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Stocks witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Thursday as a section of investors are showing their appetite on sector-wise issues. Following the previous day’s marginal correction, the...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday angrily denounced an impeachment inquiry into his July telephone call with Ukraine’s leader as Democratic lawmakers said they would subpoena White House records about the...
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Wednesday declared a curfew in Baghdad until further notice after at least seven people were killed and more than 400 were injured during...
State-run energy explorer has chalked out a mega programme to boost hydrocarbon discovery using the latest technology. The Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd, or Bapex, will carry out...
Net foreign investment in Dhaka bourse remained negative for the seventh straight month in September as the overseas investors continued to pull out their fund amid lack of confidence. Market...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Wednesday requested the commerce ministry to impose an immediate ban on the import and release of casino and other gambling products. It also...
The securities regulator has clarified its earlier notification regarding the recommendation and distribution of cash dividend. Being compliant with securities rules, listed companies will be able to recommend and distribute...
Bangladesh’s capital was ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday morning. Dhaka had a score of 245 at 8:25am, indicating that the air quality was ‘very unhealthy’....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for New Delhi on Thursday on a four-day official visit. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage...
Apparel makers have raised concern over the activities of recently formed new platform 'Nirapon' alleging that it has been creating confusion over safety standards and adding new cost burden in...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has found scores of potential local and foreign financial institutions having an interest in Bangladesh's climate-smart green bond. In a study done jointly with the...
Global liquefied natural gas suppliers are lobbying with Bangladesh to ink deals to secure a persistently 'higher' price of the fuel for a long time. The LNG suppliers, who have...
The first year of university is a transitional period for students. It is a time for character development, something that can go in either a good or bad direction. Students...
Sellsation 2019, a selling competition, has commenced. This contest gives participants an opportunity to showcase their selling skills to differentiate them as the masters of the art of selling. Sellsation...
The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Islamic University of Technology (IUT) attracted over thousands of tech enthusiasts to their campus through Esonance. This flagship event was held recently...
Climate change is not just a concern anymore, it is a crisis. Greater population worldwide has been ignoring this crisis for quite long, but as the world proceeds, it is...
That the country imports beef is no big surprise. What is surprising is the volume and year-on increase -- that too from far off Latin or African regions, among others....
A new optimism has been generated in Bangladesh in recent times in the areas of rapid industrialisation and concomitant new investments, as well as rise in exports and employment due...
Onion price in retail markets went up to around 70 per cent within a few days, as the wholesalers reportedly jacked up the price following India's ban on the ingredient...
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, better known by its acronym BIMSTEC, is a unique regional organisation that brings together seven member states surrounding the...
A conjuncture of developments, short- and medium-term, have conspired to further slow the world economy. In recent months, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), among others, has acknowledged that global economic...
Germany's leading economic institutes on Wednesday slashed their growth forecasts for Europe's biggest economy for this year and next, blaming weaker global demand for manufacturing goods and increased business uncertainty...
Onion prices at the wholesale market and retail outlets have shown down trend on Wednesday after government took multiple steps including immediate import of onion to stabilise the local market....
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said the government has started giving 2.0 per cent cash incentive on money remitted by expatriate Bangladeshis to remove the burden of increased...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has directed all scheduled banks to finance onion import with 9.0 per cent interest aimed at preventing the upward trend of the onion price in the...
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan made a phone call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday afternoon. PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said, Imran Khan made the phone call to...
Bangladesh will raise the issues of Teesta river water-sharing, Assam’s citizenship exercise and border killings along with other ones during a high-level meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her...
Stocks finished marginally lower on Wednesday as investors were mostly cautious amid ongoing sluggish market trend. Market analysts said investors remained worried about the recent volatility of the market and...
The chief of the Rapid Action Battalion suggests the government should bring all imams and muezzins of mosques on its payroll to make the fight against terrorism “easy”. The anti-terrorism...
Prime Mnister Sheikh Hasina has said she flagged off the government's ongoing crackdown on corruption and irregularities in order to eliminate social inequality, reports bdnews24.com. Explaining her decision in an...
Southeast Bank Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Parkview Hospital Limited in Chattogram on Wednesday. Under the agreement, Parkview Hospital will provide benefits and medical services to the...
The British government on Wednesday expressed “regret” that British explorers killed some of the first indigenous Maori they met 250 years ago, but stopped short of issuing a full apology....
Chinese consumers are showing a growing preference for domestic brands as the country's steady economic growth lifts product and service appeal, a report showed. Searches for domestic brands among total...
Youdao, an intelligent learning firm of China's internet giant NetEase, filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission late Monday, the company said in...
Twitter Inc was apparently back up on Wednesday after a worldwide outage hit the micro-blogging platform’s website and its dashboard management platform TweetDeck, affecting thousands of users. Several users were...
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd announced on Wednesday that it ended mobile telephone production in China, hurt by intensifying competition from domestic rivals in the world’s biggest smartphone market. The shutdown...
To enhance the quality of home loan service by sharing best value offerings, Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) and Building Technology and Ideas Ltd (bti) have established a platform for customers....
Germany’s leading economic institutes on Wednesday slashed their growth forecasts in Europe’s biggest economy for this year and next. They blamed the weaker global demand for manufacturing goods and increased...
A good number of Rohingyas, who had escaped from the camp in Cox’s Bazar, were arrested from a house at Keshabpur Molla area in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram around Tuesday...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), on its latest economic outlook update, has shown how Bangladesh, and not India, is the standout economy in terms of growth momentum in South Asia....
A faction of students and teachers of Jahangirnagar University went on strike from Wednesday demanding the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Farzana Islam. The protesters, united under the banner of...
The Premier Bank Limited inaugurated its Banking Booth at Sanarpar, Narayanganj on Tuesday at Rahim Market, Sanarpar, Siddirgonj, Narayanganj. Presided over by the Narayanganj Branch Manager and Zonal Head,...
Myanmar has agreed to issue national identity cards (NIDs) to all Rohingyas after verifying their credentials, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said, hailing it as an “achievement” of Bangladesh...
Mr. Quazi Osman Ali, Managing Director & CEO of Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL), inaugurated an ATM Booth at Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) campus in Mirpur, Dhaka...
CDC Group plc (“CDC”), the UK’s development finance institution, on Tuesday announced a US $30 million debt commitment to BRAC Bank Limited, which has largest market capitalization in the Bangladesh...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the commercial transmission of all local private television channels using the feed of country’s first communication satellite Bangabandhu-I (BS-I). The Prime Minister inaugurated the...
Researchers from Australia's peak scientific body developed a computer game capable of helping diagnose mental health disorders. The game, developed by the Data61 team at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial...
North Korea fired a missile off its east coast on Wednesday that South Korea said may have been launched from a submarine. The country fired the missile a day after...
Police have recovered Tk 12.5 million and 2,000 Yaba tablets from a house in Narayanganj’s Rupganj Upazila during a raid and arrested three people in connection with the incident. The...
A farmer died of dengue at Magura sadar upazila on Tuesday night while being taken to Faridpur Medical College Hospital. The deceased was identified as Nazmul Hossain, 30, son of...
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