Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday unveiled Bangladesh’s first ever local currency card, “TakaPay”, aiming to reduce dependency on international cards such as Visa, Mastercard as well as to save
This year, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) may have more difficulty collecting taxes due to the political unrest in Bangladesh. In light of this, NBR Chairman Abu Hena Md
BGB members deployed in the capital to control any untoward situation amid the blockade on 31 October 2023. Photo: Courtesy BGB members deployed in the capital to control any untoward
Police fired tear gas shells and used water cannons in Ashulia this morning to disperse garment workers after they blocked roads demanding an increase in wages. Thousands of workers of
A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end on Sunday when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest
The Dhaka Elevated Expressway has been witnessing higher traffic than it was targeted, allowing the authorities to collect over Tk 5 crore in tolls since it was opened to the
The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) held the 2023 International Women’s Peace Conference(IWPC) on the theme “The Role of Women for Sustainable Peace.” The IWPG was held at the Grand
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un was in Russia on a rare overseas visit Tuesday ahead of a meeting with president Vladimir Putin, sparking warnings from Washington over a possible arms
In a bilateral meeting on Monday in Dhaka, France and Bangladesh expressed their willingness to step up defence cooperation with ‘a focus on naval, air, and terrestrial capacity.’ Both countries
facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonwhatsapp sharing buttonemail sharing buttonsharethis sharing button The Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq said that police would not permit Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to hold a
