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Benjamin Netanyahu gave up his effort to form a new government on Monday after failing to secure a majority coalition, creating an opportunity for centrist rival Benny Gantz to replace...
The board of directors of Sinobangla Industries Limited (SBIL) has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2019. The final approval of the dividend...
The board of directors of Marico Bangladesh Limited has declared 200 per cent interim cash dividend for the year ending on March 31, 2020 based on six months financials for...
Stocks witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as investors mostly followed cautious stance amid depressed market outlook. Following the previous day’s mild correction, the Dhaka Stock...
Police arrested a youth from a hotel at Laldighi in Chattogram on Monday night for reportedly sharing a provocative status on his Facebook wall against the Chattogram Police Commissioner. The...
A small plane crashed on a street shortly after takeoff in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte on Monday, killing at least three people, a firefighter on the scene told...
China has the world's largest number of ‘unicorns,’ privately-held start-up firms valued at more than $1bn ($771m), according to a new report. The country has produced 206 unicorns while the...
The Power Development Board has estimated a loss of Tk 86 billion next year and taken the issue to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission seeking its guidance. Though it is...
Over 19 million children -- a quarter of them under 5 -- spread across Bangladesh are at the front line of climate change disasters, a UN report says mentioning that...
A fire broke out at a foam factory in Mirerbazar are of Pubail under Gazipur district on Tuesday. Mamunur Rashid, deputy assistant director of Gazipur Fire Service and Civil Defense,...
City Bank presented its 3rd Quarter 2019 financial performances through an 'Earnings Disclosure' event organised on Monday at the bank's Head office in the capital. Consolidated Earnings Per Share (EPS)...
The Dhaka-Chittagong oil pipeline project has hit speed bump for slow work, thus failing to meet the deadline for umpteenth times. The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BP C) has undertaken the...
Grameenphone Ltd. reported total revenues of BDT 107.5 billion for the first nine months of 2019, a 9.5 per cent growth from the same period last year. The operator's subscriber...
Ten most traded companies accounted for more than 24 per cent transactions on the prime bourse on Monday, while United Power generated the highest turnover. The power generation and distribution...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held on to his job in Monday’s election, securing his spot as one of the world’s few high-profile progressive leaders, but tarnished by scandal and...
The government is searching for causes behind a slow progress in grabbing the global market of high-end apparel products despite Bangladesh being the second-largest garment exporter, officials have said. Stakeholders...
The country's readymade garment (RMG) export to major destinations including European Union, Canada and some other non-traditional markets witnessed negative growth during the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal...
There has been witnessed an upward trend in road accidents and fatalities in the past three years, since when the country has been observing the Road Safety Day. Like the...
The government on Monday reduced the source tax on export proceeds for all sectors from 1.0 per cent to 0.25 per cent to help the export-oriented sector stay competitive. The...
Transport agencies have long been lacking in skilled manpower, simply affecting the country's vital sector from planning to execution and regulatory stages. As such, the sector is gripped with problems...
Global renewable energy capacity is set to rise by 50 per cent in five years' time, driven by solar photovoltaic (PV) installations on homes, buildings and industry, according to the...
Mentioning that prima facie evidence suggest that police opened fire on the demonstrators in Bhola in self-defence, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday said they were investigating whether there was...
It took a new Prime Minister in Boris Johnson and a new Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javed to officially bring to an end the nine-year old Austerity era on...
The secondary and higher secondary students who nowadays pass their school and college final exams with GPA-5 understandably get high grades (80+ or 'star marks') in all subjects. The subjects...
The Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has a plan for disbursing loans among small and marginal farmers including small rural entrepreneurs under a Tk 100 billion credit programme. If things go...
Bangladesh and the European Union (EU) have launched the discussions on “key priorities” for the post-2020 cooperation agenda though the joint commission meeting held on Monday in Dhaka. It also...
This is a continuation of my article "Demystifying why US economic growth is lacklustre" (FE October 15, 2019). I argued that for much of the 1980s and 1990s the US...
Over the last decade Indian agriculture has become more robust with record production of food grains and oilseeds. Increased procurement, consequently, has added huge stocks of food grains in the...
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence got married over the weekend in Rhode Island during a ceremony and reception studded with Hollywood stars. The "Hunger Games" star tied the knot with New...
Poverty reduction initiatives of Bangladesh contributed to fulfilling all three eligibility criteria for graduation from the UN's Least Developed Countries (LDC) list. In spite of achieving significant progress in poverty...
As we begin to associate Rohingya refugees with environmental degradation we might still not be interpreting the full picture properly. When they arrived our sympathies led us to blame the...
Protesters on Monday sought removal of the Bhola’s police chief and officer-in-charge of Borhanuddin Police Station within 72 hours over Sunday’s clashes that left four people dead. All Party Muslim...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday filed two cases against Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim and expelled organising secretary of Jubo League’s Dhaka south city unit Khalid...
The government has initiated a move to set up a chancery complex at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia by September 2023 in a bid to facilitate the operations of the Bangladesh...
Commonwealth finance ministers have recognised the potential of technology to improve debt transparency while urging closer collaboration to resolve tax challenges arising from growing digital commerce, says a press release....
It is widely acknowledged that China and India are playing pivotal roles in regional and global affairs in the 21st century. Indeed, both countries have taken comparable stances or approaches...
Radical demonstrators in Hong Kong held unapproved protests on Sunday in which mobs continued their damage to public facilities. But this weekend, at least three important cities in the world...
China will launch a campaign to combat bullying and violence in middle and primary schools across the country, according to a circular recently issued by the State Council. Local education...
A Dhaka court has jailed BNP leader Harunur Rashid for five years for enjoying the privilege of importing a car without tax as a member of parliament and selling the...
National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reform (NICAR) has conditionally approved formation of Faridpur City Corporation (FCC) in its meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. “The NICAR gave...
The US Department of State has sponsored a free’ Massive Online Open Course’ (MOOC) for teachers who specialise in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) between three and ten years...
A mobile court in Manikganj on Monday jailed 15 fishermen for catching Hilsa from the Padma and the Jamuna River defying a government ban in Shibaloy upazila of Manikganj. Shibaloy...
The US Department of State has sponsored a free’ Massive Online Open Course’ (MOOC) for teachers who specialise in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) between three and ten years...
Bangladesh national team cricketers have announced to go on strike demanding a pay hike in domestic cricketing for the first time in the cricket history of Bangladesh. The cricketers made...
Stocks slipped back into the red zone on Monday, after a single-day break, as risk-averse investors went on selling binge on major sectors’ issues. DSEX, the prime index of the...
Australia’s biggest newspapers ran front pages on Monday made up to appear heavily redacted, in a protest against legislation that restricts press freedoms, a rare show of unity by the...
A four-day ‘Heritage Handloom Festival-2019’ will kick off on Wednesday in the city aimed at promoting local handloom products and protecting the extinction of traditional items. SME Foundation and Association...
A Dhaka court has sentenced 12 people to death for killing Mubarak Hossain Bhuiyan, a law chamber clerk, over a land dispute in Kishoreganj four years ago. Dhaka Speedy Trial...
South Korea's export dropped in double figures in the first 20 days of this month on the continued downturn of business cycle in the global semiconductor industry, customs office data...
Union Bank Training Institute organized a day-long workshop on ‘Prevention of Money Laundering & Combating Financing of Terrorism’ recently. Hasan Iqbal, CAMLCO & Deputy Managing Director of Union Bank Ltd....
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