Dhaka, Friday


17 May 2024


Jiban Bima Corporation signs agreement with Agrani Bank

Jiban Bima Corporation signs agreement with Agrani Bank

Jiban Bima Corporation signed an agreement with Agrani Bank Limited on ICT based central fund management program at JBC’s head office on Sunday

05:30 9 November 2020

AKASH DTH becomes legal broadcaster of Star channels in BD

AKASH DTH becomes legal broadcaster of Star channels in Bangladesh

AKASH DTH has become the legal broadcaster of popular channels of STAR in Bangladesh with the government’s approval to downlink and broadcast the channels

05:20 9 November 2020

Cheque Handover under SREUP for Strengthening RMG Sector

Cheque Handover under SREUP for Strengthening RMG Sector

A cheque handover ceremony was held on Thursday at Bangladesh Bank Head Office under a project specially designed to strengthen the economic sustainability of the RMG sector

05:06 9 November 2020

Daffodil Computers offers 8% cash dividend

Daffodil Computers offers 8% cash dividend

The Board of Directors of Daffodil Computers Ltd has recommended eight percent cash dividend for the 2019-20 fiscal year

04:49 9 November 2020

BSMMU gets Isolation Canopy from Beximco Pharma

BSMMU gets Isolation Canopy from Beximco Pharma

Beximco Pharma, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies of the company, has donated some negative pressure isolation canopies to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University so that healthcare workers remain safe from contracting Covid-19 while treating patients

04:42 9 November 2020

Convicted, yet allowed to remain free

Convicted, yet allowed to remain free

After exercising the probation facilities, the High Court bench allowed convict Moti Matbor to stay with his family, instead of sending him to jail

02:07 9 November 2020

VAT Intelligence sues Mr Baker

VAT Intelligence sues Mr Baker

VAT intelligence has filed a case against Mr Baker Cake and Pastry Shop Ltd for evading tax of Tk 80 crore and concealing information of worth Tk 265 crore.

00:59 9 November 2020

Socio-economic advancement continues amid Covid-19: PM

Socio-economic advancement continues amid Covid-19: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government has given special importance to the continuation of the country’s socio-economic advancement alongside facing the Covid-19 pandemic.

23:07 8 November 2020

Prime Textile’s earnings plunge, offers 1% dividend

Prime Textile’s earnings plunge, offers 1% dividend

The Board of Directors of Prime Textile Spinning Mills Limited has recommended one percent cash dividend for the 2019-20 fiscal year

22:29 8 November 2020

Dhaka stocks plunge 0.37%

Dhaka stocks plunge 0.37%

DSEX, the benchmark index of Dhaka Stock exchange (DSE), went down by over 18 points to close the day at 4923.65.

22:02 8 November 2020

Power Grid declares 20% cash dividend

Power Grid declares 20% cash dividend

The Board of Directors of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Ltd has recommended a 20 percent cash dividend for the 2019-20 fiscal year

21:48 8 November 2020

PM declares BGB ‘three-dimensional force’
Says the govt plans to recruit 15,000 more troopers in phases

PM declares BGB ‘three-dimensional force’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today declared Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) a three-dimensional force after the induction of two helicopters, Bir Shreshtha Nur Mohammad and Bir Shreshtha Abdur Rouf, into it.

21:22 8 November 2020

Medical, dental students block Shahbagh

Medical, dental students block Shahbagh

Several hundred students from different medical and dental colleges today blocked the key Shahbagh intersection to press home demands including introduction of online classes and session-jam free academic years.

20:44 8 November 2020

Kohinoor Chemicals declares 45% dividends, invest Tk 2.20cr for o

Kohinoor Chemicals declares 45% dividends, invest Tk 2.20cr for overhauling

The board of directors at the Kohinoor Chemicals Company (Bangladesh) Ltd has recommended 35 percent cash and 10 percent stock dividend for 2019-20 fiscal year

19:58 8 November 2020

Legacy Footwear`s earnings nosedive, declares no dividends

Legacy Footwear`s earnings nosedive, declares no dividends

The Board of Directors at Legacy Footwear Ltd has recommended no dividend for the 2019-20 fiscal year

19:34 8 November 2020

BNP congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris

BNP congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris

BNP, a de-facto opposition political party in Bangladesh, today congratulated Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris as they have become the President and Vice President of the United States respectively.

19:20 8 November 2020

Kamala Harris: A woman of many firsts

Kamala Harris: A woman of many firsts

She was also the first Indian American to serve as a US senator as well as the second African American woman senator.

18:29 8 November 2020

Suu Kyi party set to win Myanmar vote with weak opposition

Suu Kyi party set to win Myanmar vote with weak opposition

Voting was underway in Myanmar’s elections today, with the party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi heavily favored to retain power it had wrestled from the powerful military five years ago.

18:25 8 November 2020

How Biden navigated pandemic politics to win the White House

How Biden navigated pandemic politics to win the White House

Joe Biden was fresh off winning the Michigan primary and effectively capturing the Democratic presidential nomination, a prize he’d sought for the better part of three decades. Instead of plotting a strategy to build momentum, he was contemplating an abrupt halt.

18:00 8 November 2020

Harris pays tribute to Black women in 1st speech as VP-elect

Harris pays tribute to Black women in 1st speech as VP-elect

Vice president-elect Kamala Harris today paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose shoulders she stands on as she shatters barriers that have kept mostly white men entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.

17:45 8 November 2020

PM foresees ties with US reaching higher heights in coming days
She greets Biden, Kamala Harris

PM foresees ties with US reaching higher heights in coming days

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, saying she foresees the bilateral relationship reaching higher heights in the coming days.

17:36 8 November 2020

Fund crunch to impact free Covid-19 vaccination for all

Fund crunch to impact free Covid-19 vaccination for all

The government might need more than Tk14,000 crore for providing free vaccines to the 16.5 crore people of Bangladesh

06:06 8 November 2020

US gets first female, black and South Asian vice president

US gets first female, black and South Asian vice president

Harris and President-elect Joe Biden`s victory, as projected by several international media outlets, arrives days after a prolonged vote count reflecting a deeply divided electorate.

05:24 8 November 2020

BREAKING: Biden takes Pennsylvania and the presidency

BREAKING: Biden takes Pennsylvania and the presidency

The BBC projects that he has reached 273 electoral college votes, meaning that he’ll become the president in January, pending the outcome of any legal challenges.

05:06 8 November 2020