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A tripartite committee has made four proposals including the waiver of transaction tax to start the trading of Treasury Bond (T-Bond) and Treasury Bill (T-Bill) through the stock exchanges. A...
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina today formally inaugurated free textbook distribution programme for the academic year 2020 as the ‘National Textbook Festival’ is set to be celebrated across the country on...
Almost all key economic indicators fell in 2019, though GDP (gross domestic product) growth was robust in the outgoing year, according to official data. Economists said some new indicators that...
The country's businesses identified negative export growth, revenue shortfall, falling private sector credit growth, rising levels of default loans and heavy government bank borrowing as major worries for the economy...
The power and energy ministry doubled the LNG import terminal and re-gasification capacity and added 2,153 megawatt (MW) of electricity totalling the country's overall installed capacity to 19,467 MW in...
Thousands of people in Australia have fled to the seafront to seek shelter from massive bushfires racing to the coast. One blaze moved into the Victorian town of Mallacoota on...
Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has travelled to Lebanon after leaving Japan, where he faces a trial over allegations of financial misconduct. In a statement, Mr Ghosn said he had...
The Indian government has allowed Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies Co HWT.UL to participate in trials for 5G networks, a company spokesman said on Monday. India’s nod to Huawei comes...
Large cap listed companies played a significant role in the huge erosion of the broad index during the just concluded year because of the companies' significant share in market capitalisation....
The last trading session of the outgoing calendar year edged higher on Monday as investors showed their appetite for selective large-cap stocks. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock...
The country's telecom sector witnessed a bumpy year in 2019, marred by noisy arguments between the regulator and operators - Grameenphone and Robi - over audit claims of around Tk...
The 30th Annual General Meeting of aamra technologies limited was held at Delta Life Conference Hall, Gulshan, Dhaka. The meeting was presided over by Syed Faruque Ahmed, Chairman of the...
Both consumers and farmers experienced major setbacks in the outgoing calendar year (2019) following an all-time high onion prices as well as a record low paddy price in all seasons....
The capital market passed yet another gloomy year as the core index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) lost 18.5 per cent year-on-year in 2019, after hitting a 42-month low....
The economy has faced a number of new challenges on its business and fiscal fronts in 2019, even though the political atmosphere has been peaceful, according to economists and businesses....
Top managements of the country's banks, particularly the private commercial banks (PCBs), have agreed to bring down their interest rates on all loans, except on credit cards, at 9.0 per...
‘Ganotantra Uddhar Andolon’, a new platform of other parties, was launched on Monday in the city with an objective to ‘restore democracy’ in the country. Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman...
All men have a supreme right to divorce at will, according to Muslim law. Under Talaaq-e-Tafwid, the husband can delegate the right to divorce the wife to the wife under...
Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) organised a Winter Fair on December 24-28 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital. Addressing the ceremony as chief guest,...
The most significant regulation for international shipping industry regarding air emissions is the upcoming IMO Global Sulphur Cap to reduce air pollution from ships. In October 2016 the International Maritime...
The results of Primary Education Completion (PEC), Ebtedayee, Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) are set to be released on Tuesday. Education Minister Dipu Moni and State...
KHULNA, Dec 30: Hundreds of jute mill workers in Khulna region were continuing their hunger strike unto death for the second consecutive day to press home their 11-point demand. Sources...
SYLHET, Dec 30: At last, the much-desired children park in the Sylhet divisional city suburban Alampur area is going to be formally inaugurated soon. Sources said, it would help meet...
A severe cold-wave has swept the country, especially the northern region in recent times, causing untold sufferings to people. The people belonging to the low income bracket are affected most...
There is a strong signal of economic slowdown during the first-half of the current fiscal year (FY20). Drop in exports and imports, shortfall in tax collection, drastic decline in stock...
It was like an "apocalypse" festival menu in Hollywood/Bollywood: domestic terrorism in the United States; political crackdown in Russia; protests in Hong Kong; war-mongering in Korea; Persian Gulf brinkmanship; revoking...
Over the last one-and-half years, tour operators and tourism experts have been predicting an auspicious time in the near future. The second half of the last year didn't see its...
Local government, rural development and cooperatives minister Tajul Islam candidly shared his frustration over Dhaka city's unplanned expansion, development works and their consequent sufferings for its inhabitants with a group...
Installation of tracks and electricity poles along the Uttara-Motijheel metro rail corridor has started from the depot site at Diabari, showing a good progress in the mass rapid transit line-6...
Mayor of Mohammad Sayeed Khokon DSCC has accepted the ruling Awami League’s decision to leave him out of the race for the office in the Jan 30 elections to the...
In 2019, the US saw more mass killings - four or more people in one incident - than any year. A total 41 incidents and 211 deaths were recorded this...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has ordered a shutdown of mobile networks along the borders with India citing security reasons, an order estimated to affect around 10 million users. The...
At least 11 people were killed and seven more injured on Sunday after a car collided with a bus in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas, local authorities said. According...
The cabinet has approved the draft of the Marine Fisheries Act, 2019 keeping three-year jail term and Taka 50.0 million as the highest penalty for foreign vessels for fishing in...
A medical waste management plant is being established in Rajshahi city aimed at bringing all the wastes including the risky and harmful ones produced in both public and private clinics,...
Three suspected members of a notorious pirate gang were arrested from the Sundarbans by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on early Monday. The arrestees are - Siddiqur Rahman, 34, son of...
A Sudanese court sentenced 27 members of the national intelligence service to death on Monday over the killing of a teacher in detention in February during protests that led to...
Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in the Asian financial hub, which has...
Police have foiled the Left Democratic Alliance’s 'black flag' march towards the Prime Minister’s Office demanding the government’s resignation and a re-election under a caretaker government. Protesters clashed with the...
A Cyprus court on Monday found a British woman guilty of lying about being gang raped by Israeli youths six months ago. In a case closely followed by rights groups,...
Sixty people, including 47 in the capital city, are being treated at hospitals across the country for dengue. Ten dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have said they will not allow any public gatherings near roads, flyovers, open spaces or rooftops in efforts to tighten security centring on the New Year's...
Former Bangladesh foreign secretary and immediate-past High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali passed away on Monday at the Combined Military Hospital in the capital. He breathed his last around...
National Board of Revenue(NBR) has appointed PwC to conceptualise, design, develop the technological, governance and operational framework for the roll out of National Single Window in Bangladesh. As a part...
The 291st meeting of the Board of Directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) was held on Sunday at its Corporate Head Office Board Room. The meeting was presided over...
The 323rd Board Meeting of Standard Bank Ltd was held on Sunday at SBL Board Room, Head Office, Dhaka. Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed...
Children left behind by Bangladeshi women migrant workers in underprivileged areas fail to go to schools regularly due to different factors including their engagement in economic and households activities, according...
A broad gauge of Asian share markets rose to an 18-month high on Monday as Chinese equities gained, while oil touched three-month highs on a combination of US crude inventory...
A man has been wounded after two crude bombs exploded near Madhu’s Canteen in Dhaka University. The bombs were detonated in succession at 10:45am on Monday, said New Market Police...
Professor Dr. Md. Salim Uddin, FCA, FCMA, Chairman, Executive Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, presented a paper titled “Preventing Corruption in Bangladesh : The role of Professional Accountants” in...
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