Dhaka to ask Yangon to close yaba factories 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

After failing to stop inflow of yaba tablets in the country, the government has decided to hold talks with Myanmar to close the factories producing y

Prayer Timings 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

High yielding rice breed developed 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

A new type of high-yielding breed of Aman rice has been developed in Bangladesh. Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury said Bangladesh was the first co

Two die after fall from city high-rise 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

Two construction workers died after they fell down from a 12-storey under-construction building in the city\'s Tikatuli area Monday. The deceased were

Yunus ready for talks with govt over CG 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

Reiterating that there is a need for holding the next polls under a non-party caretaker government, Dr Mohammad Yunus said on Monday he is ready to gl

Gas output to depend entirely on onshore fields from Oct 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

FE Report The country\'s natural gas production will depend entirely on the onshore gas fields from October as the lone operational offshore Sangu-11

ICB proposes merger of two mutual funds 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

FE Report The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has recently submitted a proposal to the securities regulator for merger of the ICB AMCL Fir

75 MLM cos abolished, more to face same fate 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

Rezaul Karim The concerned authorities of the government dropped the names of 75 multi-level marketing (MLM) companies from its register till date du

Cabinet okays draft Multimodal Transport Policy 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

FE Report The cabinet approved on Monday the draft \'National Integrated Multimodal Transport Policy-2013\' aiming to make the country\'s multimodal

BB won\'t back it repeatedly unless banks adopt reforms 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm

Siddique Islam The central bank has alerted the state- owned commercial banks (SoCBs) that it will not recommend to the government again and again fo