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US President Donald Trump announced Thursday sweeping bans on US transactions with China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of the WeChat app, starting in 45 days,...
Prime Bank Limited has announced its half yearly (H1) financial results of 2020. "The bank has been able to maintain capital adequacy and liquidity position within regulatory threshold and well...
The 25th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Dhaka Bank Limited was held on Thursday on a digital platform according to Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission's direction amid the Covid-19 pandemic....
The securities regulator has revised the panel of auditors for listed and non-listed companies which submitted IPO proposals dropping Ahmed Mashuque & Co., a chartered accountants firm from the list....
The country's apparel exports to its major destinations, including the US, Germany, Italy and the UK, witnessed a drastic fall during the first half (H1) of current calendar year, mainly...
Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) has suggested taking steps against any possible anti-competitive activities for ensuring competitive allocation and spending of the government-announced stimulus funds aiming to keep the economic activities...
The government's net borrowing through selling savings tools dropped by more than 71 per cent to Tk 144.28 billion in FY '20 from Tk 499.39 billion a year ago, according...
The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened the woes of the country's leather industry, insiders say. They said the sector has already been reeling from the falling demand for products in the...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has yet to ensure proper VAT collection in the last one year from global technology companies such as Google, Facebook, and YouTube. Complexities over...
Vivo, the Chinese multinational technology company ranks 4th in global 5G market. Since the beginning of this year, VIVO has been running along with Samsung in smartphone production, sales and...
Facebook has objected to a request from Gambia, which has accused Myanmar at the World Court of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority, to release posts and communications by members...
Signs that the economy has started moving again are there, but the pace is slow. However, that is not unexpected under the prevailing circumstances. July exports earnings moved into positive...
The people of this land take immense pride in the fact that theirs is a riverine country. Rivers flowing from the Himalayan ranges have shaped its deltaic character and the...
The launching of the credit guarantee scheme by the central bank for cottage, micro and small (CMS) enterprises allowing banks to issue up to Tk 5.0 million in collateral-free loans...
Once Covid-19 abates, we will be reminded of how everything changed, of the world that was. But the unfolding crisis contains profound lessons for the future. When international delegates met...
Conventionally, monetary policy in Bangladesh has played a secondary role, complementing the fiscal policy as embodied in annual budget. It now appears, as an irony of history, that among the...
Money is the lifeblood of an economy. It moves into various economic steams to keep the economy alive. Depending on the degree of liquidibility, the money can be defined as...
Local administration has decided to reopen sea beaches, tourist spots and hotels-motels in Cox’s Bazar municipality area from August 17 on a limited scale, reports BSS. District administration’s tourist cell...
The hot and humid weather continued in the city, and is likely to continue further, with only 2.0 mm rainfall from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning, said officials. The city's...
A housewife was beaten and strangulated to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws as her family failed to meet a dowry demand for a nose ring. The incident took...
A Cox’s Bazar court turns down bail appeals from Pradip Kumar Das, former OC of Teknaf Police Station, and seven other policemen, sending them to jail over the shooting death...
At a time when people need credible information, coronavirus has upended Bangladesh’s media industry, hitting hard its revenue generation and claiming the lives of a good number of journalists and...
Branding has always been one of the most important parts for a company or a firm or a product. However, branding of agro products was not too popular among people...
Supply Chain Alliance, a supply chain club, has successfully arranged an inter university business case competition - SCA Upstream. The competition was designed to enhance the supply chain knowledge of...
It is very common to see university students and young professionals worry about their future and where their careers will take them. The pandemic has augmented those concerns and with...
The government has ordered all its employees to return to offices, ending a window for 75 per cent of staffers to work from home amid the pandemic.The Cabinet Division directed...
Country’s two bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) have extended the trading time by 30 minutes to be effective from August 9 (Sunday). Trading at...
A massive search was under way in South Korea on Thursday for five rescue workers swept over a dam when their boats overturned in surging floodwaters, while President Moon Jae-in...
The bodies of the four Bangladeshis, who were killed in the deadly explosion in Beirut on Tuesday, will be sent home within eight to ten days, an official of the...
Police recovered the hanging body of a physician of Savar Enam Medical College and Hospital from his house at Dariapur under Savar municipality in the capital on Thursday. The deceased...
India's federal government named a former telecoms minister on Thursday to lead the restive region of Kashmir, where it hopes to accelerate economic development and end years of strife. Manoj...
With 39 additional deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the death toll in Bangladesh from Covid-19 has gone up to 3,306 on Thursday. On average, some 165.3 deaths have...
A South Korean farmers’ cooperative said on Thursday it has clinched a $150 million deal to barter sugar for North Korean liquor and food products, bypassing sanctions banning cash transfers....
Bangladesh has decided to send a medical team, emergency food and primary medical supplies to Lebanon as twin explosions devastated its capital Beirut on Tuesday evening. Bangladesh stands ready to...
Stocks witnessed yet another buoyant session on Thursday, extending the winning streak for the 10 consecutive sessions, as optimistic investors continued their buying binge on large-cap issues amid optimism. DSEX,...
Police have taken into custody Pradip Kumar Das, the officer-in-charge of their Teknaf station who is charged with the murder of former army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan, ahead of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to work for making the investment environment in the country more attractive overcoming the problems caused by the Coronavirus pandemic....
Singapore is monitoring a recent spate of suicides and attempted suicides involving migrants which have heightened concerns over the mental health of thousands of low-paid workers confined to their dormitories...
Lebanon mourned on Thursday the victims of the most powerful blast to hit the country that was already being crushed by an economic crisis, as rescuers searched for those missing...
The number of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) patients inched closer to 250,000-mark in Bangladesh on Thursday, 152nd day of the virus outbreak in the country. Bangladesh went past Italy in terms...
The Executive Board of the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement - AFD) has recently approved a Concessional Loan of 150 million euro to support the People's Republic of...
US regulators have assured scientists that political pressure will not determine when a coronavirus vaccine is approved even as the White House hopes to have one ready ahead of the...
Eight coronavirus (Covid-19) patients died in a fire that broke out in the intensive care ward of a private hospital in India’s western city of Ahmedabad early on Thursday, officials...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an additional $3.0 million in grant assistance for procuring urgently needed medical supplies for emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh, bdnews24.com...
The government has planned to borrow Tk 5714.5 billion from various sources both at home and abroad over the next three fiscal years, including the running one, mainly to face...
A Cox's Bazar court issued warrants for the arrest of nine policemen including officer-in-charge of Teknaf Model Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das in a case over the killing of Major...
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered huge job losses, especially for women, in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh exposing the sector's sensitivities by destabilising global supply chains and leading...
Former Law Secretary Abu Saleh Jahirul Huq Dulal died of Covid-19 at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Wednesday night. Abu Saleh breathed his last around 11:20 pm at...
The board of directors of Runner Automobiles is going to sign an agreement with Bajaj Auto Ltd for the authorised distributorship of KTM branded Motorcycles in Bangladesh. Bajaj Auto Ltd...
A total of 138,193 motorcycles were registered across the country in June 2020, as per official data. Of the motorcycles, 30,448 were registered in Dhaka during the period, according to...
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