Dhaka, Tuesday


17 September 2024


Dhaka Declaration on defending media freedom launched
Canada, Botswana to co-host 2nd Global Conf for Media Freedom Nov

Dhaka Declaration on defending media freedom launched

A Dhaka Declaration was launched today defending media freedom, journalists’ protection and citizen’s rights from the grassroots level to international institutions.

00:07 16 November 2020

Robbers wearing PPE rob Tk 9.82 lakh in Chuadanga

Robbers wearing PPE rob Tk 9.82 lakh in Chuadanga

A group of armed hoodlums today robbed Tk around 9.82 lakh from a branch of Sonali Bank at Jibon Nagar upazila of Chuadanga district by holding all staffers of the bank hostage at gun point.

23:47 15 November 2020

Beximco’s Q1 earnings down 55%

Beximco’s Q1 earnings down 55%

Bangladesh Export Import Company Ltd’s (Beximco) quarterly earnings have declined by 55 percent compared to the same period a year ago

23:27 15 November 2020

Bangladesh to seal 1st preferential trade deal with Bhutan on Dec

Bangladesh to seal 1st preferential trade deal with Bhutan on Dec 6

The signing will take place through a virtual programme in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Bhutanese counterpart Lotte Shering

23:18 15 November 2020

PM mourns legendary actor Soumitra’s death

PM mourns legendary actor Soumitra’s death

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of legendary actor of West Bengal Soumitra Chattterjee.

22:14 15 November 2020

M I Cement reports negative earnings, still declares 10% dividend

M I Cement reports negative earnings, still declares 10% dividend

M I Cement’s earnings have gone into negative territory because of declining demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic

22:11 15 November 2020

Asia forms world`s biggest China-backed trade bloc excluding US

Asia forms world`s biggest trade bloc, a China-backed group excluding US

Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies formed the world’s largest free trade bloc today, a China-backed deal that excludes the United States, which had left a rival Asia-Pacific grouping under President Donald Trump..

21:53 15 November 2020

Mamata expresses shock at Soumitra’s demise

Mamata expresses shock at Soumitra’s demise

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed her condolence over the death of legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee, star of some of Bengali cinema’s finest films, on her twitter account.

21:17 15 November 2020

FM hopeful of signing Teesta deal
Bangladesh wants enhanced connectivity for development, he says

FM hopeful of signing Teesta deal

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today expressed his optimism over signing of Teesta water sharing deal with India saying it remains ready for signing since 2011.

20:00 15 November 2020

PM eyes blue economy, says Coast Guard to be strengthened

PM eyes blue economy, says Coast Guard to be strengthened

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Bangladesh Coast Guard will be strengthened so that they can a role in helping the government tap the potential of the ‘Blue Economy’. 

19:45 15 November 2020

Iconic actor Soumitra Chatterjee passes away

Iconic actor Soumitra Chatterjee passes away

Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee, star of some of Bengali cinema`s finest films, has died. He was 85.

19:30 15 November 2020

New committee of Jubo League pays tribute to Bangabandhu

New committee of Jubo League pays tribute to Bangabandhu

The newly declared full-fledged committee of Jubo League, youth wing of Awami League, paid tribute to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today.

19:14 15 November 2020

Biden likely to pick woman to lead Pentagon for first time

Biden likely to pick woman to lead Pentagon for first time

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and select a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time, shattering one of the few remaining barriers to women in the department and the presidential Cabinet.

18:59 15 November 2020

Biden faces tough choice of whether to back virus lockdowns

Biden faces tough choice of whether to back virus lockdowns

Joe Biden faces a decision unlike any other incoming president: whether to back a short-term national lockdown to finally arrest a raging pandemic.

18:39 15 November 2020

Fire in Romania hospital kills 10 Covid-19 patients

Fire in Romania hospital kills 10 Covid-19 patients

Ten Covid-19 patients, undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Piatra Neamt County Hospital in northeastern Romania, were killed in a fire that broke out at the hospital on Saturday, said Romanian Health Minister Nelu Tataru.

18:16 15 November 2020

Reliance’s power plant project sees little progress in one year

Reliance’s power plant project sees little progress in one year

Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Group’s 718 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant project on the outskirts of Dhaka has failed to make any significant progress in the past one year.

17:41 15 November 2020

bKash congratulates WFP on winning Nobel Peace Prize

bKash congratulates WFP on winning Nobel Peace Prize

Mobile Financial Service (MFS) provider bKash has congratulated the World Food Program (WFP), the food-assistance branch of the United Nations that works globally to alleviate hunger, on winning the Nobel Peace Prize 2020

02:19 15 November 2020

Dhaka-Delhi to have multiple engagements in Dec to advance ties
FS to visit Delhi ahead of PM-level talks in Dec

Dhaka-Delhi to have multiple engagements in Dec to advance ties

Bangladesh and India will chart out plans to take the "rock-solid and historic" Dhaka-Delhi relations to the next level expanding areas of cooperation between the two countries with a number of engagements in December, officials say.

00:34 15 November 2020

BNP wants to take revenge unleashing arson attack again: Quader

BNP wants to take revenge unleashing arson attack again: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today blasted BNP for again unleashing the politics of arson attack saying that the party wants to take revenge of its failure by setting people on fire.

00:23 15 November 2020

Bangladesh reports 1,531 new Covid-19 cases, 14 deaths

Bangladesh reports 1,531 new Covid-19 cases, 14 deaths

Bangladesh reported 1,531 new Covid-19 cases and 14 deaths from the virus on Saturday

23:51 14 November 2020

iPhone 12 mini: Small is beautiful

iPhone 12 mini: Small is beautiful

iPhone 12 mini uses the same 5 nanometres (nm) A14 Bionic chipset that’s in the regular iPhone 12. It has the same 4 core Apple GPU inside

23:49 14 November 2020

Samanta clinches Shera Rondhonshilpi-2019 title

Samanta clinches Shera Rondhonshilpi-2019 title

The grand finale and award ceremony of the culinary reality show was telecast on ATN Bangla on Friday

23:33 14 November 2020

Maize production to rise to 10m tonnes per year by 2025: Razzaque

Maize production to rise to 10m tonnes per year by 2025: Razzaque

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque has said besides the favorable climate, the farmers are being provided with modern technical assistance to multiply maize production in the country.

23:11 14 November 2020

Consumers demand single-digit charge for mobile financial service

Consumers demand single-digit charge for mobile financial service

The Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumer Association has demanded that mobile financial service (MFS) providers cut cash-out charges to a single-digit

22:31 14 November 2020