Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said it is imperative that the USA give Bangladesh’s apparel to duty- and -quota-free access to its market to help expand Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) industry, ensure women employment and empowerment and establish a modern society, reports UNB.…

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, information and communication technology adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been conferred upon "ICT for Development…

The Supreme Court (SC) has abolished the existing condition of taking prior permission from the courts to pay fines by convicted prisoners, who had been sentenced and fined by different courts. The SC yesterday issued a circular, signed by High Court Registrar Abu Syed Dilzar Hossain, which states that…

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) suspects that Indian smugglers have set up factories producing yaba tablets near the Indo-Bangla border and are pushing those into Bangladesh. The BGB has seized several consignments of yaba tablets along the border over the last few months, said BGB sources and the…

Salt prices show no sign of falling despite commerce minister Tofail Ahmed's assurance right after Eid-Ul-Azha that they would go down. The skyrocketing of salt prices is nothing new, but this year it has remained at that level for the longest period. The market prices of both crude and refined…

Expressing deep shock at the terrorist attack on the army base at Uri, Kashmir, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh ‘firmly stands’ beside India at this difficult hour, UNB reports. “In line with its ‘zero tolerance’ policy against terrorism and violent extremism,…