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The government has vowed to take tough legal action against any person who spreads rumours about salt amid panic buying. A quarter is out to spread rumours in Bangladesh and...
The founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, says his new social network, WT:Social, now has more than 160,000 members. The platform says it will never sell user data and relies on...
London-based steelmaking company Tata Steel plans to cut as many as 3,000 jobs across its European business in another bid to come to terms with a "severe" international steel market....
The Bangladesh Bank has increased the maximum limit for home loans to Tk 20 million from Tk 12 million due to rising apartment prices and the purchasing capacity of people....
A 11-day admission fair has started at the University of Development Alternative (UODA) for the admission seekers in honours and masters programmes. The fair began on Sunday and it will...
Rumours have surfaced at different parts of the country including Dhaka that the price of salt may leap over Tk 100 per kg. People were seen thronging Segunbagicha kitchen market,...
The central bank has slashed the interest rate on loans from its Export Development Fund (EDF) by 1.0 percentage point to boost exports. From now, the EDF interest rate would...
A total of 124 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Tuesday. Among them, 47 were hospitalised in...
The prices of different verities of rice went up by Tk 3 to Tk 6 in the last two days in the district while that of onion came down slightly....
The Australian government has launched its new visa scheme aimed at luring more migrants to rural areas. According to the rules of new regional visas launched recently, migrants to Australia...
A team of multinational scientists said they have discovered a giant cluster of karst sinkholes in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The sinkhole cluster, which consists of 19 karst...
NASA scientists have confirmed, for the first time, the existence of water above the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter's 79 moons. The study published on Monday in the journal...
The Bangladesh Rating Agency Limited (BDRAL), a subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet South Asia Middle East Limited, recently organised an open discussion meeting with local bankers to discuss about the...
The government on Tuesday urged all not to get confused with misleading information over salt stock and price being spread by an unscrupulous group saying the current salt reserve is...
The Lotto Business Summit 2019 was held at the factory of Express Leather Products in Gazipur. Lotto Bangladesh recently organised the event with the presence of all the stakeholders and...
A 'hefty-fine rumour among drivers' has led to public transports thinning out in Dhaka city causing immense sufferings to commuters today (Wednesday). This happened on the second day of mobile...
About 3,000 workers of Canadian National Railway, the country’s largest railroad operator, went on strike on Tuesday, labour union Teamsters Canada said after both parties failed to resolve contract issues....
About 2.5 km out of 6.15-km of the much-hyped Padma Bridge has become visible after installation of the 16th span on Tuesday. The 16th span of the Padma Bridge was...
Indian consumers, who enjoy the cheapest mobile data rates in the world, will now have to pay more, as two telecoms companies announced that they would increase tariffs. This comes...
Bangladesh seamer Shahadat Hossain has been banned from all forms of cricket for five years for physically assaulting teammate Sunny Arafat during a domestic league match. The Bangladesh Cricket Board...
A total of 32 Bangladeshis were killed in violence-related incidents along the country's border from January to October of 2019, according to a local independent rights body. The Ain o...
Bangladesh batting stalwart Tamim Iqbal became father again after his wife Ayesha Siddiqui gave birth to a baby girl on Tuesday. The baby girl named Alishba Iqbal Khan was born...
Emirates on Monday announced a firm order for fifty A350-900 XWB aircraft worth $16 billion US dollar at list prices at the Dubai Airshow 2019. Delivery of the first Emirates...
Japan’s lower house of parliament approved on Tuesday a limited trade deal Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed with the United States, clearing the way for tariff cuts next year on...
Passenger car registrations in Europe rose 8.6 per cent in October, to their highest level since 2009, driven by robust demand in Germany and France and a rebound in demand...
The United States on Monday effectively backed Israel’s right to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank by abandoning its four-decade-old position that they were “inconsistent with international law,”...
Bangladesh Truck Covered-van Goods Transport Owners Workers Unity Council have called a strike across the country for an indefinite period from tomorrow (Wednesday) over the new road transport law. The...
Bangladesh’s capital city was ranked the worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) for the third consecutive day on Tuesday. Dhaka had a score of 252at 8:00am on Tuesday, indicating...
The former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is serving a prison sentence for corruption, has left the country to receive medical treatment in London. Sharif, a three-time prime minister,...
“Premier Bank Khulna Tigers” has drafted most of their players for Bangabandhu BPL scheduled to begin on 11th December. The process of purchasing players, coaching staff, physio is going on....
Fifteen people were killed and nine others injured in a coal mine gas explosion in north China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said Tuesday. Investigation showed that 35 miners were working...
Transport workers in Gazipur district on Tuesday joined their fellows in 11 other districts who have started an indefinite wildcat strike since Sunday protesting against the new road transport act...
A total of 143 students from University of Dhaka have received The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award for their outstanding success in completion of different self-development activities. The Duke of...
Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Friday on a brief visit which will be his second visit to Bangladesh this year after leaving...
A Myanmar judge on Monday extended the sentences of a troupe of satirical performers jailed for mocking the military, in a case that has raised new concern about freedom of...
Bus workers went on strike and blocked Dhaka-Mymenisngh highway on Monday morning protesting against implementation of the Road Transport Act. Hundreds of bus workers took to the streets and put...
Twenty-four soldiers have been killed in an attack by militants in eastern Mali, the country's army has said. Another 29 were also injured during a joint operation between troops from...
The government launched on Monday online registration of National Identity Card (NID) for expatriate Bangladeshis in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The move has finally established their voting rights. After...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) bagged Tk 3.11 billion in tax on Monday, the fifth day of the ongoing countrywide Income Tax Fair 2019, according to official statement. The...
The Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) of New York has expressed willingness to provide technical assistances to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) for mitigating its operational risks. A four-member delegation, led by...
The country's ceramic industry is estimated to be doubled in size by 2023, aided by the growing domestic real estate industry, rising demand for products in the EU markets and...
Transport workers' leaders insist they did not call a strike as buses remained off the roads in parts of the country, including Khulna and Rajshahi, much to the dismay of...
The government has made it mandatory for non-life insurance companies to invest at least 7.5 per cent of their assets in government securities. The government securities include short-term and long-term...
Pipeline constraints are still pushing the country's overall import of LNG (liquefied natural gas) and its re-gasification almost half the total capacity. State-run Petrobangla is currently re-gasifying around 550 million...
Apparel exporters will get an additional 1.0 per cent cash incentive as the government is going to issue a circular soon to this end amid less-than-expected export growth due to...
The government has moved to waive various airport-related charges to help lower the import cost of much-talked-about onion, whose price has recently mounted amid short supply. The Ministry of Commerce...
Transport workers of some more south western (SW) districts kept buses and other passenger vehicles off the roads Monday protesting the new transport act that came into effect on the...
An airstrike slammed into a biscuit factory in Libya’s capital Tripoli on Monday killing at least seven workers, including five Bangladeshis, health authorities said. Tripoli has been the scene of...
There is clearly a need for regulation to reduce the negative aspects of the Internet and to reinforce positive values. The owners of social media platforms are now under increased...
The phenomenon that luxuries bought and brought from foreign countries has recently become a craze for the Bangladesh people, is nothing new. It was always there. To display gaudy style...
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