Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the banned student wing of Awami League, brought out another flash procession in Chattogram last night (18 November). This is the second consecutive night the banned ...

Ridley Scott's long-awaited "Gladiator" sequel has not even hit US theatres yet, but the veteran director is already hard at work on a third instalment. "Gladiator II," which arrives in North American ...

In his first remarks at the G20 Summit, Xi said China would support global development with eight actions, including building a "high quality" Belt and Road Initiative, his signature foreign policy pl ...

The late Quincy Jones was posthumously awarded an honorary Oscar at an emotional and star-packed Hollywood gala on Sunday that also handed golden statuettes to the producers of the James Bond movie ...

All security passes for entry into Shahjalal International Airport have been suspended and will no longer be valid starting 30 November.  The Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority (CAAB) recently issued ...

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a move to gradually rationalise and bring under the bound rate by 2026 some 60 tariff lines where the addition of customs duty and other duties and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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