Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has reiterated that the new VAT law will come into effect from July 1, saying that there would be multiple VAT rates. “In the new...
The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday stayed the High Court (HC) order that had granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed over the deaths of eight...
Four people, including two minor sisters, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Habiganj, Kishoreganj and Moulvibazar districts on Sunday. In Moulvibazar, two minor sisters died after a...
Crab production witnessed a rise in the fiscal year 2016-17(FY17) compared to that in the previous fiscal (FY16), according to official data. Subsequently, the data also revealed that the area...
Around 18 million people in and around the capital are at risk of fire incident and earthquake for the violation of building codes and defiance of safety issues during construction...
US-Bangla Airlines launched direct flights from Dhaka to Chennai of India on Sunday. The first flight left the capital at 9:10am that reached Chattogram at 10:45am and flew for Chennai....
The probe committee formed by the Home and Disaster Management and Relief Ministries inferred that the fire at FR Tower originated from an electric short-circuit on the 7th floor of...
Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering expressed deep shock and sorrow at the loss of lives in the devastating fire at FR Tower in Banani. The Bhutanese premier offered this condolence...
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit Papua New Guinea's New Britain island, 186 km east of Kandrian, on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage...
Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury has asked the officials to change the way they work or face consequences. “The entire land ministry should be on the same page with me,” he...
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed Faruk Hossain, land owner and Tasveer, owner of the extended portion of FR Tower, on a seven-day remand each, in connection with a case...
Urging all political parties not to do politics over everything, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said all should resist in unison the persons who construct buildings violating the...
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2019 will begin on Monday. A total of 13, 51,505 examinees from 9,081 educational institutions under 10 education boards will...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the interest rate of bank loan is the biggest barrier to the country's industrialisation at this moment. Hasina said the government earlier took initiatives...
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dipped below 5,500-mark on Sunday after three months as worried investors continued their selling binge. DSEX, the prime index of the...
First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) recently organised a school banking conference in Chattogram. S M Moniruzzaman, Deputy Governor, Bangladesh Bank was present on the occasion as Chief Guest and...
The government is formulating a cross-border electricity trade policy, including in it the option for export as well as import. The policy, prepared by the Power Cell, was submitted to...
Medicines, stolen from government hospitals, worth around Tk 10 million were seized in Bogura on Sunday morning. Police said they raided a multi-storey building at Mofiz Paglar More acting on...
The World Bank has approved $100.5 million loan to improve public spaces and urban services in four neighbourhoods under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). The Dhaka City Neighborhood Upgrading...
A CNG-driven auto-rickshaw collided with the jeep of Lama upazila chairman in Shantir Hat area of Chattogram’s Rangunia, killing a man and his minor daughter on Sunday morning. The deceased...
A six-member probe committee, formed by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), in the wake of the fire incident at the FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani, on Sunday identified the building as...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for diversifying industries to explore both local and international markets to ensure the overall development of the country. “We could diversify our...
A Review Workshop on IT Operations of Banks will be held at the BIBM Auditorium on Monday. Mr. S. M. Moniruzzaman, Chairman, BIBM Executive Committee and Deputy Governor, Bangladesh Bank...
At least seven people were killed and five injured on Sunday when a container containing scrap metal exploded in the latest in a series of industrial accidents in eastern China....
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a 24-hour-long anti-narcotics drive, ended at 6:00am Sunday, arrested 55 drug suspects from different areas of the capital city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different...
Jet Airways' investors are cheering this week's government-led rescue deal, but the cash-strapped Indian airline's future looks mired in uncertainty as convincing a new investor to come on board may...
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has recently celebrated its 20th convocation at the university campus in Bashundhara area in the capital. Md Abdul Hamid, President, People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the...
DCCI president Osama Taseer urged for framing a 'Chemical Policy' in order for creating a national safe chemical infrastructure. He also urged for preparing a conducive policy guidelines for chemical...
Police's Detective Branch has been assigned to investigate Thursday's fire at Banani's FR Tower that killed at least 26 people. "A case, filed over the fire incident, was transferred to...
M. Khorshed Anowar, Head of Retail Banking of Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and Zakaria Swapan, Founder and CEO of iPay signed an agreement at EBL Head Office in Dhaka recently....
The US government cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras on Saturday after President Donald Trump blasted the Central American countries for sending migrants to the United States and...
Arab heads of state, long divided by regional rivalries, are expected to unite at a summit on Sunday to oppose a US decision to recognise Israel’s annexation of Arab lands...
Balloting was suspended at three polling stations in Titas upazila after miscreants tried to occupy the centres on Sunday morning. The centres are Daskandi, Bhitikandi, Bonderampur government primary schools. Upazila...
The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court Division order that asked Green Line Paribahan to pay a road crash victim Tk 5.0 million in damages. A four-member Appellate Division...
A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) official died after suffering a cardiac arrest while performing upazila election duty in Bagherpara Upazila of Jashore on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as...
Lionel Messi scored twice in the second half, including a chipped free-kick, as Barcelona beat Espanyol to keep their 10-point lead at the top of La Liga. Messi dinked his...
Polls have opened in Ukraine as the country votes in the first round of presidential elections. Current leader Petro Poroshenko is seeking re-election but the surprise front runner is comedian...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed a positive trend in early trading on Sunday as some investors were showing their buying appetite on sector-wise shares....
Turks began voting on Sunday in local elections that President Tayyip Erdogan has described as a matter of survival for the country. Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for more...
Two suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Moulvibazar in Teknaf upazila's Hneela union in Cox’s Bazar early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Mahamudur...
Mark Zuckerberg says regulators and governments should play a more active role in controlling internet content. In an op-ed published in the Washington Post, Facebook's chief says the responsibility for...
Esquire Knit Composite Limited is set to make its share trading debut in the first week of April on the bourses under 'N' category, officials said. The company's initial public...
Business leaders and residents in the capital's Banani have resolved to implement fire safety measures at buildings in the locality. At least 26 people were killed and about 50 people...
Police have arrested two of the owners of Banani’s fire-ravaged FR Tower, BNP leader Tasvir Ul Islam and engineer SMHI Faruk. Faruk owns the land on which FR Tower has...
British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a new push by members of her Conservative Party to lead Britain out of the European Union in the next few months, even...
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of Coppertech Industries opens today (Sunday). The company will raise a fund worth Tk 200 million from the capital market under the fixed price...
Voting in the fourth phase of the Fifth Upazila Parishad elections has started. Started at 8:00 am on Sunday in 107 Upazilas under this phase, it will continue until 4:00...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) would purchase 57 vehicles for a bloated Tk 157.05-billion project undertaken to convert a metre-gauge line into a dual-gauge one. It has also proposed to spend...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to start an onsite inspection from the next month to cross-check whether corporate taxpayers' source tax deduction matches with expenditures, officials said....
The country has yet to start watching the repeated onslaughts of nor'westers, the summertime tornadoes. These storms make their swoops all of a sudden, giving people little time to take...
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