Some 125 digital campaigns were yesterday honoured as winners of the fifth Digital Marketing Award for digital works in Bangladesh.

Stressing the importance of following the chain of command, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel to perform their responsibilities with patriotism, honesty and discipline.

Today is the second death anniversary of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the larger-than-life spearhead of Brac, who passed away from a malignant brain tumour.

Bangladesh is deepening its ties with the Maldives, a small South Asian island nation, as part of its greater objective of regional integration in South Asia in the areas of trade, connectivity, migration and tourism.

The non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) can now show their unrealised interest of loans as income if borrowers can pay 25 per cent of their annual instalments by this year.

The commerce ministry today increased the wastage ratio for garment makers by 11 percentage points to 27 per cent, as the production of high-value items creates a lot of wastage.

A college student has been reportedly sexually harassed by a teacher of Bogura Government Azizul Haque College during examination.

Fifty new buses – 20 of Trans Sliva and 30 of BRTC – will be launched on the Ghatarchar to Kanchpur via Motijheel and Signboard routes on December 26, said Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today.

The tax difference between listed and non-listed companies should be rationalised in order to encourage good companies and pursue well-performing large corporates for listing in the capital market, said Rizwan Rahman, president of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI).

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A case was filed against 15 named and three to four unknown people over the double murder – of Natghar union parishad election’s chairman candidate Ershadul Haque and his associate -- in Brahmanbaria’s Nabinagar upazila.

Bangladesh Railway has taken up several projects to bring the entire country under the rail network. As a part of this, construction of about 101km rail lines from Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar via Ramu began in 2018.

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped to under the Tk 800-crore-mark again today as the index continued falling the whole day.

Malek Spinning has decided to close down its textile unit of its subsidiary named Salek Textile due to accumulated loss.

The International Monetary Fund has slightly raised its projection for the economic growth of Bangladesh to 6.6 per cent for this fiscal year, up from 6.5 per cent it forecast in October.

The Summit Power has closed its gas-fired Madhabdi Power Plant Unit-2 as the plant’s power purchase agreement with the government has expired.

The Bangladesh stock market index started the week with a massive fall today as investors went for a selling spree.

The Karnaphuli tunnel, South Asia’s first under-river tunnel, is set to be delayed by at least six more months.

Farmers in different districts are buying fertiliser at prices higher than those set by the government even though the authorities insist there is no crisis in the country.

A mild cold wave is likely to sweep over the country today and tomorrow, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department officials.