Containers carrying potatoes, agro-products, frozen foods and ready-made garments are now stranded at private inland container depots (ICDs), as exporters wait for shipping routes to reopen while abso ...

Ten days into the Amar Ekushey Book Fair, the familiar buzz of the event is yet to return this year. Visitor turnout remains relatively low, publishers say sales are below expectations, and ...

Concerns had mounted that the conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel could destabilise global energy supply chains, particularly through the Strait of Hormuz ...

Long queues and rationed supplies have led many to reduce outbound trips from Dhaka, delay departures, and operate below ...

Cumilla Superintendent of Police Md Anisuzzaman said the priest and two others, including a passerby, were injured in the explosions ...

Now the four of us stay awake all night and cannot sleep." Nine-year-old Taiba, daughter of slain Islamic University teacher Asma Sadia Runa, said this in a tearful voice during a human chain today (7 ...

Some grocery stores still have one-litre and two-litre bottles on their shelves; five-litre bottles have almost disappeared from many markets.

Four vessels carrying about 247,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and two ships transporting nearly 35,000 tonnes of ...

The high commissioner said India has always supported, and will continue to support, a “democratic, stable, peaceful, progressive, and inclusive” Bangladesh.

Two individuals, including a Dhaka University (DU) student, were detained by police for playing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 7 March speech on a sound box at Chankharpul intersection in the capital today ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has pledged to gradually introduce free education up to the postgraduate level and expand opportunities for women in higher education, as part of his party's election ...

Despite a steep fall in the benchmark indices last week amid Middle East tensions, several Z-category stocks – commonly considered junk shares – dominated the gainers' chart on the Dhaka Stock ...