The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today teamed up with US-based CNN International Commercial (CNNIC) to promote ‘Made in Bangladesh’ by showcasing the nation’s success and potential in the international arena.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reaffirmed Bangladesh's position for the establishment of a sovereign, independent, and the viable state of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh will soon launch a band music competition “Symphony- Brands in Sync” exclusively for their corporate clients to help them showcase their musical talents. 

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that Saudi government has expressed their interest to finance a project on upgrading the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar and Jashore-Khulna highways into four lanes.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has urged the government to discourage foreign companies to take part in national infrastructure projects.

Seventy-four dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Bangladesh has created an investment opportunity for the investors thanks to the country’s comparative wage, strategic geographical location, stable policies and exchange rate, a huge young population and political stability, said Ahmad Kaikaus, principal secretary to the prime minister.

Bangas Ltd and Peninsula Chittagong Ltd reported higher profits in the first quarter of the current financial year, while Hakkani Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd fell in the red in the last financial year.

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

The Dhaka bourse continued previous week's falling trend and dropped today also.

A transnational currency forgery syndicate has been smuggling fake Indian rupees into India from Pakistan for a couple of years using Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as transit.

The exclusion of Bangladesh from US President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy has triggered surprise, questions and caution among foreign relations analysts, especially as there is no clear explanation given though Washington considers Dhaka its strategic ally in the Asia-Pacific.

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook different parts of the country including Chattogram on Saturday afternoon.

Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi today said any reference of the present tension on the Indian subcontinent to the UN Security Council would neither help ease the situation nor would it materially affect the situation.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has arranged the country’s first-ever green bond for Pran Agro Ltd, a concern of Pran-RFL Group. 

The parliament today passed the Bankers’ Book Evidence Bill 2021, defining the digitally recorded documents as such evidence under the proposed law.

The general council of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreed late Friday (November 26) to postpone its imminent ministerial conference after an outbreak of a particularly transmissible strain of the Covid-19 virus, leading several governments to impose travel restrictions that would have prevented many ministers from reaching Geneva.

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested the driver of the compactor vehicle of Dhaka North City Corporation -- involved in the accident that killed a pillion rider of a motorcycle at Dhaka’s Panthapath on Thursday.

After the earthquake of 6.1 magnitude, which had the epicentre in Myanmar, was felt in Dhaka, Chattogram and some other parts of the country early yesterday, urban planners said the jolt should be taken as a wake up call.

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi told Pakistan President Yahya Khan that he should come forward to a political settlement in East Pakistan and to prepare a ground for the release of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman immediately.  She told him that the situation in East Pakistan was creating an intolerable burden on India.