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Canada on Thursday expressed their interest to enhance business and investment in Bangladesh as the bilateral ties between the countries has been strengthened. Canadian High Commissioner Benoit Prefontaine said it...
The government is going to introduce SIM-less voice call service as part of emergency response during any natural disaster. Disaster Management Division, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and Armed Forces...
To innovate and create the next era of aviation and to positively impact the lives of one billion people the Aviation X Lab was unveiled at Area 2071 at Emirates...
The government will procure some 0.6 million metric tonnes of Aman paddy directly from farmers at Tk 26 per kg from November 20 to February 28 next. Food Minister Sadhan...
Bangladesh Biman’s direct flight to Chattogram – Madina was inaugurated at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Thursday. State Minister for Civil Aviation & Tourism Mohammad Mahbub Ali inaugurated...
The High Court on Thursday ordered the authorities concerned to immediately free the under-12 jailed children convicted by mobile courts, reports UNB. The court also ordered granting six-month bail to...
China has released a report on its science popularisation capacity, China Science Daily reported Thursday. From 2006 to 2017, the country witnessed an 8.08 per cent average growth rate of...
The Saudi Arabia on Thursday handed over cheques of compensation among the relatives of the victims of crane accident that took place in Mecca in 2015. Foreign Minister Dr AK...
Dhaka stocks ended flat on Thursday after choppy trading as investors were mostly followed cautious stance ongoing earnings and dividend declarations. Market analysts said a section of investors preferred booking...
Four men have been arrested after Australian police found 400kg (882lb) of crystal methamphetamine hidden inside imported hot sauce bottles. Authorities searched a consignment of sriracha chilli sauce shipped to...
State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell on Thursday said currently 28 per cent youth are unemployed in the country. “The government is working to bring down the...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) ward councillor Moynul Haque Monju on charges of extortion. The elite police unit launched a raid on the...
Bangladesh needs to act promptly to utilise its demographic dividend to take due advantage of the new opportunities, being opened due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), speakers opined at...
Southeast Bank Limited (SEBL) has recently signed an agreement with Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel Dhaka. Under the agreement, Southeast Bank ESTEEM, World and Platinum Credit Card Members will get Buy...
Bangladesh will verify Myanmar’s claim over voluntary return of some Rohingyas to Myanmar as the neighbouring country keeps spreading misleading information to the international community to avoid repatriation. "We'll issue...
China’s three state telecoms on Thursday announced the roll-out of 5G mobile phone services, marking a key step in Beijing’s ambitions to become a technology superpower at a time when...
The Pentagon on Wednesday released its first images from last weekend’s commando raid in Syria that led to the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and warned the...
The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Thursday as expected but offered a stronger signal it may cut interest rates in future, underscoring its concern that overseas risks...
A Bangladeshi fisherman was shot dead by Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) on Thursday morning. Another fisherman suffered a gunshot wound in the incident at the Naf River point along...
Traumatised Bangladeshi women who return home after being tortured and abused working in the Middle East rarely get justice because brokers intimidate them and they cannot afford legal aid, a...
Police in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar have apprehended 800 Chinese citizens and confiscated hundreds of computers and mobile phone SIM cards as part of an investigation into a cybercrime...
The catching, selling, transportation and hoarding of Hilsa resumed on Thursday after a 22-day ban imposed by the government expired. The ban from October 9 to 30 was imposed to...
India has formally divided the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two new federally-administered territories. In the new arrangement, Jammu and Kashmir is one territory, and Ladakh, which borders China,...
Samsung Electronics saw its third-quarter operating profit tumble in double figures, a regulatory filing showed Thursday. Operating profit reached 7.78 trillion won (6.7 billion US dollars) in the July-September quarter,...
Apple Inc. posted record 64 billion US dollars in revenue for the fourth fiscal quarter that ends in September, up by 2.0 per cent year on year. In a report...
Another victim, injured in the cylinder blast in Rupnagar Residential Area of the city, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Thursday, raising the death toll to seven. The deceased...
Mexico's economy contracted 0.4 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, according to a preliminary report. The contraction is smaller than...
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocked southern Philippines still reeling from two strong tremors this month, killing at least five people and causing previously damaged buildings and homes to collapse. The...
The board of directors of two more companies-- Mozaffar Hossain Spinning Mill and Sonargaon Textile Ltd-- have recommended dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2019, said official disclosures...
The board of directors of Prime Textile Spinning Mills Ltd has recommended 5.0 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2019, said an official disclosure on...
The board of directors of Ratanpur Steel Re-rolling Mills Limited has recommended 12 per cent cash dividend for general shareholders (excluding sponsors & directors) for the year ended on June...
Stocks witnessed positive trend in early trading on Thursday as some investors are showing their appetite on sector-wise shares. Following the previous day’s modest gain, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)...
A man and his nephew died of electrocution at Damodorpur village in Sadullahpur uapzila of Gaibandha on early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Azizul Islam, 45, and his nephew...
At least 73 people were killed on Thursday from a fire in three bogies of a Tezgam train near Liaqatpur city in Pakistan, Rahim Yar Khan district government confirmed. Women and...
The consolidated earnings per share (EPS) of most of the listed banks rose in nine months for January-September, 2019 compared to that of the same period last year. Market analysts...
State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid requested Qatar on Wednesday to consider lowering the price of LNG imported by Bangladesh. He suggested following Henry Hub benchmark...
Bangladesh needs to act promptly to utilise its demographic dividend to take due advantage of the new opportunities, being opened due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), speakers opined at...
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has sought scope to pay reduced source tax retrospectively from July 01. The new rate-0.25 per cent from 1.0 per cent-was made...
The government has released the second installment of cash incentive amounting to Tk 25.38 billion for disbursement among the major exporters for the fiscal year (FY) 2019-20. To this effect,...
Twitter will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday (US local time), a move that won praise from Democrats and scorn from...
Over two-third unit-holders of two listed mutual funds (MFs) have applied to their trustee for changing the asset manager of the funds. The MFs are DBH 1st Mutual Fund and...
The world can never escape poverty without financial inclusion, but connecting people in the backwater areas can make wonders, a leading tech entrepreneur has said. "Two billion people have no...
Onion price continued to rise even after hitting the all-time high of Tk 150 a kg in the city on Wednesday. Bangladesh's onion price is now the 15th highest across...
Women-led enterprises received a tiny 3.1 per cent of the small loans disbursed by financial institutions and banks in 2018, reveals a survey of the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management...
The Supreme Court has thrown out the challenge by ATM Azharul Islam and ruled that the Jamaat-e-Islami leader will have to hang for his crimes against humanity during the 1971...
As Zafir was scrolling through his Facebook newsfeed, he came across a post of one of his classmates. It said she left her job at a well renowned multinational company...
JAAGO Foundation recently organised an event for celebrating the success of the distance learning programme under government's Digital Island- Moheshkhali Project. To discuss the challenges and opportunities for the future,...
The world celebrated World Food day on October 16. According to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), by 2050 the world population will be nine billions. Bangladesh will have an estimated...
The second Bangladesh Economics Summit organised by the Economics Study Center kicks off today at the Dhaka University (DU) premises. The event will be held from October 31 (today) to...
Hundreds of supporters of Bangladesh's cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan protested on Wednesday after he was banned for two years by the sport's governing body for not declaring attempts to...
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