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 12 -- Police have arrested a man after the body of a four-and-a-half-year-old child was recovered from a pond in Sylhet. The man was a cousin of the girl's father and a neighbour to the fam... Read More
Dhaka, May 12 -- A tribunal has sentenced three people to death and six others, including a former union chairman, to life imprisonment for the killing of village doctor Rezaul Karim, aka Abu Doctor, ... Read More
Dhaka, May 12 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has called on universities to focus not only on pedagogical education, but also research and innovation. Speaking Tuesday morning at the inaugural cerem... Read More
Dhaka, May 12 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has described Bangladesh's current state of investment amid the internal and global economic headwinds of the past few years as "painful"... Read More
Dhaka, May 12 -- Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has congratulated Suvendu Adhikari on assuming office as the ninth chief minister of India's West Bengal state. The greeting was formally dispatched t... 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