"After being admitted to the hospital, Sayeba asked me, 'Amma, why were you late?' I was five minutes late. If I hadn't been, my daughter would have been fine today," Sharmin said, breaking down in ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order, allowing a petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The two other individuals banned from leaving the country are Shahidul Islam, former manager of Shahjalal Islami Bank’s Dohar branch, and his wife Nazmun Nahar Swarna.

Dr M Zubaidur Rahman, an independent director of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, has been elected as the new chairman of the bank. The decision was made at a board meeting today (22 July), which was also ...

The approval came during a committee meeting held at the Secretariat today (23 July), chaired by the finance adviser.

A Dhaka court has placed two more suspects on a three-day remand each in connection with the brutal murder of scrap trader Lal Chand alias Md Shohag, 39, in front of Sir Salimullah Medical College ...

Senior Secretary Siddiq Zobair, who was appointed on contract, has been removed from his post at the Secondary and Higher Education Division and attached to the public administration ministry.

The Bangladesh Navy has rescued 18 fishermen who were stranded at sea for four days after their fishing trawler suffered engine failure in the Bay of Bengal.

Iftekharuzzaman stated that without the Information Commission, citizens have no avenue to seek redress from the highest authority when access to official information is denied.

Besides, in the first half of this year, LafargeHolcim's revenue rose by 4% to Tk1,498 crore, but the consolidated net profit dropped by 3% to Tk235.8 crore mainly due to the dismal performance in the ...

Two more cases have been filed under the Special Powers Act in connection with the recent violence surrounding the National Citizens Party (NCP) rally in Gopalganj, bringing the total number of cases ...

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