Young Sabit stood by the roadside, anxiously watching every bus that passed. Then, finally, a Pink Bus appeared.  He stepped forward, ready to get on, only to hear the female conductor say, "Sorry, no ...

Bangladesh Bank has ordered finance companies to withhold policy support and incentive packages from borrowers who have pending writ petitions or other cases against the government, the central bank, ...

Bilateral trade is now close to $20 billion, but Bangladesh remains heavily in deficit as its annual exports to China are ...

The government has given final approval to a draft law seeking to abolish the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and establish a ...

Family says Tk60,000 was paid after a ransom demand; police are investigating whether the four classmates were directly involved.

Children in Bangladesh are dying almost every day from confirmed or suspected measles, with no single day passing without a measles-related death since April, according to data from the Directorate ...

Two women were killed after being hit by the Chattogram-bound non-stop Suborno Express train at Cumilla Railway Station last evening (18 August). The accident occurred around 7pm, ...

Four separate committees have been formed to investigate the 14 August toxic gas incident that killed nine workers at the shipbreaking yard.

This volatile performance extended the market's losing streak to a fifth consecutive session, with the DSEX shedding a cumulative 130 points over the period. The blue-chip DS30 index also mirrored the ...

The government has initiated a Tk50 crore allocation for lawyers’ training this year and plans to strengthen financial transparency at the Bar Council.

The proposed changes would introduce a seniority-based rotation for the chairmanship and allow the board to remove a sitting chairman with a two-thirds majority vote, subject to Bangladesh Bank ...

Akhtar said that at the start of voting in the presidential election, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin will brief the voters about the voting procedure. "After that, we will begin ...