The next national budget should be more result-oriented and flexible with a view to increasing its benefit to more people and also focus on improving the investment environment to attract more investment, according to a leading economist of the country.
Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Ltd (BIFPCL) will start functioning next month with the initial equity money of Tk 16 crore for the proposed Rampal 1320 MW coal-fired power plant project.
Marilyn Monroe has been named as the most attractive curvy celebrity of all time.
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Visitors Bangladesh won the second test by 143 runs making the hosts Zimbabew pack up for 257 runs on the fifth day today. Bangladesh were 391 in the first innings and 291-9 declared in the second. In reply Zimbabwe scored…
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The H7N9 strain responsible for the bird flu outbreak in China is unlike any that has previously been seen in this type of virus.
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Islami Chhatra Shibir president Delawar Hossain on another fresh remand for a day for police quizzing in a case filed with Ramna Police Station in the capital.
Authorities say 275 bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a building that collapsed in the country’s worst ever building collapse disaster.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday visited the collapsed Rana Plaza and saw for herself the rescue operation and the devastation.
A five-year-old girl died as a lichi got stuck in her throat at Basundhia More in sadar uqzila headquarters on Tuesday.
Bumper production of Boro paddy is expected in the ten southwestern districts of Khulna division in the current season, Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) sources said.
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Thursday suspended the membership of five readymade garment (RMG) factories in connection with Wednesday’s Rana Plaza collapse in Savar.
Citizens on Thursday staged protests at different parts of the city demanding stern actions against the RMG factory owners and others for the killing of readymade workers in the Rana Plaza collapse incident.
Robbers looted valuables including gold ornaments and cash from a businessman’s house at Fatullah in Sadar upazila of the district early Wednesday.
A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced seven people to 15 days’ imprisonment each for their involvement in separate clashes.
GOC of 9th Infantry Division Major General Hasan Suhrawardy Bir Bikram on Thursday said the rescue operation would be conducted till Friday as per the direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two members of an outlawed party along with firearm, bullets and bombs at Ghorashal village in Sadar upazila on Tuesdaynight.
Excellent growth of the tender litchi in orchards amid favorable climatic condition predicts bumper production of the fruit this season in the northern districts, officials, experts and farmers said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday informed Parliament that the government will find out the garment factory owners who had forced the workers to enter into the Rana Plaza knowing that the building was in grave danger.
About 100 readymade garment workers were injured in clashes with law enforcers and stampedes in Savar and Ashulia, outskirts of the capital, on Thursday.
The Rajshahi Fruit Research Centre has, so far, innovated six new fruit varieties through intensive field-level research during the last 18 years.
The High Court ordered Officer-in-Charge of Savar Thana to produce owners of Rana Plaza and five RMG factories before the court on April 30.
Moody’s Investors Service has said Bangladesh’s Ba3 rating and stable outlook reflect Moody’s assessment of four factors—its ‘low’ economic, institutional and government financial strengths, as well as its ‘low’ susceptibility to risks from financial, economic and political events.
Representatives from governments in Asia, including Bangladesh and Africa, have formed a network to support their efforts to include climate change into their development plans.
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Chastened by a heavy defeat that has once again highlighted their lack of progress, Bangladesh begin the second and final test against Zimbabwe on Thursday looking to prove they can adapt to foreign conditions and match their fellow test strugglers.
Veteran politician and parliamentarian Md Abdul Hamid Wednesday took oath as the 20th President of the country two days after the Election Commission declared him the new head of state as the lone candidate for the highest office.
Opposition BNP on Wednesday alleged that democracy in the country has now got bloodstained while humanity is in exile due to the government’s misrule.
The government has announced a national mourning for Thursday in memory of the victims of the Savar building collapse, the Cabinet Secretary said. Md Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said the national flag will fly half-mast.