Eastern Bank, a private sector lender, has revised its earlier decision to raise Tk800 crore by issuing a zero-coupon bond, instead of a floating-rate bond, for a tenure of seven years.

Women’s Day, a documentary produced by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs will be screened, followed by two films - 'Deepak Kumar Goswami Speaking' and 'Bishad Shindhu' ...

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The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has handed over a leader of the Awami Swechasebak League to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after detaining him for his alleged illegal entry into India ...

The State Department began firing more than 1,350 US-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a ...

Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has fled the country following the July uprising, but her oppressive system remains in place, National Citizen Party (NCP) Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain said ...

A man was injured after a group of unidentified men allegedly fired shots in a real estate office in Pallabi in the capital during an attempt to extort Tk5 crore. The incident occurred around 5:00pm ...

The accused Billal Hossain, a vegetable vendor in Bishnupur Union, was produced before Judicial Magistrate Shahadatul Hasan Al Murad's court, where he gave a confessional statement ...

National Consensus Commission (NCC) member Badiul Alam Majumdar today said the commission is working to ensure that autocratic regime does not return to the country. "We have presented a set of ...

The United States was Bangladesh's largest exporting partner in FY25, with export receipts of $8.69 billion, marking an 14.4% increase from $7.60 billion in the previous fiscal year. Overall, the ...

Mirza Fakhrul also called upon BNP leaders and activists to remain calm and patient in their democratic struggle ...

Despite the absence of any price-sensitive information, the sudden rise in Regent Textile’s share price has surprised market insiders ...