Farm Machinery: Farmers to get Tk 3,000cr in subsidy

The government is planning to provide exporters with up to 30 percent incentive to promote rice export, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Question Leak, Admission Cheat: 87 DU students to be charged

Following an investigation for one and a half years, the police have finalised a charge sheet against 87 students of Dhaka University and 38 others over their alleged involvement in question leak and cheating their way into the university.
30 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Undisclosed Gold: Traders given chance to legalise it at low tax

Gold traders and jewellers will be able to legalise their undeclared stock of gold and other precious metals by paying a low tax, reads a National Board of Revenue (NBR) notification on Tuesday.
29 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Nusrat Murder: Police press charges against 16

The principal of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa and 15 others were charged for the brutal killing of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi yesterday.
29 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Metro won’t open before Dec 2021

Metro rail would not be operational until December 2021, one year behind the schedule.
29 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Six killed in ‘gunfights’ with Rab, BGB

Six people -- four suspected robbers and two alleged drug dealers -- were killed in “gunfights” with Rab and BGB in Bagerhat and Cumilla early yesterday.
29 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Hosts kick off carnival today

It is not obvious if you are in London as the fanfare is not anywhere near what it is about 10,000 kilometres to the east in Dhaka, but the stage is all set for the 2019 World Cup to kick off with hosts England taking on South Africa today at The Oval.
29 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Malibagh Attack: CCTV camera in the area damaged a day before

CCTV cameras that could capture the scenes of the Gulistan and Malibagh bomb attacks, apparently targeting police, were damaged before the incidents, investigators said yesterday.
29 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Japanese Dev Assistance: $2.5b for 4 projects

Bangladesh and Japan yesterday signed their 40th ODA deal involving $2.5 billion to implement four projects to boost ties between the two countries.
29 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Japan was always close to my heart

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has shared her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s aspiration to transform Bangladesh into another Japan saying a new era with hope and harmony has begun in Japan.
28 May 2019, 18:00 PM

16 named in charge sheet

Police Bureau of Investigation would be pressing charges against 16 suspects in the Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case today and all of them could be facing the death penalty.
28 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Rivers contaminated with antibiotics

Hundreds of sites in rivers around the world including in Bangladesh are polluted with antibiotics that exceed environmental safety thresholds by up to 300 times, according to research unveiled at a conference Monday.
28 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Trouble in Tongi, beyond

With every Eid comes a concern: How to get home? Almost every time, the holidaymakers go through nightmarish experience on highways, thanks to traffic jams caused by poor road conditions and traffic management.
28 May 2019, 18:00 PM

A loss to learn from

The record books will show that Bangladesh lost their only World Cup warm-up match by a hefty margin of 95 runs against India at the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff yesterday but apart from the meek surrender at the end, there was not much to be disheartened about for the
28 May 2019, 18:00 PM

A well-planned, grisly murder

Sixteen people, split into five groups, took part in the brutal killing of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi after hatching the murder plot for three days, reveal police.
28 May 2019, 18:00 PM

It was a powerful explosive

What exploded in a police pickup in the capital’s Malibagh on Sunday was an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and its chemicals and other ingredients were powerful. The impact, however, was comparatively less as those who made the bomb were not properly trained, according to an explosive expert.
27 May 2019, 18:00 PM

State-Run Jute Mills: Workers to get dues before Eid

Workers of state-owned jute mills will get their arrear wages ahead of the Eid, thanks to an allocation of Tk 169.14 crore by the government.
27 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Farmers lose, millers gain

Under the ongoing food grain procurement programme, the government is buying only 1.5 lakh tonnes of paddy from farmers, which makes up less than one percent of the total estimated production of around 1.96 crore tonnes this boro season.
27 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Nusrat Murder: Arrest warrant for former Sonagazi OC

A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday issued an arrest warrant for former Sonagazi OC Moazzem Hossain on charges of recording a statement of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi on camera and releasing the footage on social media.
27 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Tigers’ final warm-up today

After their first World Cup warm-up game against Pakistan on Sunday was washed out due to rain, the Bangladesh squad practised under bright sunshine yesterday at Cardiff’s Swalec Stadium.
27 May 2019, 18:00 PM