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Hasina to get full security if she returns to face judicial process: Adviser Zahed

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would be provided full security if she returns to Bangladesh to face the judicial process, said Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting... Read More


MPs voting against party in presidential election lose seat: Chief Whip

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni has said Article 70 of the Constitution will apply to the presidential election as well. Advertisement Citing the article, he said on Tuesday that M... Read More


Students to get free weekly access to July Uprising Museum

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- The government has taken an initiative to open the July Uprising Museum and other museums across the country to students, with schoolchildren to be allowed to visit the July Upr... Read More


First-ever vessel census to map waterways from Aug 20

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- Bangladesh will conduct its first-ever vessel census to build a safer, more organised and efficient inland water transport system, State Minister for Shipping Razib Ahsan has sa... Read More


BLRI vaccines against bird flu, goat pox set for commercial production: Minister

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- Bangladesh will commercially produce vaccines against avian influenza and goat pox developed by the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Moh... Read More


756 hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- Bangladesh has recorded 756 more hospital admissions with dengue across the country in the past 24 hours. Advertisement No deaths were reported during the period. The latest f... Read More


Savar building surrounded by CTTC, bomb-making materials recovered

Bangladesh, Aug. 11 -- The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police cordoned off a four-storey building in Savar's Shyampur area on Tuesday evening. Advertis... Read More


Tax-GDP ratio edges up despite weak economic activity

Bangladesh, Aug. 10 -- Bangladesh managed to stem the downturn in its tax-to-GDP ratio last fiscal year with the proportion having edged up by 0.08-percentage point notwithstanding sluggish investment... Read More


'Infrastructure delays leave two-thirds of economic zone land non-operational'

Bangladesh, Aug. 10 -- Slow implementation of infrastructure and utility facilities in government economic zones has triggered a confidence crisis among industrial investors leaving nearly two-thirds ... Read More


Bangladesh among economies most exposed to US-Israeli war on Iran: ICCB

Bangladesh, Aug. 10 -- Bangladesh is among the economies most exposed to the ripple effects of the ongoing military conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which has evolved far beyond ... Read More