The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday imposed total Tk 19.50 crore in fines on former Southeast Bank chairman Alamgir Kabir and two family members for insider trading...
Britain plans to create mega pension funds, potentially boosting investment in the country by around 拢80 billion in a move mirroring schemes in Australia and Canada, finance minister Rachel Reeves announced...
Speakers in a side event on Accelerating Finance for Just Transition in Bangladesh: Insights from COP 29 held at the Bangladesh pavilion of COP 29 on Thursday in Baku, Azerbaijan emphasised on international cooperation for financing just transition initiatives in Bangladesh.
The police on Wednesday exhumed bodies of two people killed during protests led by the Students Movement Against Discrimination from their graves for post-mortem examinations in Mymensingh...
Traffic came to a halt for about an hour on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway after workers of a readymade garment factory blocked the road demanding overdue wages in Tongi on Wednesday morning, said police...
Workers of TNZ garment factory have withdrawn their blockade on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway after the authorities assured them of paying their overdue wages by November 30...
Workers from five garment factories of the TNZ Group in Gazipur called off their blockade on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Mogorkhal in the city Monday evening after staging protests there for three days.
Workers of TNZ garment factory in Gazipur have blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for the 3rd consecutive day, demanding payment of their arrears...
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited is likely to start selling the Rapid passes at the end of this month, said officials.
Workers from five garment factories of the TNZ Group in Gazipur blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for 35 hours through Sunday evening, demanding payment of outstanding wages...
Two people were killed and six others were injured in a massive fire at Azahar Filling Station at Rahmatpur Bypass Road in Mymensingh Sadar in Bangladesh on Monday.
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Department of Agricultural Extension jointly organised a nutrition campaign as part of the Diversified Resilient Agriculture for Improved Food and Nutrition Security project at Dinajpur Sadar on Thursday...
Experts and labour leaders on Thursday said that the government and the global brands could play a crucial role in promoting responsible business conduct within the readymade garment supply chain by upholding national and international standards to enhance workers鈥� quality of life and social security...
The United States on Tuesday welcomed efforts by India and China to resolve border tensions, after they recently agreed on ways to step back from their deadly 2020 confrontation...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday allowed conditional bail to former director general of National Security Intelligence Muhammad Wahidul Haque in a crime against humanity case...
IN TIMES of political transition, such as during an interim government, a country鈥檚 identity often comes into question. How can a nation present itself positively to the world amid uncertainty? Bangladesh, under the leadership of Dr Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 interim government, faces just such a challenge. Nation branding strategies are essential for projecting...
Three were injured after a car ran over a group of students on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway near the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Sunday...
Hansi Flick has rapidly moulded a ragged Barcelona into a potent threat to Europe鈥檚 elite and the visit of his former Bayern Munich side in the Champions League on Wednesday is...
Labour and employment adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan on Wednesday said that the government was planning to introduce a pension scheme for workers in the readymade garment sector...
Ministries and divisions have submitted proposals seeking revision of 33 projects, mostly for time extension, in the first two months of FY25, indicating slowing down of the trend seeking cost hike and time extension of projects...
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday asked the pension authorities to bring about necessary changes in its current schemes to attract people...
The relocation of the lines of the utility services for the construction of mass rapid transit line 1, the first underground metro rail system in Bangladesh, is causing traffic congestion at different points in the capital...
A LACK of interest among people to participate in the universal pension scheme has been there since its introduction about a year ago by the now-deposed Awami League government. The interest appears to have slipped further down and many participants have also stopped paying premiums. According to the National Pension Authority, about 20...
The universal pension scheme, launched about a year ago to ensure social security for all, faces new challenges as around 20 per cent policyholders have gone dormant.
A suspected accused, arrested in connection with the murder of a local journalist Swapan Bhadra, gave his deposition before the court in Mymensingh on Sunday.
One more child died from hornet stings in Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh Saturday night, taking the death toll from it to three.
The recent flood in Mymensingh caused damage to fisheries and agriculture estimated at Tk 324 crore, leaving many fish farmers severely affected, said the officials on Saturday...
A local journalist was reportedly hacked to death over a feud in front of his house at Tarakanda upazila in Mymensingh on Saturday morning.
The flood situation in Mymensingh division has started to improve although the flood-hit people were still prone to waterborne diseases amid scarcity of drinking water...
ON AUGUST 5, the world witnessed a significant political upheaval in Bangladesh, as the long-standing autocratic prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country amid a revolution led by students and citizens. Her 15-year rule had deeply corrupted and politicised various government institutions, including the...