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As the Chinese nation celebrated the 70th birth anniversary on October 1, the whole world looked in awe and amazement at the most populous country on earth and how it...
Bangladesh's higher economic growth in the last decade did not lead to faster poverty reduction as the number of poor increased in the western region, said a recent World Bank...
In a recent commentary in The New York Times, Binyamin Appelbaum placed the blame for increasing inequality in the United States squarely at the feet of economists. He cited the...
VAT (value added tax) is a consumption tax. VAT is paid by the ultimate consumer of goods and services. VAT is paid when a consumer purchases goods and services. While...
Every suicide is a tragedy that affects families, communities and entire countries and has long-lasting effects on the people left behind. By suicide, one kills not only himself but also...
Globalisation is simple. Arbitrage drives globalisation. When the cost difference across countries is larger than the trade cost, companies exploit the cost gap by buying low and selling high. Traditionally,...
Artificial intelligence is now increasingly present in corporate and government decision-making. And although AI tools are still largely in the hands of institutions that focus on profit before purpose, these...
It is true that trade is run by regulatory framework. With regard to international trade, global regulations like WTO rules, ICC norms, etc., work to operate cross border flows of...
GIM Digital Truck, one of the leading online truck hiring platforms has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the country’s leading automobile company Runner Group to provide transportation facilities....
At the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepali President Bidhya Devi Bandari, Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the second informal meeting with Modi and pay a...
Bangladeshi nationals who visit India on valid visas and fall ill during their stay in India are not required to convert their primary visas into medical ones for getting admitted...
The new head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that Brexit in whatever form will be "painful", adding to the effects of a global slowdown. Kristalina Georgieva said the...
Lotto, a leading Italian sports and lifestyle brand, has announced an attractive offer for its customer to win TVS motorbikes by purchasing Lotto shoes. Kazi Jamil Islam, managing director of...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a young man along with seven gold bars from Katlamari area under Amla Sadarpur union of Mirpur upazila in Kushtia on Wednesday. The...
The World Mental Health Day will be observed tomorrow (Thursday) in the country like elsewhere across the world. The day is observed every year on October 10 across the world...
A Sylhet court on Wednesday sentenced four people to death for killing a boy in 2011. The condemned convicts are Md Ismail Haque, 22, son of late Md Aftab Ali...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday assured that maximum punishment will be meted out to those involved in the brutal killing of Buet student Abrar Fahad. She also questioned the...
Exposure to e-cigarette smoke causes mice to develop lung cancer, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers from New York University...
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino for their research in improving battery technology. The trio will share...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has defended Bangladesh’s plan to export liquefied petroleum gas to India, responding to criticism of the bilateral deal. India on October 5 signed three pacts with...
France is banning a planned demonstration that triggered outrage from politicians who saw it as honoring the attacker who killed four people in the Paris police headquarters last week. The...
Turkish forces and Syrian rebel allies will cross the Syrian border "shortly", a Turkish official said early on Wednesday, as a surprise withdrawal of US troops made way for the...
Jafar Iqbal Khan, the provost of BUET’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall, reportedly tendered his resignation on Wednesday amid protests over the killing of Abrar Fahad. “The provost has resigned,” BUET Teachers' Association...
The acting president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Wednesday warned that it will give a “fitting reply” if anyone tries to destabilise the country over BUET student Abrar Fahad’s...
The United Nations has deplored the killing of young BUET student Abrar Farhad, saying freedom of speech is a human right. “Freedom of speech is a human right, and nobody...
Services have become the backbone of the global economy and the most dynamic component of international trade, according to the latest report of The World Trade Organisation (WTO). Trade in...
Eastern Bank limited (EBL) Visa and Mastercard cardholders to enjoy 20 per cent discount on treatments and cosmetic products offered by Bio-Xin Cosmeceuticals at its branches at Dhanmondi, Mirpur, Shantinagar...
Disgruntled protesters of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have called on the authority to ban student politics in the university as part of a fresh 10-point charter of...
BNP has expelled its lawyers’ front leader Advocate Morsheda Khatun Shilpi for defending in court the alleged killers of BUET student Abrar Fahad. Morsheda, a member of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government’s goal is to ensure healthy environment for the children so that they can get improved life and bright future. “We want...
China's listed companies are happy with their performance in the third quarter of the year, with 54 per cent expecting positive or augmented financial results, the Securities Daily reported Wednesday....
Bangladesh Bank is expecting that the growth rate of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will achieve 8.20 per cent target in the current fiscal year (FY20). The Bangladesh Bank...
United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) Mia Seppo has highly appreciated Bangladesh's development since independence, terming it a “remarkable success story”. She recognised the contributions of those who helped achieve this...
Singapore is the world’s most competitive economy now, according to the Global Competitiveness Index 2019 released today. Singapore overtookd the United States (US) which fell to second place in the...
Two young men were killed in a gas cylinder explosion at Srirampur village in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on early Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Bayezid Mia, 18, son...
Former and current students and teachers of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of BUET on Wednesday demanded outlawing student politics at the university. They brought out a...
Problems in the banking sector will have significant adverse impact in the country’s domestic businesses, according to the majority of the businessmen and entrepreneurs surveyed by a local think-tank. Many...
Saudi Arabia has sent back another batch of Bangladeshis amid a crackdown on illegal workers although a number of the returnees say they have legal documents. Two flights of Saudi...
Country’s largest online shopping platform Daraz Bangladesh (daraz.com.bd), for the second time, organised a summit titled ‘Dhaka Seller Summit – 2019’ at Bangabandhu International Convention Center. The main purpose...
The White House has officially refused to co-operate with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. A letter sent to Democratic leaders rejected it as "baseless" and "constitutionally invalid", according...
The US has said it will impose visa restrictions on Chinese officials accused of involvement in repression of Muslim populations. It follows the decision on Monday to blacklist 28 Chinese...
The country's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will be able to attract foreign investments through V-Next online platform introduced by the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), discussants said. They said this...
Farm credit disbursement dropped by nearly 6.0 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY) in the wake of flood as well as seasonal effect....
Bangladesh will seek relaxation of the terms and conditions of Chinese financing and a revision of the list of China-funded projects at the first meeting of the 'Bangladesh-China Working Group...
The government has formed a high-level taskforce to identify the problems and the way forward for the development of the country's leather sector, officials said. The 29-member committee incorporated all...
Bangladesh ranked 105th among 141 countries in the latest Global Competitiveness Index which was formally released on Wednesday. Bangladesh was ranked 103rd among 140 countries in the last year’s index....
Foreign nationals have renewed their interest in investing in the country's treasury bonds as the yield rates have gone up on the back of government's rising appetite for funds. The...
The absence of a definition of inputs in the VAT law has put at risk the target of revenue mobilisation from manufacturing companies, officials say. Under the VAT law, manufacturers...
TANGAIL Oct 08: Flowers traders in the district are doing brisk business due to high market demand. Sources said there are more than 55 flower shops in the district town....
Various global environmental reports offer figures of money or death apparently to paint a picture that can be visualised by most people. In the process, some other important issues are...
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