The two-day international investment summit that concluded in Dhaka today attracted $2.7 billion worth of investment proposals from domestic and international companies in different sectors.

The two day-long International Investment Summit 2021 that came to an end today could attract USD 2.7 billion worth of investment from domestic and international companies in different sectors in Dhaka.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the government did not interfere or intervene in any of the elections.

“If anyone sees the Walton factory, he sees the emerging Bangladesh as well as feels Bangladesh’s real industrial progress. Walton is a sophisticated state-of-the-art industry. It’s working environment is very good,” the minister said.

Two persons were injured after a wall collapsed inside the Kabi Jasimuddin Hall canteen of Dhaka University today.

Police today arrested three people, including a microbus driver, for reportedly beating a bus driver to death in Chattogram city’s Muradpur area on November 26.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked banks to send account details of actor Shakib Khan in order to assess of his actual income.

The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) will organise a three-day international conference from December 1, which the public multi-disciplinary organisation believes will act as a platform for disseminating national and international research on socio-economic issues.

The Asian Development Bank will provide Bangladesh with a $150 million loan to provide financing for cottage, micro, and small-sized enterprises (CMSEs) to create jobs for promoting socio-economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic.

A comprehensive national logistics policy is required to develop the logistics and transport sector to attract more foreign investment for the field, analysts said at a session of the investment summit today.

Gazipur City Corporation’s suspended mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam was sued under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for making derogatory comments on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Liberation War martyrs.

After over 19 months, the Appellate Division of Supreme Court will resume in-person judicial functions from Wednesday (December 1) -- strictly following health safety rules.

Authorities of Rabindra University decided to keep teacher Farhana Yasmin Baten -- accused of forcibly cutting students’ hair -- away for three years from the university’s academic and administrative activities.

Two people were killed and four injured in Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) firing at Ghidhob Government Primary School polling centre at Khangaon union in Pirganj upazila of Thakurgaon last night.

The Dhaka bourse bounced back in the first two hours of trading today after falling for consecutive six days.

We are publishing in full a rejoinder sent in by the Power Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources on our report titled “Matarbari Coal Power Plant: Nature sacrificed for power” published on November 17. Given the importance of the subject, we took some time to prepare our reply.

A man, accused in a case for killing an elephant earlier this month, was trampled to death by a herd of elephants in Cox’s Bazar Chakaria on Saturday.

The Pakistan government was called upon today to release details of the trial of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The demand came from the independent International Commission of Jurists which expressed its deep concern over the cloak of silence as to the trial.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that the country’s graduation from the LDC category has created an opportunity to brand  Bangladesh before the whole world.

Expressing firm determination to bring order in public transport at any cost, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said buses plying the city roads without route permits will be seized from December 1.