Dhaka, May 12 -- Actor, director and cultural icon Ataur Rahman, a recipient of the Independence Award and Ekushey Padak for his theater work, has died. He passed away in the wee hours of Tuesday whi... Read More
Dhaka, May 12 -- Bangladesh Bank has allowed customers to place foreign currency security bonds with embassies of different countries as a precondition for obtaining visas. Commercial banks will be a... Read More
Dhaka, May 11 -- A father and his three sons have suffered serious burn injuries after an alleged gas leak sparked a fire in Narayanganj's Fatullah. The incident occurred at a single-storey house in ... Read More
Dhaka, May 11 -- Fiscal Crossroads: Budget of Constraints? Survival over expansion: Policymakers must ditch grand projects to keep the economy afloat, economists say, the priority should shift to shi... Read More
Dhaka, May 11 -- A Jamaat-e-Islami activist has been admitted to hospital after unidentified assailants arriving in an autorickshaw opened fire on him in Noakhali's Begumganj. The shooting took place... Read More
Dhaka, May 11 -- Nobody wants a policy that allows the increase of medicine prices at the whim of pharmaceutical companies, says State Minister for Health and Family Welfare MA Muhith, stressing a "ba... Read More
Dhaka, May 11 -- At least three people have been arrested in the murder of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of West Bengal's new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. In a joint operation by the W... Read More
Dhaka, May 11 -- The School of Law at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has organised the "3rd IUB Undergraduate Law Students' Research Conference", bringing together students from 20 universit... Read More
Dhaka, May 11 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said the conditions being added by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the loan agreement are not "suitable" for the economy ... Read More
Dhaka, May 11 -- The central bank has purchased $45 million from a single bank at a rate of Tk122.75 per dollar to beef up foreign exchange reserves after paying the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) liabili... Read More