Dhaka Stock Exchange Managing Director Tarique Amin Bhuiyan has resigned from his position, said a top official of the prime bourse of Bangladesh today.

A Supreme Court lawyer, who on August 21 served a legal notice asking Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen to voluntarily resign, said he received death threats.

The Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings today (August 23, 2022) said they are “shocked” by the widespread irregularities and audit objections in state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC).

Elections to 61 zila parishads will take place on October 17 using electronic voting machines (EVMs).

Residents of Jungle Salimpur area in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila blocked the Dhaka-Chattogram highway for five hours today (August 23, 2022) demanding restoration of electricity and water supply to their locality, which was cut off by  administration over illegal connection.

At least 175 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours till 8:00am today (August 23, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Stocks continued to rise for the six consecutive day today as the investors are now expecting a bull run in the days to come.

The Dhaka South City Corporation has decided that general drug stores will close by midnight. Medicine shops attached to hospitals must close by 2am. But what happens if someone needs medicine urgently after 2am?

A newborn was found alive this morning after she was abandoned on the streets in Sirajganj’s Kamarkhand upazila.

Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, former managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Robi Axiata, has filed a suit against the telecom operator, its board chairman and former group CEO seeking Tk 227 crore in retirement benefits and damages for 'wrongful dismissal'.

Burglars broke into the house of a former additional inspector general of police in Dhaka’s Eskaton area and made away with 45 tola of gold jewellery.

Urging Awami League leaders and activists to remain united, lawmaker Shamim Osman today (August 23, 2022) said the country will not be livable if anything happens to Prime Minister and party president Sheikh Hasina.

The dealers will lose trade licence if they try to create fertiliser crisis in the country, as Bangladesh has enough stock of it to meet its demand until January next year, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has urged the government to take punitive measures against the egg price manipulators.

Big Dipper Textile Mills Ltd, a company jointly owned by Canada and China, will set up a textile industry in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone (IEPZ) with an investment of $91.15 million.

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a case filed for siphoning off around Tk 222 crore and channeling it to casinos in Singapore and Malaysia between 2011 and 2018.

One person died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (August 22, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) soared around 40 per cent today to hit a seven-month high of Tk 1,477 crore thanks to the increased participation of general investors.

The government has worked out a plan to send 8.10 lakh Bangladeshi workers abroad and provide skills development training to 5.20 lakh in the current fiscal year (2022-23).

Shops, malls, kitchen markets, commercial and business establishments in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) areas must close by 8pm.