M A Wadud has availed M.Phil Degree from University of Dhaka as the recognition of his research work on Integrated Marketing Communication. He is recommended by the University Syndicate Academic...
Bangladesh still relies on the British-era storm warning system despite being one of the countries which are most vulnerable to natural disasters. However, almost every country in the world has...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has enough preparation to face the impending cyclone ‘Amphan’. “We have the preparations (to face cyclone Amphan). We are taking all the...
Facebook is launching Shops, a service that will allow businesses to display and sell products on the world's largest social network's platforms, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday. According...
Cyclone Amphan has begun to make landfall in West Bengal as strong winds and heavy rains lashed India's eastern coastline. The India Meteorological Department said the landfall process began at...
Marico Bangladesh Limited brings yet another offering in the personal care category, the all new ‘Parachute Naturale™ Shampoo’, a brand enriched with the goodness of natural ingredients. Marico is the...
China published sweeping guidelines to improve the country's "socialist market economy," which include instructions for accelerating market reform and opening-up as well as refining national security reviews and setting up...
The United States and Canada said on Tuesday they would extend a ban on non-essential cross-border travel by another 30 days to help the fight against the coronavirus. The US...
An octogenarian man, who had been infected with coronavirus, died at his house at Razapur village of Boalmari upazila in in Faridpur on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Khairul...
China's economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and two other government ministries on Wednesday issued a plan that requires every province in China to set up at...
Chinese technology giant Huawei is likely to stockpile more semiconductor chips during the 120-day grace period following the US government's intensified restrictions to cut off supplies, industry insiders said. They...
Bangladesh and India have signed an agreement on inclusion of 10 more ports of call in the water transit protocol, aiming to gear up inland water transit and trade activities...
Mobile courts on Wednesday fined owners of 12 houses and other establishments Tk 57,000 as larvae of Aedes mosquito was found on their premises in different parts of the city...
One of the most closely watched aspects of China's two sessions each year is the release of the official target for GDP growth, a reliable indicator of where the world's...
Coca-Cola together with its partner CARE Bangladesh is supporting over 50,000 people from disadvantaged communities with a month’s food rations to help them tide over the current COVID-19 hardships. This...
The Indian government’s frugal economic stimulus package has put pressure on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to intervene, as analysts and economists say measures announced so far are unlikely...
Ahmed Fazlur Rahman (Bahar), Former President of the Bangladesh Indenting Agents' Association (BIAA), died of old-age complications at his Siddheswari Residence in Dhaka early Tuesday. Mr. Rahman (84) was Deputy...
Rolls-Royce has said it will cut 9,000 jobs and warned it will take "several years" for the airline industry to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The Derby-based firm, which makes...
Authorities in Bangladesh have moved hundreds of Rohingya refugees living on a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal to storm shelters as super cyclone Amphan, the strongest recorded in...
Bangladesh witnessed 1,617 new cases of novel coronavirus on Wednesday, the health directorate said, its biggest daily increase yet in infections, bringing the total case count to 26,738. Authorities also...
India will run more special trains and buses to allow millions of distressed migrant workers to leave big cities, the federal government said on Tuesday. Workers are walking long distances...
Burger King shared a set of iftar meal with all the frontliners of Kurmitola General Hospital, Mugda Medical College and Hospital and Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital. “It was a privilege...
In the rapidly changing global situation Emirates' loyalty programme- Emirates Skywards is keeping pace. Members can now earn 25 per cent bonus Tier Miles, not just Skywards Miles, on everyday...
The US Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday warned the US government against overdoing a major effort underway to rip US supply chains out of China in the wake of the...
Disgruntled ready-made garments (RMG) workers have taken to the streets to demand payment of wages and Eid-ul-Fitr bonuses in another round of protests in Dhaka during the ongoing coronavirus shutdown....
About 1.4 million people in the coastal areas of Bangladesh have taken refuge in storm shelters as of Wednesday as cyclone Amphan moves further close to the coast. Authorities are...
Taiwan cannot accept becoming part of China under its “one country, two systems” offer of autonomy, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday, in a strong rejection of China’s sovereignty claim,...
Shares of Fujifilm Holdings Corp fell on Wednesday after Kyodo news reported that so far there has been no clear evidence of efficacy for its drug Avigan in treating the...
As Cyclone ‘Amphan’ is approaching fast, the district administration of Satkhira has taken all the necessary preparations to tackle the super cyclone in addition to evacuating thousands of people. Deputy...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has elevated the storm alert to great danger signal 9 for Chattogram and Cox's Bazar ports as the very severe cyclonic storm reached within 345 km...
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced that it would stop selling its talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, making the decision after a consumer products “portfolio...
Asian stocks struggled to extend the week’s rally on Wednesday and gold and bonds firmed as a sceptical press report dented some hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine and concerns about...
Brazil’s daily death toll from the new coronavirus jumped to a record 1,179 on Tuesday as President Jair Bolsonaro doubled down on chloroquine as a possible remedy and US leader...
About 91 per cent of China's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) had resumed operation as of Monday after disruptions caused by COVID-19, official data showed. Some 93 per cent of...
The air quality in Dhaka showed a significant improvement on Wednesday morning with the capital city ranking 41st worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI). It had an AQI score...
Sixteen more people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Kishoreganj district in the last 24 hours till Tuesday. Civil Surgeon of the district Dr Mohammad Mujibur Rahman said the results...
CHATTOGRAM: The Chattogram Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has been selling essential goods with subsidised price for the people of Chattogram city since the beginning of Holy Ramadan month....
After 50 days of operation on the occasion of Ramadan, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is putting on hold its open market sale (OMS) from today (Wednesday), a source...
Railway is fast becoming a vital option for onion transportation from India following suspension of road network between the two neighbouring nations for the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said. Bangladesh Railway's...
South Korean high schools opened on Wednesday for the first time this year, with mask-wearing seniors returning to class in the vanguard of a phased plan to reopen all schools...
The securities regulator will work to restore investors' confidence along with building a strong base of the capital market. Besides, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) will maintain coordination...
Yields on the government approved securities increased slightly on Tuesday, as the banks were reluctant to invest their funds in the instruments ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr. The cut-off yield, generally...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked Mongla and Payra ports to hoist great danger signal No. 10 as the very severe cyclonic storm reached within 390 km of the country’s...
The government has again extended the store rent waiver facility for the containers lying in the Chittagong port yard. During the period between May 17 and May 30, container owners...
Road Safety Foundation (RSF) has expressed concern over the vulnerable condition of transport workers as they remain jobless amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The organisation urged the government and transport...
The Annual Development Programme (ADP) spending hit four-year low in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year (FY) 2019-20 due to the impact of the coronavirus on the...
The country's apex trade body has demanded a 'priority investment scheme' without penalty, prejudice and legal barrier in all productive sectors such as real estate and capital market for next...
Public crowding in Dhaka's marketplaces and traffic on streets continue to rise in the wake of a relaxed regime of the health and social-distancing guidelines. This blatant disregard for personal...
The number of expatriate Bangladeshis, who died of corona abroad, reached 654 until Tuesday, community leaders said. It may be mentioned that in Bangladesh, 360 people died of corona so...
The government is likely to offer a set of tax incentives for both individual and corporate taxpayers, including black money whitening opportunity, in the budget for upcoming fiscal year (FY),...
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