The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has ordered all parties to complete land registration of Moon Cinema Hall in Old Dhaka by Nov 10. An appellate bench of four headed by...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has pressed formal charges against expelled Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan in a case involving illegal firearms. RAB-3’s Assistant Superintendent of Police Md Belayet...
Russia's Defence Ministry on Saturday accused the United States of smuggling oil from eastern Syria to other countries with convoys guarded by private military companies and special operations forces. "In...
Profits of China's major industrial firms dropped 2.1 per cent year on year in the first nine months, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Sunday. The decline...
Scientists, agricultural experts and researchers from international organisations on Sunday stressed the need for policy reforms and targeted investments for creating greater access to fish as a source of nutrition...
Evacuation orders were issued Saturday morning for 50,000 residents for the entire towns of Healdsburg and Windsor in northern California, as the growing Kincade Fire is expected to move toward...
The eleventh edition of Bangladesh Denim Expo, an international exposition to promote Bangladeshi denim goods, will focus on driving the country’s denim industry towards the direction of responsibility, organisers said...
Former governor of Bangladesh Bank Atiur Rahman has suggested presenting a product in an easy language, and humane and credible way for branding. Atiur made the suggestion while speaking at...
Agriculture is no more dominating the country as farmer families comprise only 47 per cent of its total households, a new government census says. The information was revealed from the...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) forcibly sent back 373 Bangladeshi workers in 24 hours though the deportees claimed that they had all the legal documents. A flight carrying 200...
The daily trade turnover on the Dhaka bourse came down to Tk 2.56 billion on Sunday, hitting five and a half months low, as most of the investors were reluctant...
The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has been granted permission to grill controversial Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan and government contractor SM Golam Kibria Shamim, better known as GK Shamim,...
China's policy to develop relations with Brazil from a strategic height and long-term perspective remains unchanged and their mutually beneficial cooperation will embrace a brighter future, Chinese President Xi Jinping...
A total of 257 more people have been admitted to hospitals with dengue across the country in 24 hours till Sunday morning. Of them, 74 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the...
The boards of directors of 19 more listed companies have recommended dividend ranging between 2.0 per cent and 35 per cent for the year ended on June 30, 2019, according...
Iraq’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service said on Sunday it had deployed in the streets of Baghdad upon Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s orders to protect important state buildings while security forces...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the port city of Chattogram will also be brought under the metro rail network. “It’s good news for the residents...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left BAKU, Azerbaijan, for home this morning winding up her four-day official visit to Azerbaijan for attending the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). A...
After visiting Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar that hosted over 1.1 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, New York State Senators are planning to ask their federal colleagues to put more...
The board of directors of Kohinoor Chemicals Ltd has recommended 20 per cent cash and 20 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2019, said an...
The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why directives should not be given to set up breastfeeding and baby-care corners at...
Japanese police are investigating a 200 million yen ($1.84 million) diamond allegedly stolen from an international jewelry trade show near Tokyo. The 50-carat diamond was last seen sitting inside a...
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to have been killed in a US military operation in Syria, sources in Syria, Iraq and Iran said on Sunday, as US...
The board of directors of Shepherd Industries Ltd has recommended 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2019, said an official disclosure on Sunday. The...
The law will take its own course irrespective of the identity of the offenders, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said as she vowed to continue the drive against casinos, drugs and...
The board of directors of Confidence Cement Ltd has recommended 15 per cent cash and 15 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2019, said an...
Police recovered the body of a young man, who went missing on Saturday evening, from the Gomti River in Burichang upazila of Cumilla on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified...
Stocks witnessed a positive trend in early trading on Sunday as some investors were showing their appetite on sector-wise shares. Following the previous day’s gain, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)...
Chile's President Sebastian Piñera has dismissed his whole cabinet in order to form a new government and introduce social reforms demanded by protesters. "I have put all my ministers on...
Wayne Bebb, global managing director of Lee Cooper, is scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh today (Sunday) on a two-day visit. During his stay, Bebb will sign a licensee agreement with...
US and Chinese officials are “close to finalizing” some parts of a trade agreement after high-level telephone discussions on Friday, the US Trade Representative’s office and China’s Commerce Ministry said,...
First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) is committed to meet need-based customers demand through introducing new product and services, the bank's top executive said. The Shariah-based Islami bank has also...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has sought at least an additional Tk 2.0 on top of the market-based exchange rate per US dollar. It also demanded several other...
Farm credit disbursement grew by nearly 2.0 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal year (FY) 2019-20, as demand for such loan started generating after floods. Disbursement rose...
The government has now planned to start transferring the Rohingya to Bhasanchar Island by this November amid many donor bodies' reservations about the process. "We're ready. Whenever the government directs...
The financial muscle of the state-owned steel maker remains highly fragile, with most of its units failing to compete with private enterprises, officials say. Though profitable until now, the Bangladesh...
Bangladesh is going to float a taka-denominated bond for the first time on the London Stock Exchange next month to raise funds for the local private sector, officials said on...
Bangladesh has reasons to be elated by the outcome of this year's ' Ease of Doing Business' report of the World Bank (WB). For, it has moved eight notches up...
Huge oil has spilled over the Karnaphuli River from a ship following a collision with another one in the Dolphin Oil Jetty-3 area of Chittagong Port early Thursday, posing a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rightly pointed out that ensuring a safe road system is not only the responsibility of the government or the drivers, it is the responsibility of...
By the time of publication, representatives, senior officials, and Heads of State and Government of 120 countries from around the world will have converged on Baku in Azerbaijan for the...
One wishes the meritorious children receiving books as prizes in different competitions pick the habit of reading, and become compulsive readers in their later lives. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen. The...
The World Economic Outlook report published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on October 15, 2019 cut its forecast for global growth rate this year to its lowest level since...
As the fourth industrial revolution is gaining momentum, the job loss issue is a significant concern. Often the numbers being mentioned are based on conjectures -- like Bangladesh's garments industry...
Palestine has decided to name a road in Hebron after Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al Malki said this when he called on...
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Sheikh F Fahim has sought support from the Halal Certification Authority in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to set up...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said three countries –Bangladesh, India and Nepal – can initially make the BBIN Motor Vehicles agreement operational, if Bhutan needs more time. The prime...
Most of the 39 people found dead in the back of a truck near London were likely from Vietnam, a community leader from the rural, rice-growing community where many of...
Bangladesh's reliable opening batsman Tamim Iqbal decided not to play in the next-month’s India series citing personal reasons. Tamim Iqbal, who is also suffering a rib injury, had informed the...
Describing the government's move to provide 2.0 per cent incentive on sending remittance through legal channel as unprecedented example, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said such facility does not...
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