The Bangladesh Inland Container Depots Association (Bicda) has formally objected to a Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) directive suspending its planned increase in container handling charges, arguing ...

At least seven workers and a contractor suffered burn injuries when a hydraulic gas cylinder exploded at a second-hand iron pipe shop in Chattogram's Sagarika area under Pahartali Police Station on ...

Even if we cannot launch a bullet train of development within five years, we will at least introduce an express train of development,” he says ...

Shawon told The Business Standard that the Burmese python measured 11 feet in length and weighed about 12 kilograms.

YPSA, a Chattogram-based development organisation, has long been working to rehabilitate children involved in hazardous labour and to address other social concerns. If CAB and other development ...

The 4.9kg fish was landed at Alipur Fisheries Port and quickly sold through open auction for Tk80,000 — about Tk16,000 per kg, ...

M Asadul Haque, assistant director of the EC’s Public Relations, said the dialogue with civil society representatives will take place at 10:30am at the EC Secretariat’s conference room in Agargaon, ...

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, responding to Trump's order, said: "The number of necessary troops is zero, in Portland and any other American city. The president will not find lawlessness or violence ...

At a roundtable held at The Business Standard office in the capital’s Eskaton today (27 September), they pointed out serious limitations in cardiac care, including a shortage of cardiologists, ...

Although political leaders talk about decentralisation, in practice they remain focused only on development activities centred on Dhaka, urban planners and experts have said.

The decision was made during the 564th syndicate meeting held on Friday (26 September), acting Registrar Mohammad Saiful Islam told The Business Standard.

The company’s annual general meeting (AGM) is scheduled for 6 December through a hybrid system, with the record date fixed on 26 October to identify eligible shareholders. Despite the strong ...