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Indian capital Delhi hogged for long the headline for the notorious merit of heaviest air pollution among all cities in the world. Now Bangladesh capital Dhaka - ninth largest megacity...
Manufacture of pharmaceuticals is now one of the largest capital-intensive white-collar industries in the country, which has grown tremendously over the past few decades. Bangladesh enjoys comparative advantage in the...
Air pollution in the capital city has reached an intolerable level. Dhaka has been ranked the worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) this week, with a score of 242 at...
AND Telecom Ltd, which raised a fund worth Tk 570 million through book-building method, is set to hold initial public offering (IPO) lottery draw on Thursday. The lottery draw of...
The Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) is one of key authorities that facilitates formation of a company and keeps track of all ownership-related issues following Companies Act...
Unanimously endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011, the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are the authoritative global reference point articulating the responsibilities of companies to...
Hosna Akter – a Bangladeshi housemaid who appealed for help in a video alleging torture by her employer in Saudi Arabia -- is set to return home. She is expected...
After three decades of worsening economic inequality, advanced-country populations are angry, and they are taking their grievances to the ballot box or the streets. But credibly addressing inequality also demands...
The 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25) is scheduled be held in the Spanish capital Madrid on December 2-13, 2019. The Conference of the Parties (COP) within the...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said remittance inflow is likely to increase by at least 25 per cent in the fiscal 2019-20 (FY20) due to a number of...
The US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday issued a statement saying it will hold an impeachment inquiry hearing on December 4, to which President Donald Trump and his counsel are...
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Tuesday accused the United States of meddling in the island's domestic affairs. Rodriguez tweeted that the United States "urges its embassy in Cuba to...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir on Wednesday underscored the need for investing in capacity development and knowledge management to cope with the growing challenges of the banking industry. “The...
The US Embassy, including its consular section, will remain closed on Thursday in observance of the American holiday of Thanksgiving. The American Center, together with the Archer K Blood American...
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) has published the 41st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) circular seeking applications for 2,166 posts. The circular was published on the PSC website on Wednesday...
More than 100 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Wednesday, reports UNB. Forty-eight of them were hospitalised...
Vietnam aims to have 104 million people by 2030, with an average life expectancy of 75 years, and minimum healthy life of 68 years, according to the population strategy recently...
China's carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) were down by about 4.0 per cent in 2018, beating the annual target by 0.1 percentage points, an official said...
Stocks extended the gaining streak for the third straight sessions Wednesday, with rising trading activities, as investors showed their appetite on sector-wise shares. The market opened on upward note and...
A Malaysian minister warned on Wednesday that the Islamic State militant group may shift its base of operations to Southeast Asia after the death of its leader, according to a...
Emergency crews found three more bodies on Wednesday morning as they used drones, dogs and heavy machinery to search through the wreckage left by Albania’s worst earthquake in decades, bringing...
Over 500 ministers, senior policymakers, UN officials and civil society from across Asia and the Pacific region on Wednesday gathered in Bangkok to chart out priority actions aiming to support...
A volunteer firefighter in Australia has been charged with deliberately lighting blazes during the nation's bushfire crisis. Police arrested the man, 19, for seven counts of alleged arson in an...
The government will plant 10 million saplings across the country marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen came...
An unidentified rickshaw puller was killed after being run over by a truck in city’s Gandaria on early Wednesday. The accident took place around 3:30am, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge...
The verdict in former Awami League MP Manjurul Islam Liton’s murder case is scheduled to be delivered on Thursday. District and Sessions Judge Dilip Kumar Bhoumik is set to pronounce...
A senior Federal Reserve official said Tuesday that he expected US economic growth to "be weak" in the fourth quarter of the year as businesses cut inventories due to trade...
Some 320 children and adolescents died every day from AIDS-related causes in 2018, or 13 every hour, according to a global snapshot on children, HIV and AIDS released by the...
Indian ride-sharing firm Ola has begun signing up drivers in London ahead of plans to launch services in the capital "in the coming weeks". It comes days after rival Uber...
Myanmar earned over $2.28 billion from export to foreign countries as of Nov. 15 in fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020 which started in October, according to figures from the Commerce Ministry...
The Indian Space Research Organisation has launched Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites into sun synchronous orbit onboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C47), officials said. The satellite was launched from...
M. Khorshed Anowar, Head of Retail and SME Banking of Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) inaugurated an Agent Banking outlet of the Bank at Boalkhali of Chattogram recently. Syed Zulkar Nayen,...
A case was filed against 500 people in connection with Tuesday’s clash between police and a group of BNP leaders and activists in front of the High Court. Matiur Rahman,...
Seven men were sentenced to death on Wednesday for their roles in the Holey Artisan café attack, the deadliest terror attack in Bangladesh’s history that claimed the lives of 22...
BRAC Bank Limited has received the Award for ’Excellence in Mastercard POS Acquiring Business 2018-19’ category from Mastercard for its incredible performance for the period of July 2018 to June...
Police have arrested the pro-BNP Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal President Ishtiaq Aziz Ulfat at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Ulfat arrested in early hours of Wednesday in connection with...
City Bank has signed an agreement with Ragadi Textile Ltd for Employee Banking facility. The signing ceremony was held recently at the City Bank Centre in Gulshan. The agreement was...
An agreement signing ceremony was held between Bangladesh Police, Khulna Range and United Commercial Bank Limited at Range DIG Office, Boyra, Khulna recently. Under this agreement, the people of 10...
Real Madrid underlined their return to top form with a spectacular Champions League display at home to Paris St Germain on Tuesday but they still had to settle for a...
IDLC Finance Limited (IDLC) and FloSolar Solutions Ltd. (FloSolar) & FloWater Solutions Ltd. (FloWater) have agreed to jointly explore opportunities on solar PV solutions projects, water and wastewater projects, and...
Bangladesh Army Chief’s visit to Myanmar will play a positive role in resolving Rohingya crisis, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Wednesday. “This will open a new channel...
The board of directors of Paramount Textile Ltd has decided to invest around US$9.75 million for enhancing and upgrading existing production capacities. The textile company will invest the said amount...
Stocks witnessed upward trend in early hour trading on Wednesday as investors are showing their buying appetite on sector-wise shares. Following the previous two days’ modest gain, the Dhaka Stock...
Launch services between Dhaka and southern districts have stalled after a group of workers called a strike over a charter of 15 demands. Only one launch left the Sadarghat terminal...
All eight accused in the Holey Artisan café attack case were brought to the court amid tight security on Wednesday morning. A prison van carrying the accused from Keraniganj Central...
BIDA Executive Chairman Md. Sirazul Islam has urged more investments from UK, one of the biggest contributors of FDI to Bangladesh. He was attending a breakfast meeting co-hosted by the...
Low-cap companies continued to dominate the Dhaka Stock Exchange's turnover chart while ten most-traded companies accounted for 21 per cent transactions on Tuesday. National Tubes topped the turnover chart though...
Import of manmade fibre (MMF), especially polyester and viscose, has doubled since 2014, showing gradual shifting of the country's RMG industry to use of non-cotton fibre in manufacturing apparel items,...
US Congress has invited President Donald Trump to its first impeachment hearing on 4 December. Jerrold Nadler, the Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Mr Trump could either...
The finance ministry has given Tk 1.0 billion as loan, subject to some conditions, to Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) to pay wages and allowances to the workers and employees...
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