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US President Donald Trump said on Friday he had ordered ​the military to be prepared ‌to launch strikes against Iran if the Iranian government carried out or ​attempted an assassination of ​the president. "1000 Missiles are Locked and ⁠Loaded and aimed at the ​Islamic Republic of Iran, with ​

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) conducted an eviction drive at the ground level of the Mirpur-10 MRT Line-6 metro station in Dhaka. The drive was conducted from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Friday in the presence of Executive Magistrates Md Shajahan Ali, Md Jahidul Islam and Nazrul Islam. The

The health authorities registered three more casualties due to measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours until Friday 8:0 am. With the new fatalities, the measles-related deaths rose to 750 since mid-March this year. Of the total fatalities, 93 were confirmed cases, according to the Directorate G

At a time when the Ministry of Agriculture has made a mess of its tree plantation programme, an office attendant of a primary school has shown how love for and dedication to trees can make miracle happen in greening an entire district town. Named Anwar Hossain, the office attendant has already plan

When child labour in Bangladesh is discussed, the images that usually come to mind are children working in brick kilns, factories, workshops, tea stalls, or roadside shops. Yet beyond these visible sectors lies another vast world where thousands of children work every day, while their labour remain

The land owners could pay their land development taxes from home through a designated government website. A high official of the Ministry of Land ( MoL) said that the ministry in a message urged the land owners to pay land tax through the land.gov.bd website without facing any hassle. He said that

The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) extended gains for a second week, surpassing 5,800-point mark for the first time in nearly two years, as investors responded positively to market-friendly fiscal measures and a series of reform initiatives. Market operators said the latest rall

The country's large-scale manufacturing sector recorded its strongest growth in April, ramped up by a sharp rebound in clothing production after months of volatile industrial activity. Data released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) showed the Large Scale Manufacturing Index expanded by

Nearly 20 months after first seeking exemptions from mandatory feasibility studies for selected gas- exploration projects, the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has renewed its push for broader regulatory relaxations to accelerate domestic gas production amid mounting dependence on im

The European Union (EU) has requested the NBR to remove two long-standing tariff and regulatory bottlenecks, saying its resolution would send a strong signal of Bangladesh's commitment to improving the investment climate for European businesses. The EU made the request recently in a letter to newl

Bangladesh's flood situation deteriorated further on Friday as days of torrential monsoon rain and upstream flows inundated large parts of the southeast, northeast and northern river basins, prompting fresh evacuations, disrupting public services and raising fears of further flooding over the next

Growing pressure of government's LC opening for imports to feed an expansionary economy prompts the central bank to hold its foreign-exchange-market intervention to keep taka-dollar pricing rates stable. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) started the market intervention on July 13 last year in the wake of a