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The Bangladesh Bank has increased the loan limit of its Export Development Fund (EDF) to $20 million from $15 million. “It has now been decided to enhance the limit of...
The newly-elected mayors and councillors to Dhaka's bifurcated city corporations are set to take their oaths of office on Thursday. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at the Prime Minister's...
A member of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was killed in a reported gunfight with law enforcers at Maisbhanga in Sadar upazila of Rangamati district early Wednesday. The deceased was...
The authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) submitted a report on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition to the Supreme Court Registrar General on Wednesday. Saifur Rahman, a...
Stock extended the losing streak for the five consecutive sessions on Wednesday with key index dipped below 4,600-mark as worried investors continued their sell-offs on major sectors’ shares. DSEX, the...
Emirates Airlines, as part of its internal business innovation initiative, sponsored two key business challenges proposed to the undergraduate students of a US-based university at a hackathon- a programming contest...
Eastern Bank Limited has recently entered into an agreement with Runner Automobiles Limited. Under the agreement, EBL will provide easy installment loan to Runner motorcycle purchasers through the bank’s ‘Two...
Hong Kong will hand out cash to adult permanent residents, to help boost spending and ease financial burden. As part of the annual budget, $10,000 Hong Kong dollars ($1,280; £985)...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said there is no need for group separation in class nine and all students can take up same subjects up to Secondary School Certificate...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a High Court order that imposed a travel ban upon all the present shareholder-directors and the top executives of the International Leasing and Financial...
At least 24 people, including 10 women and 3 children, were killed when the private bus they were travelling in fell into Maiz river on Kota-Dausa mega highway in Bundi...
US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to “promptly” conclude ongoing trade talks that they hope can lead to the first phase of a bilateral...
German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dr Gerd Muller on Tuesday expressed his country’s firm commitment to a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis and Myanmar’s full compliance with...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday distributed Prime Minister Gold Medal-2018 among 172 meritorious students from 36 universities as they secured the highest scores in their faculties. The University Grants...
Walt Disney Co’s Robert Iger will step down as chief executive officer, handing the reins to Disney Parks head Bob Chapek, the company said on Tuesday, ending years of speculation...
South Korea reported 169 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including a US soldier, as health authorities readied an ambitious plan to test more than 200,000 members of a church hit...
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka again ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Wednesday morning. It had an AQI score of 237 at 08:25am. The air was classified as ‘very...
SpaceX, the private rocket company of high tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, won final approval on Tuesday to build a research and manufacturing plant for its deep-space Starship project on a...
Two women were killed in a road accident in city’s Mohakhali area early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Syeda Kachi, 38, daughter of Fazlul Haque and Sonia, 25, daughter...
Several European countries have announced their first coronavirus cases, with all appearing to be linked to the growing outbreak in Italy. Austria, Croatia and Switzerland said the cases involved people...
Absence of vibrant economic diplomacy and lack of ample research on markets and products are hindering the country's export potentials, President of American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AmCham) Syed...
The third European Union (EU) trade mission will visit Bangladesh next month (March) to assess the country's labour rights situation and its eligibility to continue getting GSP (generalised scheme of...
At least 19 people have been killed in the Indian capital during clashes between opposing protesters over a new citizenship law, a senior hospital official told Reuters on Wednesday, even...
Germania-Trest Consortium (GTC) is currently operating the country's lone hard rock mine at Maddhyapara in northern Dinajpur without any contract despite having poor performance previously. The contract tenure of GTC,...
The troubled-road infrastructure project sees a hope long nine years after the contract was signed to build elevated expressway in the city under public-private partnership as its Thai investor finally...
Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday discussed trade and business opportunities between Bangladesh and India and ways to bolster trade relations taking advantage of the proximity. Indian High Commission in...
India is top with more than 98 per cent of coal resources, followed by Bangladesh 1.2 per cent among member countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical...
China has no reason to be happy about the way the media outlets around the world, especially the ones in the West, are focussing on the outbreak of the novel...
The outbreak of coronavirus, technically COVID-19, is creating a global crisis not only in loss of human life causing widespread fear, but also in financial markets. The rapid outbreak, experts...
The tourism sector, though looking up given the rising trend in its contribution to the GDP, which was 4.4 per cent in 2018, is yet to grow into a full-fledged...
A total of 82,422 students have got scholarships in the Primary Education Completion (PEC) examination held in 2019. State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain made the...
The customs authorities on Tuesday urged businessmen to submit documents for their imported goods within 72 hours (3-day) after import. Khondaker Muhammad Aminur Rahman, customs member (audit, modernisation and international...
Public attention is essentially diverted to the observance of International Mother Language Day, Ekushe February for us in Bangladesh during the month of February. It's when the debate returns about...
A silent revolution has taken place in Bangladesh society over the last four decades. It has added a new dimension to Bangladesh economy with the prospect of changing its structure...
Despite the bumper production of Aman rice in November-December 2019, the retail rice price has increased in January-February, 2020. According to Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), the average retail price...
In addition to the Chinese mainland, the struggle against the new cases and outbreak clusters of the COVID-19 (cornavirus) is shifting to countries outside China - not just Asia, but...
Blocked highways. Stranded workers. Dwindling supplies. Shipping and air freight companies also hamstrung. The Chinese manufacturing engine that powers much of the world economy is struggling to restart after an...
RAB arrested Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Noor Papia on orders from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said Obaidul Quader. Papia is now headlining discussions after the arrest revealed stories about...
Khandaker Ibrahim Khaled, a High Court appointed independent director and chairman of the International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL), opined in the Supreme Court that it was very difficult...
No coronavirus case has yet been detected in Bangladesh which is good for the country, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said on Tuesday. “Our medical teams are working...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the Second Perspective Plan of Bangladesh (2021-2041) in a bid to turn Bangladesh as a higher mid-income country by 2031 and a higher...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is influenced by the ruling party as it is soft towards its politicians, according to a research report conducted by the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). The...
The government has planned to formulate the third master plan to prevent the encroachment and pollution of the country’s five rivers -- Padma, Meghna, Turag and Pungli -- and increase...
The 84th birth anniversary of Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh will be observed at Nur Mohammad Nagar under Chandibarpur union in Narail Sadar upazila tomorrow (Wednesday). Nur Mohammad Nagar, which...
The High Court has ordered the government to issue a gazette declaring March 7 a 'Historic National Day'. The authorities were also directed to erect murals of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...
Stock continued to fall for the four straight sessions on Tuesday amid poor earnings declarations by a number of large-cap companies. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91. Mubarak, who served as Egypt's fourth president for almost 30 years from 1981 and stepped down...
Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is likely to play in the two-match T20I series, to be hosted by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) marking birth centenary of to Father of the...
Two other people, who suffered burn injuries in a fire incident at a house in Sahebapara of Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj on February 17, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital...
US President Donald Trump Trump announced that India has signed a deal to purchase more than $3 billion of advanced military equipment, including helicopters. Trump also described trip to India...
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