Zubair Patwary, a representative of the protesters in Dhaka, confirmed the matter to The Business Standard over the phone late Thursday night (17 April) ...

Dhaka North Administrator Mohammad Ejaz, who was present at the time, confirmed the matter to The Business Standard ...

"We broadly discussed the Rohingya issue," Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin said, adding that the upcoming election issue was also discussed ...

India’s decision ends nearly five years of allowing Bangladeshi cargo to transit through its territory to international airports like Kolkata and Delhi. That corridor is now shut – and with it, a vita ...

The new ordinance also proposes to expand Grameen Bank’s operations to assist the destitute and landless at both the union and municipal levels ...

Arif Dowla, managing director of ACI PLC, has announced plans to raise his stake in the company through acquiring 14 lakh shares at the prevailing market price for the block market of the Dhaka Stock ...

A mobile court sentenced a youth to six months in jail for supplying cheat sheets to SSC examinees sitting for the English Second Paper. Executive Magistrate Rafid Khan ordered the verdict for Imran ...

For the women of Bangladesh in 1971, war was not just something witnessed, it was something inflicted. Their experiences of violence and subsequent societal rejection demand to be heard and remembered ...

The petition, filed recently in the District Judge’s Court under the Arbitration Act 2001, seeks the appointment of an arbitrator to resolve the dispute ...

Visa and work permit regulations will be simplified and modernised to facilitate smoother operations for foreign investors, says the party ...

This integration allows customers to seamlessly manage both their banking and investment needs from a single digital platform ...

The benchmark DSEX index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell below the 5,100 mark for the first time in five months yesterday, as cautious investors refrained from fresh investments amid persistent ...