The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, in collaboration with Swisscontact鈥檚 PRABRIDDHI project, on Thursday hosted a high-level workshop in the city to present the findings of the Municipal Competitiveness Index (MCI) 2024-positioning it as a strategic instrument to bolster Bangladesh鈥檚 local investment climate...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Thursday said that his party could form an election alliance before the election schedule with any political parties who were with them in the movement against the fascist regime of Sheikh Hasina.
Brazil on Wednesday approached the World Trade Organisation聽 for relief against a hefty trade tariff imposed by president Donald Trump on more than a third of US-bound exports from the Latin American powerhouse...
Faria Kabir has been appointed as head of client coverage 鈥� corporate, commercial and institutional banking of Standard Chartered Bangladesh, said a press release...
Pubali Bank PLC has gifted a microbus to Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology as a part of its corporate social responsibility, said a press release...
Prime Bank PLC has recently signed an agreement to provide payroll banking services to Eco-Social Development Organisation, said a press release...
National Bank PLC on Thursday held its 42nd annual general meeting at a convention centre in the capital, said a press release...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC on Wednesday held its 434th board meeting at Six Seasons hotel in the capital, said a press release...
Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL) and China鈥檚 CNPC Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Company Limited (CCDC) has signed an agreement to drill two deep exploration gas wells in the Titas and Bakhrabad fields...
For now, exactly a year after the formation of the interim government, it is disappointing to see the government that was installed through a bloody mass uprising has failed its people and is behaving more following the impulse of the Facebook response than acting on its political vision and commitment to principles of equality and justice. The way the interim...
FOR millions in Bangladesh, water is far more than a daily need, it is the frontline of the climate crisis. From the chars of Gaibandha to the saline deltas of Satkhira and the arid Barind plains, communities now face water stress as a daily burden. Salinity seeps into ponds, floods contaminate wells and prolonged droughts leave tube wells dry. For families living on the...
THE findings of a study report that about 98 per cent of the children living in Dhaka are exposed a high level of lead poisoning, which can cause memory loss, a headache, depression and the loss of intelligent quotient, is worrying. The study that the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh along with the Stanford School of Medicine of the...
THE interim government of the peace Nobel laureate professor Muhammad Yunus has completed one year in office today. Three days after the Awami League鈥檚 authoritarian government of Sheikh Hasina had been ousted from power in the face of a massive popular uprising on August 5, 2024, Yunus took over with three pronounced objectives: the trial of the League leaders...
Bangladesh were drawn in Group A of the AFC Under-17 Men鈥檚 Asian Cup 2026 qualifiers alongside hosts China, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka on Thursday.
Responding to the interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 letter, the Election Commission on Thursday discussed a plan to announce the schedule for the 13th national election in the first week of December.
Lawyers for Jair Bolsonaro petitioned Brazil鈥檚 Supreme Court on Wednesday to revoke the former president鈥檚 house arrest, which they described as a form of 鈥榗ensorship.鈥�
At least 20 people were injured as the activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party clashed with the supporters of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami over the formation of a secondary school's management committee under Sadar upazila in Jhenaidah on Thursday.
Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Thursday to extend a shaky ceasefire deal that followed five days of deadly hostilities along their border last month.
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, en route to London from Sylhet, made an emergency landing in Istanbul on Thursday after a passenger fell seriously ill mid-air.
Five central leaders of the National Citizen Party on Thursday responded to the show-cause notices served on them for their recent Cox鈥檚 Bazar trip.
A court in Dhaka on Thursday sent former vice-chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Professor Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, to jail in a case filed over embezzlement of funds from the university鈥檚 development project.
Brendan Taylor top-scored with 44 in his first Test match after a lengthy ban but could not prevent Zimbabwe from collapsing to 125 all out on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand on Thursday.
Former national team captain Tamim Iqbal is set to return to competitive cricket with the forthcoming NCL T20, according to the chairman of the tournament committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Akram Khan.
Bangladesh鈥檚 Anti Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, his wife Rukmali Zaman and 24 others for embezzling Taka 25 crore borrowed from the United Commercial Bank.
Cultural affairs adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has expressed hope that Bangladesh鈥檚 friendly relations with Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries will deepen further in the coming days...
The forthcoming NCL T20 will be held in Sylhet, Bogura, and Rajshahi, confirmed the chairman of the tournament committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Akram Khan, on Thursday.
Tottenham midfielder James Maddison is expected to miss most of the upcoming Premier league season after rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament.
Bayern Munich and Germany forward Thomas Muller has signed with Major League Soccer's Vancouver Whitecaps, the Canadian club announced on Wednesday.
The High Court on Thursday acquitted expelled Juba League leader Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim in the money laundering case...
Bangladesh women鈥檚 football team made a historic leap in the latest FIFA Women鈥檚 World Ranking, climbing 24 places to reach 104th 鈥� the highest jump by any nation this month.