Dhaka, Saturday


13 September 2025


PM for utmost importance to project selection, quick implementation

PM for utmost importance to project selection, quick implementation

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the authorities concerned to give utmost importance to project selection and processing alongside speedy completion of the ongoing projects

19:00 13 February 2024

Price fall in large-cap drives stocks down

Price fall in large-cap drives stocks down

Country`s both the bourses-- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) on Tuesday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities

18:54 13 February 2024

Apollo to Artemis: Why America is betting big on private space

Apollo to Artemis: Why America is betting big on private space

A private Houston-based company is set this week to lead a mission to the Moon which, if successful, will mark America`s first lunar landing since the end of the Apollo era five decades ago

12:12 13 February 2024

Spielberg praises stellar year of cinema as Oscars nominees converge

Spielberg praises stellar year of cinema as Oscars nominees converge

Steven Spielberg praised a stellar year for cinema as Oscars rivals gathered in a packed Beverly Hills ballroom for the Academy`s annual nominee luncheon Monday

12:08 13 February 2024

Pressure mounts on Israel for Gaza ceasefire

Pressure mounts on Israel for Gaza ceasefire

Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it planned an incursion into the southern Gaza city Rafah where more than a million Palestinians are trapped

12:03 13 February 2024

Trump asks SC to stay ruling rejecting his immunity to prosecution

Trump asks SC to stay ruling rejecting his immunity to prosecution

Donald Trump on Monday appealed to the US Supreme Court to block a lower court ruling that had denied his claim to immunity for alleged crimes while he was president

11:58 13 February 2024

Bitcoin breaks $50,000 for first time since 2021

Bitcoin breaks $50,000 for first time since 2021

Bitcoin spiked above $50,000 Tuesday for the first time in more than two years as investors grow optimistic that US approval of broader trading in the unit will ramp up demand

11:53 13 February 2024

IMF, WB warn Gaza war, Red Sea attacks imperil global economy

IMF, WB warn Gaza war, Red Sea attacks imperil global economy

The IMF and World Bank warned on Monday that the Gaza war and the related attacks on shipping though the Red Sea pose threats to the global economy

01:05 13 February 2024

Envoys from three countries meet Ahsanul

Envoys from three countries meet Ahsanul

Envoys of three countries including Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Dr Lilly Nicholls, Iranian Ambassador Mansour Chavoshi and Nepalese Ambassador Ghanshyam Bhandari separately called on State Minister for Commerce Ahsanul Islam Titu at his office at Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday

00:59 13 February 2024

BARVIDA seeks a 50% depreciation facility on reconditioned cars import

BARVIDA seeks a 50% depreciation facility on reconditioned cars import

The Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) has sought a 50 percent depreciation facility on the import of reconditioned cars

00:55 13 February 2024

Banglabandha land port earns Tk 235cr as revenue in 5 years

Banglabandha land port earns Tk 235cr as revenue in 5 years

Banglabandha land port in the country earned Tk 235.92 crore and 73 thousands as revenue in the past five years

00:50 13 February 2024

Bangladesh gradually overcoming economic crisis: finance minister

Bangladesh gradually overcoming economic crisis: finance minister

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Monday said that Bangladesh is gradually overcoming the ongoing challenges and crisis surrounding the country`s economy

00:45 13 February 2024

Meghna Cloud: A Milestone in Bangladesh’s Technological Advancement

Meghna Cloud: A Milestone in Bangladesh’s Technological Advancement

Gennext Technologies Limited, a prominent ICT company, has recently launched the full-scale operation of Bangladesh’s cloud data centre, named Meghna Cloud

00:40 13 February 2024

Price fall in large-cap drives stocks down

Price fall in large-cap drives stocks down

Country`s both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) on Monday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities

23:56 12 February 2024

PM asks Ansar to work for prosperous, peaceful Bangladesh

PM asks Ansar to work for prosperous, peaceful Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked Ansar and VDP personnel to discharge duties with honesty and courage to maintain peace for ensuring security of people and their investment to build a prosperous and developed Bangladesh

23:55 12 February 2024

Iran not looking to expand war in region: FM

Iran not looking to expand war in region: FM

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Saturday that his country did not want to see an expansion of the war in the region, Lebanese TV channel al-Manar reported

12:05 12 February 2024

N. Korea tests new rocket launcher control system

N. Korea tests new rocket launcher control system

North Korea said on Monday it had developed a new control system for a multiple rocket launcher that would lead to a "qualitative change" in its defence capabilities

11:56 12 February 2024

Mideast countries warn Israel of humanitarian disaster if Gaza’s Rafah city invaded

Mideast countries warn Israel of humanitarian disaster if Gaza’s Rafah city invaded

Israel is facing mounting regional and international pressure over its planned ground offensive against Rafah, a southernmost city in the war-torn Gaza Strip

11:51 12 February 2024

World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum killed in car crash in Kenya

World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum killed in car crash in Kenya

World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died in a car crash in western Kenya that left a third passenger injured, police said Sunday

11:39 12 February 2024

Biden tells Netanyahu plan needed for Rafah residents’ safety before military advance

Biden tells Netanyahu plan needed for Rafah residents’ safety before military advance

President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that a military operation in the overcrowded city of Rafah in southern Gaza should not proceed unless a plan for "ensuring the safety" of the population was laid out first, the White House said

11:33 12 February 2024

Toyota’s Daihatsu resumes part of domestic production

Toyota’s Daihatsu resumes part of domestic production

Japanese car maker Daihatsu on Monday resumed part of its domestic production, more than a month after suspending all factory operations over a safety testing scandal

11:27 12 February 2024

Death toll from Israeli air strike on Rafah rises to 100

Death toll from Israeli air strike on Rafah rises to 100

The death toll from the massive Israeli Defense Forces strike on the city of Rafah, located in the southern Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt, has risen to 100, the Lebanese TV channel Al Mayadeen reported

11:18 12 February 2024

Paris keen to strengthen climate collaboration with Dhaka

Paris keen to strengthen climate collaboration with Dhaka

France is interested in enhancing collaboration with Bangladesh in combating climate change and promoting sustainable environmental practices

00:42 12 February 2024

Iran asks FIFA to ban Israel over war in Gaza

Iran asks FIFA to ban Israel over war in Gaza

Iran`s football federation said Saturday it has asked world football`s governing body, FIFA, to suspend Israel`s football federation over the country`s war in Gaza

00:38 12 February 2024