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Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors faced doubts about a quick recovery after posting dismal quarterly sales in its key Southeast Asia market partly due to the coronavirus outbreak, sending its shares down...
As part of its COVID-19 support for underprivileged communities, Chevron’s Bangladesh companies recently handed over 300 packs of food & hygiene supplies for the students of nine Kushum Koli schools...
The dollar bounced off a two-year low on Tuesday as selling pressure faded ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting and as political wrangling over the next US fiscal rescue package...
Gold hurtled to record peaks on Tuesday before the sheer scale of its gains drew a burst of profit taking, which lifted the dollar from two-year lows and curbed early...
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was found guilty on Tuesday on all seven corruption charges in his first trial linked to a multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia...
Jatiyatabadi Swechchasebak Dal President Shafiul Bari Babu died of cancer at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka early Tuesday. He was 49. “He breathed his last at 4:00 am at the hospital,”...
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) has assured that there is no shortage of salt for preserving and processing rawhides of sacrificial animals. “There’s a stock of 1.16 million...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has failed to raise reasonable doubt over an abuse of power charge, a high court judge said on Tuesday, in the first trial linked...
Cattle traders who are coming to the port city to sell sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha are at the mercy of extortionists and lessees of the makeshift cattle markets. Talking...
Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh's profit after tax jumped more than 53 per cent in April-June, 2020 quarter due to strong revenue growth driven by increased demand of personal hygiene products during...
The Bhatiapara-Jashore-Khulna-Benapole highway in the Kashiani upazila area of Gopalganj district is in a dilapidated condition. Thousands of people from six districts of the southern part of the country use...
CHATTOGRAM: For the first time in the history of tea auction in the port city of Chattogram, white tea was sold in the auction on Monday. White tea was sold...
Local cattle markets in Rajshahi are flooded with Indian cattle heads amidst the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Owners of the local cattle farmers are disappointed over the sale of...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to launch an automated challan system for income taxpayers from mid-August in a bid to check submission of fake challan. The NBR...
After setting aside adequate provisioning due to difficult times ahead, IPDC Finance registered a net profit after tax of Tk. 316 million in the first half of the year 2020,...
The design of over 70,000-kilometre road at upazila and union levels is set to be revised amid remarkable growth of both traffic volume and rural economy. Sources said local government...
North South University (NSU) secured the Global Rank of 401-450 in Business and Management Studies (School of Business and Economics) and 551-600 in Computer Science and Information Systems (School of...
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will soon launch crack-down against unlicenced health care facilities and any malpractices in the sector. "I have been specifically instructed (by the authority)...
The central bank unveils its monetary policy for this fiscal year tomorrow (Wednesday) aiming to help revamp the economic activities through the implementation of stimulus packages. Bangladesh Bank will announce...
The government is streamlining five laws as part of its efforts to attract foreign direct investment or FDI, which may shift in the post-pandemic era, officials have said. The laws...
Cattle markets in the capital are yet to see buying and selling of sacrificial animals, as customers are still monitoring market trends, while traders are waiting for good prices with...
Bangladesh for the first time is expected to secure US$1.0 billion worth of budget support from Japan next week. The support would help the government weather the impact of the...
Worldwide, more than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to International Labour Organisation (ILO) report. They are being excessively affected...
Readers might remember the unusual photograph printed in this newspaper a little more than a week ago. It showed a large public notice pasted on the gate of a Dhaka...
The just approved annual budget for the University of Dhaka for the year 2020-21 has once again seen a slash in the percentage of allocation on education and research. This...
The authorities have instructed all police units to remain vigilant against the threat of terror attacks in Bangladesh heading into Eid-ul-Adha and the month of August, reports bdnews24.com. In a...
Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her eight-year-old daughter Aaradhya Bachchan were discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19, reports bdnews24.com. They were released on Monday after confirmatory tests returned negative...
The Covid-19 pandemic threatens to roll back gains in women's economic opportunities, widening gender gaps that persist despite 30 years of progress. Well-designed policies to foster recovery can mitigate the...
Covid-19 will take a heavy humanitarian and economic toll on developing countries with large informal sectors and very weak health systems, threatening to undo progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....
Majority of workers of different industrial sectors, including textile and readymade garment (RMG) in six industrial zones across the country, are yet to receive festival allowance as of Monday. A...
About 60 per cent of the male migrant worker’s households are surviving mostly on loans during the pandemic period as they fail to receive remittances from their near and dear...
Hit hard by Covid-19 fallout, businesses in the tourism sector in the beach town of Cox's Bazar look for a gradual comeback after Eid-ul-Azha eyeing the next winter as an...
Bangladesh has received 10 locomotives from India as grant to facilitate its broad gauge passenger carriage and cargo movement in line with growing demand of the services. Railway Minister Nurul...
The Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) launched its official web portal to ensure the flow of information among concerned parties more easily. The association launched the web...
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s telephone call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and growing economic cooperation with China have nothing to do with Indo-Bangladesh ties, said Foreign Minister on Sunday....
Consumption of furnace oil peaks up after easing of the nationwide as electricity generation is on rise to meet the mounting domestic demand. The country expects to import around 280,000...
The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed a case against four people including chairman of Regent Hospital Mohammad Shahed for misappropriating Tk 27.1 million from Farmers Bank. Deputy Director...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the administration to stay ready to extend all sorts of assistance to the flood-affected people as the flood may prolong this time. “There’s...
Dr Muzammel Haque Chowdhury, a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Jahangirnagar University (JU), died of lung cancer. He breathed his last on Monday morning while undergoing treatment at...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday said leaders of Bangladesh and India pledged on the noble vision of inclusive socioeconomic development, scripting a golden chapter in partnership over...
Export-import activities between Bangladesh and India through the Hili land port will remain suspended for six days from July 30 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival...
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) said on Monday that it would end business activities worldwide related to coal mining by 2025 at the latest. The German lender also said that, effective immediately,...
All units of Bangladesh Police have been asked to remain alert to avert any unpleasant incident during the Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslim Ummah. Police...
Most of the customers who come to Masud Rana, a cattle trader, make queries about prices and then leave. None of them show any interest in buying an animal. Masud...
Businessmen have demanded an extension of the trading period during Eid-ul-Azha to cover the losses they have suffered due to the coronavirus outbreak and lockdowns. They also argue that the...
Olivia de Havilland, one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died at the age of 104. De Havilland's career spanned more than 50 years...
A total of 260 employees of Ministry of Agriculture and its subordinate offices have been infected with Covid-19 and five of them have died, said a PID handout released Monday....
Whichever way the verdict goes on Tuesday in the first 1MDB corruption trial of Malaysia’s former leader Najib Razak, the outcome will be fraught with risk for Prime Minister Muhyiddin...
All seven employees of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) Jadurani Haat Branch in Haripur upazila under Thakurgaon district have been infected with Covid-19. The test result of 15 people including the...
Stocks kept the gaining streak for the two consecutive sessions on Monday as the buoyant investors continued their appetite on large-cap issues amid optimism. DSEX, the key index of the...
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