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• Paturia-Daulatdia ferry service halted

• 16 February 2020 22:02

Ferry services on the key Paturia-Daulatdia route remained suspended since early Sunday due to poor visibility...

• Rezaul Karim to contest Chattogram city polls with boat symbol; Shafiul from Dhaka-10

• 16 February 2020 22:02

The ruling party also nominated former president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Indu...

• What really happened in Bhashantek?

• 16 February 2020 22:02

Between 1998 and 2010, the government of Bangladesh facilitated the construction of an affordable housing comp...

• Islamic transactions snare 25pc of country's total banking assets

• 16 February 2020 22:02

At present, the market share of assets of the Islamic banking industry is around 25 percent of the country's t...

• Processed food export falls 11pc in first seven months

• 16 February 2020 21:02

Exports of processed food items declined substantially so far this fiscal year (FY) due to higher operating co...

• China virus death toll exceeds 1,600: govt

• 16 February 2020 21:02

The death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic jumped to 1,665 on Sunday after 142 more people died, althoug...

• AL finalizes candidates for JS by-polls, CCC

• 16 February 2020 21:02

Awami League (AL) today finalized its candidates for vying in the by-polls to Dhaka-10, Bogura-1, Bagerhat-4,...

• PM asks party men to work selflessly for people’s welfare

• 16 February 2020 21:02

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the party leaders and activists to work selflessly for the welfare of...

• Transforming villages into towns: A ‘dream coming true’

• 16 February 2020 21:02

As majority of the country’s population live in 87,000 villages amid the lack of urban facilities, the governm...

• Gazipur farmer strikes gold with Tulip farming

• 16 February 2020 21:02

Tulip, the spring-blooming ornamental flower famous for its dazzling beauty that usually grows in colder count...

• How Bangladesh is outperforming India

• 16 February 2020 08:02

Today, Bangladesh is a different country. The world may be slow in changing its opinion — although I am not so...

• Sugar, meat, veg prices escalate

• 16 February 2020 08:02

Sugar, meat and some vegetables saw a price spiral last week, adding to the woes of commoners

• FDI flow far lower than pledged in three years

• 16 February 2020 08:02

Minister tells parliament

• Interest rate cap: Private banks' apathy could slow execution: Fitch

• 16 February 2020 08:02

The implementation of 9.0 per cent lending interest rate cap is likely to remain slow, fearing about the delay...

• 2,194 books hit Amar Ekushey Book Fair so far

• 16 February 2020 08:02

Some 367 novels, 637 poetry volumes, 295 short stories and 123 essay books have so far been published in the f...

• ‘Govt expanding gastroenterology treatment’

• 16 February 2020 07:02

Establishment of a national endoscopy training programme in Bangladesh will underpin and help promote standard...

• Govt eyes more manpower export to Qatar

• 16 February 2020 07:02

Bangladesh-Qatar Dialogue will dominate high-level political visits between the two countries, economic cooper...

• Process to relocate 0.1m Rohingyas to Bhasan Char to start soon: Kamal

• 16 February 2020 07:02

Bangladesh Army started erecting barbed-wire fences around the Rohingya camps in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar so that...

• One dead in shooting outside Berlin music venue

• 16 February 2020 07:02

A 42-year-old man was killed and Four others were injured, some seriously. The suspects were able to flee.

• ADB provides additional $170m for capital market reform

• 16 February 2020 04:02

This aimed to rebuild market confidence after stock market turbulence in December 2010 and put the capital mar...