Bangladesh’s DSEX index is still lingering around the 5000 mark. The GDP growth will be insignificant if the country continues to fail to protect its retail and institutional investors with its ...

Around 1:30pm, protesters marched to the Intraco LPG refuelling station near Bepari Bazar, adjacent to the Birsreshtha Mostafa Kamal bus stand, and locked the facility ...

A Dhaka court today (24 May) imposed a travel ban on Md Moazzem Hossain, former assistant private secretary (APS) to Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (LGRD) Adviser Asif Mahmud ...

The council stated that the interim government will listen to the position of political parties on these matters and clarify its own stance ...

With a 1–0 lead from their win in the first four-day match in Sylhet, New Zealand ‘A’ needed only a draw in Dhaka to claim the series, and they got exactly that.

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A Dhaka court today (24 May) imposed a travel ban on former member of parliament (MP) from Sherpur-1 constituency Atiur Rahman Atiq and his wife Shantana Begum. Senior Special Judge of Dhaka ...

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus today paid a tribute to National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on his 126th birth anniversary. In a message, he prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul of the poet. "On the ...

Glamour, nostalgia, and fresh talent lit up the 26th Meril-Prothom Alo Awards in a heartfelt celebration of Bangladesh’s entertainment industry ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today (24 May) approved a total of nine projects involving an overall estimated cost of Tk11,851.29 crore.

Three people died when a police helicopter crashed and burst into flames in south central Thailand today (24 May), according to officials. The Bell 212 aircraft belonging to the Kanchanaburi Police ...

Jamie Foxx has firmly dismissed rumours that music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was involved in his 2023 medical crisis. In a recent roundtable with The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar-winning actor ...