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Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) has been extended by three more days till February 4. Abdur Rauf, the member secretary of the fair’s organising committee, confirmed the decision to bdnews24.com...
The government has initiated a project to upgrade the Hatirjheel-Rampura Bridge-Banasri-Shekherjaiga-Amulia-Demra highway into four lane one. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a Taka...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized gold ornaments worth about Tk 6.6 million (Tk 66.28 lakh) from frontier area Singnagar Haldapara under Jibannagar upazila of Chuadangaon...
The Dhaka International Trade Fair will remain closed on Friday, a day before the city polls, according to a decision by the Election Commission, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka residents will head...
Authorities in Germany have confirmed the country's first case of the new virus that emerged in central China. The health ministry in the southern state of Bavaria said late Monday...
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday said there is nothing to worry about coronavirus as no such patient has been detected in Bangladesh yet. The minister said this at a...
Stocks posted a marginal gain on Tuesday, after a single-day break, as investors showed their buying binge on selective multinational companies. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange,...
A general diary (GD) was filed on Monday against Md Fauzal Azim, a Bangladeshi migrant living in London, by a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader for making ‘derogatory comments’ on...
Oil futures steadied on Tuesday after five days of declines on concerns a virus outbreak in China could dent demand for oil, with some analysts suggesting the falls may be...
Six new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Tuesday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. In its regular update, the DGHS noted...
BNP's mayoral candidate for the upcoming Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) polls Engineer Ishraq Hossain on Tuesday announced his manifesto promising to work for building Dhaka as a 'world class...
A Dhaka court has sentenced Destiny Group MD Rafiqul Amin to three years in jail for failing to submit a wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission. The court also fined...
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited (LHBL) signed a strategic partnership agreement with Borak Real Estate Limited, a sister concern of Unique Group at The Westin, Dhaka recently. Under the agreement, Borak Real...
At least eleven people were killed after a factory caught fire late Monday night in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, an official said on Tuesday morning. Chief of the rescue...
The European Union (EU) Ambassador and EU Member States' Ambassadors and Heads of Mission resident in Myanmar have said they expect the government of Myanmar to fully comply with the...
The 1st Managers’ Conference-2020 of Dhaka South, Dhaka North, Dhaka Central, Gazipur & Narayangonj regions of Pubali Bank Limited was held at bank’s head office recently. Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury,...
South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank Limited recently celebrated the bank’s 100th Board of Directors Meeting. S.M. Amzad Hossain, chairman of the bank, directors and Managing Director and CEO, Md....
Five members of a family were burned to death and two others suffered burn injuries in a fire at a house on the Central Road in Moulvibazar district town on...
Countries around the world are planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and private citizens from Chinese areas hit by the new coronavirus, which is spreading quickly. Wuhan, a city of 11...
Shares of companies highly exposed to China’s economy tumbled across Asia on Tuesday on rising concern about the impact of global travel bans associated with a new virus outbreak, and...
Md Rezaul Karim, Proprietor, S.N. Jute International was re-elected as Chairman of Shippers Council of Bangladesh (SCB) for the term 2020 & 2021. He is Vice Chairman of Asian Shippers’...
Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) organized an orientation program for the students of 45th Batch of Chartered Secretary Course at ICSB Campus in the city on Saturday. Mohammad...
Two pilots were killed in a Sukhoi Su-30 aircraft crash on Monday night in Algeria's Oum El Bouaghi province, 450 km southeast of the capital Algiers, local media reported. The...
Fire swept through a lakefront marina in Alabama early on Monday (US local time), killing at least eight people and sending seven others to hospital after flames engulfed 35 vessels...
The government is planning to renovate seven eco-parks and build four new ones in the Sundarbans, aiming to boost tourism in the world's largest mangrove forest. It also has plans...
The board of directors of Grameenphone has recommended 40 per cent final cash dividend (i.e. total 130 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019, said...
The Philippines stopped issuing visas on arrival to Chinese nationals on Tuesday, in a bid to keep the southeast Asian nation free of a new virus that has killed 106...
Japanese economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura warned on Tuesday that corporate profits and factory production might take a hit from the coronavirus outbreak in China that has rattled global markets and...
Bangladesh's key donors sit with top policymakers and officials tomorrow (Wednesday) in Dhaka to get an update on the country's development plans and programmes. The two-day parley, known as the...
Emirates has announced to launch a new daily service from Dubai to Penang International Airport in Malaysia via Singapore from 9 April 2020. Penang will become Emirates’ second destination in...
Stocks witnessed downward trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday as investors mostly followed cautious stance. Following the previous day’s correction, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong...
Bangladesh Special Economic Zone (BSEZ), dedicated for Japanese investors, is expected to bring in foreign investment worth US$20 billion. The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) being developed on 1,000 acres of...
Four people were killed and four others injured in road accidents in Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts on Tuesday. In Moulvibazar, two people were killed and four others injured in a...
Facebook Inc has asked employees to suspend non-essential travel to mainland China to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The company also told employees who...
The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) incurred losses for last two consecutive quarters ended by December, 2019 due to 'decrease' in capital profit and 'increase' in loan interest. The state-run...
Britain’s decision on whether to allow Huawei to supply equipment for 5G mobile networks comes at a delicate time, with debate raging in European capitals over the security implications of...
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Israelis were not welcome to visit the kingdom after Israel decreed that Israeli citizens could visit Saudi Arabia under certain circumstances, according to a CNN...
Bangladesh gets a six-month grace period until June 30 to comply with the European Union's (EU) Registered Exporter (REX) certification system of origin of goods to retain the GSP (generalised...
The United States warned against travel to China on Monday and Canada issued a more narrow travel warning as the death toll from the spreading coronavirus passed 100, with tens...
The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, has decided to honour the consumers considering the uses of invoices generated by electronic fiscal device. The VAT online project will award consumers...
A good number of banks have already lowered the interest rates on fresh deposits by keeping their lending rates unchanged. The downward revision of the deposit rates comes much ahead...
Omproving the United States (US) and China trade tensions has eased growth uncertainty and in the absence of that the world economy may have hit the bottom, the International Monetary...
As the metropolitan Dhaka's population continues to rise unabated, a vital aspect keeps becoming evident. The city miserably lacks lots of basic civic amenities. In the absence of many public...
The Financial Express last Thursday carried news to the effect that the Bangladesh Railways (BR) has started preliminary work for the establishment of a railway engineering university. The proposed university...
With a 7.7 per cent growth-rate, as predicted in the Economist, Bangladesh has only one country ahead of it: no, it is not China (6.1 per cent), nor India (6.7...
There is a general perception that the existing income tax regulations in Bangladesh are British in birth, too much intricate in attitude and cumbersome for enforcement. Though taxation, as an...
The High Court (HC) Monday turned down a petition seeking cancellation of BNP's mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Tabith Awal’s nomination in the upcoming city polls. The...
Government Securities (G-Secs) are securities issued by the government to borrow from financial market to meet its fiscal deficit. They are considered safe investments, as investors are guaranteed return of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered government officials to stay fully alert to the threat of coronavirus in a bid to prevent it from spreading to Bangladesh. She gave the...
Daycare centres for children in Bangladesh will have to pay as much as Tk 1.0 million in fine for failure to provide desired security to the children. The cabinet approved...
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