Canada should welcome Rohingya refugees

Canada should welcome Rohingya refugees and encourage other nations to do the same, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special envoy
4 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Banks may face bigger crisis

The government decision to slash the cash reserve ratio and allow state-run enterprises to keep half their funds with
4 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Burial mix-up

After the bodies of Boishakhi Television journalist Ahmed Faisal and Ms Nazia Afrin Chowdhury, two victims of the US-Bangla plane
4 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at DMCH: Shortage of funds, staff making its job difficult

Haizur Rahman Himel, a first-year student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, might have had a very different
4 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Irregularities are with regulator

It is a brazen example of how a certain job becomes no-holds-barred in the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab), the regulatory body of the civil airlines.
4 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Reimpose sanctions against Myanmar

Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi has called for re-imposition of sanctions against Myanmar as a way to put pressure on the Southeast Asian country accused of genocide.
3 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Samsung Mobile: Locally made sets to hit market soon

Consumers would be buying made-in-Bangladesh Samsung 4G phones ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr in June and they would be more affordable.
3 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Smiles after two years

Farmers in the haor region of Sylhet division are eyeing a bumper paddy harvest this season after floods devastated their farmlands two years in a row.
3 April 2018, 18:00 PM

It's based on 'fake news'

The BNP yesterday alleged that the Anti-Corruption Commission began examining the bank accounts of its top leaders on the basis of fake reports by news portals run by the Awami League.
3 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Paying for own land!

They were once government land. But over the years powerful people occupied them and built establishments on them as they liked. Now the government wants to reclaim them with taxpayers' money.
3 April 2018, 18:00 PM

No MCQ in pry exams this year

Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman yesterday said the government has decided to drop Multiple Choice Question from Primary Education Completion (PEC) exams from this year.
3 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Banks now to get cheaper BB funds

Bangladesh Bank has made funds cheaper for all banks by reducing its repo rate by 75 basis points to 6 percent.
3 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Myanmar agrees to UNSC visit

Myanmar has agreed to a visit by the UN Security Council after months of resistance, but it remains unclear whether ambassadors will be allowed to go to Rakhine State, the body's president said Monday.
3 April 2018, 18:00 PM

HSC exams see smooth beginning

The first HSC examination of this year was held without any allegation of question leak.
2 April 2018, 18:00 PM

BSC set to get new vessel after 27 years

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation is in the process of purchasing new bulk carriers for its fleet after about 27 years.
2 April 2018, 18:00 PM

5 dists get changed English spelling

The government has changed the English spellings of five districts to match them with their Bangla pronunciations.
2 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Eight BNP leaders face graft probe

The Anti-Corruption Commission has opened an enquiry into eight BNP leaders over alleged involvement in money laundering and amassing of wealth illegally.
2 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Khaleda's Treatment: DMCH to send health report to jail today

The Dhaka Medical College Hospital will send BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's health check-up report to the jail authorities today.
2 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Don't worry

The government has chalked out a detailed plan to avert natural disasters in Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps in the upcoming monsoon, Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said yesterday, requesting the international community not to worry.
2 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Woman suffers burns in 'acid' attack in city

Just past 7:30am yesterday in the capital's Hazaribagh, Aklima Akhter left her house to drop her five-year-old daughter off at a kindergarten. A few yards out, a man dressed in a black shirt and pants was sitting on a stack of bricks with a cup in hand.
2 April 2018, 18:00 PM