The High Court (HC) has rejected the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. The High Court bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a 0.8 per cent growth for Zimbabwe's economy 2020, much lower than a 3.0 per cent forecast by the Zimbabwe government. In a...
India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) and the High Commission of India in Bangladesh jointly organised a seminar titled ‘Scope of enhancing Indo-Bangla Bilateral Trade in light of Indian...
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research or IEDCR has dispelled rumours that Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi had contracted the novel coronavirus infection. Addressing the matter...
Stocks sank deeper into the red on Thursday, oil prices fell and US Treasuries rallied into record territory as more signs of the global spread of the coronavirus heightened fears...
To recognise women and their achievements, Amari Dhaka is all set to celebrate women in all spheres of life on International Women’s Day 2020 on March 8 with different offers....
Apple Inc will open its first physical retail store in India in 2021, Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Wednesday. Responding to a question from a shareholder at Apple’s annual...
German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dr Gerd Muller has announced that development cooperation with Myanmar will be suspended until Myanmar allows Rohingyas to return to their homes...
At least 34 people were killed and over 200 injured in New Delhi after four straight days of brutal violence over the Citizenship Amendment Act, reports Indian news channel NDTV...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the newly-elected mayors and councillors of the two Dhaka cities to pay special attention to check mosquito, particularly Aedes, so that the insect cannot...
Five people died on Thursday after a fire broke out in a building in Strasbourg in northeastern France, local firefighters said. Firefighters said in a statement that seven people have...
The number of new coronavirus infections inside China - the source of the outbreak - was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday, with Italy and...
Denmark has confirmed its first coronavirus infection in a man who returned from a ski holiday in northern Italy, the Danish health authority said on Thursday. The man was put...
Stocks witnessed volatile trading in early hours of trading on Thursday as investors are active on both sides of trading fence. Following the previous five days’ downturn, the Dhaka Stock...
The newly-elected mayors and councillors of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) took oath of office on Thursday morning. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the...
British Council Bangladesh, in partnership with the University Grants Commission (UGC), organised the International Higher Education Symposium on February 24, 2020 at a hotel in the capital. The conference focused...
Indian government has decided to lift the nearly six-month-old ban on export of onions in a bid to protect the interests of farmers as prices are likely to fall sharply...
A gunman opened fire at the Molson Coors Beverage Co brewing complex in Milwaukee in the US on Wednesday, killing five employees before he was found dead from an apparently...
WHO did not recommend any travel or trade restriction based on the current information available, a joint statement on tourism and COVID-19 issued by UNWTO and WHO said. United Nations...
Twenty-three Bangladeshi more nationals have been evacuated from China’s Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak. They were flown to Delhi on Thursday by a special flight with a number...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided in principle to set up another Transfer Pricing (TP) cell for dealing with customs duty evasion. Some multinational companies (MNCs) evade duties...
Sale and production of different types of banned polythene bags continue to thrive in the country, causing serious environmental pollution and public health hazards. Non-enforcement of the existing laws and...
Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended entry to the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet’s Mosque. It also suspended the entry of tourist visa holders from countries...
Three people, including a child, were killed and eight others suffered burns in a fire that broke out at a multi-story building at Dilu Road in city’s Moghbazar area early...
The chief of the country's capital market regulatory body said on Wednesday auditors would be made accountable apart from ensuring improvement in governance in the listed companies for the sake...
Thailand's national carrier announced salary cuts for management and other airlines lowered targets as travel slowed from the coronavirus outbreak and the number of cases in the country reached 40...
Beekeepers in China, the world's top honey producer, are bracing for a bleak start to the key spring pollinating season as travel curbs aimed at containing a coronavirus outbreak keep...
FARIDPUR, Feb 26: At around nine in the morning, several groups of girls from remote areas start for school riding bicycles. Crossing all social barriers they now attend school regularly....
On Saturday (February 22), the curtains were brought down on Career Expo 2020 organised by Economics Career Alliance (ECA). The three-day event started on February 20. Launched by ECA-- a...
If someone asks a university graduate what his/her subject is there is a very high possibility the answer will be BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration). BBA is one of the...
Bangladesh Positive and JCI Dhaka West jointly organised an event called 'Amar Prothom Boimela' (My First Book Fair) on February 22 at Dhaka Ekushey Book Fair, says a press release....
On the history and progress of world cinema, author Altamis Nabil has published the research book 'Lumiere Theke Hiralal' (From Lumier to Hiralal) at the 2020 Dhaka Ekushey Book Fair....
Bangladesh Government Employees’ Welfare Federation pushed for a six-point demand including reshaping wage structure to alleviate ‘disparities’ in the wage stricture of government employees. The federation came up with the...
Reports on child nutrition until recently were exasperating, to say the least. The litany that malnutrition and stunting held back a large segment of children's physical and mental development marked...
The country's electricity generation capacity has been improving steadily and present installed capacity including import of electricity has reached at 19,630 megawatt MW (with captive and renewable units the total...
One of the most worrying facts of our time is that the country's poor people are still being deprived of minimum quality services from health centres despite mushroom growth of...
The Bangladesh Bank has said depositors’ money in banks and financial institutions will be more secure after implementation of proposed ‘Deposit Protection Act, 2020’. BB's chief spokesperson M Serajul Islam...
As the size of the national budget has increased significantly, it has been a challenging task for the ministries and divisions to ensure proper and effective utilisation of public funds....
The narcissism and Panglossian cluelessness of the Wall Street elite is a marvel to behold. Sitting on their perches of power, and enjoying tax breaks, easy money, and soaring stock...
Meeting the President of the Republic of Korea in September 2019, President Donald J Trump bragged that the "US economy is the envy of the world". Trump reiterated such claims...
Keeping in view the long-term development objectives of the Vision 2041, the government has prepared a new perspective plan for the next 20 years. The National Economic Council (NEC) approved ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for calm on Wednesday after days of clashes between Hindus and minority Muslims over a controversial citizenship law in some of the worst sectarian...
The interest on the post office savings tools, which were slashed recently, are likely to return to their previous rates subject to the completion of automation formalities of those tools...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to hold examinations to admit students to public universities under a cluster system as five top universities did not adopt previously proposed combined...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has identified 14 sources of corruption in the country’s land ports under the Shipping Ministry. It filed a report to State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud...
The country's readymade garment (RMG) sector is facing some problems in supply chain due to coronavirus outbreak, but there is no negative impact on the export of RMG products. Top...
German Development Minister Gerd Müller promised €15 million ($16.3 million) to the Rohingya refugees during his trip to Bangladesh on Wednesday. Müller hopes that the boost in funding will help...
A three-weeklong ‘Measles-Rubella (MR) Vaccination Campaign- 2020’ will begin on February 29 across the country aiming at fulfilling the national measles elimination target. During the campaign from February 29 to...
Malaysia’s decades-old political rivals Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim set out claims to lead the Southeast Asian country on Wednesday after Mahathir’s shock resignation as prime minister sparked turmoil. The...
Various cold-related diseases affected 3,882 people across the country in the last 24 hours. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room showed that 912 of the...
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