...
Prime Bank Investment, investment-banking arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime Bank, has been named Best Bank for Securities Services and Best Investment Bank for Mergers & Acquisitions in Bangladesh at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025, said a press release...
The High Court has asked the government to explain within four weeks why its failure to investigate alleged large-scale corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion by top bosses of the Asiatic 3sixty Group since 2009 should not be declared illegal...
Portuguese forward Joao Felix has signed a two-year deal with Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr, where he will join Cristiano Ronaldo, the club announced Tuesday.
The police is yet to arrest another accused Kazi Gaurab Apu in the past two days, who fled from the scene when they arrested five individuals caught red handed from the house of Shammi Ahmed, the international affairs secretary of Awami League, while collecting extortion money on Saturday evening...
A proposal has been submitted to the committee of the council of advisers on economic affairs, seeking approval for the handover of around 55 acres of land of closed Jalil Textile Mills in Chattogram to the Bangladesh Army for establishing an ordnance factory...
YOU could almost hear the plastic of the television screen bending from the weight of it. Names. Three of them. Bright as blood under fluorescent lights. Allegations. Extortion. Corruption. One crore taka, just like that 鈥� enough to make you choke on your morning tea...
The US deadline of August 1 for imposing tariffs on its trading partners is firm and there will be no extensions, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday...
A couple sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast at Gohail Bari in Ashulia of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday night...
A solo exhibition of Shilpaguru Safiuddin Ahmed Award 2024 winning artist Abu Al Naeem is featuring experimental woodcut prints with a post-impressionist approach...
Students Against Discrimination on Sunday afternoon suspended all its committees across the country except its central committee following the alleged involvement of some leaders of the platform in extortion...
Coaching applications supposedly from Pep Guardiola and Xavi Hernandez to manage India's football team turned out to be a hoax, the national association said on Saturday.
Samsung has recently made upgrading to the next generation of smartphones even more enticing by offering a massive price drop on the bestselling Galaxy A56 5G...
The 31st edition of the National Men鈥檚 and the seventh edition of the National Women鈥檚 Boxing competitions will begin at the Muhammad Ali Boxing Stadium in the city on Sunday.
BANGLADESH has made significant progress in reducing childhood stunting over the past decade, thanks to improvements in healthcare, nutrition and public health initiatives. However, a new and silent threat is emerging that could jeopardise these hard-won gains: climate change. Recent research has highlighted a troubling link between extreme heat and stunted...
THE continuation of extrajudicial killing and custodial death during the tenure of the interim government, which was installed after a political changeover that promised meaningful changes in governance, is worrying. Right group Odhikar in its latest report, published on July 24, says that at least 29 people were extrajudicially killed between August 9, 2024 and this June 30...
Low-lying areas in Bangladesh鈥檚 coastal districts are likely to be inundated by tidal surges, according to a bulletin issued by the Met Office...
The online admission process for Class-XI students in government and private colleges for 2025-26 academic year will begin from July 30 on the basis of results of the Secondary School Certificate or equivalent examinations as no admission test will be accepted.
At least 29 people fell victim to extrajudicial killings from August 9, 2024, to June 30, 2025, under the interim government, with eight people encountering such killings between April and June.
SpaceX chief Elon Musk鈥檚 Starlink satellite internet service experienced an hours-long global network outage Thursday, which executives attributed to a key software issue.
Export of non-RMG products remained almost static over the past several years, indicating the聽country鈥檚 overreliance on RMG.