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The country is likely to earn more than US$20 billion remittance in the current year thanks to cash incentive benefits provided by the government to migrant workers, according to the...
Prices of local onion showed a decline on Sunday, but the spice is still traded at as high as Tk 190-200 a kg at retail level. Prices of imported onions...
Iran announced on Sunday it would abandon limitations on enriching uranium, taking a further step back from commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal with six major powers, but it would...
Merchandise shipments fell by 5.84 per cent during the first half of the current fiscal year, as export earnings continue to witness downtrend in recent months. Total export earnings from...
Overspeeding, poor visibility, and using the wrong lane are believed to have led to the road accident in which six lives were lost in Faridpur sadar upazila’s Kanaipur area on...
A central bank committee has been reassigned to prepare a fresh report on single-digit interest rates on both lending and deposit after reviewing the overall banking situation. It has also...
Retail prices of liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, shot up by 20 per cent this week, the highest level in years. Each cylinder weighing 12 kilogramme was selling at Tk...
The government is preparing a new law that will allow establishment of finance companies in the private sector in the country. Such finance companies will mainly focus on 'development financing'...
He is an assistant town sub-inspector working for the criminal branch of the Gazipur highway police super's office. Not a high ranking position but Mustafizur Rahman elevated his status to...
SATKHIRA, Jan 05 (UNB): A crisis of raw materials , low prices of finished goods and availability of cheaper alternatives are pushing the once thriving 'mele' mat industry of Satkhira...
The agreement reached between the finance minister and the banking sector leaders to lower the lending rate to the single digit from April 01 next, if implemented, would fulfil a...
When none other than the country's finance minister says nothing but rumours are now driving the capital market, there are genuine reasons to be worried. His assertion that rumours have...
Iraqi MPs have passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country after the US killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike at Baghdad airport...
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Sunday resumed its direct Dhaka-Manchester-Dhaka flight with newly-purchased brand new dreamliner Boeing 787-9 after more than seven years as its 17th route. State minister for...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said those who failed to wage a movement will never be able to win any election, reports UNB. Quader, also the Road...
The year 2020 will be particularly important not only because it will see the next US Presidential election in November, but also because it will be the start of another...
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Sunday said the government has set a target to send 750,000 workers aboard in the ‘Mujib Year’. “Skilled workers will be...
There is no alternative to good public governance involving efficient and accountable public procurement for Bangladesh's social and economic development. The country is about to make its public procurement regime...
Iran will finalise its next step to further roll back its commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal with major powers on Sunday night, days after the US killing of top...
Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has said swine flu does not exist in the globe anymore and people should not be worried about it. The national institute...
Distribution of the e-passport (electronic passport) is set to start from January 22 since the authorities have completed preparation and formalities in this regard, reports BSS. “We are working to...
The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why directives should not be given to recruit counsellors and clinical psychologists in educational...
The government has launched a $10.0 million fund for 650 firms in four sectors to be distributed over three years with the help of the World Bank. Commerce Secretary Md...
An unidentified man, aged about 44, was killed in a train accident in the capital’s Jurain Railgate area on Sunday morning. Quoting eyewitnesses, police said a Dhaka-bound train from Narayanganj hit the...
Sharply reacting to BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s remarks over ‘dynastic politics’ in Awami League, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said BNP is the main patron of dynastic...
Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world’s oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan. Tanaka marked her birthday with...
Uncertainty continued to loom over Bangladesh’s forthcoming Pakistan tour for three T20 Internationals and two Tests which are slated to take place in January- February. Some recent media reports suggested...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-1) in separate drives arrested two drug peddlers along with 28,755 pieces of Yaba tablets at city’s Banani and Badda areas on Saturday evening. The...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Saturday evening arrested a couple reportedly along with a shooter gun and 100 Yaba tablets at Katla village of bordering Birampur upazila in...
The government is planning to send more workers abroad in 2020 as some closed labour markets are expected to reopen this year. The Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET)...
Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate, Dhaka North introduced one stop service in Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF). In addition, it also formed patrol teams comprising revenue officials to stop VAT...
The heavy smoke from devastating Australian bushfires cloaked Auckland, turning the city's skyline into eerie orange colour on Sunday afternoon. New Zealand meteorology service MetService forecast that an upper level...
Iraq’s parliament is set to convene an extraordinary session on Sunday where the lawmakers would push for a vote on a resolution requiring the government to request the withdrawal of...
A Dhaka court has ordered the police to publish an advertisement in newspapers asking the four fugitives in the Abrar Fahad murder case to appear in court. Dhaka's Additional Metropolitan...
The High Court on Sunday ordered the Robi Axiata Limited to pay Tk 1.38 billion to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission’s (BTRC) from its audit claim of Tk 8.67 billion from...
China is to set up a batch of demonstration zones for the protection and use of cultural heritage resources, according to the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA). The areas should...
The number of truck registration in the country decreased drastically in 2019 compared to that of 2018. A total of 8,326 trucks were registered in 2019 while it was 12,663...
An unknown man was crushed to death by a train in Jurain Rail Gate area in the capital on Sunday morning. Anwar, a witness, said the Dhaka-bound train from Narayanganj...
A team from Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, has won the Local Final of the CFA Institute Research Challenge2019-20 and now advances to the Asia Pacific Regional final...
A fundraiser for fire services in New South Wales, Australia has raised more than A$20 million (£10.6m; $13m) in just 48 hours, as the state battles a bushfire crisis. Australian...
Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected female drug pedlar in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Samuda Begum, 40, wife of...
Britain’s navy will accompany UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the US killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani inflamed tensions in the region. Britain’s...
Thirty-six people were killed and 23 more injured when a tourist guesthouse under construction in Cambodia collapsed, trapping workers under rubble, officials said on Sunday. Officials said rescue operations ended...
A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant for former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others in a case that involves Tk 40 million in suspicious loans from...
The 16th BASIS SoftExpo begins on February 6 at the ICC-Bashundhara in the city. The four-day long annual event is a platform to showcase the progress of Bangladeshi companies who...
Another crude bomb exploded near the Madhur Canteen on the Dhaka University campus on Sunday morning. The blast took place when a rally of Jatiyatabadi Chhtra Dal (JCD), the student...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked police members to establish themselves as the 'police of people’, saying it is very easy to eliminate any crime through gaining people's confidence...
An airstrike hit a military academy in the Libyan capital Tripoli late on Saturday, killing 28 students and injuring 18 others. "Initial casualties indicate that 28 students of the military...
Over one hundred thousand protesters, many carrying the Indian tricolour flag, took part in a peaceful march in the southern city of Hyderabad on Saturday, chanting slogans against prime minister...
Samsung Electronics said on Sunday that it will introduce new, innovative devices in San Francisco on Feb 11, with the electronics giant widely expected to unveil its new foldable phone...
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