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• Students rally in Pakistan-held Kashmir against India

• 28 August 2019 21:08

More than a thousand students rallied Tuesday in the capital of Pakistan-held Kashmir to denounce India's down...

• UN says 40 migrants feared drowned in capsizing off Libya

• 28 August 2019 21:08

A boat carrying dozens of migrants bound for Europe capsized Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, with...

• Sundarbans tigress wasn’t killed by poachers: Investigators

• 28 August 2019 21:08

A tigress, found dead in Sundarbans East Zone on August 20, was not killed by poachers, investigators have con...

• Govt set to issue guarantee on Tk 10b BB refinancing to BKB

• 28 August 2019 21:08

The government is set to issue a guarantee against a Tk 10-billion central bank refinancing loan to aid farm c...

• Md. Abul Hossain has joined as Managing Director of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB)

• 28 August 2019 21:08

Md. Abul Hossain has been made the managing director of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB).

• Infrastructure dev in focus as Chinese cos eye relocation

• 28 August 2019 21:08

A significant number of Chinese companies are looking for investing in Bangladesh as well as relocating their...

• Banks’ H1 deposit growth up slightly

• 28 August 2019 21:08

The overall deposit growth in the country's banking sector rose but slightly in the first-half (H1) of the cur...

• BCL expels 3 Barishal unit leaders

• 28 August 2019 20:08

The Bangladesh Chhatra League expelled three of its leaders on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in vand...

• Youth gets death for raping, killing child

• 28 August 2019 20:08

A youth was sentenced to death on Tuesday for the rape and murder of a child in 2014.

• Woman dies of dengue in Khulna

• 28 August 2019 20:08

Awoman suffering from dengue died at the Khulna Medical College Hospital on Wednesday morning, doctors sa...

• PM donates Tk 1.40 billion to eight organisations

• 28 August 2019 20:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday gave financial assistance of Taka 1.40 billion to eight organisations.

• AIT exemption on capital machinery import to widen

• 28 August 2019 20:08

Capital machinery importers would soon be exempted from paying Advance Income Tax (AIT) on their imports on a...

• BD imports 7.0 mcm LNG from RasGas, OTI till now

• 28 August 2019 20:08

Bangladesh has so far imported around 7.0 million cubic metres of LNG by 50 vessels from RasGas of Qatar and O...

• Bad loans taking toll on banks’ profit earning

• 28 August 2019 20:08

Profitability of the country's banks has declined by around 17 per cent over the last 10 years, mainly due to...

• Dhaka, Tokyo sign MoC for recruiting specified skilled workers to Japan

• 28 August 2019 01:08

 Bangladesh and Japan on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on accepting specified skilled worke...

• ICT sentences Rajshahi's Abdus Samad to death for war crimes

• 27 August 2019 23:08

A war crimes tribunal has sentenced Md Abdus Samad alias Feroz Khan to death for his crimes against humanity,...

• G-7 nations pledge $40 million to fight Amazon fires

• 27 August 2019 22:08

The international pledges at a G-7 summit in France included $20 million from the group, as well as a separate...

• Johnson & Johnson fined in landmark opioid ruling

• 27 August 2019 22:08

Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m (£469m) for its part in fuelling Oklahoma's opioid addiction crisis...

• Biman counts $1.1m losses for cancellation of ticket bookings

• 27 August 2019 22:08

A probe body of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has recommended taking punitive action against 53 travel agents of 1...

• No more separate licences for telcos

• 27 August 2019 22:08

The country's telecom regulator has moved to formulate a unified guideline for the country's mobile operators...