Standard Chartered Bank today launched Standard Chartered Saadiq Sadaqah Account for clients to donate profits generated by the account to a charity of their choice.

Apparel export through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) has slowed down once again as two machines equipped with explosive detective system (EDS) went out of order at the airport.

Swiss entrepreneurs are interested to invest in Bangladesh's leather sector, Switzerland's Ambassador to Bangladesh Nathalie Chuard said today.

Experts expressed worries today when the share price of Far East Knitting & Dyeing rose around 35 per cent in a single day after the company recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders.

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange fell 21 per cent from the previous day to hit Tk 1,962 crore today at a time when the index rose 0.34 per cent just after passing a day in the red.

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has increased the prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) of private companies by 22 per cent to Tk 1,259 for every 12kg LPG cylinder.

The roving ambassador of Bangladesh, Abdus Samad Azad, addressed a meeting in London today expressed his confidence in early liberation of Bangladesh. He stressed the unity achieved by all sections of the Bangladesh people.

The number of middle-class people is growing, but they are not in the leadership of politics and their intellectual contribution to society is inadequate, eminent citizens said at a webinar.

Azibor RahmanThe malakar (garlanders) community is spending busy days making decorative flowers crafted with shola (Indian jointvetch) ahead of Laxmi and Durga Puja.

Tobacco used to be the crop of choice among farmers in Gobindapur village of Sadar upazila.

The Hindu community in Dinajpur starts celebrating Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindus in the country, with Shoshthi rituals at 1,281 mandaps in the district tomorrow. 

The stalemate over the United Nation’s involvement in humanitarian support to Rohingyas in Bhasan Char is finally over with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the UN and the government yesterday. 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the reactor pressure vessel installation work in the first reactor building of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant today.

Imrul Kayes, a student of mass communication and journalism at Rajshahi University, was suffering from severe depression.

For Razia Sultana, a 50-year-old widow with three children to look after and a Tk 22,000 of fixed monthly income, every paisa counts.

Local e-commerce platforms are organising a 20-day online shopping festival as they look to provide quality products and services to the customers to regain trust in the industry hit hard by some recent controversies.

Bangladesh’s garment sector needs to strengthen its labour and working environment in adherence to the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGPs) with a view to better handle the post-graduation challenges, experts said today.

Bangladesh has a mutual fund industry of around Tk 15,000 crore and it has the potential to grow at least 10 times bigger, said Prof Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam, chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).

It was a rainy night in July 2008. Residents of some bordering villages in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila heard a sound of landslide coming from a hill across the border.

Syed Nazrul Islam, acting president of Bangladesh, reiterated that nothing short of complete independence would settle the Bangladesh issue.