Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- An international tribunal has ordered Canadian oil and gas firm Niko Resources to pay $42 million in compensation to state-run Petrobangla over two gas field blowouts in Chhatak, Sun... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Economist Rehman Sobhan has expressed doubts over whether the government is pursuing a referendum simply to appease former interim minister Mahfuj Alam and his colleagues. On Thursd... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Bangladesh has resumed direct flights from Dhaka to Karachi after a long pause. On Thursday at 8:15pm, a Biman Bangladesh Airlines Boeing 737 took off from Shahjalal International A... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent Christensen has paid a courtesy call on Army Chief Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman. The meeting was held at the Army Headquarters on Thursday, according to a po... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- The High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the legality of the ongoing process for a contract between Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and a foreign company to operate the Ne... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Only two weeks after the electoral alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami collapsed, Islami Andolan Bangladesh Ameer Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim has accused the party of spreading falsehoods. ... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- The Election Commission (EC) has clarified that candidates added to the list after Feb 8 will not have their names or symbols included on postal ballots, the Election Commission (EC)... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- The Election Commission (EC) has warned against any government staff campaigning for either a "Yes" or "No" vote in the referendum. The EC sent a directive to all returning officers... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- A 1 and a half-year-old child has spent yet another day at a Dhaka court compound, waiting for the release of his mother Topsha Biswas, whose bail plea in hearing a police assault ca... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- The authorities of Mymensingh Central Jail have "mistakenly" released three murder suspects without bail bonds. A deputy jailer has been suspended in connection with the incident, a... Read More