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Govt is working hard to safeguard small businesses: SK Bashir

Dhaka, May 21 -- Commerce Adviser SK Bashir Uddin has stated that the institutional capacity of various organisations in Bangladesh-both in the public and private sectors-has been systematically erode... Read More


What Nusraat Faria says after being released on bail

Dhaka, May 21 -- Popular Dhallywood actress Nusraat Faria was arrested by the Immigration Police at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. A day later, she was released on bail last Tuesday. After be... Read More


Manu Mia is a hero born today: Khairul Basar

Dhaka, May 21 -- Kishoreganj's gravedigger Manu Mia's beloved horse was recently killed by miscreants. This man, who spent most of his life digging graves without pay, was accompanied by a red horse, ... Read More


Jui optimistic about newly released song

Dhaka, May 21 -- Israt Jahan Jui, a popular folk artiste of this generation, is in a different position in folk music. She is releasing new folk songs one after another and again on her own channel be... Read More


BD migrants warn of fallout from US remittance tax

Dhaka, May 21 -- A controversial new bill in the United States could soon impose a 5 per cent tax on all remittances sent abroad by non-citizens, a move that is expected to significantly impact thousa... Read More


ACC summons Bashundhara chairman, family members

Dhaka, May 21 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and members of his family for questioning as part of an ongoing investigation into alle... Read More


Singer Noble sent to jail in rape case

Dhaka, May 21 -- A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent singer Mainul Ahsan Noble to jail, scrapping his bail plea in a case lodged for keeping a girl confined in his Demra home for seven months and raping her... Read More


EC's database faces technical risks

Dhaka, May 21 -- The National Identity Card (NID) database faces technical risks. Five 'open-source databases' are being used as main database having no enterprise support. The operating system being ... Read More


Protests grow, deadlines loom

Dhaka, May 21 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has intensified its campaign against the interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, escalating both politica... Read More


11 poachers held in Sundarbans

Dhaka, May 21 -- Forest guards are conducting a combing operation in the Eastern Sundarbans. In the last fifteen days since the operation began, a large amount of deer-catching traps and deer meat (ve... Read More