Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- An international tribunal has ordered Canadian oil and gas firm Niko Resources to pay $42 million in compensation to state-run Petrobangla over two gas field blowouts in Chhatak, Sun... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Economist Rehman Sobhan has expressed doubts over whether the government is pursuing a referendum simply to appease former interim minister Mahfuj Alam and his colleagues. On Thursd... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Bangladesh has resumed direct flights from Dhaka to Karachi after a long pause. On Thursday at 8:15pm, a Biman Bangladesh Airlines Boeing 737 took off from Shahjalal International A... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent Christensen has paid a courtesy call on Army Chief Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman. The meeting was held at the Army Headquarters on Thursday, according to a po... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- The High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the legality of the ongoing process for a contract between Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and a foreign company to operate the Ne... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- The Election Commission (EC) has warned against any government staff campaigning for either a "Yes" or "No" vote in the referendum. The EC sent a directive to all returning officers... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- The Election Commission has directed printing presses across the country not to print any posters for the 13th parliamentary election. The directive was sent to returning officers o... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- The interim government has expressed deep concern over the recent violence in Sherpur that resulted in the death of a Jamaat-e-Islami activist. Any loss of life linked to violence i... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has said the consequences of the internet shutdown during the July Uprising unleashed youth frustration that toppled a "mighty" government. Speaking at ... Read More
Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- A local Jamaat-e-Islami leader has died after being injured in a clash during an election manifesto reading programme in Sherpur. Rezaual Karim, secretary of Jamaat's Sreebordi Upaz... Read More