The Bangladesh Under-19 team returned home on Wednesday afternoon with the ICC Under-19 World Cup trophy. The ICC U-19 World Champions Bangladesh team landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around...
BNP's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said at this moment their main goal is to save BNP chief Khaleda Zia's life. “We want to free her and save...
Business leader Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin is seeking to run with the Awami League ticket for Dhaka-10 in the by-election to the parliamentary seat vacated by mayor-elect Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh....
Democratic US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders narrowly won New Hampshire’s primary on Tuesday, solidifying his front-runner status in the race to take on Donald Trump and dealing a setback to...
The government will form a high-level committee for proper management of rawhides of sacrificial animals during the Eid-ul-Azha. The decision was taken on Wednesday at the first meeting of the...
Britain has decided to make social media companies --- such as Facebook, Twitter and Snap --- responsible for blocking or removing harmful content on their platforms. A duty of care...
Two new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Wednesday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). According to the daily update from DGHS,...
Stocks kept gaining on Wednesday, with turnover hitting 11-month high, as enthusiastic investors put fresh stakes on stocks riding on central bank’s supportive measures. DSEX, the prime index of the...
The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule asking to know from authorities concerned as to why Baul singer Shariat Sarkar will not get bail. The HC bench of Justice...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will light up every house across the country within the ‘Mujib Borsho’ (Mujib Year) by bringing all people under the electricity coverage....
A case has been filed against 19 people in connection with the trawler capsize near the St. Martin’s Island in the Bay of Bengal which left 15 Rohingyas dead and...
Seventeen Chinese sailors who remained stuck for three days in a ship docked at Sitakunda are set to return to their country on Wednesday night, said the Chinese Embassy in...
Mr. Md. Khurshed Alam, Deputy Managing Director of NRB Bank Limited and Mr. Md. Ekramul Haque, Managing Director of Taufika Foods & Agro Industries Ltd (TFAIL) signed a payroll agreement...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently opened its Agent Banking Centre at Paikpara, Mirpur, Dhaka. Managing Director & CEO of MTB, Syed Mahbubur Rahman inaugurated the Centre through a...
Uttara Bank Limited has been awarded the “Asia’s Greatest Brands -2019-20” by ‘URS Media Consulting PL’ and 'AsiaOne’. ‘URS Media Consulting PL’ is a research-based listing of brands & leaders...
Nissan Motor Co on Wednesday said it had filed a civil lawsuit in Japan against former Chairman Carlos Ghosn seeking 10 billion yen ($91.02 million) in damages over his alleged...
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited inaugurated an Agent Banking Outlet at Tashulla Bangla Bazar, Nawabganj in Dhaka district recently. The former chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank Mr....
Firdausi Qadri, a Bangladeshi researcher, has been named for the 22nd L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards. The UNESCO announced the names of the five winners of the awards, with...
A Clients Exchange View Meeting was held on Tuesday at Motijheel Branch of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited. Chairman of the Bank Alhajj Abdus Samad Labu was present at the program...
Uber has launched operations in the tourist resort of Cox's Bazar today (Wednesday), making it the 4th Bangladeshi city after Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet, where riders can now book UberXL...
An Iranian woman has died of a suspected coronavirus infection, the state daily newspaper IRAN reported on Wednesday, without citing any sources. The 63-year-old woman died in a Tehran hospital...
Airlines and aircraft makers are taking a body blow from the virus outbreak in China, as Boeing reported zero orders for new jets in January and forecasting the cargo business...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated the Sheikh Kamal IT Incubator and Training Centre constructed at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hi-tech Park in Rajshahi. Through videoconferencing from Ganobhaban, she also...
A man surrendered to police on Tuesday night reportedly after killing his elder brother in Natore Sadar upazila. The accused is Shahjahan Ali, 40, while the deceased was identified as...
A total of 4,740 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Tuesday, Chinese health authorities announced Wednesday. Tuesday saw 744...
China on Wednesday reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since late January, lending credence to a prediction from the country’s senior medical adviser that the outbreak could be...
Two people were killed and three others injured as a pickup crashed into a stationary truck at Razabari intersection in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district on Wednesday. One of the...
Several hundreds of workers of an export oriented apparel factory in the city took to the streets on Wednesday protesting mass termination of their fellow workers. Demanding payment of their...
The securities regulator has allowed Delta Hospital Ltd to determine its cut-off price through eligible investors' bidding - a requirement for going public under the book building method. The approval...
Stocks rebounded strongly on Tuesday, snapping a five-day losing streak, as investors gained confidence thanks to the central bank's latest market supportive measures. The market started on a flying note...
Singapore has confirmed another Bangladeshi coronavirus case among a total of 47 patients. The 39-year-old had worked at Seletar Aerospace Heights, the same location where another Bangladeshi was found to...
The government is likely to miss its Aman procurement target set for this season, despite offering attractive prices. Delay in starting Aman purchase drive and procedural complexities have been blamed...
As India declined to lift the anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi goods, the commerce ministry high-ups have asked one of its wings to start dispute settlement procedure in the World Trade...
The Dhaka metro-rail company is planning to acquire the land of government agencies and also the land of some private buildings for the Motijheel-Kamalapur part of the Mass Rapid Transit...
In the age of information and communication technologies, the flow of information is fundamental to doing business in the global economy. Business operations and consumer expectations have undergone a major...
Bangladesh's stock market has a unique feature, which is not common in any matured and standard bourse around the world. It is the presence of a handful large-cap shares in...
FARIDPUR, Feb 11: The source of the Mandartala canal originating from the Padma river has dried up for about one kilometre. Then, local farmers have started farming taro in the...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 11: Even after receiving hundreds of complaints every month, Rajshahi Development Authority (RDA) authorities remained unresponsive to take action against the constructions being undertaken by violating the building...
The growth of the country's readymade garments (RMG) sector has been rather insignificant during 2016-17 and 2017-18 fiscal years as it grew by 0.2 per cent and 8.7 per cent...
Skill development has of late come under intense focus. The reasons are obvious: migrant workers are returning home in droves from some of the popular destinations and foreign consultants and...
Asian share markets followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday as China's factories struggled to re-open after an extended break, though analysts warned investors might be underestimating how economically damaging the...
Financial repression may be defined as direct government intervention that alters the equilibrium in the financial sector. It is usually aimed at providing cheap loans to business firms and governments...
A year after assumption of office by the finance minister, AHM Mustafa Kamal's admission that the national economy is not in a good shape and that the banking sector is...
The public universities of the country will admit students through combined admission tests from this year. The Bangladesh University Council, a body of the vice-chancellors, announced the decision taken at...
The government has a plan to bring the country’s all senior citizens under old-age allowance in phases by 2025. Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed gave the information while replying to...
The government has appointed Md Aminul Islam Khan, additional secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, as secretary to the Liberation War Affairs Ministry. In addition, Fatima Yasmin,...
The board of directors of Green Delta Insurance Ltd has recommended 15 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019, according...
The family members of detained BNP chief Khaleda Zia have urged the government to release her on humanitarian grounds for her advanced medical treatment. After visiting her at the BSMMU...
The government will not arrange the return of more Bangladeshi nationals from China amid the coronavirus outbreak that claimed more than 1,000 lives, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said. The...
Stocks rebounded strongly Tuesday, snapping a five-day losing streak as the central bank’s market-supportive moves brought a ray of hope to investors. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock...
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