An Israeli strike on a building in a densely populated district of Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah's media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, though there was ...

A total of 768 cadre and non-cadre officials got promotion to different ranks from assistant secretary to senior secretary during the August-October period of the interim government that took oath on ...

If someone is running wrong news—there are plenty of legal tools to right that wrong. You cannot have a free press by attacking a media house or demanding it be shut down. That kind of act is just the ...

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Four listed automobile companies incurred losses during the July-September quarter of the current fiscal year 2024-25, primarily due to sluggish demand, high taxes and increased interest burdens on ...

North Korea has so far sent more than 10,000 troops to fight alongside Putin's army in Russia's Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have occupied part of the border territory since a surprise ...

The sectors in focus are renewable energy, information and communication technology (ICT), pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors ...

BRAC's Migration Programme helped trace the family of an expatriate who recently returned home from Saudi Arabia.  The man, whose identity had initially been unknown, was found in a distressed state, ...

The ongoing labour unrest at Beximco industrial group will be resolved once an administrator takes full control over the group, Labour and Employment Secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman said today (17 ...

যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের সমাজব্যবস্থায় লিঙ্গ পরিচয় ও তার রাজনীতি নিয়ে অধ্যয়ন করেন– এমন ছয় গবেষকের সাথে এবিষয়ে আলাপ করেছেন দ্য আটলান্টিকের লেখক ওলগা খাজান। তাঁরা মনে করেন, লিঙ্গ পরিচয় এক্ষেত্রে সামান্য এক ...

Fortune Shoes Limited has failed to disburse dividends totalling around Tk10 crore for the fiscals 2021-22 and 2022-23 within the stipulated time, according to the company's auditor.  In a qualified ...

Bangladesh will play a full bilateral series against West Indies in their month-long tour that includes all three formats of cricket.