Four-year-old Aditya Saha still waits to have lunch with his father – a tradition they have maintained since the child learned to eat on his own.

The Rapid Action Battalion yesterday inaugurated the use of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and a “data hub” to profile and identify law-breakers.

Consumers will have to pay Tk 7 more for per litre of edible oil as  the commerce ministry has approved refiners’ proposal to hike the price  -- a development that is going to put further strain on people’s  wallets, especially those of the fixed- and low-income group. 

The Buddhist community will celebrate their second largest religious festival -- Prabarana Purnima -- across the country tomorrow with due solemnity amid COVID19 situation.

The New York Times, in an editorial published today, stated, “What United Nations Secretary General U Thant called a “potential” threat to peace last August has become too imminent a peril to be longer ignored by the world organisation.”

A fire that broke out at a building in Sufia Kamal Hall of the Dhaka University campus tonight has been doused.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has approved a non-convertible zero coupon bond of Delta Brac Housing worth Tk 300 crore.

The stock brokerage firms and merchant banks is going to be allowed to raise fund to invest in the stock market.

One million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines produced by Sinovac Life Sciences Co Ltd arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital today.

The US Embassy in Dhaka issued a statement on recent communal violence in the country and expressed condolences to the families of the victims.

The benchmark index of the Dhaka bourse massively fluctuated today, as it soared 89 points at the beginning of trading, but ended the day with a 76-point fall.

The commerce ministry today gave go-ahead to the refiners’ proposal of hiking prices of edible oil by Tk 7 per litre with effect from tomorrow.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $22.7 million in Hamza Textiles Limited (HTL), a dyeing and finishing company of DBL Group.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the people to remain alert against 1975-like killings, coups and conspiracies that could hinder the country’s progress.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against former Rajuk chairman Humayun Khadem and three others in a case filed over forgery in the design of FR Tower in Dhaka.

In an interview published today in The New York Times, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared that the military situation on the borders between India and Pakistan was “quite grave”.

Children of Patuakhali now has a reason to be delighted, as an amusement park for them was inaugurated in the town on October 12.

Mosquito menace has taken an alarming turn in many parts Rajbari municipality area afflicting scores of people in this late monsoon, perfect weather for mosquito breeding.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against former Rajuk chairman Humayun Khadem and three others in a case filed over forgery in the design of FR Tower in Dhaka.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has urged the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to extend easy loans for the development of the private sector in Bangladesh.