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Members of Bangladesh Navy have detained 26 Indian fishermen along with two fishing boats from the Fairway Buoy area of the Bay of Bengal for illegally fishing inside the Bangladesh...
The Roads and Highways Department, or RHD, will send its officials abroad to gather experience in protecting a bridge from river erosion, sources said on Friday. They said the state-run...
The apex apparel trade body BGMEA has requested the authority concerned for permission of duty-free sale of locally-manufactured readymade garment (RMG) items in the domestic market through foreign brands' outlets...
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) is in a dilemma with a Thai contractor for not carrying its scheduled work on the mass rapid transit (MRT) line-06 in time....
The declining trend in the net inflows of foreign direct investment, or FDI, in the country sustained until the third quarter of the immediate past calendar year, according to government...
Tax collection from top 20 imported items has plummeted by 39 per cent during the first half of the current fiscal year, in a major blow to the revenue target....
For the middle and lower middle-class urban residents in Dhaka, engaging in jubilations appears to be a rare event. The scene was not much different in the past. Unlike in...
Disputes arise in all organisations. Dealing with a dispute constructively can enable an organisation achieve its ultimate objectives, save on resources, avoid financial losses, and protect its reputation. In contrast,...
The failure of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to introduce electronic devices to help plug leaks in the collection of value added tax (VAT) revenues from selected retail outlets...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Limited in Bangladesh has awarded eight organisations in different categories for their leadership in promoting the country and contributing to the sustainable growth...
The movie Wag the Dog was released a generation ago, one month before a presidential scandal which invited comparisons between that film and the reality of that time. Now, 23...
For many firms in emerging and developing economies, emulating the success of the likes of Samsung and Hyundai may seem like an impossible dream. But the rapid economic growth of...
With the rise of fintech, people feel comfortable to use digital wallets provided by fintech financial service providers linked with banks. In Bangladesh, banks are operating digital wallets through their...
Climate change is already a reality. Ever-more-ferocious cyclones and extended droughts lead to the destruction of infrastructure and the disruption of livelihoods and contribute to mass migration. Actions to combat...
Elections to both the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will now be held on February 1 instead of January 30. The Election Commission took...
Hosts Bangladesh will seek a victory when they meet Sri Lanka in their 2nd and last Group A match on Sunday to reach the semifinals of the six-team Bangabandhu International...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada will compensate families of the victims of the Ukraine Airlines crash. The funds are designed to assist families of victims who are...
India has restored broadband internet and 2G mobile internet services in some areas of its Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Principal Secretary of the state government Rohit Kansal on Saturday. The...
Thirty-one organisations of minority communities on Saturday declared that they will go on a weeklong countrywide protest from Monday demanding deferment of polls to two Dhaka city corporations slated for...
China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asian nation, as Beijing seeks to cement its hold over a neighbour increasingly...
The industrial estate of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in Rajshahi generated employment scopes of more than 10,000 people so far in various trades till last October. The...
Growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Bangladesh may decline to 7.80 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY20) from 8.10 per cent in the previous fiscal...
China and Vietnam are socialist neighbors linked by mountains and rivers, and are a community of a shared future with strategic significance, said Xi, who is also general secretary of...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has authorised digital marketing payments with co-branded credit cards for the BASIS members to help increase the volume of transactions and development of the IT sector. Earlier,...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said the present government is working relentlessly to ensure standard education in the country as it put utmost emphasis on...
The election commission has called an emergency meeting amid a growing demand for changing the schedule of the Dhaka city elections on the occasion of Saraswati Puja. The meeting is...
Bangladesh has announced a 15-man squad for upcoming T20 series in Pakistan and Pacer Hasan Mahmud has got his first call-up to the national team. Mahmudullah will captain the side...
Employers do not find the quality of the graduates of National University, Bangladesh (NUB) up to the mark; which is way a good number of them are deprived of decent...
Twenty-two shops were destroyed in a fire that broke out at Prodhan bazar in Charfesson upazila of Bhola on early Saturday. Quoting locals, Shamsul Arefin, officer-in-charge of Charfesson Police Station,...
The newly signed China-US phase-one trade deal will reduce the uncertainty that has impeded global economic growth, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said. He said, "It is...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up to destroy one of its own rockets on Saturday to test a crucial emergency abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule, the company’s final...
At least five soldiers were killed in a roadside explosion on Friday in northern Burkina Faso's province of Soum, a security source said. The explosion occurred as an army patrol...
At least two people died on Friday in a plane crash in the northern part of the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile, the Chilean Air Force reported. According to authorities,...
Five more students of Dhaka University fell sick on the third day of their fast unto death demanding deferment of polls to the two Dhaka city corporations slated for January...
Italian exports fell by 4.2 per cent in November 2019 compared to the previous month, and by 3.2 per cent compared to November of 2018, ISTAT national statistics agency has...
The three-day long Annual Business Conference of First Security Islami Bank Limited ended at Sarah Resort, Gazipur on Saturday. The Conference was presided over by Syed Waseque Md. Ali, Managing...
City Bank and bKash Limited, the largest mobile financial service provider in the country announced a strategic partnership, enabling bKash distributors to enjoy a working capital funding for short tenure....
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed over the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday the Berlin Conference on Libya, which he plans to attend Sunday, the Kremlin said in...
Eastern Libya ports controlled by commander Khalifa Haftar, who is trying to seize the capital Tripoli, are shutting down oil exports, slashing national crude output by more than half and...
The central bank of Bangladesh has underscored branding of local varieties of tea to access the global market. “Branding is a vital factor for marketing the product in the international...
Participation of physically-challenged people in education and employment is still challenging in Bangladesh as they are facing ordeals and noncooperation in every step of availing their basic citizen rights. They...
Secondary trading of the government’s fixed income tradable securities jumped by 89.21 per cent in the last calendar year, according to the central bank statistics. It showed that the total...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Awami League leader and Member of the Parliament Abdul Mannan. In a condolence message, the Prime...
The Pentagon announced on Friday new restrictions on international military students’ access to guns on US bases, as well as other measures, after a Saudi officer killed three US sailors...
A young girl was diagnosed with Nipah virus at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) on Thursday – the first reported case at the hospital in three years. The patient was...
Dhaka was ranked fifth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning. The capital of Bangladesh had an AQI score of 228 around 8:20am. The air was classified...
Two more devotees died due to old age complications at the Ijtema venue in Tongi area of Gazipur district on Friday night. So far, five devotees have died at the...
Three members of a family were killed and three others injured in a private car accident in Jashore district town on early Saturday. The deceased were identified as sisters Tonima...
Abdul Mannan, an Awami League lawmaker from Bogura-1, has died during treatment for a heart ailment at the age of 66. He passed away at the capital’s Labaid Hospital at...
An adviser to the prime minister has requested the commerce ministry to expedite the process of amending the Companies Act to help improve business environment in the country. Prime minister's...
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