Farhana Akhter Jahan set out to attend a training session. She stood by the road in the capital's Siddheshwari area when she fell victim to a shocking mugging incident.  "Everything happened in the ...

Bangladesh's regulatory environment for supporting a clean energy transition ranks as the third weakest in South Asia, ahead of only Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to a new report released ...

Currently, refrigerators and air conditioners are taxed at a reduced 7.5% VAT rate at the manufacturing stage, a policy that the National Board of Revenue (NBR) now plans to increase to the standard ...

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has initiated an enquiry into the recent unusual and suspicious downturn of the DSEX index, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the government should have consulted with all political parties before agreeing in principle to the United Nations' proposal to establish a ...

During this period, 1,755 cases were filed, and fines worth Tk24.6 crore were imposed. As part of these operations, 460 illegal brick kiln chimneys were demolished and their operations shut down.

A Chattogram court has sentenced two directors of the Habib Group, an industrial group, to one year of rigorous imprisonment in a cheque fraud case filed by Mercantile Bank.  The court of Mohammad Abu ...

Analysts and market insiders attribute the continued bearish trend in the market to the lack of clear instructions regarding provisioning against negative equity and the absence of new funds in the ca ...

JMI Syringes & Medical Devices reported a 234% growth in its net profit during the first nine months of FY2024-25, driven by increased sales and product price hikes. According to its quarterly report ...

Mohammad Azaz has said his administration is contemplating to provide a five percent tax rebate for city dwellers who will use solar panels as part of green energy promotion. "The DNCC is thinking of ...

Cumilla Kotwali Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohinul Islam said Fahim had fired shots at students during the mass uprising on 3 August last year. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested ...

The personal secretary (PS) to the Energy, Power and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has been removed from his post, citing no reason. Muhammad Hasnat Morshed Bhuiyan, who served ...