Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Jet fuel prices have risen for a third straight month, pushing up the cost of aviation fuel by nearly 40 percent since July. The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission raised the pr... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- The inflation rate has edged up in September after a fuel price hike fuelled higher food prices, reversing a two-month decline. Point-to-point inflation stood at 8.34 percent in the ... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Salman F Rahman has now lost his board positions at all three of Beximco Group's major listed companies, marking a sweeping change in the leadership of the business empire he helped b... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- The Appellate Division's Chamber Court has denied bail to three men serving life sentences for crimes against humanity committed in Mymensingh during the 1971 Liberation War. Justice... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- The government is preparing new rules to take action against buildings constructed without approved plans or in violation of approved designs, Housing Minister Zakaria Taher has said.... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- A government task force proposal to shift the tea sector from industry to agriculture is "not an intellectually sound" move, Hossain Zillur Rahman has said. "Tea is an industry. It h... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- A nationwide campaign to vaccinate 3.4 million children against measles and rubella is under way in Bangladesh with support from the United States. The assistance is being provided t... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- Astronomers have captured the most detailed images yet of a rare supernova remnant in the Milky Way -- the leftover wreckage of a stellar explosion that skygazers recorded nearly 850 ... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- A Dhaka court has once again rejected constroversial lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam's bail application in a case over the alleged abetment of his second wife Mariam Khatun's suicide. Dha... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- A new Congressional Research Service report has listed 81 US fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, including drones, as lost or damaged during US military operations against Iran since... Read More