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Chattogram traders eye 400,000 sacrificial hides

Dhaka, May 21 -- Rawhide traders in Chattogram have set a target of collecting 400,000 sacrificial animal skins this Eid-ul-Azha, up from the 356,500 collected last year, though they say the final fig... Read More


Destiny urges MoF to unfreeze its accounts

Dhaka, May 21 -- Destiny Group, mired in controversy for its multilevel marketing business, has urged the authorities to unfreeze its bank accounts on humanitarian grounds, sources say. The humanitar... Read More


Another Tk 50.88b sought for Rooppur project

Dhaka, May 21 -- The Ministry of Science and Technology has sought an additional Tk 50.88 billion for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project under the Revised Annual Development Programme (RAD... Read More


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


First-ever Bangladesh-Morocco B2B platform launched in Rabat

Dhaka, May 21 -- In a landmark moment for South-South commerce, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam formally inaugurated the first-ever Bangladesh-Morocco B2B Meeting Platform in Raba... Read More


Labaid Cancer Hospital soft launches bone marrow transplant, cell therapy centre

Dhaka, May 21 -- Labaid Cancer Hospital and Super Speciality Centre held the soft launch of its state-of-the-art Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) and Cell Therapy Centre at an event on Thursday, mark... Read More


Strong social movement needed alongside law to prevent rape: Fakhrul

Dhaka, May 21 -- LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir underscored the need for waging a strong social movement alongside the application of law to prevent social menace rape. 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