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The UN human rights chief has urged states to impose “targeted sanctions” on former Sri Lankan military commanders, including the current army chief, linked to alleged atrocities during the last...
Police have detained 55 more young people for harassing visitors to Hatirjheel, taking the total number of arrests to 71. Among them, 16 have been handed over to their parents,...
Bangladesh has slipped two notches in global corruption perception index (CPI) in 2020 as it has been placed at the 12th from the bottom among 180 countries. However, the country’s...
As top investment bankers orchestrated major deals through Zoom during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, junior staffers say they were often sitting home, bored and alone, discouraged by an industry that...
Scientists for the first time have found embryonic remains from the group of ferocious meat-eating dinosaurs that includes T. rex - fossilised jaw and claw bones that show these record-size...
The impeachment proceeding against Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol has fuelled speculation online that he could lose some of the...
BMW’s free cash flow last year was better than market expectations at about 3.4 billion euros ($4.12 billion) in its core automotive division, the German carmaker said on Wednesday, citing...
Google’s iPhone apps such as Maps and YouTube will stop using a tool from Apple Inc that allows them to personalise ads, avoiding a new Apple warning that informs users...
The board of directors of Grameenphone has recommended 145 per cent final cash dividend (i.e. total 275 per cent cash dividend) for the year ended on December 31, 2020, said...
Stocks witnessed an upward trend in early trading on Thursday as the stock market regulator relaxed the margin loan adjustment until June 30. The regulator has relaxed its directive on...
The road connecting Mujibnagar in Meherpur to Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal may be inaugurated during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka, foreign ministry...
Speakers at a programme on Wednesday said the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) should coordinate more with its stakeholders to do better in the Ease of Doing Business ranking. They...
A government agency has recommended measures to regulate the issuance of supply orders to help stabilise edible oil prices. The millers usually issue orders beyond their production capacity, which hampers...
The United States could face a heightened threat of domestic extremist violence for weeks from people angry at Donald Trump’s election defeat and inspired by the deadly storming of the...
The securities regulator will hold a four-day-long road-show in Dubai next month to attract foreign investors and non-resident Bangladeshis. The programme will open on February 9 and will close on...
Apple cornered nearly a quarter of the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter, making it the world’s biggest seller, while shipments for Huawei plunged as US sanctions against it...
What can give a better idea about fashion in the pandemic era other than a simple scroll through Instagram? People all over the world are adopting a more casual style...
Bangladesh received 10 per cent higher foreign aid in the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 compared with the same period last year, boosted by some large loans, including...
Farmers are in dire straits as Boro cultivation costs have inflated due to an escalation in agri-input prices by local businesses this season. Experts said excessive input costs might make...
Awami League-backed Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has become the new mayor of Chattogram City Corporation, winning Wednesday's election with 369,284 votes. His closest competition BNP mayoral candidate Dr Shahadat Hossain polled...
Rules of origin of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) can supersede the provisions of the new Indian customs rules in case any conflicts arise, experts say. The Indian...
The central bank has asked the banks to exhaust all stimulus packages by March to help revive the economy, battered by Covid-19. The advice was given at a virtual meeting...
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has trashed a recent survey report that showed the country's existing rate of poverty at around 42 per cent. "I don't want to talk about...
Imagine a programme that has the ability to learn and better itself without any manual input, just like human beings do. What if it could auto-programme itself? Indeed it is...
Being visually impaired is often considered as the worst form of disability. Blind people, who face problems in every walk of life, suffer the most when it is about education....
FE Youth DeskFour technology-- based startups, building scalable solutions to turn some of society's biggest problems into opportunities-- have graduated from the inaugural cohort of North South University Startups Next...
A lot of young students and professionals in Bangladesh harbour dreams that do not fit into the socially acceptable framework. Over time, they find themselves abandoning those aspirations and take...
The largest payment gateway of Bangladesh SSLCOMMERZ and the leading global payment network UnionPay International have signed an agreement, according to a release. From now on UnionPay cardholders can pay...
A newsman was killed on Wednesday in a road accident in front of Jamuna Future Park (JFP) at Nadda area in the capital. The deceased, identified as Gopal Sutradhar, worked with...
Fair Electronics on Wednesday launched Samsung air conditioner manufacturing plant at Narsigndi’s Shibpur. State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak inaugurated the manufacturing plant, reports UNB. South Korean Ambassador to...
From now on, jewellery manufacturers will be allowed to import raw gold to refine it locally. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its nod in this regard by approving...
Loss of both working hours and income has been the greatest fallout of the pandemic in the economic sector globally but it has been far acuter in the low-income countries...
Bangladesh's apparel exports to one-third of the 27 European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands and Poland, increased in the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 amid Covid-19. According to...
The financial markets are classified mainly according to the final maturity of their instruments. Money market usually includes financial assets that have short or medium-term duration. These assets are highly...
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has called upon the Egyptian authorities to increase imports from Bangladesh and investment collaboration with Bangladeshi entrepreneurs. DCCI President Rizwan Rahman made...
The Oceanic Economy popularly known as blue economy has emerged as a crucial development issue for optimum use of the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Among the...
In just three months since we, International Monetary Fund (IMF), released our last forecast in October, recorded Covid-19 deaths have doubled to over 2.0 million, as new waves have lifted...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh has made history by launching the vaccination campaign before many other countries across the world. “Today is a historic day for Bangladesh,"...
Bangladeshi migrant workers sent around US$1.45 billion more remittance through formal channel during the COVID-19 period, a study has found. It said the demand for hundi money (informal channel) to...
Money transfers from migrants overseas could rebound to pre-pandemic levels, upending a World Bank forecast of a further slowdown in remittances to developing countries in 2021, according to a new...
The car came to a halt as the garage gates shrilled shut behind Ishaq, while he was getting off the vehicle. Ishaq hopped over the three steps that lead to...
The government has set an export target of $4.0 billion dollars for the country's shipbuilding industry by 2025. In order to help the sector reach the target, the cabinet recently...
OBHAI, the home-grown ride-sharing company of Bangladesh is first among its peers to recognise the potential benefits of WhatsApp and its ease of access, which would benefit the user base...
Pakistan is considering mortgaging a biggest park in its capital, Islamabad, for getting a loan of around Rs500 billion to overcome ailing economy. According to the Dawn, the government of...
Country’s merchandise trade gap with the rest of the world stood at $6.46 billion in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY21), according to the latest statistics of...
The Public Service Commission has announced the results of the 40th written examination for the Bangladesh Civil Service jobs. As many as 10,964 candidates have provisionally passed the tests, according...
A new system that can warn people of landslides nearly a week in advance is set to be launched in Bangladesh later this year, helping tackle increasing risks from a...
Voting ended in Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls on Wednesday afternoon amid various allegations of election irregularities and a series of violent incidents and clashes, leaving two people dead. The...
Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,600 meters (5,250 feet) down its slopes. It was Mount Merapi’s biggest lava flow...
In order to fully leverage business relationship between Bangladesh and China, it is crucial to improve partnership of banks, investors and governments of these two countries. Speakers said this at...
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