Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has criticised the choice of Paschimbanga Bangla Academy to confer West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a literature award and alleged that “Kolkata's writers, artists and intellectuals are all sold out.”

There are bright sparks in all corners of the economy, according to the provisional GDP figures for fiscal 2021-22, which do not show a hint of a pandemic hangover when others are still plodding along.

The recent statements by the Awami League high-ups that electronic voting machines will be used in all constituencies in the next general election have triggered a fresh debate, as the BNP vehemently opposes it while the Election Commission remains undecided.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday invited US businesspersons with the assurance of the best possible policy framework for an investment-friendly atmosphere in Bangladesh.

Severe Cyclonic Storm Asani lost its strength yesterday and was moving towards India’s eastern coast.

Police arrested five staff of launch MV Jahid 7 on charges of attacking passengers at launch ghat in Chandpur early today.

Bangladesh Bank today instructed banks to take up to 75 per cent of payments in advance from businesses during opening of letters of credit for import of luxury and non-essential goods.

Gold prices dropped in the local market today thanks to a fall in its global rates.

A Pabna court today sentenced a woman to life term imprisonment in a case filed for killing an Indian national in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila in 2017.

The Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners & Vanaspati Manufacturers Association today said it will take action against the dealers if their involvement is found in creating an edible oil crisis.

As the entire nation still discusses his suspension and then withdrawal of the suspension order, Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) Shafiqul Islam returned to work today and collected Tk 9,000 fine from train passengers travelling without tickets.

Two children died in a fire originating from a stove at their house in Senbagh upazila of Noakhali today.

The non-bank financial institutions would be able to use real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system—a platform that helps lenders transfer fund on a real-time basis—from June 1, according to a Bangladesh Bank notice.

Detectives arrested two shop employees over last month’s violent clash between Dhaka College students and shopkeepers of New Market that left two persons dead and scores injured.

Bangladesh’s economy has grown 7.25 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year of 2021-22, powered by an expansion of manufacturing activities, according to the provisional data of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

The per capita income in Bangladesh rose by 9 per cent year-on-year to $ 2,824 in 2021-22, according to data of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought support from the Asian Development Bank to implement Delta Plan 2100.

After 10 long years, a third airlines -- Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flynas -- has been granted permission to transport Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims to and from the kingdom.

The Supreme Court’s chamber judge yesterday stayed a High Court order that granted bail to Monir Hossain, known as Golden Monir, in a money laundering case.

A man was killed after being caught in a dispute over land between two stepbrothers in Tangail’s Nagarpur upazila yesterday.