Tottenham Hotspur suffered their heaviest home defeat in Europe as Serge Gnabry struck four goals for Bayern Munich in a 7-2 romp to seize control of Champions League Group B...
Stocks witnessed mixed trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday as investors were active on both sides of trading fence. Following the previous day’s flat ending, the Dhaka Stock...
At least 10,000 people were stranded in parts of the Sadar and Shibganj upazilas of Chapainawabganj district on Wednesday as the water level of Padma and Mahananda rivers increased further....
A young man died of suspected drug overdose in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram district on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Faruk Mia, 25, son of Abdul Karim of...
Police in Indian Kashmir have detained 144 children, including a nine-year-old, between August 5 and September 23 this year, according to a court-appointed committee's report. According to data attached to...
Nirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa) HAS launched a-month-long programme demanding safer roads. Ilias Kanchan, founder and chairman of Nischa, inaugurated the programme at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club...
The World Bank (WB) will help Bangladesh develop its technical manpower through providing half a billion dollar of credit, officials said on Tuesday. Since Bangladesh is setting up 100 special...
Independent directors of the listed companies should exercise their power effectively and put priority on the ethical standards for the sake of minority shareholders' interests and good governance in the...
Ring Shine Textiles to allocate 150 million ordinary shares among successful applicants as the company's IPO lottery draw was held on Tuesday. The lottery draw was held at 10:30am at...
Chittagong port, the prime sea port of the country set a new record of handling containers last month. The port operators handled 2,92,455 TEUs of containers in the month. Earlier,...
The inflow of remittances grew by more than 16 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of this fiscal year (FY) as the government has announced a 2.0 per cent...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday unveil his final Brexit offer to the European Union and make clear that if Brussels does not engage with the proposal, Britain will...
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Tuesday launched e-licencing system for energy sector companies and organisations to ensure hassle-free service delivery by reducing time and cost. From now on,...
Adding to the woes of the masses, onion prices increased further on Tuesday at retail outlets by Tk 10 a kilogram despite multiple government steps to stabilise the market. Indian...
Bangladesh needs to strengthen its capital market so that entrepreneurs remain dependent less on financial institutions for funds, said Graham Wrigley, Chairman of CDC Group Plc, the UK government's investment...
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that no force can stop China's development and shake the foundation of the nation. "There is no force that can shake the foundation...
Business leaders urged the government on Tuesday to ensure proper coordination among its agencies to help expedite their service delivery to investors. They also felt that the need for holding...
Bangladesh is among 20 countries that have made improvement in ease of doing business by carrying out reforms, shows the draft of the World Bank report before launching its annual...
An Iranian court sentenced the brother of President Hassan Rouhani to five years in prison, a judiciary spokesman was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the semi-official Fars news, reports...
The recent decision to form what has been termed RMG Sustainability Council (RSC) may sound no different from many other councils/committees that keep appearing routinely in the media - often...
The news that Brunei is interested to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh is a welcome update. Brunei's top diplomat in Dhaka had expressed the interest while he met...
Marico Bangladesh Limited and Standard Chartered Bangladesh have signed an online customs duty payment agreement recently. Under this agreement, Marico Bangladesh Limited will be able to execute their duty payments...
The Ministry of Commerce has urged the countrymen not to be worried over the onion price as it will come down soon. The ministry also claimed that there is no...
As mentioned in the first installment of this write up, primary and secondary loan trading may take two different forms of which one is accrual loan trading and the other...
There is no alternative to living in a healthy ecosystem, hygienic environment, and usual weather as per the seasonal categorisation. Climate change occurs when changes in Earth's climate system results...
Macroeconomics was one of the casualties of the 2008 global financial crisis. Conventional macroeconomic models failed to predict the calamity or to provide a coherent explanation for it, and thus...
Over the long course of the nuclear age, millions of people around the world, often led by a young generation of clear-eyed activists, have stood up to demand meaningful, immediate...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed to give $150 million as loans aiming to develop crucial infrastructure such as roads, drains and capacity in Dhaka and Khulna. To this end,...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Oct 01: Thousands of flood affected people in Chapainawabganj and Kushtia districts have been suffering for pure drinking water. Due to the increase in water, around 5,000 people have...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is 'willing to travel abroad to receive advanced medical treatment if she gets bail'. BNP's Joint Secretary General Md Harunur Rashid, also a lawmaker, gave the...
Preparations for Durga Puja are at the final stage as the celebration of the biggest religious festival of Hindu community will begin on October 4. Ahead of the festival, preparations...
The Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) is set to implement a new project targeting some of the extreme poor of the country. The project will be implemented through 20 partner organisations...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) evicted some 4,000 illegal establishments in the city, fined Tk 1.27 million and jailed three persons since September 22 to October 1. On Tuesday, a...
At least 1,115 women were victims of rape in the first nine months of the current calendar year across the country, according to report of an independent rights and legal...
The police administration has transferred officers-in-charge of eight police stations in Dhaka amid an ongoing crackdown on illegal gambling facilities, reports bdnews24.com. The chief of Motijheel Police Station, Md Omar...
Mentioning that the ongoing anticrime drive will also be conducted across the country, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said many of those involved in various misdeeds...
Heavy rain and not Farakka barrage is causing the overflow of rivers resulting in floods in the northwestern part of Bangladesh, according to the Water Development Board. “The Indian part...
China has spent 70 years exploring a suitable road for its development, and it has simultaneously spent those 70 years continuously contributing to global progress. Since China's reform and opening-up...
The founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) completely changed China's miserable fate of being poor and weak and being bullied and humiliated in over 100 years since the...
Bangladesh and India are expected to review the Rohingya and Teesta issues during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming India visit, officials familiar with the visit process said on Tuesday. The...
Registration of sport-utility vehicles (SUV) in hard/soft category stood at 3,654 in the first eight months of the current calendar year, according to official reports. Of the total, the number...
City dwellers witnessed heavy rains for about two hours on Tuesday that inundated roads and lanes in many parts of the capital triggered huge traffic tailbacks. Some 45.2 millimetres of...
Stocks ended flat on Tuesday after volatile trading as investors were active both sides of trading fence. Market analysts said a section of investors preferred booking profit while some others...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has opened its representative office in China’s Guangzhou province recently. With this, EBL has become the first Bangladeshi financial institution to begin its operations in China,...
Australia will continue to "energetically work" with Bangladesh bilaterally, regionally and internationally, said Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Julia Niblett. “There is huge potential for collaboration and strengthening relations further...
China celebrated its growing power and confidence with a big display of military hardware and goose-stepping troops in Beijing on Tuesday, overseen by President Xi Jinping who pledged peaceful development...
Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant construction team has successfully installed the reactor support truss at its Unit 1 recently. The role of the support truss, which was installed on Sunday last,...
The ‘PR & Brand Comms Summit 2019’, the first of its kind in the country, will be held at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) Complex in Dhaka city on October...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested three people along with five geckos from Barduaripara area in Sherpur upazila of Bogura district. The arrestees were identified as Md Shamsuzzoha Bin...
Two alleged drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with police at hilly Shilkhali Sapmara in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as...
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