In addition to increasing the domestic gas supply, the government has decided to allow LNG imports through open tenders, starting 1 December ...

The attack was heard and felt across the city, and destroyed at least one eight-storey residential building in the densely populated Basta district ...

Former Chief Justice Ruhul Amin passed away in the early hours today (24 November). He breathed his last at 4:30am while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH). In accordance ...

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Earlier, three students of the IUT died by electrocution and around 60 were left injured after a bus taking them to a picnic came into contact with an overhead bare electric wire in Gazipur's Sreepur ...

The benchmark index DSEX of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) plummeted in the first half an hour trading session in the opening day of this week. During the session till 10:30am, the DSEX fell by 20 ...

There is a need for a ration card system to provide essential commodities like rice, lentils, and oil at affordable prices to ...

LC confirmation charges have jumped to 4%, up from 2.5%-3% earlier this year, adding significant financial strain on importers ...

West Indies will enter the third day firmly in control, with the pressure squarely on Bangladesh to mount a significant recovery.

Chief Adviser Professor Yunus has ordered an investigation into eminent editor Nurul Kabir alleging he was harassed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport recently.  In a statement today (23 ...

The Tigers were unable to capitalise on the early breakthroughs as Greaves and the lower order thwarted their efforts.

Former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and 29 others have been sued over allegations of deliberately setting fire to the Bangabazar market in the capital in April last year ...