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Higher productive credit flow envisaged for job generation

Dhaka, May 21 -- Next monetary policy of Bangladesh is going to be a bit bounteous with greater credit flows into productive sectors for much-needed job generation while exchange-rate regulation remai... Read More


NBR plans 35pc tax on income above Tk 15m

Dhaka, May 21 -- Individuals with annual income above Tk 15 million may have to pay income tax at the rate of 35 per cent from the upcoming fiscal year. Currently, individual taxpayers with annual in... Read More


HCG Cancer Hospital, MedLab BD hold cancer awareness programme in Dhaka

Dhaka, May 20 -- Speakers stressed the importance of early cancer detection and timely treatment during a recent cancer awareness programme organised by India's HCG Cancer Hospital, in collaboration w... Read More


PM lays foundation stone of Disaster Management Research and Training Institute building

Dhaka, May 20 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today (Wednesday) laid the foundation stone of the National Disaster Management Research and Training Institute (NDMRTI) building in the Sataish Chourast... Read More


Call for effective tobacco price hike to discourage youth tobacco initiation: Sandhani

Dhaka, May 20 -- Sandhani, the Independence Award-winning student organisation, has called for an effective increase in tobacco prices in the upcoming FY27 national budget to discourage tobacco use am... Read More


AIUB Inter-College Football Championship 2026 kicks off with grand inauguration

Dhaka, May 20 -- The AIUB Inter-College Football Championship 2026 officially commenced on Monday, May 18, at the Sports Field of the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB). The grand in... Read More


UN, partners seek $710m for Rohingya response this year

Dhaka, May 20 -- The United Nations and its humanitarian partners on Wednesday have appealed for 710 million US dollars in international assistance for the next year to sustain emergency support for R... Read More


DIU launches smart biogas plant at Savar campus

Dhaka, May 20 -- Daffodil International University (DIU) has launched a smart biogas plant at its Daffodil Smart City campus in Birulia, Savar, aiming to promote renewable energy and sustainable campu... Read More


Four injured in Dhaka shopping mall fire

Dhaka, May 20 -- Four people suffered burn injuries in a fire, apparently from an electrical short circuit at Eastern Plus Shopping Complex in the capital's Shantinagar area late Tuesday night. The i... Read More


Taijul 6-wicket haul helps Tigers whitewash Pakistan in Test series

Dhaka, May 20 -- A six-wicket haul in the fourth and final innings from spinner Taijul Islam has seen the Tigers close out the Sylhet Test against Pakistan with a victory by 78 runs. The win means th... Read More