Ten killed, 30 injured in huge hotel-casino fire on Cambodian border, As many as 10 people have died in a fire at a Cambodian hotel-casino on the border of Thailand, with photos showing groups desperately huddled on ledges as fierce flames surround them. The blaze at the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet broke out […]

Republican US lawmaker-elect under probe for fabricated resume, A US Republican congressman-elect who admitted making up significant parts of his resume is under criminal investigation, US media reported Wednesday, citing prosecutors in New York. George Santos’s victory in the Empire State helped his party secure a narrow majority in the House of Representatives, Congress’s lower […]

Travel misery grinds on as US digs out from superstorm, Thousands more flights were canceled across the United States on Wednesday, with no end in sight to days of travel misery as the country digs out from a deadly superstorm. Officials in Erie county in western New York — the area of the country hardest […]

NBR gives BATB top taxpayer award, The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has awarded British American Tobacco (BAT) Bangladesh as the highest-income taxpayer for the fiscal year 2021-22. BATB has been honored with this recognition under the others category (company) for nine consecutive years for its immense contribution to the national exchequer. NBR gives BATB […]

Metro rail is one of great achievements of country: Kamal, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said the metro rail (MRT Line-6) in the capital has been materialized with the taxpayers’ money and thus termed it as a ‘great achievement’ of the country. “We’ve enjoyed a nice moment today with your (people) money provided as […]

Pvt sector should prepare to face new challenges of LDC graduation: FBCCI, Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Md Jashim Uddin today said that the private sector should prepare from now on to face the challenges encompassing Bangladesh’s graduation from the LDCs. He said Bangladesh’s graduation from the Least Developed Country […]