Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the banned student wing of Awami League, brought out another flash procession in Chattogram last night (18 November). This is the second consecutive night the banned ...

Smoke was seen rising from the strike in the densely populated Zuqaq al-Blat neighbourhood, near the central Beirut district where the Lebanese government is headquartered ...

In his first remarks at the G20 Summit, Xi said China would support global development with eight actions, including building a "high quality" Belt and Road Initiative, his signature foreign policy pl ...

Ridley Scott's long-awaited "Gladiator" sequel has not even hit US theatres yet, but the veteran director is already hard at work on a third instalment. "Gladiator II," which arrives in North American ...

The statement comes amid criticism of Bangladesh’s interim government, with detractors suggesting that the aftermath of the student-led Monsoon Revolution on 5 August has brought the nation back to co ...

The late Quincy Jones was posthumously awarded an honorary Oscar at an emotional and star-packed Hollywood gala on Sunday that also handed golden statuettes to the producers of the James Bond movie ...

All security passes for entry into Shahjalal International Airport have been suspended and will no longer be valid starting 30 November.  The Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority (CAAB) recently issued ...

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a move to gradually rationalise and bring under the bound rate by 2026 some 60 tariff lines where the addition of customs duty and other duties and ...

Women in Bangladesh bear a disproportionate burden during disasters, often prioritising their families' needs over their own, putting them at greater risk during floods, cyclones, and other crises, ...

Highlights Current import tax on dates is about 64%, which may reduce to 39% Annual demand for dates 1.10 lakh tonnes; 60,000 tonnes consumed in Ramadan VAT on edible oil imports may be cut to 5% from ...

For the first time in Bangladesh, a representative from the private sector, Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, has been appointed executive chairman of both the Bangladesh Investment Development ...

In the letter, the bank’s Chairman M Fazlur Rahman states that Janata Bank is not in a position to take on the financial risk that new funding would entail ...