Time News Desk: After nine years, another new private airline in the country, Air Astra is going to kick off flight operations on November 24.
The third airline in the country will start its official journey at 8:00 am from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar.
Initially, Air Astra will operate daily three flights on Dhaka-Cox's Bazar-Dhaka route and two flights on the Dhaka-Chattogram-Dhaka route.
The Election Commission (EC) has declared valid the nomination paper of Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad for Cox's Bazar-4 constituency.
Tourists' ship operations to Saint Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal are set to resume tomorrow (December 1), while visitors will be allowed to stay overnight there for next two months.
Businesspeople expressed hope that tourism during Eid-ul-Azha holidays will generate over Tk 700 core in transactions in Cox's Bazar.
Five people were tragically killed and at least 12 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Lohagara upazila of Chittagong on Monday morning.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Gold prices surged again on Saturday, January 23, rising by Tk 6,299 per bhori (11.664 gram), barely hours after a reduction announced on Friday night, January 22, according to the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS).
The Bangladesh Jewelers Association (BAJUS) has announced an increase in the price of gold in the country's market. It has increased to a maximum of 5,249 taka per bhori. As a result, the price of good quality gold has increased to more than 244,000 taka. This is the highest gold price in the country's history.
Bangladesh Bank announced plans to issue the ‘Bangladesh Government Special Sukuk-1’, a Shariah-compliant bond worth Tk 10,000 crore, to finance selected national infrastructure and welfare projects.
The Energy and Mineral Resources Division has urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to revise the existing VAT and tax structure on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports and local production, aiming to stabilise supply and ease consumer pressure amid an ongoing market crunch.
Rows of unsold potato sacks in Chandpur’s cold storages reflect a season of deepening losses, turning what was once a lucrative crop into a source of financial despair for thousands of farmers.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has said that 100 percent safety of women will be ensured if they come to power.
A fire broke out at a raw market in Sector 11 of Uttara in the capital. Five units of the fire service are working to control the fire.
More than 50 leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have joined Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in Kalai Union of Kahalu Upazila in Bogra. The leaders and activists joined Jamaat-e-Islami under the inspiration of the party’s nominated parliamentary candidate, Dr. Mustafa Faisal Parvez.
Md. Touhid Hossain, the foreign affairs advisor to the interim government, cannot find a reason to withdraw the family members of diplomats from the Indian mission in Bangladesh.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to launch a bigger attack on Iran than ever before. On Wednesday (January 28), Trump said on the social media platform Truth Social that if Iran wants to prevent an attack, it must make a deal with them and that Iran will not be able to develop any type of nuclear weapon.
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen today said that the United States is ready to work with any government elected in accordance with the will of the Bangladeshi people, reiterating that Washington will not take sides in the country's upcoming national elections.
