China's exports of rare earth magnets to the United States fell 21.2 per cent month-on-month, customs data showed on Wednesday, as improving trade relations between the two countries reduced demand...
BENAPOLE, Dec 25: Guava cultivation is gaining popularity among farmers in the eight upazilas of Jashore district for repeated abundant yield and fair prices. Sources said, a good number of...
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has become the only country in the world to deploy...
Battle of Minds is one of the most prestigious business competitions of Bangladesh. Since its inception in 2004, this competition had always been limited to final year Bangladeshi undergraduate students....
North South University Human Resources Club arranged the third instalment of its signature event, HR Calibration 3.0-- a nation-wide business competition for the students of the undergraduate level, based on...
The grand finale of the second edition of Woori Bank Idea Fest 2019 was held on December 19 at Amari Hotel at Gulshan of Dhaka. Woori Bank Idea Fest 2019...
Under the Faculty of Arts of University of Dhaka, Mohammad Jahangir Alam has been awarded a PhD degree on his thesis topic "Islami bank management in light of the Quran...
We are living in the Dark Ages of inequality statistics. More than a decade after the "Great Recession," governments are still unable to track accurately the evolution of income and...
Any conscious citizen who would travel to Barishal from Dhaka via river (approximately 215 kilometres), should be horrified to see how passengers including launch company employees pollute our rivers. It's...
Trademark is a private right and is essentially another word for brand name. It can be any name, word, symbol, slogan, or device that serves to both identify and distinguish...
As Bangladesh develops, it requires to adequately develop its working systems. With the increasing number of graduates, a huge pool of talent is being created in the market. In order...
A photograph published on a national English daily recently tells us a tale of harrowing condition that the poor and street children live in. It shows that some children are...
Dhaka city is faced with unprecedented noise pollution along with extreme air pollution. Noise pollution is resulting in physical and psychological problems for the city dwellers, and thus has become...
After years - if not decades -- of absence of wintry bites, the entire country discovers suddenly in the grip of a severe cold wave. For long five days, the...
Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the world to let the light of Christmas pierce the 'darkness in human hearts' that leads to religious persecution, social injustice, armed conflicts and fear...
Two US representatives on Monday introduced a bill in the Congress demanding to upgrade the director of the American Institute in Taiwan's (AIT) Taipei office to the rank of "Ambassador...
Two motorcyclists were killed after a truck hit their bike in Zhilmil residential area of Keraniganj on Wednesday. The victims were identified as Russell, 22, and Rabbi, 25, residents of...
Secondary trading of fixed income government securities doubled in first 11 months of the current calendar year, according to the central bank statistics. It showed that the total value of...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a 60-billion-rupee ($842 million) plan to tackle water shortages in the country's seven heartland states where agriculture is a mainstay, reports Reuters....
Chimpanzees that use a multi-step process and complex tools to gather termites are more likely to share tools with novices, according to a study published in this week's Proceedings of...
Russia is ready to work on new arms control agreements but in the meantime will continue to strengthen its nuclear forces, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. Russia will advance its...
Some 97 dengue patients, including 63 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country. Among them, 17 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in the...
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said the commission will not use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in polls to the two city corporations of Dhaka if everybody objects....
At least fifty per cent construction work of much-awaited Bangabandhu Tunnel under Karnaphuli river in Chattogram has so far been completed, an official said. Two tubes, stretching 2,450 metres each,...
More than 100 families have achieved economic self-reliance through banana farming on char lands on the river Dudhkumar in seven unions of Nageshwari upazila in Kurigram district in last three...
At least 5,945 people were affected by various cold-related diseases in the last 24 hours across the country. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room showed...
State-owned mobile phone operator Teletalk, which is still lagging behind compared to its private sector rivals in providing services, has taken a mega project involving around Tk 30.00 billion, aiming...
Tim Clark will retire as the president of Emirates Airline at the end of June 2020 after more than three decades at the state-controlled business that has helped to transform...
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (local time) he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a signing ceremony to sign the first phase of the US-China trade deal...
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday called upon the people irrespective of religion, caste and creed to remain alert so that no-one can create anarchy using religion or through misinterpretation. Hamid...
Christmas turned to chaos for many holiday observers in the central Philippines as a typhoon with strong winds and heavy rains destroyed homes, cut off power and stranded travelers, disaster...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently inaugurated its 118th branch at Ghior, Manikganj. Tarek Reaz Khan, Deputy Managing Director, Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB), inaugurated the branch as...
The 23rd Annual General Meeting of ACI Formulations Limited was held recently at Officers Club, 26 Baily Road, Dhaka. M. Anis Ud Dowla, Chairman of the Company presided over the...
Primary issuance of the government’s short-term and long-term tradable debt securities increased significantly in the first nine months of the current calendar year. Bangladesh Bank statistics showed that the total...
The 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Bangladesh Insurance Association was held at Dhaka Club on Tuesday. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Sheikh Kabir Hossain, president, BIA....
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is set to introduce a new train service between Dhaka and Tarakandi in Jamalpur and inaugurate newly installed tracks in Pabna and Faridpur next month. Prime Minister...
Bangladesh are ready to play Twenty20 Internationals in Pakistan next month but the test series must take place in a neutral venue, the chief executive officer of the Bangladesh Cricket...
The sixth session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at 4:00pm on January 9, 2020, BSS reported citing a Jatiya Sangsad press release. President Abdul Hamid summoned the...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Bangladesh increased 5.36 per cent year-on-year during July-October period of 2019-20 fiscal year (July 2019-June 2020), the central bank data has showed. The Bangladesh Bank...
The US economy, supported by robust consumer spending and a strong job market, has maintained a moderate pace of growth as 2019 draws to a close. While worries about an...
Burkina Faso insurgents killed 35 mostly female civilians on Tuesday after attacking a military outpost in northern Soum Province, and about 87 militants and local security forces were killed in...
Ferry services on the key Daulatdia-Paturia route in the Padma River resumed on Wednesday morning after a 12-hour suspension due to poor visibility. Zillur Rahman, deputy general manager of Bangladesh...
Nearly 100,000 Sri Lankan refugees living in India are not eligible for citizenship under a new law, sparking concerns they may be forced to return to the island nation they...
Two strong earthquakes, of magnitude 6.2 and magnitude 5.7, struck central Colombia on Tuesday (local time), the Colombian Geological Service said, but there were no immediate reports of any injuries...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ second Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ‘Achin Pakhi’ has arrived in Dhaka. It landed at Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport at 8:19pm on Tuesday. The aircraft left for Dhaka on...
A man with a white beard was being held on $10,000 bond for allegedly robbing a Colorado bank and throwing the stolen cash into the air while shouting, “Merry Christmas”...
The Christian community is celebrating the Christmas Day in the country, as elsewhere across the world, on Wednesday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas, the biggest religious festival of...
Ferry services on the key Paturia-Daulatdia route were disrupted due to dense fog on early Wednesday. Zillur Rahman, deputy general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation's (BIWTC) Aricha terminal,...
Tentulia, the last border town in Bangladesh’s north, on Wednesday morning recorded this year’s lowest temperature of 6.2 degrees Celsius causing untold sufferings to the common people. The northernmost sub-Himalayan...
The executive tasked with leading a recovery at Nissan Motor Co Ltd said he had decided to resign just weeks into his new job, a move that could disrupt the...
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