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One of the most integral parts of the modern economy, insurance protects financial aspects of unexpected death, injury, loss of property, loss of earning power, legal liability or other unexpected...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has said the number of total voters now in Bangladesh is more than 109.82 million. “Among the total 109,819112 voters, 554,82,530 are male,...
During the past seven decades or so, shared economic and security interests have been the dominant factors in the Saudi-United States bilateral relationships. Successive US Administrations have defined the Saudi...
Ensuring nutritious and safe food is one of the major challenges for the developing economies like Bangladesh. It is associated with the United Nations goal of 'Food Security' according to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed all the ministries and divisions not to take any unnecessary programme with big budgets on the occasion of Mujib Year. The Prime Minister came...
India expects to finalise proposed deals with Bangladesh on seven common rivers, excepting the Teesta, by this year. Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla came up with the statement...
Nokia Chief Executive Rajeev Suri will step down in September and be replaced by Pekka Lundmark, who used to work for the Finnish company and is the current CEO of...
A Tangail court has sentenced a man to death on charges of beating his wife to death over demand for dowry in 2012. Judge Khaleda Yasmin of Tangail Women and...
A total of 534 people were killed in 504 road accidents across the country in February this year. Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity revealed the data on Monday. Besides, some 48...
Another man, who suffered burn injures in a fire at a multi-story building in Moghbazar, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Monday morning, raising the death toll to five....
North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles off the east coast into the sea on Monday, South Korea’s defense ministry said, in its first apparent weapons test of the year. The...
The US Department of Health and Human Services is investigating a manufacturing defect in some initial coronavirus test kits that prompted some states to seek emergency approval to use their...
Stocks rebounded in the positive terrain on Monday, snapping a seven-day losing streak, as bargain hunters showed their buying appetite on sector-wise shares. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka...
Police on Monday detained 35 Rohingyas, including women and children, while they were preparing to go to Malaysia illegally from Rejukhal area of Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar. Officer-in-charge of...
Thousands of Muslims from China's Uighur minority group are working under coercive conditions at factories that supply some of the world's biggest brands, a new report says. The Australian Strategic...
Gulshan Society has hosted the neighbourhood's first book fair (boi mela), for the first time such event in the area, at Lake Park in Gulshan area of Dhaka. The organisation...
BNP leader Tabith Awal, who contested the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) election, has filed a case with a court here seeking cancellation of the gazette on Dhaka City Corporation...
A new virus first detected in China has infected more than 89,000 people globally and caused over 3,000 deaths. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to...
Highlighting the "most extensive and integrated" relationship between the two countries, Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday reiterated that the NRC and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will have...
An MoU was signed between Trust Bank Limited and US Bangla Airlines. Under this MoU, Trust Bank Debit & Credit Card Holders will be able to avail 10% discount on...
A seminar on “The Role of Financial Reporting in the Development of Capital Market, arranged by Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) will be held on Tuesday. Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Economic...
Asia’s factories took a heavy hit in February from the coronavirus outbreak with activity in China shrinking at a record pace, business surveys showed on Monday, adding to fears the...
IDLC Finance will launch its first venture capital fund Tuesday. The launching event will be graced by Member of Parliament & State Minister of Information and Technology Division, Zunaid Ahmed...
First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) recently organized a workshop titled ‘Annual Risk Conference-2020’ for its Officers at Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort. Mr. Md. Masud Biswas, ED, Department of...
A leading online shopping platform of the country meeha.com.bd is offering a special discount and interest free EMI in purchase of Women’s motorbike for cardholders of Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL)....
Works on none of the 744 crop protection schemes worth Tk 1.32 billion in Sunamagnj district could be completed within the deadline, which ended on February 28, sources informed. However,...
South Korea reported on Monday 476 new coronavirus cases, taking its national tally to 4,212, as the government of Seoul sought a murder investigation into a controversial church at the...
Argentina's President Alberto Fernández has said he will send a bill to legalise abortion to Congress within the next 10 days. Mr Fernández, who was sworn in as president in...
A 39-year-old man burnt in the Dilu Road garage fire has succumbed to his injuries after the deaths of his wife and son in the same blaze. Shahidul Kirmani Roni...
Stocks witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Monday as some investors are showing their buying appetite on sector-wise issues. Following the previous seven days’ fall, the Dhaka...
Seven suspected members of a Rohingya robber gang were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on a hill in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district...
All listed entities encompassing banks, non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) and insurance sectors should follow the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) to ensure transparency and accountability. "There is no scope to...
Asian shares steadied from early losses on Monday as investors placed their hopes on a coordinated global monetary policy response to weather the damaging economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic....
Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning to finalise things ahead of prime minister Narendra Modi's visit this month. Foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen received...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has put forward a nine-point proposal to protect the local ready-made garment (RMG) sector from the curse of coronavirus. The proposal included the...
Real Madrid showed their character by beating Barcelona 2-0 in Sunday’s top-of-the-table ‘Clasico’, leapfrogging their rivals at the La Liga summit after a week in which their pride had taken...
The Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) has set a target to ensure 100 per cent electrification of 21 districts and 52 upazilas by June 2020. As part of rolling out...
Kashmiri apple jujube production has got success for the first time in Shariatpur. Awlad Hossain, a farmer is the pioneer in this regard. He said although apple jujube was cultivated...
Smoke from outdated vehicles, brick kilns and industries, and dust from building work are key reasons of Dhaka's poor air quality, according to a new survey. Besides, fume from garbage...
Mobile handsets, imported illegally or having fake International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers and operating since last August, will not be able to use the country's mobile networks. Bangladesh Telecommunication...
The government's programme to provide incentive to farmers for purchasing farm machinery has become stagnant due to lack of fund, said officials at the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). To boost...
Local residents have found around 40 dead sea-turtles washed up on the Saint Martin's Island beach under Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar over the past one week, indicating that such...
The flow of inward remittances crossed US$12 billion in the first eight months of this fiscal year (FY), despite a significant fall in February, officials said. The inflow of remittances...
The agent banking is booming, mostly in rural areas, supported by a large inflow of remittances, according to Bangladesh Bank officials. Agent banking is defined as financial services targeted to...
The construction of Padma Bridge, which got pace few months back overcoming its foundation-related problems since 2015, was impeded again in February due to absence of an adequate number of...
Amid fears about where the next outbreak of a fast-spreading new virus would appear, infections and deaths continued to rise across the globe Sunday, emptying streets of tourists and workers,...
A fabulous century by Liton Das backed by a spirited all-round show from Mohammad Saifuddin has handed Bangladesh their biggest ODI victory - by 169 runs - in the first...
Fear is infectious. We love to spread and hear fear and rumors the way we love ghost stories because they thrill us. Ghosts instill into us a romance of fear...
Banking operations today are heavily dependent on the use of technology. In fact, the very fabric of service delivery of the modern-day banking is characterised by technological products. A commercial...
The race to become the Democratic nominee for the coming 2020 Presidential election in the United States has been evolving over the past few months. A few weeks ago, there...
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