US President Donald Trump lands in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Monday at the start of a visit during which the two sides will aim to reset relations that have been buffeted by a trade spat.

A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging the legality of the government move to reduce the interest rate on bank savings to a single digit.

Mayoral and councillor candidates cannot use laminated posters for their campaigns in the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections scheduled for March 29, Returning Officer Mohammad Hasanuzzaman says.

A mill worker has died after an iron bar fell on him at a steel factory in Gazipur’s Tongi upazila.

The Migrant Workers' Centre (MWC) in Singapore is sending a $10,000 donation via telegraphic bank transfer to the family of a 39-year-old Bangladeshi worker who tested positive for the coronavirus on February 8.

The Supreme Court has directed Grameenphone to pay Tk 1,000 crore to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) within the next three months.

Non-residents of Wuhan may leave the quarantined city at the epicentre of China's virus epidemic if they show no symptoms and have never had contact with patients, authorities say.

The Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) aims to establish a hub office in Dhaka to help facilitate further engagements in trade and investment between Bangladesh and other member nations of the Commonwealth through a strategic partnership.

Iran's confirmed death toll from the new coronavirus rises to eight, the highest outside China, sending neighbouring countries scrambling to contain the outbreak.

Broad-based support across age, racial and ideological groups propels Bernie Sanders to a dominant victory in Nevada’s Democratic caucuses, tightening his grip on the front-runner spot in the race to find a challenger to President Donald Trump.

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Dhaka-Sylhet multilane and modern highway project might be delayed with fund diversion by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) if the project is not approved by June this year, an informed official says.

The government loses Tk 10,000-12,000 crore in revenue every year as cable operators have not digitised their services, says Information Minister Hasan Mahmud.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) advises people to avoid foreign tours which are not mandatory to stay safe from the novel coronavirus infection.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) presses charges against expelled Jubo League's Dhaka South Organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan and five others in connection with a money laundering case.

The High Court declares illegal a government decision to set up tourist and picnic spots in 61 acres of land on the bank of Mahananda river in Chapainawabganj.

A Tangail court sentences four, including the son of the victim, to death for killing a man in Bhaghuria Dakshinpara village under Mirzapur upazila of Tangail in 2013.

Twenty-six eminent personalities today sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s intervention to hold the trial of the Narayanganj teenager Tanwir Muhammad Taqi murder case immediately.

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Grameenphone has deposited Tk 1,000 crore to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) as per the order of the Supreme Court.