Dhaka, April 18 -- Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman has said reviving SAARC is a major foreign policy objective of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. He made the remarks while speaking at a ministeria... Read More
Dhaka, April 18 -- Year-round road excavation across Dhaka's two city corporations has once again tightened its grip on commuters, this time paralysing movement from Paltan to Ramna Police Station as ... Read More
Dhaka, April 18 -- It has become customary to disaggregate the impact of economic shocks on the global and national or regional economies. Needless to say that in broad terms the conclusions are the s... Read More
Dhaka, April 18 -- The first Hajj flight from Bangladesh, carrying 419 pilgrims, has arrived in Saudi Arabia. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG 3001) landed at King Abdulaziz International Airpo... Read More
Dhaka, April 18 -- Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL), the only state-owned oil refinery in Bangladesh, has been facing a shortage of crude oil since the beginning of April as imported stocks are running ... Read More
Dhaka, April 18 -- A government move gets underway to import two oceangoing oil tankers to beef up energy security as the Mideast imbroglio, officials say. Each vessel is of 40,000-55,000DWT (deadwei... Read More
Dhaka, April 18 -- The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued a warning of nor'wester storms and rain with thunder in six divisions. A special warning issued by the Met Office on Satur... Read More
Dhaka, April 18 -- Prices of vegetables have increased further last week, while edible oil scarcity persisted as refiners are yet to supply bottled oil properly. Summer vegetables like eggplant, poin... Read More
Dhaka, April 18 -- American buyers are carefully monitoring the newly negotiated US trade agreement with Bangladesh, especially its textile -and apparel-specific provisions, to recalibrate their appar... Read More
Dhaka, April 18 -- Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has brushed aside speculation about a possible stalling of loan tranches from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), describing the ong... Read More