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Poor record on execution has prompted the Bangladesh Bridge Authority, or BBA, to slash the allocations for the Padma bridge project by 25 per cent during the current fiscal, officials...
Difficulties faced by the commoners and prices of daily essentials are always interrelated. As prices of essential items are soaring without any respite, life of the common man has become...
The 1970 general election in the then Pakistan had, indisputably, added to the force of the demand of the country's people in the eastern wing for autonomy. Had there been...
At a time the world is getting prepared for the fourth industrial revolution, Bangladesh cannot be indifferent to the developments all around. From a humble beginning the country's Information and...
Bangladesh is primarily an agrarian economy. Agriculture is the largest productive sector of the economy employing around 50 per cent of the total labour force. Performance of this sector has...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the Middle East's second largest economy, after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). With a small population of over 9.3 million, six per cent...
It is not always on the dot, but the Economist's "The world in numbers" issue for the forthcoming year that is typically published in the folding year's December garners a...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 20: Poppy plant, an ingredient for preparing banned drug 'opium' is being cultivated at the garden of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research, Rajshahi, on a large scale....
KHULNA, Jan 20: Mustard cultivation is popular among the growers in the district. A good number of farmers said mustard production in the Rabi season is profitable as it requires...
In the backdrop of continuous fall in the country's stock market, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a meeting with the chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), market...
The High Court has stayed appointments of assistant teachers for primary schools for six months for breaching recruitment rules in 14 districts. Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Md Mahmud...
Bangladesh has got around 5.37 million new voters after its 2018 general election, according to the draft updated electoral rolls revealed by the Election Commission on Monday. The number of...
BSS There are 3241 public and private media outlets, including print and electronic, in the country, according to the estimate till December 2019. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud gave the...
The cabinet on Monday gave final approval to a draft law on air transportation, proposing an enhanced compensation of Tk 11.7 million for every casualty in any air crash, while...
One-third of the youth in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are not in education, employment or training (NEET) and the rate is 40 per cent in India. The World...
Adopting circular economic principles can address overall climate crisis, global inequality and alleviate poverty. Experts came up with the remark on Monday at a panel discussion titled 'Circular Economy: Addressing...
Newly elected president of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) Shams Mahmud on Monday said soaring non-performing loans (NPL) would increase cost of doing businesses as it fuels cost...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) across the world dropped by 1.0 per cent last year, according to a primary estimation of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). UNCTAD’s...
India’s ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has elected Jagat Prakash Nadda as its central president replacing current Home Minister Amit Shah. Nadda was elected unopposed on Monday, the...
The government has allowed state-owned companies to deposit up to 50 per cent of their surplus funds in private banks and non-bank financial institutions. The finance ministry’s Financial Institutions Division...
The election commission’s budget for the Dhaka city elections trebled to Tk 600 million from five years ago. More than 500 million voters are expected to head to the polling...
Prince Harry said Sunday that he felt "great sadness" but found "no other option" to cutting almost all of his and his wife Meghan's royal ties in the hopes of...
Russia’s opposition plans to stage a big protest next month against the country's President Vladimir Putin’s proposed constitutional changes, which it cast as a ploy for Putin to rule for...
After long 32 years of the gruesome killing of 24 people attending Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina's rally in Chittagong in 1988, a court in the port city on Monday...
Nearly one in three adolescent girls from the poorest households around the world has never been to school, according to a new UNICEF paper launched today (Monday) as education ministers...
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit arrested two suspected members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Shonir Akhra area on Sunday night. The arrestees were identified as Jamal Uddin...
Police have arrested former municipality mayor of Nandail Municipality in Mymensingh over allegations of a controversial social media post concerning the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Azizul Islam...
Law enforcers in separate drives arrested seven suspected drug dealers from different areas in Shibganj and Godagari upazila of Chapainawabganj on Monday. The arrestees were identified as Milon Ali, 25,...
Two new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Monday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has said. In its regular update, the DGHS...
Various cold-related diseases affected 5,733 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Monday. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room...
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Own the World Company Ltd, one of the leading & well-reputed tours & travels company on Monday at Bank’s...
All dairy farmers gathered from all around the country to attend “BDFA Milon Mela” at Savar, organised by Bangladesh Dairy Farmers’ Association (BDFA). Around 1500 farmers attended the program...
Ninety-seven new assistant judges have been appointed for the subordinate courts. The law ministry on Sunday issued a gazette notification in this regard, reports UNB. In the notification, the law...
A Discussion Workshop on Outsourcing in Financial Service Sector (in association with BACCO & LICT) will be held at the auditorium of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management on January 21....
Five people died in the Russian city of Perm on Monday after a hot water pipe exploded in the night and flooded a basement hotel room with boiling water, the...
The High Court (HC) has granted anticipatory bail to Bangla daily Prothom Alo editor and publisher Matiur Rahman for four weeks in the case filed in connection with the death...
Women businessmen have urged to create a business-friendly environment in the country. They also said e-payment system and e-filing system need to be more utilized. Attending a workshop on 'Challenges...
A footbridge on Indonesia's Sumatra island broke while it was packed with people and several fell into the overflowing river below and drowned, officials said Monday. Nine bodies have been...
The world’s richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, while unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to...
Roger Federer showed no signs of rust from his lack of match practice ahead of the Australian Open as the third seed launched his campaign for a record 21st Grand...
BJP's West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh has said that the government is committed to implementing the proposed nationwide National Register of India and will send back 10 million (1...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Magura district unit of Awami League president and valiant Freedom Fighter Tanzel Hossain Khan. She...
Freedom fighter Tanzel Hossain Khan, the president of Awami League’s district unit, passed away at a hospital in Magura on Monday. He was 73. The ruling party leader was suffering...
A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced 10 people to death in a case filed over the bomb blast at a CPB rally in Paltan area in 2001. Additional Metropolitan Magistrate...
Samsung Electronics on Monday named its youngest president as its new smartphone chief as the firm seeks to defend its lead in the handset market from rising challenges from rivals...
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, ranked third worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning. It had an AQI score of 213 around 8:10am. The air was...
Shaheed Asad Day, commemorating the supreme sacrifice of student leader Asaduzzaman Asad during the mass upsurge of 1969 that led to the country's independence, is being observed across Bangladesh. The...
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh vows to become the most sustainable and trusted building material solutions and service provider in the country. "The global cement manufacturer will be an effective partner in the...
China, one of the world's biggest users of plastic, has unveiled a major plan to reduce single-use plastics across the country. Non-degradable bags will be banned in major cities by...
Bangladesh's exports to India crossed US $ 1.0 billion mark in the last calendar year (2019), said Gurvinder Singh, Director (exhibitions) of Engineering Export Promotion Council of India (EEPC India)...
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