The Bangladesh Bank has decided to form a fund using the undisbursed portion of agriculture and rural loans and utilise them to accelerate farm production.

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) plunged 20 per cent today from the last trading day amid confidence crisis among investors.

A five-day winter fair organised by the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) is set to begin in Dhaka on December 21 to showcase flats, plots and other real estate and housing products.

Sheikh Kamal 2nd Bangladesh Youth Games, organized by Bangladesh Olympic Association, is all set to get rolled across the country at upazila level from the first week of next month, some five years after the first edition of youth games was held in 2018.

The Qatar World Cup 2022 has been consumed by several political controversies. The list includes alleged human rights violation of immigrant workers who built the tournament venues, accusation of corruption in the bidding process, dispute over LGBTQ+ diversity, alcohol consumption, and so on. These off-the-field debates brought a number of questions on the table. Do we need to separate sports and politics? Or do we need to recognize that they are indivisible?

Bangladesh returned home with four silver and as many bronze medals from Asia Cup Archery Stage-2 from Iraq in May while riding on individual achievements -- from the likes of Ruman Sana, Diya Siddique and Shyamoli Roy as well as some achievements from teams -- but none of those individuals are in the Bangladesh squad ahead of Asia Cup Archery Stage-3 beginning on December 20 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Bangladesh will resume the penultimate day needing 471 runs to win after India declared their second innings in the final session of the third day to give the hosts an improbable target to chase in the first Test in Chittagong on Friday.

India have given hosts Bangladesh a mammoth 513 target to chase in the first Test in Chittagong on Friday.

Bangladesh needs to diversify its export basket and seek out new markets in order to prevent potential losses after graduating from the list of least developed countries (LDC), according to Saiful Islam, president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI).

All indexes of the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges (DSE) rose today as investors showed fresh interest in making investments after political tension eased to some extent.

Global Heavy Chemicals Limited’s losses more than doubled to Tk 3.31 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year compared to a year earlier.

Stocks in Bangladesh rose for the second consecutive session today.

All eyes will be on Kylian Mbappe once again as France take on England in a mouthwatering World Cup quarter-final clash but the defending champions must hope their lack of options from the bench will not be exposed tonight.

After springing the latest World Cup upset in a tournament which has had its fair share, an increasingly confident Morocco side that masterminded victory over Spain will aim to continue their fairytale run in Saturday's quarter-final with Portugal.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has agreed to give $250 million in loan as budget support to implement the Strengthening Social Resilience Programme (sub-programme 2).

Despite the dramatic one-wicket victory over India in the first ODI where Mehedi Hasan Miraz emerged as the saviour for Bangladesh with an unbeaten 39-ball 38 in a 51-run last-wicket stand with Mustafizur Rahman, there are questions over the performance of two of the senior players -- Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim.

Bashundhara Kings regained the title of Independence Cup with a 4-1 win over Sheikh Russel KC in tiebreaker after the final match ended in a 2-2 draw in regulation and added time at Shaheed Dhirendra Nath Datta Stadium in Cumilla on Monday.

There have been plenty of occasions in the past when Bangladesh came agonisingly close to beat India but eventually remained unable to pass the final hurdle, and very few did not expect the same outcome as the Tigers tottered on 136 for 9 while chasing 187 in the first ODI in Mirpur on Sunday.

Title contenders Abahani had to be content with a third-place finish in the Independence Cup as the last edition’s champions handed a convincing 4-1 defeat to Bangladesh Police FC at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium in Dhaka today.

Brazilian soccer great Pele remains in stable condition after being hospitalized this week as he battles colon cancer, a hospital medical report said on Saturday.