The Bangladesh U-16 girls' football team is expected to leave for South Korea on Sunday (July 9) to play a few practice matches as part of their preparations for September's final AFC U-16 Women's Championship, which beings on September 10, reports BSS.
Talking to the press men BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag said the girls' [...]

Core index of the premier bourse Wednesday rose to its highest level since the inception in January, 2013.
Stocks extended the winning streak for the three consecutive sessions on the day.
Analysts said the market maintained the upturn and the rally took the key index to a new high thanks mainly to the continuous shining of sector [...]

Baraka Power Wednesday dominated the premier bourse's transaction chart while top ten traded companies grabbed 24 per cent turnover.
The total transaction on the DSE stood at Tk 11.65 billion on the day, which was 4.82 per cent lower than the previous day's value of Tk 12.24 billion.
Baraka Power, Keya Cosmetics, LankaBangla Finance, Paramount Textile, Regent [...]

Bangladesh has expressed deep concern at the recent launching of ballistic missile by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), reports BSS.
North Korea claimed on Tuesday to have successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
"By launching the missile, DPRK has violated its obligations under the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council," a foreign ministry [...]

The Dhaka bourse Wednesday closed marginally higher, featuring highest record in broad index and market capitalisation.
On the day, the market started positively and shortly afterwards it witnessed some correction as investors opted to bag profits on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
Soon later, the DSE broad index DSEX bounced back as investors took position on sector [...]

BAT Bangladesh has won the Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award (AREA) 2017 in "Social Empowerment" category from Enterprise Asia for its community project - Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Club educating farmers on sustainable agriculture. BATB's Non-Executive Director, K. H. Masud Siddiqui and Regulatory Affairs Manager, Anowarul Amin received the award in a ceremony held in Thailand [...]

The RAB has dramatically found columnist and activist Farhad Mazhar on a bus in Jessore's Noapara ending a frantic 18-hour search after he reportedly went missing from Dhaka.
Mazhar was found on a bus around 11:30pm on Monday and later taken to Abhaynagar Police Station, according to the RAB, reports bdnews24.com.
The columnist was travelling back to [...]

A consortium of five Chinese banks offered to invest US$1.8 billion in developing a 1320mw coal-fired power plant in seaside Banskhali Upazila in Bangladesh's southeastern Chittagong district.
Senior officials of the Chinese banks expressed their willingness to put their funds in the joint venture (JV) power project at a meeting held at the Bangladesh Bank headquarters [...]

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Syed Khokon expects to bring the chikungunya outbreak in the capital under control in next 4-6 weeks as the city corporation continues its campaign to eradicate or at least significantly lower the population of the dreaded aedes mosquito responsible for spreading the disease. He said the city corporation increased manpower [...]

CHITTAGONG, July 03: Loading and unloading of cargo has remained suspended at the outer anchorage of the Chittagong seaport due to incessant rain triggered by the influence of the monsoon.
Loading and unloading of cargo in the port jetties was going on as usual while the delivery of cargoes from the port was also normal, port [...]