Some 92 Bangladeshi workers left Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Korea today through chartered flights operated by a Korean air company as the government of the East Asian nation resumed receiving foreign workers.

The High Court today granted bail to Md Khaled Hassan Matin, proprietor of Lakehead Grammar School in Dhaka, on three conditions in a money laundering case involving Tk 3.3 crore.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a testing kit for detecting the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 which will give the result in four hours, obviating the need for time-consuming genome sequencing.

Three people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Bangladesh is gradually getting ready to cater garment work orders worth up to $8 billion a month as the local apparel manufacturers are receiving more work orders from the international retailers and brands, a top leader of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) said today.

Consumers will have to pay higher to buy soybean and palm oil from Saturday as refiners decided to increase prices by up to Tk 8 per litre on the ground of increasing import costs.

National Bank allowed 11 persons, including its board directors and their family members, to spend a staggering $10.65 million (about Tk 91.4 crore) through credit cards, in a serious breach of banking rules.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday announced to reduce its ticket prices for different destinations in Middle Eastern countries including Saudi Arabia.

Over 700 Union Parishads (UPs) are set to go to polls tomorrow in the fifth phase countrywide elections to the lowest tier of the local government.

The Dhaka stocks dropped in the first session of today's trading as investors went for booking profits.

Old problems greet the Prime Minister-led Executive Committee of the National Economic Council when it convenes today for its first meeting for 2022: applications for project revisions.

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has cut down the price of private operators’ Liquified Petroleum Gas cylinder (12 kg) by Tk 50.

Temperatures across the country, especially in the northern parts and the Mymensingh region, will drop for the next three days due to dense fog. 

A total of 150 families affected by floods and erosion are happy getting elevated homesteads in 30 char (landmass emerged from riverbed) areas on the banks of the Brahmaputra river in Kurigram.

Jahangirnagar University unit of Chhatra League announced a two-member partial committee this evening.

Road safety has become an elusive dream. According to the Road Safety Foundation, 418 were killed and 497 injured in 383 road accidents in December alone. In November, 423 people died in 379 such incidents.

Ganotantry Party today urged President Abdul Hamid to take necessary steps to frame a law to constitute the next Election Commission in line with the constitution.

Three members of a family died and one was missing as a trawler capsized in the Kanthalia river in Cumilla’s Meghna upazila today.

BNP has removed its Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Taimur Alam Khandakar, who is contesting Narayanganj City Corporation election as an independent candidate.

LankaBangla Securities has retained its position as the top broker in 2021 in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE).