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Global drug colossus, Sanofi, is set to wind up its Bangladesh operations after decades of producing key life-saving pharmaceutical products, officials said. Last week, the French company conveyed its decision...
The 45th U.S President's first term has-without an iota of doubt-electrified the global political stage, emitting a shockwave of such unprecedented magnitude that global headlines are replete with the President's...
Past and present have become inextricably intertwined in a book, authored by Md Matiul Islam, Bangladesh's first finance secretary. 'Recollections Of A Civil Servant-Turned Banker', the 268-page book is basically...
Early at dawn next day, the first must-do routine was to reach the sea front where a rough quay of stones and boulders reaches some distance into water. It is...
The US on Friday announced sanctions on three North Korean hacking groups for their alleged involvement in the 'WannaCry' ransomware attacks and hacking of international banks, including New York Federal...
The rise of juvenile gangs in Dhaka as well as other parts of the country has already turned very alarming. Through these gangs, a growing number of young boys usually...
There is no denying the fact that Bangladeshi farmers have come out of subsistence farming. In the distant past, they used to produce mostly for home consumption using family labour. ...
The finding of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) to the effect that corruption has been institutionalised in land registration offices, though not unexpected, is indeed frustrating and shameful. It is...
Tariffs imposed or threatened by the United States and China could shave 0.8 per cent off global economic output in 2020 and trigger more losses in future years, the International...
Centralised banking operation is that system of banking where processing of all transactions has to be carried out from a central location. In this system, bank's presence has to be...
Bangladesh Bank plans to launch e-KYC from next December. Many banks have already started thinking over the issue. Considering the growing digital transformation of our financial sector, "Account Opening Form"...
Europe's largest economy is not facing a bigger downturn or a pronounced recession after contracting slightly in the second quarter but there are no signs of a turnaround yet either,...
Long-running and sometimes violent street protests in Hong Kong are helping tarnish its luster as the main physical gateway of gold to China, the world's top bullion buyer, reports Reuters....
A monetary-policy regime centred on quantitative easing (QE) and zero or even negative interest rates has created an extraordinarily permissive environment for politicians of a certain disposition. Those who are...
Despite the absence of policy support and subsidies, electric vehicles are in increasing use in most of the developing countries. In Bangladesh, for example, more than 100,000 electric vehicles are...
The government is set to launch a project to fund the ICT entrepreneurs aiming to develop innovative potentials of young people in the sector. “Under the project to be called...
The government is set to launch an electronic monitoring system in a bid to prevent duplication and forgery of birth registration certificates, reports bdnews24.com. The field administration has been directed...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a drive arrested 85 people for selling and consuming drugs in the city in the last 24 hours till 6:00am on Friday, reports UNB. A...
Bangladesh have won the toss and opted to bat first in the Tri-nation T20 series opener, delayed and shortened by rains, against Zimbabwe on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium....
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is considering financing four more projects for contributing further to the country’s infrastructure development, a top AIIB official said. The projects are ‘Dhaka and...
Fire that broke out at the warehouse of Minister Refrigerator of My One Electronics at Dheerasram in Gazipur was doused on Friday afternoon. A six-member committee, led by District Magistrate...
Digital Device and Innovation Expo-2019, said to be the largest information technology exhibition in country’s history, is set to begin from October 14. ICT Division, Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park authority Idea...
An international joint research found a new species called Mollisonia plenovenatrix, which is believed to be the oldest chelicerate. The discovery places the origin of chelicerate, a vast group of...
China and Thailand have signed a deal that will see a Chinese shipbuilding company build a Type 071E landing platform dock (LPD) warship for the Thai navy, a move which...
Representatives of US multinational companies are increasingly against tariff hikes on trade, and hope the China-US trade conflict could end so that their business operation could get back to normal....
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the Awami League (AL) government wants a strong opposition party to continue the practice of democracy in the country. The minister came...
The Asian Development Bank or ADB is set to disburse around $5.0 billion to finance several major development projects in Bangladesh between 2020 and 2022, reports bdnews24.com. The financial institution's...
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced its key policy decisions to cut the deposit rate by 10 basis points to minus 0.50 per cent and to restart net...
Bangladeshi archer Ruman Shana has clinched the gold medal in the men's singles recurve category at the Asia Cup-World Ranking Tournament (Stage 3). The veteran marksman defeated China's Zhenqi Shi...
As many as 673 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals in 24 hours till Friday morning. Among them, 229 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health Services...
Up to 50 people were killed when a cargo train derailed in Congo’s southeastern province of Tanganyika in the early hours of Thursday, government officials said, though reports on casualties...
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two Indian nationals with $29,600 from the port area on Thursday. BGB-49 Commanding Officer Lt Col Selim Reza said a BGB team searched a...
Two Rohingya refugees and a suspected drug smuggler were killed in separate gunfights in Cox's Bazar and Kushtia districts on Friday. In Cox's Bazar, two Rohingya suspects with alleged links...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has invited German and French companies to invest more in Bangladesh, particularly in the country’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and High-tech Parks. They are...
Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has stressed the importance of the role of Southern countries in the decision-making process of international economy. He...
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden clashed with progressive challengers Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders on healthcare in a debate on Thursday, defending Obamacare and pushing them to be honest about...
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) is organising the 15th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition (ASCODD 2020) next year. The conference will be held on 28-30...
Japan’s exports likely contracted at the fastest pace in more than three years in August, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Adding to the challenges policymakers face, Japan’s core consumer...
At least seven people were killed and 10 were wounded in southeast Turkey when an improvised explosive placed on a road went off as a vehicle carrying villagers was passing....
A fire has erupted at an electronics factory in Gazipur. The incident occurred at the six-storey factory building of Minister Refrigerator in Dhirasram at around 7:15am on Friday, said Md...
The securities regulator has found 10 investors involved in manipulation of share prices of 12 listed companies, which made the market volatile in recent times. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange...
Ten most traded companies captured 34 per cent transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday, with JMI Syringes & Medical Devices bagging the top spot of the turnover...
Vegetables became costlier last week further increasing suffering of the consumers, especially the commoners. Broiler chicken also witnessed a rise in its prices while loose soybean oil and garlic slightly...
Three subway networks surrounding the city are now being considered to connect the nearby districts by faster commuter trains, covering the missing links of six metro rails mostly at the...
The number of outbound workers hit eight-month low in August due to suspension of recruitment by some major markets, official data showed. Only 32,272 Bangladeshis found jobs abroad in August...
The central bank has doubled the limit of small service exporters for receiving remittances through online gateway operators. These small-value exporters are now allowed to receive overseas payments of maximum...
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has formed a surveillance committee to monitor the compliance of paying 15 per cent agent commission by the insurers, according to a press...
A Chinese vessel carrying 200,000 tonnes of Indonesian coal is on the way to the newly built jetty of the 1,320-megawatt Payra coal-fired thermal power plant. It is due to...
Around a dozen of international oil companies (IOCs) will be in talks with top Petrobangla officials over the next two weeks to weigh up benefits as offered in the newly...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been asked to formulate a general guideline under which Indian projects in Bangladesh will enjoy tax exemption. A recent inter-ministerial meeting at the...
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