"After being admitted to the hospital, Sayeba asked me, 'Amma, why were you late?' I was five minutes late. If I hadn't been, my daughter would have been fine today," Sharmin said, breaking down in ...

The two other individuals banned from leaving the country are Shahidul Islam, former manager of Shahjalal Islami Bank’s Dohar branch, and his wife Nazmun Nahar Swarna.

Dr M Zubaidur Rahman, an independent director of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, has been elected as the new chairman of the bank. The decision was made at a board meeting today (22 July), which was also ...

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has expressed hopes that Bangladesh will get a reduced tariff rate for exporting products to the USA.

More than 800 people have been killed in recent weeks trying to reach food, mostly in mass shootings by Israeli soldiers posted near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centers ...

The approval came during a committee meeting held at the Secretariat today (23 July), chaired by the finance adviser.

Two more cases have been filed under the Special Powers Act in connection with the recent violence surrounding the National Citizens Party (NCP) rally in Gopalganj, bringing the total number of cases ...

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Fakhrul said the only viable solution to the ongoing political crisis in the country is to hold elections as soon as possible to establish a political government ...

The government managed to spend only Tk1.53 lakh crore on various development projects in the last fiscal year ...

A major point of consensus was the amendment of Article 118 of the Constitution to establish a defined selection committee for appointing election commissioners.

A total of 44 patients are currently receiving treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS), with eight in critical condition.