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Three people were killed and five others injured as a bus swerved out of control and overturned in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district on Friday. The accident occurred in the...
Opposing the proposed air fare hike for hajj pilgrims this year, the Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) urged the government even to revise the last year's fare downward. Terming...
Prices of more essentials, including loose palm oil, pulse, red chilli, garlic, ginger and cinnamon increased last week, further raising woes of the consumers who had already been suffering for...
The customs wing of the revenue board has reduced the minimum import value of ceramic tiles and toothpaste to rationalise it with the actual import value of those products. Officials...
Top 10 traded stocks on Thursday grabbed 28.62 per cent of the turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). On the day, the DSE featured a turnover of Tk 5.14...
People's Leasing & Financial Services Ltd has witnessed further extension of its share trading suspension, according to CSE news. Referring to the earlier news disseminated on 09.01.2020 regarding suspension of...
The United States on Thursday (local time) said it blacklisted two companies based in Hong Kong, one in Shanghai and one in Dubai for helping Iran’s state-owned National Iranian Oil...
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws (posthumous) degree at a special convocation of Dhaka University (DU) to be held on September 05, 2020 (Saturday)....
A new coronavirus has killed 25 people in China and infected more than 800, the government said on Friday, as the World Health Organization declared it an emergency but stopped...
An Indian company has been selected to accomplish the four-lane work on a 51-kilometre road that would connect Ashuganj river port with Akhaura land port. The Roads and Highways Department...
Danish conglomerate Maersk is set to introduce trade finance services in Bangladesh to make capital available for its customers in Bangladesh, officials have said. The digital trade finance solution of...
The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, will take stern action against its "greedy" officials, its chief warned on Thursday. Newly-appointed NBR chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem said since...
The busted United Airways has made a fresh move to resume flight operations nearly four years after it suspended the service, sources said. The privately-owned airline, saddled with liabilities, recently...
Adviser to the prime minister on economic affairs Dr Mashiur Rahman on Thursday said statistics should not be altered to make them soothing to the ears of key policymakers. The...
The government's net bank borrowing crossed Tk 500 billion until middle of this month, compelled by the need for meeting budget deficit, officials said. Falling trend in sales of national...
Malaysia's top sugar refiner said it will increase purchases of the commodity from India, which according to two sources is part of efforts to placate New Delhi amid an ongoing...
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is optimistic of reaching a deal on a global tax on digital companies, despite an initial failure to agree one with the United States...
CUMILLA, Jan 23: Nearly 700 high-rise buildings have been constructed in Cumilla city in an unplanned way and without following the building code. Cumilla City Mayor Monirul Haque Sakku said...
Bangladeshi technology start-up, Jatri, announced that it has closed a seed round for an undisclosed amount backed by Superangel, Falcon Network, Tahseen Consulting, and leading angel investors – many of...
Although the holy month of Ramadan is three months away, consumers have already started worrying about the possible price situation. They have genuine reasons to do so. Usually, the prices...
The Oxfam report on global inequality published only days before the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland has once again confirmed that the gap between the rich and poor is...
A recent study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) released last Tuesday in Dhaka made a suggestion that the macroeconomic scenario should not only be evaluated based on the...
Bdstall, a popular online marketplace, has released PC Builder as new year's special feature. The PC Builder option at the Bdstall website will allow visitors to build own PC with...
The government's move to keep both the interest rates on lending and deposit in banks at single digit level appears misleading. For more than a year, country's policymakers have been...
Climate change is no longer a backdoor, back-burner issue. By making it top-of-the-line issue in this year's Davos World Economic Forum (WEF) summit, an ignore-at-your-own-peril warning has also been issued....
Another 217 Bangladeshi workers were deported by Saudi Arabia on Thursday. A Saudi Airlines flight carrying 103 workers landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:20 pm on Wednesday while...
Bangla Academy has announced the names of the winners of its 2019 literature awards. They include writer Wasi Ahmed and poet Makid Haider. Director General Habibullah Sirajee announced the names...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday termed the order that came from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) a victory for humanity and a milestone for human rights...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to introduce a uniform entrance test for admission to all public universities in the country from the next academic session, reports bdnews24.com. Students...
The High Court (HC) on Thursday issued a contempt of court rule against Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Managing Director (MD) Taqsem A Khan for not complying with...
A Dhaka court on Thursday set February 24 for submitting the probe report in the case lodged over Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016. Dhaka Metropolitan...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered measures to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, reports BBC. The decision comes despite de facto leader Aung San Suu...
Three Bangladeshis were shot dead reportedly by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Nitapur border in Porsha upazila of Naogaon on early Thursday. The victims were identified as...
The Philippines's gross domestic product (GDP) posted a year-on-year growth of 6.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2019, resulting in the 5.9 per cent full-year growth for 2019....
Today (Thursday) is the third death anniversary of Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani, the late Chairman of Ispahani Group. He passed away on January 23, 2017. Well-wishers and friends of the...
Bangladesh has moved three notches up in the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) said Thursday. But the country was ranked as the second most corrupt...
Tesla has displaced Volkswagen as the world's second most valuable carmaker, after a dramatic rise in share price pushed its market value to more than $100 billion (£76.1b). The milestone...
Students of Dhaka University’s tourism and hospitality management department brought out a procession on the campus on Thursday protesting against the torture of four students by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)...
Bangladeshi born Omar Ishrak has been elected chairman of the Intel Corporation board of directors succeeding Andy Bryant who stepped down after serving for seven years. The California-based chip maker...
A rickshaw-van puller was killed after a bus crashed into his three-wheeler in Motijheel area of Dhaka city on Thursday. The dead man has been identified only as Hiru, 50,...
Three Americans died Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in the Snowy Monaro region of Australia’s southern New South Wales state, officials said. New...
The 22nd span of the much-hyped Padma Bridge has been installed. The 1-E span installed on pillar no 5 and 6 of the bridge on Thursday, according to media reports....
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) has recently opened an Agent Banking Outlet at Damnash Bazar of Bagmara in Rajshahi. M Khorshed Anowar, Head of Retail and SME Banking of EBL inaugurated...
Chittagong University’s (CU) iconic shuttle train services remained suspended since Thursday morning amid a strike by a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) faction on the campus following an internal clash. Proctor...
The securities regulator has approved the bourses' proposals of appointing their managing directors. The approvals came on Wednesday at a meeting held at the office of the Bangladesh Securities and...
The share price of Sea Pearl Beach Resort & Spa rose 46 per cent in last five sessions executed from the day of publishing quarterly statement that shows the company's...
At least one person was killed and five others wounded in a shooting during the evening rush-hour at a Seattle shopping district in the US on Thursday and the suspects...
China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people, as health...
The government and donors will gather in the capital next week in a traditional parley to discuss national and global agenda, officials said on Wednesday. The Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF),...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has initiated to establish a railway engineering university under public-private partnership (PPP) amid a dearth of experts to support traditional and modern train transportation. But some...
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