Dhaka March 31, 2026, 12:27 pm
The Election Commission (EC) plans to hold the elections to two city corporations -- Dhaka South and North -- on the same day towards the end of January next.
Khulna's Mongla and Cox's Bazar's Inani beach are going to have wind power plants each having 50 MW capacity, as a Chinese company was technically responsive as lone bidder in the tender floated by Bangladesh Power Developmen
Nipah, a virus carried primarily by certain types of fruit bats and pigs, which can also be transmitted directly from person to person as well as through contaminated food
Sergio Fillol Hernandez of Italy believes the design and smoothness of Bangladeshi products have drawn attention to them
With the present domestic market of about Tk6,000 crore, ceramics has the potential to become the country’s third largest sector after the readymade garments and the leather industries within the next 5 years
Bangladesh lost 577 lives, suffered economic losses to the tune of US$1.7 billion (purchasing power parity) and witnessed 151 extreme weather events during the period from 1999 to 2018
BERC hearing ends
Notably absent were the leaders of China, the United States, India, Russia and Japan, which together account for 60 percent of global CO2 emissions
Claiming that there was no syndicate behind rice and onion price hike in the country, BIDS researchers and economists on Sunday suggested the government to conduct a study properly on the production and demand of essential it
The programmes will include placing wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in capital and processions, discussions, photo exhibition and cultural events
The National Income Tax Day-2019 will be observed across Bangladesh on Saturday (November 30) to raise awareness about income tax and encourage people to pay taxes regularly.
The government has taken an initiative to conduct a training programme for the skills development of some 15 lakh RMG workers, aiming to ensure sustainable development of the sector and facing the challenges ahead.
Seven men were sentenced to death on Wednesday for their roles in the Holey Artisan café attack, the deadliest terror attack on Bangladesh’s soil.
Security has been ratcheted up in and around the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court area ahead of the verdict in Holey Artisan café attack case.
Agency starts crackdown on hoarders too
With the fresh hike, the price of local onion rose to Tk 240-Tk 250 a kg at the retail level on the day against Tk 200-Tk 210 on the previous day
Even though the country has made great strides in promoting child rights, around 4.3 million children aged six to 15 are deprived of the opportunity to receive schooling
Despite the enormous potential of tourism in Bangladesh, the sector is facing different challenges like inadequate infrastructure, high cost of doing business and lack of branding
NBR received 4,87,573 tax returns and income tax worth Tk 24.68 billion from the tax fair
Without giving any prior notice, a section of transport owners and workers has started an unannounced strike on some routes of Dhaka city today
