Women in Bangladesh bear a disproportionate burden during disasters, often prioritising their families' needs over their own, putting them at greater risk during floods, cyclones, and other crises, ...

Highlights Current import tax on dates is about 64%, which may reduce to 39% Annual demand for dates 1.10 lakh tonnes; 60,000 tonnes consumed in Ramadan VAT on edible oil imports may be cut to 5% from ...

For the first time in Bangladesh, a representative from the private sector, Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, has been appointed executive chairman of both the Bangladesh Investment Development ...

In the letter, the bank’s Chairman M Fazlur Rahman states that Janata Bank is not in a position to take on the financial risk that new funding would entail ...

President Joe Biden approved the use of the missiles on targets in Russia in a major change of US policy - two months before he is due to leave the White House ...

Biden has committed tens of billions of dollars to Kyiv's war effort, and at the weekend he reportedly ditched a long-standing red line on Ukraine's use of American weaponry to launch attacks deep int ...

The US president-elect says he may use controversial measures to fulfil campaign promises, but questions over authority remain.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said he does not see any negative thing emerging suddenly because Donald Trump is set ...

Bentancur had denied the charge, but an independent regulatory commission found it to be proven and imposed the sanctions, ...

A Rangpur court today (18 November) acquitted 17 Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists in a case filed on charges of creating ...

The benchmark for improvement is low, but this government's clear intent and determination provide an opportunity to enact ...

Uma Dasgupta, the actress who portrayed Durga in Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali, has died. She was battling cancer for ...