Bangladesh on Monday expressed deep concern at the reported missile attack by the Houthi targeting the holiest shrine of Islam in Mecca of Saudi Arabia.

The annual report of the Cabinet Division relating to the activities of the various ministries and divisions for FY16 shows that macroeconomic indicators is doing better in this fiscal than of the previous fiscal.

A strong earthquake has struck near Norcia in central Italy, destroying numerous buildings, the BBC reports.

Bangladeshi-origin American scientist Dr Shafiqul Islam won the prestigious Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW).

A stunning spin bowling show from teenage sensation Mehedi Hasan Miraz powered Bangladesh to a historic 108-run win over England in the Dhaka Test on Sunday.

The country’s 67 per cent imports are now coming from top 10 source countries, according to the latest statistics of Bangladesh Bank.

The Bangladesh Awami League announced almost all names of its central committee a week after holding its 20th National Council.

Seventy-five per cent of internet use will be mobile in 2017as a growing number of consumers around the world access the web on smartphones and tablets.

BMW is recalling nearly 0.15 million (154,472) vehicles registered in the United States and Canada for a fuel pump problem that could cause stalling, according to a filing with US safety regulators and BMW.

Bangladesh`s national poverty declined to 23.2 per cent in 2016 from 31.5 per cent in 2010, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in its latest survey said.

A row over jurisdiction has stalled the creation of an authority to administer skills improvement to support country`s productive and development activities on a higher scale, officials said.

The Federal Reserve meets next week and the US government releases an important report on jobs, but investors could be forgiven for having something else on their minds.

Around 2,506 listed street hawkers of Gulistan area will be rehabilitated in a vacant place adjacent to Mohanagar Natya Mancha, said Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon.

Detectives in a drive arrested six alleged members of a fake currency racket with Tk 6.6 million (66 lakh) counterfeit currency notes from different parts of the city on Tuesday night, reports a news agency.

Doreen Power Generations and Systems once again topped the volume chart of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Wednesday while National Bank Limited (NBL) was the number one turnover leader on the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE).

Domestic sources of finance are emerging as a key driving force for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region, said Haoliang Xu, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Director for Asia and the Pacific on Wednesday.

Starting a new business becomes costlier and paying tax becomes more difficult in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh’s textile and clothing sector experienced a surge in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the last fiscal year (FY16), according to the latest statistics of the central bank.

Local mobile handset brand Symphony has introduced new Smartphone named "Symphony i50" with dual flash and intelligent fingerprint features.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved the third revision of the Ektee Bari Ektee Khamar (EBEK) project.