Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Tuesday urged the government not to keep any provision of whitening of black money in the forthcoming national budget in the name of creating e... Read more
The World Bank in its latest forecast has predicted that the GDP growth rate in Bangladesh will come down to 1.6 percent in the current fiscal year. The Washington-based global lender in its... Read more
Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) today closed trading posting marginal gain after a day as the investors are taking steps cautiously amid COVID-19 outbreak. At DSE, the b... Read more
The government has launched a two-month long lab programme to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) based 10 products including tools to monitor mask wearing and maintain social distance duri... Read more
2,743 more test positive as total cases rise to 65,769; death toll jumps to 888 UNB:Bangladesh on Sunday saw the biggest daily jump in the number of coronavirus deaths as 42 patients died in... Read more
Total cases 63,026; death toll jumps to 846 UNB:The health authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday confirmed the detection of 2,635 new coronavirus patients in the last 24 hours, taking the to... Read more
A total of 6,542 people secured bail after their petitions were heard by virtual courts across the country in five days as of Thursday. Hearing on 14,340 bail petitions were held virtually d... Read more
SHAHED SIDDIQUE, Dhaka:The government is finally going to implement its Significant Market Power (SMP) guidelines after 16 months to make sure that the players in the telecommunication secto... Read more
Bangladesh has urged the United Kingdom (UK) to create a ‘global supply chain sustainability fund’ for post-Covid socio-economic recovery of countries including Bangladesh those have been vi... Read more
The vessels are capable of carrying 33 soldiers and have a top speed of 101kph Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been given high-speed vessels to help it strengthen patrolling of maritime an... Read more
Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Riaz Hamidullah met Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Tuesday and hoped Dhaka-Colombo relations would be further improved in the c... Read more
The general point to point inflation rate declined to 5.35 percentage point in May from 5.96 percentage point in the previous month mainly because of significant fall in prices of food commo... Read more
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around US$ 1,503.40 million remittance during the month of May in the fiscal 2019-20, according to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB). In May of this fiscal... Read more
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved 10 projects involving Taka 16,276.03 crore, including two projects related to emergency response and preparedn... Read more
The Postal Department of the country on Tuesday started using their vast transport network to deliver mango and other fruits produced by the farmers of Rajshahi and other areas to the doorst... Read more
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expanded the Trade Finance Program (TFP) to support private sector in Bangladesh by raising its financing limit to $755 million from $518 million at the... Read more
Readymade garments Industry brands, manufacturers and unions have joined together to launch the RMG Sustainability Council (RSC) in Bangladesh with a view to sustaining workplace safety. The... Read more
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that the main opposition BNP had dragged themselves to a position of ‘political isolation’, through years of what he called nega... Read more
Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday said that coronavirus is seriously affecting public life as the government has failed to control its outbreak in the country. In a statement,... Read more
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood today warned that no corrupt person would be spared in any situation in the country. “No matter how difficult the time is. Once corrup... Read more
