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Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) awarded scholarship to the brilliant students of the country. The Bank arranged a Scholarship Awarding Ceremony in recognition to their brilliant results in SSC and...
A fire onboard two oil tankers that injured nine sailors at a South Korean port has been put out, the Yonhap news agency said on Saturday. An explosion occurred on...
Immigration police at the check post of Benapole land port have been kept on high alert to prevent the criminals involved in casino business from leaving the country. Border Guard...
Australia will set aside an additional $100 million Australian dollar (68 million US dollar) to support the country’s drought-stricken farmers, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday. Australia’s east coast...
Candidates seeking admission to the Kuet and the MIST in Dhaka along with their guardians are worried as the tests for both the institutions will take place on the same...
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has assured Bangladesh that there is nothing to be worried about the National Register of Citizens (NRC) of India as he held a bilateral meeting...
The 73rd birthday of Prime Minister and Bangladesh Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will be celebrated across the country today (Saturday). Sheikh Hasina, the eldest of the five children of...
Police arrested four alleged robbers from Gorerhat village in Shalikha upazila on Friday night. The arrestees are Masud Mollah, 37, Billal Mollah, 35, Pikul Mollah, 38, of Hazrahati village and...
Police have recovered the hanging body of a lawyer from his house in Bilsimla area of Rajshahi city. The deceased was identified as Mozammel Haque, 62. He used to practice...
Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over the President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, resigned Friday from his post as...
Stocks rebounded strongly in the outgoing week, snapping a four-week losing streak, as optimistic investors showed their buying spree on large-cap shares. Week on week, DSEX, the prime index of...
Ten most traded companies accounted for one-fourth transactions on the prime bourse in the outgoing week, with the Grameenphone (GP) generating the highest turnover. Market analysts said investors showed their...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has placed a four-point proposal at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York to resolve the Rohingya crisis which is becoming...
Hundreds of thousands of people have joined climate strike marches across Canada, with almost 100 events planned in cities and towns. Protesters are taking part in the global climate strike...
Bangladesh has taken its position among the top-20 improvers in the ease of doing business 2020 as the country has implemented various reform initiatives to create a business-friendly environment, according...
Food adulteration is still rampant across the country although the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has intensified its efforts to check such malpractice since 2015. During the four-year period from...
More than 300 ready-made garment (RMG) factories, inspected under the national initiative, are going to face various punishments, like - closure and suspension of export license, as they have failed...
Bangladeshi exporters have expressed reservations about an Indian proposal for onsite visit of factories linked to the duty-free access of goods under a regional free trade pact, officials said. They...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) might soon seek financial statements from non-listed companies that are public interest entities (PIEs). A move to this effect is now in the final stage,...
The next October 01, 2019 will mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping, who...
It is undeniable that the leaders in Bengal and in Utter Pradesh spearheaded the freedom struggle against the British rule at the dawn of the 20th century. It was in...
It was not for nothing that the Keralites call their land the God's own country. Richly endowed with backwaters like those of Poovar, Kochi and beaches like the Golden Sand...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged all UN members states and development partners to invest resources in dealing with mental health and disabilities as part of primary healthcare programme....
The busting of casinos at a number of sports club in the city may, on paper, look puzzling. A series of stories have been appearing in newspapers and electronic media...
In Bangladesh today, we often hear about an increase in the disbursement of agricultural loans to farmers. More often than not, the presumption of policymakers is that more disbursement means...
Amid the wholesale chaos in road traffic management all over the country, the sickening part is the neglect to rules by none other than those who are to enforce them....
Speakers on Friday urged the government and stakeholders to create more employment opportunities by utilising the country’s tourism spots. They made the call at a seminar at the Jatiya Press...
It is a tragedy that the administrative tradition of British colonial rulers still seems to persist in many ways in present-day Bangladesh. Sadly, socio-economic and technological advances over two centuries...
In the 1980s, US President Ronald Reagan's administration forced Japan to accept "voluntary" restraints on its exports, particularly of automobiles, in order to reduce America's trade deficit and protect its...
From Africa to South Asia, there have been great initiatives to get a piece of the high-tech economy. To witness the roaring of their tigers or lions, high-tech parks or...
Globally, banks and financial institutions now process more transactions digitally than through physical presence of customers in branches. Across Bangladesh digital transactions are 1.6 to 5 times more than branch...
When trade war tariffs jolted Chinese tire-maker Prinx Chengshan into speeding up foreign investment plans, the company wound up in Thailand, thanks to that country’s relentless courtship. With an initial...
The United Nations is an institution which promotes multilateralism and preaches some of the basic tenets of multiparty democracy and liberalism, including the rule of law, universal human rights, free...
Farmers will be provided with agricultural machinery at subsidiary rates in order to boost production and save them from losses, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque. The minister told it...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said no one of those who got the share of casino money will be spared. “Investigation is going on to catch not...
Claiming that the government has lost control over the ruling party leaders and activists, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has alleged that influential Awami League leaders and ministers are helping...
Bangladesh secured a place in the SAAF Under-18 Championship 2019 final after crushing Bhutan by 4-0 goals in the semifinal at APF Stadium in Kathmandu on Friday. They will play...
Advanced Chemical Industries Ltd (ACI), a listed company with local bourses, has decided to set up a new subsidiary company named – ‘ACI Marine and Riverine Technologies Ltd’. The decision...
Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan has been remanded for 10 additional days in connection with two cases relating to arms and drugs after his arrest on charges of running...
Japan is a strong development partner in delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh, said Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. The economist said it while delivering a lecture in Tokyo on...
Police have been granted two days to grill Mohammedan Sporting Club's Director-in-Charge Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan following his arrest for unlawful possession of alcohol. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarafuzzaman Ansari issued the...
The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) held its 23rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at its office in the capital recently. AmCham President Md Nurul Islam presided over the...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan Papon said that the BCB will not spare its two directors, Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan and Mahbubul Anam, if allegation against found to be...
The annual holy Urs making the 11th death anniversary of Alhaj Hazrat Shah Sufi Syed Hamidullah (RA) The programme will be held in Mia Shaheb's Maidan Darbar Sharif old city...
Fijian Health Minister Ifereimi Waqainabete has said breast cancer cases have overtaken cervical cancer statistics in Fiji as more women delay medical treatment. Speaking at the Internal Medicine Organisation of...
The owner of dating app Match.com is being sued by US regulators for allegedly tricking people into subscribing to its service. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) documents detail what it called...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 40 km west of Villa La Angostura, Argentina at 16:36:18 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a...
Saudi Arabia will open its doors to international tourists for the first time as part of a broader push to cut its economic dependence on oil. On Friday, the kingdom...
Burkina Faso has obtained a loan of 33 million US dollars to fund presidential and emergency programmes on the Sahel region, the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Development said. It...
The body of a sexagenarian man was recovered from the Surma River in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Sharif Mia, 60 of Phulbari...
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