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Dhaka eyes bigger slice of US market

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- The United States has imposed a 50% tariff on Indian goods, while Bangladeshi exports face only a 20% duty - a move that could give Bangladesh a significant competitive edge in the A... Read More


Arrest warrants issued against Hasina

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 285 others in a case filed over alleged sedition, including plotting to overthrow the interim... Read More


Khaleda's 81st birthday today

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Today is the 81st birthday of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, the country's highly revered and uncompromising politician and also three times former prime minister of Bangladesh. ... Read More


Admin finally woke up to save ragged 'White Stone'

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Shofique Ahmed Shofiee, Sylhet : At the source of the Dhalai River, along the Companyganj border, lies the 'Sada Pathor' tourist spot-an enchanting natural wonder formed over time b... Read More


Bank Asia launches 'Scan to Cash'

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Bank Asia PLC has recently launched Scan to Cash, a QR code-based cash withdrawal service that offers a modern day alternative to traditional cheque-based withdrawals. This fully di... Read More


Federal Ins declares 10pc cash dividend

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- The 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Federal Insurance PLC was held in a hybrid format IDEB Bhaban in the capital. In the meeting, the audited financial statements for the year ... Read More


Islami Bank holds board meeting

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- A meeting of the board of directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held at Islami Bank Tower in the capital on Thursday. Professor Dr. M. Zubaidur Rahman, chairman of the bank, pr... Read More


Israeli settlement plans to 'bury' idea of Palestinian state

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said plans to build more than 3,000 homes in a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank will "bury the idea ... Read More


Drug abuse rampant from city to village

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Drugs are now not just a social disease, but these have become one of the main weapons of destruction of the future of the nation. From the alleys of the capital to the remote rural ... Read More


Hummam accuses Hasina of 'judicial murder' his father

Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of executed BNP leader and former minister Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, has accused former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of masterminding his father's deat... Read More