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Suspended assistant commissioner Urmi indicted in defamation case

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- A Dhaka court has indicted suspended assistant commissioner Tapashee Tabassum Urmi in a defamation case, clearing the way for a trial against her. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Se... Read More


Expedite trade facilitation roadmap implementation for LDC graduation: Sk Bashir

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin has emphasised the urgent need to implement the Trade Facilitation Roadmap to address the challenges associated with Bangladesh's graduation from the ... Read More


Jail authorities deny Faruk Khan's alleged FB post

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Use of Facebook by prisoners inside the jail was impossible, Department of Prisons in a statement has said. The statement was issued on Monday following a post of a screenshot on Fac... Read More


Cold storage rents double

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- A sudden and sharp increase in cold-storage rent for potatoes has triggered widespread discontent among farmers, who are calling the hike "unreasonable" and a potential disaster for t... Read More


Intraco's gas allocation cut to one-fifth over deal breach

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The government has cut natural gas allocation for Intraco Refueling Station to one-fifth as the company failed to supply the committed volume of compressed natural gas (CNG) from Bhol... Read More


Suspicion of unreported assets: All lockers at Bangladesh Bank frozen

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- All personal lockers in the coin vault of the Bangladesh Bank's high-security area have been frozen. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) suspects that these special lockers contain l... Read More


Three friends die in Feni crash

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Three friends were killed in a road accident on the Noakhali-Feni regional road in Dagonbhuiyan upazila of Feni district on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Antar Gosh, ... Read More


Suspicion of unreported assets: All lockers of Bangladesh Bank officials frozen

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- All personal lockers in the coin vault of the Bangladesh Bank's high-security area have been frozen. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) suspects that these special lockers contain l... Read More


Former BSEC chairman Shibli Rubaiyat arrested

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Former chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Shibli Rubaiyat-ul-Islam has been arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police (DB). He was arreste... Read More


Trump to speak with Xi after hiking tariffs

Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- US President Donald Trump will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping as soon as this week, Trump's spokesperson said, setting up a major diplomatic exchange as the world's two large... Read More