Agricultural labourers in search of work
Ayub Sarker is a farmer at Anantoram village in Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur. He has borrowed money and cultivated boro rice crop. He is unable ...
‘Tk 1,000 defaulter lands in jail, but Tk 100b defaulter stays by govt’
Mohammed Farashuddin, a former governor of Bangladesh Bank, has lambasted the government for its reluctance in taking action against the giant loan defaulters and enthusiasm ...
Lightning strikes kill 7 in 4 dists
At least seven were killed and nine others injured by lightning strikes in Rangamati, Sylhet, Khagrachhari and Cox’s Bazar districts on Thursday. In Rangamati, three people ...
World Press Freedom Day 'Space for country’s media shrinking'
The country’s media is facing multifarious challenges as space for media and civil society is shrinking as the laws are being used purposefully due to ...
Goods worth $3.92b exported in April
Bangladesh has exported goods worth $3.92 billion in April, according to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). The figure is down by 0.99 per cent from the ...
Inward remittance rises to $2.04b in April
Bangladesh has received a total of $2.04 billion in remittance in April, which is slightly higher from $1.99 billion in the previous month, according to ...
Upazila elections AL executive committee meeting skips issue of ‘relatives’ to avoid contention
There was no discussion on upcoming upazila polls during the meeting of Awami League’s central executive committee to avoid any contention in front of the ...
Education ministry decides on school schedule on Friday, Saturday
No decision has been made on keeping educational institutions open on Friday, said the education ministry in a Facebook post on Tuesday night. The ministry in ...
Cases pending for years at Chattogram labour courts
Trials of hundreds of cases filed by the workers have been pending for years at the two Labour Courts of Chattogram despite the provision to ...
Weak bank-2: BDBL grapples with inefficient management
State-run Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) took birth through unification of two troubled financial institutions – Bangladesh Shilpa Bank (BSB) and Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha ...
Hazardous child labour Desperate move to take Tk 25b new project to eradicate child labour
Although various projects have been undertaken and Tk 3.52 billion has been spent in 12 years to eliminate child labour, the number of child labour ...
Bangladesh receives $1.9b in remittance in 29 days
Bangladesh has received a total of $1.9 billion in remittance in the first 29 days of April, according to Bangladesh Bank sources. A lion’s share – ...
Prioritise labourers' welfare relinquishing lavishness: PM Hasina to industry owners
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the mills and factories owners to pay special attention to the labourers' welfare cutting some luxury in their lives. "I ...
Upazila election Two parties take similar stance against ‘disobedient’ leaders
Ruling Awami League and its archrival BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) are facing the same disquiet centring the upcoming upazila election. Frail internal disciplines of both ...
Natore AL leader accused of killing Jubo League leader shot dead
Miscreants shot dead a local leader of Awami League in Azimnagar rail station area of Gopalpur municipality in Lalpur upazila of Natore around 11:30pm on ...
BASIC Bank sunk in broad daylight
The BASIC Bank, a state-run institution which was known as a good performing bank in 2009, is now marked as a severely weak financial institution. It ...
‘Politicians, journalists implicated the most in Digital Security Act’
Politicians and journalists were implicated the most in cases filed under the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA) in the last five years, with most of ...
Petrol, octane prices rise Tk 2.5 per litre, diesel by Tk 1
The per litre prices of petrol and octane have risen by Tk 2.5 and that of diesel by Tk 1 as the government has adjusted ...
Jashore records season’s highest temperature at 43.8° Celsius
The year’s highest temperature was recorded at 43.8 degrees Celsius in Jashore on Tuesday as a mild to very severe heatwave has been sweeping over ...
Many BNP leaders in upazila election’s second phase too
A lot of BNP leaders have filed nomination papers to compete in the second phase of upazila election defying party order. Meanwhile, the party is preparing ...
Heatwave Rainfall may occur across the country on 4, 5 May
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said it may rain across the country on 4 and 5 May. The forecast was announced at a press conference at the ...