Two dolphins (Platanista gangetica) have been found dead over two days in the Turag river at Ashulia in Savar.

The Dhaka stocks maintained the rising trend of the last two days in the first half of today's trading.

Newly appointed Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique yesterday issued a stern warning against corruption and irregularities.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government has taken a step to formulate a “National Smooth Transition Strategy”, aiming to make smooth graduation of Bangladesh from Least Developed Country (LDC) group to a developing one.

Different bodies exist in Bangladesh to ensure road safety, but they are not empowered and lack effective coordination to get expected outcomes.

Over four hundred workers of Baikunthapur Tea Garden in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila with their family members have been passing days in hardship as they are not getting paid their wages or receiving rations for nearly a month.

Remittance slightly increased in the just concluded year after experiencing a falling trend in the last couple of months.

Export earnings made another record as it grew 48.27 per cent year-on-year to hit $4.90 billion in December 2021 thanks to a strong rebound in apparel shipment.

The government should ensure proper implementation of the national chemical guideline for the local textile and garment industry to boost exports, experts said today.

The HSBC has been recognised as the ‘best cash management bank’ at the CorporateTreasurer Awards 2021.

The stocks maintained an upward trend in the first two hours of trading today.

Led by a Bangladeshi scientist, a group of researchers at Rice University in Texas developed a way to enhance the shelf life of fruits and vegetables using an entirely edible and washable protein-based coating.

Kabir Ahmed has been re-elected as the president of the Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association (BAFFA) for two years until 2023.

Bangladesh’s premier seaport in Chattogram handled record number of containers in 2021 and also posted over 13 per cent year-on-year growth in container handling.

Although the government could not hold the “Textbook Festival” this year due to the pandemic situation, students of many schools got their new textbooks on the first day of the New Year.

The entire 2021 was frightening for rights activists, journalists, critics of the government and opposition party men, according to Ain o Salish Kendra.

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Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, a senior judge of the Appellate Division, was appointed the 23rd chief justice yesterday.

People in the northern region of the country have been suffering immensely due to bone-chilling cold.

Outsiders will be barred from entering the Dhaka University campus, Banani, Gulshan, Baridhara and Hatirjheel areas after 8:00pm tonight.