Farhana Akhter Jahan set out to attend a training session. She stood by the road in the capital's Siddheshwari area when she fell victim to a shocking mugging incident.  "Everything happened in the ...

Bangladesh's regulatory environment for supporting a clean energy transition ranks as the third weakest in South Asia, ahead of only Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to a new report released ...

Currently, refrigerators and air conditioners are taxed at a reduced 7.5% VAT rate at the manufacturing stage, a policy that the National Board of Revenue (NBR) now plans to increase to the standard ...

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has initiated an enquiry into the recent unusual and suspicious downturn of the DSEX index, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the government should have consulted with all political parties before agreeing in principle to the United Nations' proposal to establish a ...

A Chattogram court has sentenced two directors of the Habib Group, an industrial group, to one year of rigorous imprisonment in a cheque fraud case filed by Mercantile Bank.  The court of Mohammad Abu ...

All those who registered for hajj are expected to get visas, said an official of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

JMI Syringes & Medical Devices reported a 234% growth in its net profit during the first nine months of FY2024-25, driven by increased sales and product price hikes. According to its quarterly report ...

সোমবার (২৮ এপ্রিল) সন্ধ্যায় ঠাকুরগাঁও সদর উপজেলার জগন্নাথপুর ইউনিয়নের খাগড়াবাড়ি শেখ বাজারে গণ-সংযোগের অংশ হিসেবে পথসভায় এ মন্তব্য করেন তিনি। ...

Agrani Insurance and Prime Insurance — have recommended dividends for their shareholders for the year ended on 31 December 2024.  According to their separate disclosures published on the stock ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) can connect Bangladeshi private enterprises with multinational companies that are seeking investment opportunities from trillion-dollar global funds, its officials ...

Analysts and market insiders attribute the continued bearish trend in the market to the lack of clear instructions regarding provisioning against negative equity and the absence of new funds in the ca ...