A parliamentary panel has warned Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) against its earlier decision to reduce internet upload bandwidth. At a meeting on Sunday, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications advised the telecom watchdog against…
Investors saw a moderate fall in the benchmark indices of the country’s bourses on Sunday. The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) general index shed over 79 points to stand at 3,895 at the close on the day’s trading. Trade deals stood…
Bangladesh Textiles Mills Association (BTMA) on Sunday placed a 9-point proposal for consideration of the government in the next national budget that includes fixing income tax at 10 percent on the profit of the textile sector and to continue the…
A Dhaka court on Sunday asked the government to bring back BNP senior vice chairman Tarrique Rahman, accused along with businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun in a money laundering case.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is mulling the introduction of an anti-corruption law with the help of the law ministry to combat ill practices in Bangladesh cricket.
Unrestrained partisan politics is leading to the rapid decline of standards in public life. This can be seen in pre-election campaigns, public protests and on-line postings.
Seasoned singer Ferdous Ara presented Nazrul songs at a solo programme organised by Performing Art Centre marking the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 114th birth anniversary on Saturday at the National Museum Auditorium.
Hosts Bangladesh had embarked on the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers campaign with trepidation, against opponents they hardly knew much about, apart from the fact that they were in a league much bigger than their own.
Severe food crisis has kept the lives of more than 50 animals of different species in danger at Tengragiri eco-park in Taltoli of Barguna district.
Brick kilns set up on agricultural lands at two villages in sadar upazila of the district are causing extensive damage to paddy.
A girl filed a case against a Rab personnel with sadar thana of the district on Thursday for seducing her.
A total of 1.35 lakh dwellers of 70 slums in the city are leading subhuman life for various reasons, including squalid housing and lack of access to education.
Charukala Barisal, the only fine arts training institution of the city, organised a two-day children painting competition, painting, pottery and sculpture exhibition on Friday calling to spread practices of fine arts to fight against foreign cultural invasion.
The Barisal- Banaripara road was blocked for two hours after a women killed, her child and four others injured in a bus- 3-wheeler collision at Narayanpur under Uzirpur police station on Thursday morning.
One perso was killed and two others were injured after a tree fallen on a tea-stall during downpour and storm at Joyoshri bus stoppage under Uzirpur upazila on Barisal-Dhaka Highway on Thursday morning.
Police in a drive on Friday night arrested ten prominent leaders and activists of Jamaat e Islami in Barisal.
Annual sports and prize distribution function of the Chapainawabganj district police were held on May 23 at police lines field.Members of police, their family members, employees and the students of Police Lines Primary School took part in the competitions of…
An elderly woman was killed in thunderbolt at Motilalpur village under Moheshpur upazila in Jhenidah on Friday afternoon The deceased was identified as Rokeya Khatun, 50 wife of Bahar Ali of Motilalpur under Moheshpur upazila of the district.
The newly set up weather office in Ramgati upazila is yet to start functioning though five years have already gone by since after completion of the building. Because of the delay in its opening, the people of the district are…
The agitated readymade garment workers went on strike demanding salary increase on Saturday morning and the authorities of garments shut their factories.
At least 47 Bangladeshi nationals including women and children retuned after serving two years in prison in India for dwelling illegally on Friday night.
Opposition BNP on Saturday threatened to go on self-imprisonment if the government does not reinstate the caretaker government system to oversee the next general election.
A suspected mugger was killed in police firing in the city’s Agargaon area on Saturday night.
BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has urged the government again to sit for a dialogue to decide the framework on the election-time government.
Hartal supporters unleash violence in the capital on Saturday evening ahead of Sunday’s hartal called by opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance.
Finance Minster AMA Muhith on Saturday said the threat of US to stop GSP facilities (generalized system of preference) is “illegal, illogical and injustice”.
Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Saturday said the growth of country’s economy remained in the same position in the last two decades.
The telecom regulator is working on two sets of guidelines to ensure better mobile phone services and spare the subscribers of ‘unwanted’ calls and SMS.
Bangladesh needs to consider the European Union (EU) threat to withdraw its duty-free, quota-free (DFQT) access to the EU market seriously and act promptly as the EU might take serious decisions dealing a big blow to the RMG sector in…
Prof Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, Representative of Ibn Sina Trust, has been re-elected Chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited.