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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government has taken steps to bring down the interest rate of bank loan to a single digit in all banks, noting that...
The crude bomb attack on police in Dhaka should not be played down, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, adding that the blast could be a precursor to a...
A total of 902 new dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning. Data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) has arranged a two-day photography exhibition on ‘Nature of Bangladesh’ at its head office. Managing Director and CEO of SIBL Mr. Quazi Osman Ali inaugurated...
Myanmar’s army will court-martial soldiers after a new finding in an inquiry into atrocities in Rakhine state, from which more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled a 2017 army-led campaign the...
China and the United States began imposing additional tariffs on each other’s goods on Sunday, the latest escalation in a bruising trade war, despite signs that talks would resume some...
The Election Commission (EC) has set October 5 for the by-poll to Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad’s Rangpur-3 parliamentary constituency. EC additional secretary Mokhlesur Rahman announced the election schedule on...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recently signed a customer benefit agreement with Asian Paints Bangladesh Ltd in the capital. Under the agreement, Asian Paints will offer special privileges to EBL...
The board of directors of National Polymer Industries Ltd has recommended 22 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2019. It has also recommended raising of...
The leader of a notorious robber gang was killed in an alleged gunfight with police at Jadimora No 27 camp in Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday morning. The deceased...
The Bank of China (BOC) had approved more than 140 billion US dollars of credit and funded over 600 major projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday handed over the prestigious National Export Trophy to 66 companies in recognition of their extraordinary performances in the country’s export earnings. She distributed the...
South Korea’s exports tumbled in August for a ninth consecutive month, on sluggish demand from its biggest buyer, China, and depressed prices of computer chips globally, government data showed on...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has increased vigilance in the bordering areas of Sylhet in order to stop illegal migrants after 1.9 million people were left out of the final National...
A delegation of at least 40 businessmen from the United Arab Emirates attended a state-backed trade fair in Syria’s capital, defying US warnings against doing business with the government and...
Thousands of students suffered as the shuttle train service was halted after a factional clash of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the Chittagong University campus on early Sunday. Sources said...
The prices of most of the shares on country's prime bourse witnessed a downward trend in early hour of trading on Sunday as investors mostly followed cautious stance. Following the...
The board of directors of Doreen Power Generations and Systems Ltd has recommended 17 per cent cash dividend for shareholders excluding the sponsors/directors and 13 per cent stock dividend for...
Middle-East-based militant outfit Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the crude bomb attack on police in Dhaka, terrorism watchdog SITE Intelligence Group said. Two policemen were injured in the...
A white male in his 30s who was known to police killed four people and wounded 21 others on Saturday in a gun rampage between the West Texas cities of...
The US has imposed fresh tariffs on $112bn (£92bn) of Chinese imported goods. It marks a sharp escalation of the bruising trade war between the world's two largest economies. The...
The rights groups have raised concerns over the mass termination of workers in the country's readymade garment (RMG) factories, with the latest incident of firing 701 workers by a single...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a move to bring prosecution against some taxpayers on case-to-case basis for their failure to submit tax returns despite having taxable incomes....
Around 200 public officials have so far visited Russia in connection with the capital-intensive Rooppur nuclear power plant project. Spending a substantial amount from the project fund, insiders said on...
A move is well under way to slash existing service charges imposed by micro-finance institutions (MFIs) with intent to give poor borrowers some relief. To this end, financial institutions division...
CHATTOGRAM: Chittagong Port, the country's premier seaport, has grown in the capacity of container handling and others over the years. The number of vessels berthing in port has increased, with...
An analysis of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), published by the Assam State government in India on Saturday, shows that allegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders regarding...
The country needs to formulate a comprehensive legal and regulatory framework for getting optimum benefit from the Islamic financing instruments, former chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Abdul...
The other day a lady in her 30s was seen at a Dhaka hair salon placating an inconsolable small boy about his haircut just done by the hairdresser. The helpless...
The government has been working hard to make all the villages beautiful in a planned way by ensuring civic amenities alongside protecting biodiversity, the Prime Minister said last week. Witnessing...
The overall scenario of the Dhaka roads appears reverting back to square one. The perplexed road users, pedestrians and others just look on helplessly. They have few alternatives to finding...
The crisis of regional and multilateral institutions goes hand in hand with the international rise of right-wing populism. In the US, the UK, Russia, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, the Philippines...
This will be the tenth year that I have taught a course at Yale called "The Next China." The course focuses on modern China's daunting economic transitions. It frames the...
The new Value Added Tax (VAT) law is a much talked about issue in Bangladesh business community. One of the key points of discussion (also debate) has been the withholding...
Populist authoritarianism is increasingly becoming a global trend. This is a term generally used in the political discourse as a world view that is anchored in order, authority, distrust of...
The government is extending its assistance in different ways to form startup ecosystem for all entrepreneurs in the country, said State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Saturday....
At least 79 people were injured in religion-related violence in first seven months of the current calendar year across the country, according to a local independent rights and legal aid...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said no one can become a true leader without ideology and principle. "One may become a leader (without ideology) for the time being, but that...
A motorcyclist died after a CNG driven auto-rickshaw hit him at city’s Malibagh area on Saturday, said the police. The deceased was identified as Hemayet Hossain (35). He hails from...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday ruled out any concern for Bangladesh amid the exclusion of nearly 2 million people from the final National Register of Citizens (NRC)...
A mobile app based on AI technology that can replace face picture of an actor or actress with user's own picture went viral on the Chinese internet Saturday but it...
Two people have died of dengue in Khulna and Chattogram and 760 new patients have been hospitalised across the country, showing a significant improvement in the situation. The new deaths...
The United Nations (UN) has allocated US$ 5.0 million to help the people severely hit by flooding caused by monsoon rains in July. UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocation...
Enraged medical students organised a protest rally and took to social media to vent their fury on Saturday against the government’s proposal of implementing a two-year internship programme for aspiring...
Hans Rausing, the Swedish billionaire who helped build food packaging company Tetra Pak into a global giant, has died aged 93. Son of its founder, Ruben Rausing, he ran the...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said BNP must seek apology to the people for the killing of thousands of people during their regime before pointing gun at Awami League....
President M Abdul Hamid left the capital for London on Saturday morning for health check-up and treatment of eyes. A VVIP flight (BG-001) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday claimed that the current government will be accused of committing crime against humanity someday for "indulging in the incidents of enforced...
Alphabet Inc’s Google will spend up to $200 million to settle a US Federal Trade Commission investigation into YouTube’s alleged violation of a children’s privacy law. Politico reported the settlement...
China has ranked first in terms of contribution to global economic growth since 2006, becoming the leading engine of world economic growth, an official report said Thursday. In the past...
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