BNP Standing Committee Member and newly elected MP from Narsingdi-2 Palash constituency, Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, on Friday pledged to fulfil the responsibilities entrusted to his party by the people over the next five years. Speaking to journalists after visiting his parents’ graves in his na
Why is the price of gold swinging so sharply in Bangladesh? The most common explanation is both simple and unsatisfying. Prices move because the global market moves. Since Bangladesh neither sets nor significantly influences international prices, its domestic market ends up following what happens a
Spring, Basanta, starts today in Bangladesh as winter recedes, leaving a modest touch of Nature, reminding poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay's famous stanzas: "Phool Phutuk, Na Phutuk/Aj Bosonto" ( It is spring today, no matter if flowers bloom or not). In the urban life, it requires calendar to know the c
People in Bangladesh are growingly infected with fatal diseases like cancer as food adulteration and environment pollution go uncontrolled and create a situation of living steeped in cancer-causing elements, experts say. They find a toxic chain developed from agriculture to the environ
Directors are indispensable to modern capital markets, yet in Bangladesh their office too often becomes a mix of confused duties, open-ended liability and regulatory arbitrariness. Directors – sponsor directors, nominee directors and independent director – are commonly accepted concepts
The Thirteenth Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Election has been held alongside a referendum on the question of reforming the governance framework. The election was held in a festive atmosphere across the country with spontaneous participation of people irrespective of their age, class, religion, or gender. Mo
The Trump administration sued Harvard University on Friday, accusing it of failing to comply with a federal investigation and seeking documents to determine whether the university had illegally considered race in its admissions process. The move comes less than two weeks after US President Donald
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has congratulated the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, its chair Tarique Rahman, and the people of Bangladesh on their victory in the national election. In a statement on Friday, Rubio said: “Congratulations to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its leader Ta
A BNP leader on Friday has opened a closed party office of the Bangladesh Awami League in Panchagarh, triggering controversy within his own party. The office was opened in the morning at Chaklahat Union in Panchagarh Sadar upazila by Abu Daud Pradhan, president of the Sadar upazila unit of BNP. A
The head of the World Trade Organization said that she agreed with US calls for reform of the global trading system ahead of a major meeting of the trade watchdog in Cameroon next month. Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing tariffs ranging from 10 percent to 41 perc
The United Kingdom (UK) has congratulated BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman and his party - the Bangladesh Nationalist Party - on their victory in Bangladesh's 13th Jatiya Sangshad election. The UK also greeted the people of Bangladesh as the country enters a new chapter. "We look forward to working to
A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit from Florida early on Friday with a crew of two US NASA astronauts, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut headed to the International Space Station for an eight-month science mission in microgravity. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, topped with an autonomously
