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The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will accept income tax return for the tax year 2019-20 from individual taxpayers until December 1 (Sunday). The deadline (November 30) has been extended,...
The Norwegian-US joint venture (JV) company TGS-Schlumberger is finally bagging the job of carrying out the non-exclusive multi-client seismic survey in offshore blocks in December nearly four years after getting...
Prices of most essential commodities, including rice, flour, onion, garlic, sugar, lentil as well as vegetables, continued to soar over the last two months, burning a hole in the pocket...
The government is actively considering formation of an asset management company (AMC) to resolve a rise in non-performing loans (NPLs) in banks and financial institutions. Financial institutions division senior secretary...
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID), in the second phase, has interrogated some 32 onion importers at its head-office in Dhaka on Tuesday to scrutinise their involvement, if any,...
The scam-hit state-run BASIC Bank is finding it hard to procure funds from depositors, officials have said. Its battered image is thought to be the number one problem. BASIC Bank...
Impossible Foods Inc, maker of the plant-based Impossible Burger, is in talks with investors about a new round of fundraising that could more than double the $2.0 billion valuation it...
SYLHET, Nov 26: Hakaluki Haor, the country's largest water body spreading over a vast area in Sylhet and neighbouring Moulvibazar district, is going to be listed as 'Ramsar site', the...
PABNA, Nov 26: Dried fish trading is gaining popularity in the district, specially in the Chalan Beel area. Talking to this correspondent a good number of fishermen in Suzanagar upazila...
The HSBC Business Confidence survey report released recently no doubt reflects a rosy picture of the state of businesses in Bangladesh in the days ahead. An overwhelming 97 per cent...
The Consumer Association of Bangladesh's (CAB'S) call to create a new body to monitor demand, supply and prices could not have been better timed. The Financial Express in its last...
Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Iqbal Mahmood on Tuesday expressed his disappointment at the performance of his officials, saying they have failed to execute their knowledge and techniques acquired...
Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Iqbal Mahmood on Tuesday expressed his disappointment at the performance of his officials, saying they have failed to execute their knowledge and techniques acquired...
Abu Dhabi Airports said on Tuesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Romania's South Development Group to explore opportunities to manage and develop airports in the European...
Foreign observers alongside the local ones will attend the announcement of the judgment in a case over the carnage by militants at a cafe in Dhaka’s Gulshan around three and...
The prices of some winter vegetables remained high in the city’s kitchen markets on Tuesday. Traders said the prices will start showing a downward trend once the supply of the...
Regarding jobs and skills, World Economic Forum says, "The accelerating pace of technological, demographic and socio-economic disruption is transforming industries and business models, changing the skills that employers need, and...
The slogan for promotion of tourism was 'Visit Bangladesh before others come', when the country hardly had the footprint of global tourists. Then, blame was put on infrastructure deficiency for...
The Bangladesh Bank, by issuing a circular on November 24, 2019 has withdrawn its earlier move to introduce wholesale restrictions on cross-border online credit card transactions. While the initial worries...
When aid agencies appeal for funding to tackle the latest refugee crisis and journalists do their reporting, then these are the two narratives most chosen - one impersonal and the...
A man was killed in a head-on collision between two motorcycles in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshigan district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Anik Islam, 30, son of Nazrul...
The verdict in the case over the attack of Holey Artisan café that claimed the lives of 22 people, including 17 foreign nationals, will be delivered on Wednesday. Judge of...
The government is set undertake a project to expand Dhaka and Western Zone Transmission Grid to different upazilas in 17 districts of Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions. The approval of...
Bangladesh will join the US led Indo-Pacific initiative if it becomes an economic alliance, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Tuesday. Bangladesh feels that mega regional arrangements like...
Thirteen French soldiers were killed in Mali when their helicopters collided at low altitude as they swooped in to support ground forces engaged in combat with militants, the French army...
Genetically modified (GM) 'Golden Rice' is now waiting for food safety clearance certificate to be released as a new variety as the vitamin-A fortified rice will fight childhood blindness that...
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang on Monday summoned U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad to lodge stern representations and strong protest against both the House of the Representatives and...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday ruled out again any concern for Bangladesh over National Registration of Citizens (NRC) issue saying Bangladesh believes in India’s assurance. “NRC is...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s 10 member countries and South Korea agreed Tuesday to resist all forms of protectionism and enhance trade for regional prosperity. The agreement was...
Automation in taxation system will ensure transparency but VAT should be calculated according to the ratio of product's value addition, speakers said at function on Tuesday. They also urged to...
De La Rue, the company that prints the UK's banknotes, has said there is a risk that the firm will collapse if its turnaround plan fails to work. The announcement...
Myanmar is in breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as a chemical weapons stockpile may remain in the country, the United States said on Monday. Thomas DiNanno, Deputy Assistant...
Stocks ended higher for the second straight session on Tuesday as investors showed their buying appetite on banking sector shares. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE),...
At least 101 people were injured in violence against religious minorities in first ten months of the current year across the country, according to a local independent rights body. Among...
The High Court on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to shut down all the illegal brick kilns in Dhaka and its surrounding areas -- Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Gazipur, and Manikganj --...
A Lakshmipur court on Tuesday sentenced four people to death for killing a woman in 2016. The condemned convicts are Sharmin Akter, Sharmin’s friend Jamal, Nazim and Jashim of Dharmapur...
Ride-sharing company Uber marked its 3 years of operations in Bangladesh by launching the much awaited ‘UberPOOL’ in Dhaka. With millions of trips completed in the past 3 years and...
The 17th span of the much-hyped Padma Bridge was installed on Tuesday afternoon, making 2.55 km of the bridge out of 6.15-km visible. The installation work of the 17th span...
Experts have suggested proper negotiation in the global platforms especially ahead of COP25 in order to avail global fund to effectively deal with the local climate change impacts. Besides, they...
Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh provided scholarships to 78 top students of Department of Development Studies and Department of Economics of Dhaka University. Shitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury, Advisor, Bangladesh Bank attended...
The Agent Banking Outlet of First Security Islami Bank Ltd started its operation on November 25 at Bogar Bazar, Trishal, Mymensingh. Mr. Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of the...
The High Court on Tuesday imposed a restriction on extracting underground water in four villages in Patiya upazila of Chattogram and directed the authorities concerned to take steps to ensure...
Guardian Life Insurance signed an agreement with Riverstone Capital Limited as the issue manager for Guardian’s future listing in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Mr. M M Monirul Alam, Chief...
A two-day Annual Banking Conference organized by Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) begins at BIBM from Wednesday. The BIBM Governing Body Chairman and Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir will...
Sri Lanka's Central Bank Chief Indrajit Coomaraswamy has tendered his resignation and will step down from the post next month, local media reports said on Tuesday. Coomaraswamy tendered his resignation...
The Danish government is to provide 75 million Danish Krones (around 11 million US dollars) to strengthen European Union (EU) action in Africa, said a press release. According to the...
A Bangladeshi man has been hacked and beaten to death by an angry mob along the border in Chuadanga's Damurhuda Upazila, the police said. The incident took place on the...
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the first hearing of a recently filed case on accountability for crimes against Rohingyas set for December 10-12. The OIC called on...
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, chief of the Chinese side of the China-US comprehensive economic dialogue, held a phone conversation with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven...
At least 33 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out early Tuesday at Ferry ghat intersection in Khulna city. Iqbal Bahar Bulbul, deputy director of fire service, said...
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