‘Some traders exploiting onion price differences of India, Bangladesh’
11 December 2023, 13:09 PM
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Provati Insurance enters securities trading business
11 December 2023, 11:38 AM
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'Onion hoarders will be punished'
11 December 2023, 10:04 AM
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1.7 tonnes of onion found in shop with ‘No onion’ sign
10 December 2023, 15:20 PM
Business
Highest VAT depositor nine firms honoured
10 December 2023, 11:58 AM
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Renata all set to enter Australian pharma market
10 December 2023, 11:28 AM
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Single point mooring transports 60,000 tonnes diesel in 35 hours
9 December 2023, 14:17 PM
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ASM Mohiuddin Monem again becomes Cumilla’s top taxpayer
9 December 2023, 12:26 PM
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BB withdraws interest rate spread limit
29 November 2023, 16:21 PM
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Gold hits all-time high of Tk 109,000 a bhori
29 November 2023, 13:28 PM
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Landslides kill 7 in Cox’s Bazar
At least seven people, including five Rohingyas, died in landslides triggered by heavy rains in Cox’s Bazar yesterday.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Another O2 train to arrive soon
Another Oxygen Express train of Indian Railways has embarked on its journey to Bangladesh carrying 200 tonnes of oxygen to help the country deal with potential shortfall amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Expat Returnees: Cash assistance, counsel for them
The government is going to give Tk 13,500 and career counselling to 200,000 migrant workers who returned home amid the pandemic.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
AI statement on DSA ‘motivated’
Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday rejected Amnesty International’s statement over the Digital Security Act (DSA), saying that the statement was “motivated”.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Lost Muslin yarn know-how recovered
The lost muslin yarn technology used to churn out exceedingly delicate fabrics much coveted in the 17th and 18th centuries the world over has been recovered by an expert team of the government.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Humayun Ahmed’s family serves legal notice on GP
Writer and director Humayun Ahmed’s family members sent a legal notice to Grameenphone, the country’s largest mobile phone operator, for infringing on intellectual property rights.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Yahya will commit suicide: Nixon
American President Richard Nixon, his security adviser Henry Kissinger and the US Ambassador to Pakistan Joseph Farland held a discussion today on issues surrounding Bangladesh War.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Low over the Bay triggers caution at ports
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three as a low pressure area has been formed over the north Bay and adjoining areas.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Lockdown to get stricter
The government has turned down the plea from businesspeople, including garment manufacturers, for letting them resume operation of factories, fearing a further surge in Covid deaths and infections.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Police trying to arrest accused after woman raped in Narayanganj
A case has been filed in connection with the rape of a thirty-five-year-old woman in Narayanganj’s Sadar upazila.
27 July 2021, 16:08 PM
Nine brokers jailed for deceiving, misleading patients at NITOR
A mobile court assisted by Rab today sentenced nine brokers to one month in jail each for harassing and deceiving patients at National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) in Dhaka.
27 July 2021, 15:46 PM
Robi’s profit falls 20%
Mobile phone operator Robi Axiata has experienced a 20 per cent year-on-year fall in profits in April-June quarter of this year despite posting higher revenue and lower net finance costs during the period.
27 July 2021, 15:42 PM
Don’t hesitate to get tested for Covid-19: PM to rural people
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged villagers not to be reluctant on getting tested for Covid-19 and taking proper treatment.
27 July 2021, 15:33 PM
‘Bangabandhu Corner’ established in South Korea’s Yonsei University library
Bangladesh Embassy in South Korea has established a Bangabandhu Corner in the library of Yonsei University in Seoul as part of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
27 July 2021, 14:20 PM
Nagad to issue Tk 500 crore zero-coupon bond
Nagad plans to raise Tk 500 crore of zero-coupon bond in order to pay part of its loans, develop network, hardware and digital financial service platform and buy IT equipment.
27 July 2021, 14:03 PM
Bangladesh envoy to India urges infrastructure development in border areas
Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to India Mohammad Imran wants infrastructure development in border areas of Bangladesh and India to maintain regular communication and facilitate movement of passengers and goods.
27 July 2021, 13:42 PM
Anti-mosquito drive: DNCC, DSCC hand out fines totalling Tk 7.47 lakh
Mobile courts of two city corporations today fined owners of different under-construction buildings and markets, including a ward councillor, Tk 7.47 lakh as they found Aedes mosquito larvae at the sites.
27 July 2021, 13:18 PM
Information minister rejects Amnesty Intl’s statement on Digital Security Act
Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today rejected Amnesty International’s statement over the Digital Security Act saying the statement of the human rights organisation is “motivated”.
27 July 2021, 13:09 PM
Record 258 Covid-19 deaths, 14,925 new cases in 24 hours
Two hundred and fifty-eight people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
27 July 2021, 12:28 PM
Another 'Oxygen Express' from India to reach Bangladesh soon
Another Oxygen Express, a train carrying oxygen supply, of Indian Railways has embarked on its journey to Bangladesh carrying 200 MT of Oxygen to help Bangladesh address respiratory distress due to Covid-19.
27 July 2021, 12:05 PM