German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the European Union should expand its cooperation with Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN), saying it was crucial to deepen ties in the face of the war in Ukraine, addressing a meeting of business leaders in Singapore on Monday.

Police arrested three BNP men today in connection with cases filed against them earlier in Habiganj.

Twenty-six years after the closure of the Lalmonirhat-Moghalhat rail route, railway authorities have been carrying out a survey to reopen it.

Bankers in Bangladesh will have 24 government holidays in 2023 apart from the two days in the weekends, according to a circular issued by the Bangladesh Bank today.

The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has started issuing health certificates to facilitate export of food products from the country.

Anita Chowdhury, wife of Square Group founder Samson H Chowdhury, died of old-age complications today.

The World Bank will provide a loan to make Dhaka a more livable city by removing encroachment from the surrounding rivers, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today (November 13, 2022).

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, ICT affairs adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, narrated before a Dhaka court today how journalist Shafik Rehman and four others “plotted to kill him”.

Awami League leader Duronto Biplob, whose body was found in the Buriganga river on Saturday, was murdered, doctors said after conducting autopsy.

The body found floating in the Buriganga river in Narayanganj’s Fatullah has been identified as Duronto Biplob (51).

The jewellers have decided to increase gold prices by Tk 2,333 per bhori from tomorrow.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and MasterCard today launched co-branded credit cards for the BGMEA members and prepaid cards for more than 4.5 million garment workers.

Shyam Sunder Sikder, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), today directed the telecom operators to provide people with proper ‘data without expiry’ packages.

Proper utilisation of the credit guarantee scheme is inevitable for the revival of cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs), said Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Abu Farah Md Nasser today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the Jubo League leaders and activists to go village and cultivate the arable land.

A student of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) died early today after being crushed under the wheels of a train in Joypurhat.

Commuters have been suffering following the 38-hour bus-minibus strike since this morning ahead of a BNP divisional rally scheduled to be held in Faridpur tomorrow.

Jubo League, ruling Awami League’s youth wing, is all set to hold a mammoth rally in the capital today.

The apparel industry and other major export sectors of Bangladesh are being left with unsold products due to reduced buying orders from abroad, according to various businesspeople.

The negotiation between Bangladesh and Japan for signing a free trade agreement (FTA) or an economic partnership agreement (EPA) should start as soon as possible, Japanese Ambassador ITO Naoki said today.