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Approach the categorised dustbins, scan the garbage in front of an image-recognition camera on the bin, and the intelligent system will automatically sort your trash by type. The "smart" trash...
International Organization for Migration (IOM) and International Business Forum Bangladesh (IBFB) will hold a multi-stakeholder event titled “Uplifting the Competitiveness of Bangladesh through Ethical Labour Practices in Supply Chains” on...
The 9th Board meeting of Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh (SCB) was held on Saturday in the SCB conference room, Motijheel, Dhaka under the Chairmanship of Md. Rezaul Karim. The meeting...
Under a joint venture initiative, the government is working to form Bangladesh Power Equipment Manufacturing Company Limited (BPEMC) to manufacture electric equipment and smart pre-paid meters in the country. A...
A total of 41 non-government organisations have been withdrawn from the Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar for their wrongdoings, foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said today (Saturday). He came up...
The economy of Bangladesh has been enjoying a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate at over 7.0 per cent over the last four fiscal years. Economists have pointed towards several...
The US Treasury has blacklisted an Iranian tanker it claims is being used to ship oil to Syria. The Adrian Darya 1, previously known as Grace 1, was detained by...
A fifty-five year old man died of mosquito-borne disease dengue at a private hospital in Chattogram on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Badsha Molla, of Jafrabad area in Sitakunda,...
Over 100 homesteads at Hatiya union in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram have gone into the gorge of the Brahmaputra River in a week as the riverbank erosion has taken a...
A trial date has been set for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks on the US. Mr Mohammed will be tried, along with four other men,...
A passenger bus carrying about 24 passengers fall into a river in Kohistan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing all the people on board, a senior police officer...
A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by taking sleeping pills after being stalked by a youth in Bhandaria upazila headquarters in Pirojpur on early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Ruksana...
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic were at their dominant best at the US Open on Friday as both cruised into the round of 16 with straight-sets victories. After making sluggish...
Trade teams from China and the United States continue to talk and will meet in September, but tariff increases on Chinese goods set to go in place on Sunday will...
A listed ‘top terror’ was killed in a reported gunfight with Detective Branch (DB) police at Katapara of Madhabdi municipality area in Narsingdi on Saturday. The deceased was identified as...
As many as 1.9 million people have been left out of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) for India's border state of Assam and face the prospect of being...
The stock market suffered a major correction in the outgoing week, snapping a four-week gaining streak, as risk-averse investors chose to book quick profit on large-cap stocks. Week on week,...
The board of directors of National Polymer Industries has decided to issue rights shares to cope with the business growth and strengthen the capital base of the company. The board...
A recent remark by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about “North Korea’s rogue behaviour” will make talks with the United States more difficult, the North’s KCNA news agency on...
Air Canada has been ordered to pay a French-speaking couple 21,000 Canadian dollars ($15,700; £12,900) and write them a letter of apology for violating their linguistic rights. The couple complained...
Ten most traded companies accounted for one-fourth of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the outgoing week, with the United Power Generation & Distribution Company making it to...
President Abdul Hamid left Dhaka for London on Saturday for health checkup. A VVIP flight (BG-001) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
The government has started construction of 13 buffer godowns at a cost of about Tk 6.16 billion. The aim of the project is to increase the stock of fertiliser during...
Prices of maize increased notably in the country in recent weeks. The surge in corn prices might hurt local poultry, aquaculture and dairy industries in the form of rising feed...
Shrimp exports fell drastically both in terms of value and volume in 2018-2019 thanks to weak demand in international market of local species and failure to introduce farming of vannamei....
Tanners and hide merchants are meeting today (Saturday) in the capital to settle the arrears dating back to the 1990s. The meeting will be mediated by the Federation of Bangladesh...
The co-founder and chief executive of Twitter had his own account on the service briefly taken over by hackers. A group referring to itself as the Chuckling Squad said it...
India’s economy grew at its weakest pace since 2013 between April and June as consumer demand and government spending slowed amid global trade frictions, raising chances of the central bank...
A high-powered committee has recommended issuing Sukuk bond on priority basis to help spur dynamism in the fixed income market. Meanwhile, the Malaysian government which has strong command over the...
Ride sharing service providers seen dominating city roads. The photograph was taken from Kakrail intersection in the city on Friday — FE photo The on-demand app-based ride-sharing services are popular...
A good number of Bangladeshi banks are facing difficulties in settling their letters of credit (LCs) after being blacklisted by China, officials said. The Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office of...
As the country is moving up the ladder of economic growth, there is also a gradual erosion of social values across the country. Economic growth is clearly and statistically visible,...
Water, water everywhere not a single drop to drink. Right now, there is perhaps no shortage of water per se in Southern part of Bangladesh. But pure drinking water is...
The news that the government has taken up projects of Tk 27.47 billion to digitize land records and services cannot be more comforting to hear. The update was disclosed by...
Tree planting is capturing the minds of those who look for fast climate action. Earlier this month, the Ethiopian Government announced a new world record: thousands of volunteers planted 353...
The recent visit of the commerce minister to a number of Latin American countries concluded with an expectation to sign a free trade deal with the Southern Common Market or...
Some of the most influential players in the global economy are spearheading the shift toward a clean, green, emissions-free world, even while key governments stand idle. Financial giants from Europe,...
An Indian court has sentenced 19 people, including four Bangladeshis, to up to 10 years in jail over the 2014 blast at Burdwan in West Bengal, local media report. A...
Police have recovered the bodies of three children from the room of a mosque’s imam, including his own, in Chandpur’s Matlab Upazila. They believe the children died from “some kind...
There has been a debate in the past few decades among economists and social thinkers over the influence of demographic change on economic growth. The main idea is that population...
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak today assured full support from his office to the Dhaka University authorities to ensure a campus equipped with modern technology, reports BSS....
This is my second trip to Kanyakumari. Our start of the journey from Salem could not be considered highly auspicious, although there was no mishap except that I personally had...
My destination was Rajshahi, located on the north bank of the Padma River in Bangladesh, near the border with India. Here one can understand what more likely than not encouraged...
Recently, several scholars had an interesting debate. It related to the origin of languages. The discussion started with the principle of migration and how it had influenced cultural and linguistic...
China will send a remote sensing satellite into orbit for polar climate and environment observation in September, according to its developers.The satellite called "Ice Pathfinder" (Code: BNU-1), which weighs only...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the people of the country to remain cautious so that the country does not go under the control of the evil force who...
India announced a series of mergers involving 10 state-owned banks on Friday, as it moves to strengthen a sector struggling under a mountain of debt and ensure stronger balance sheets...
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday the official establishment of the US military's Space Command. "Those who wish to harm the United States, to seek to challenge us on the...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced a 15-strong squad for the one-off Test match against Afghanistan on Sept 5. Three changes have been made to the squad from the...
China has revised its drug laws to reduce penalties for the sale and import of unapproved drugs, sending a signal that the country may take an open mind toward cheaper...
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