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A forgery crisis is quietly roiling the world’s gold industry. Gold bars fraudulently stamped with the logos of major refineries are being inserted into the global market to launder smuggled...
The government plans to construct 12 hi-tech parks in the country within next four years with the help of Indian government, said State Minister for ICT Divison Junaid Ahmed Palak....
The World Bank will provide $185 million to Bangladesh to add up to 310 Megawatts (MW) in renewable energy generation capacity and mobilise private sector participation to meet the growing...
The government has appointed Bridges Division Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam as the new cabinet secretary. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told reporters after a meeting at the Cabinet Division on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said all television (TV) channels are enjoying full freedom in Bangladesh. The Prime Minister made the remarks during a meeting with a delegation of the...
The government has appointed Additional Inspector General of Police Shafiqul Islam as the new commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. The home ministry gave the information in a statement on...
Tanvir Ahmed has been appointed as the managing director of Sheltech Group. He has been involved with the conglomerate since 2008. Mr Ahmed completed his BBA and MBA from UK....
People who are optimistic are more likely to live longer, according to a new study. "Optimism is specifically related to 11 to 15 percent longer life span, on average, and...
A new cancer therapy using nanoparticles to heat and destroy tumors showed encouraging results in a clinical trial. The study published on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National...
French maritime authorities say 47 migrants, including two dozen children, have been rescued over two days as they tried to cross the English Channel to Britain. The authorities said that...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Wednesday said he is optimistic about signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) to boost trade. “There’s possibility of an increase...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for efforts to improve regional economic planning featuring complementary advantages and high-quality development, and to upgrade basic industries and industrial chains. Xi, also...
The riots in Hong Kong have lasted for over 10 weeks and most media from the city and the Chinese mainland have been covering specific incidents and related topics. Global...
Japan will help Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) to produce electricity from wastage, said mayor Md Jahangir Alam. Talking to reporters at Nagar Bhaban, the mayor said Japan will provide Tk...
Bangladesh has wasted at least 194 hours and 30 minutes, equivalent in value to Tk 1.64 billion, due to the quorum crisis in 23 sessions of the 10th parliament, reports...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday put emphasis on planned development of villages shifting the focus from upazila areas, keeping in mind the country’s high density of population. "We’ll ensure...
The Queen Elizabeth will be asked by the UK government to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit...
The Chinese government's leverage ratio edged up in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019 amid efforts to support economic growth and improve weak links. According to NIFD report, the end-June...
Australia is to formally investigate foreign interference in its universities amid rising concerns about Chinese influence on campuses. The push follows reports of students and staff "self-censoring" on sensitive political...
At least 23 people have died after a fire raged through a bar in Mexico’s southern port city of Coatzacoalcos, NBC News reported early on Wednesday, citing a statement by...
Ride-hailing firm Grab said on Wednesday it will invest $500 million in Vietnam over the next five years to expand its services in the Southeast Asian country. The company will...
The High Court has ordered the authorities concerned to take effective measures to control aedes mosquitoes, responsible for spreading dengue. Justice Tariq ul Hakim and Justice Md Shohrowardi’s bench also...
Four people have been killed and three others injured in two separate road crashes in Dinajpur’s Phulbari and Birganj Upazila. Three of them died in a motorbike accident while another...
Asgar Ali Hospital has signed a corporate agreement with LankaBangla Finance Limited. Under the agreement, all the employees and cardholders of LankaBangla Finance will get corporate benefits while taking healthcare...
The Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to examine the legal challenge against the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and referred...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit ‘Allah'r Dal’ in Dhaka. The detainees have been identified as Sirajul, Monir, Hafij, and Turin. The...
The Election Commission plans to begin registration of Bangladeshi expatriates in the second week of September to provide them with national identity cards. The commission is waiting for the Singapore...
The Islamic University Officers’ Association has threatened to start an indefinite work abstention from September 2 if their three-point demand is not accepted. A press release, signed by the association’s...
Rail communication between Mymensingh and Bhairab was restored after seven hours on Wednesday. The derailment of a freight train wagon in Kishoreganj’s Gochihata on Tuesday snapped the communication, reports UNB....
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez will travel to Jerusalem to inaugurate a ‘diplomatic office’ in the city on Sept 1, the Honduran government said in a statement on Tuesday. The...
A tigress, found dead in Sundarbans East Zone on August 20, was not killed by poachers, investigators have confirmed. But the probe body is yet to specify the cause of...
Malaysian prosecutors on Wednesday said former prime minister Najib Razak abused his power to cover up the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars from the state-fund 1MDB and used...
The Bangladesh Chhatra League expelled three of its leaders on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in vandalism and obstruction of government work. Those who have been expelled are – Chhatra...
The West Bengal government is planning to introduce a Bill in the Assembly to check incidents of mob assault and lynching. Mamata Banerjee government is planning to table West Bengal...
US based retail giant Costco Wholesale opened its first brick-and-mortar store on the Chinese mainland on Tuesday. The 14,000-square-metre store is located in southwest Shanghai, with 3,400 stock-keeping units of...
Two people, including a woman, died of mosquito-borne disease dengue in Khulna and Mymensingh districts on Wednesday. In Mymensingh, Hafizul Islam, 30, a readymade garment worker from Trishal upazila, died...
The Trump administration is shifting $271 million earmarked for disaster aid and cyber security to pay for immigration-related facilities, the US Department of Homeland Security and a leading congressional Democrat...
China has denied a request for a US Navy warship to visit the Chinese port city of Qingdao in recent days, a US defence official told Reuters on Tuesday, at...
Explosions hit two police checkpoints in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing three officers and wounding several other Palestinians, the Hamas-run interior ministry said, declaring a state of emergency after...
A woman suffering from dengue died at the Khulna Medical College Hospital on Wednesday morning, doctors said. The deceased, Shahida Begum, 50, wife of Saidur Rahman of Pirojpur, was hospitalised...
The price of the units of the SEML FBLSL Growth Fund declined 62.18 per cent in last 15 sessions. Following continuous price correction, the fund became the worst loser on...
Indo-Bangla Pharmaceuticals (IBP) has inked a manufacturing agreement with RHK GLOBAL (HK), Hong Kong, to produce Super Tramex-100mg brand tablet. Under the agreement made on August 26, Tramadol, the generic...
A significant number of Chinese companies are looking for investing in Bangladesh as well as relocating their manufacturing industries to the country, mainly due to global trade dispute and rising...
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed criminal charges against a former senior engineer at Google's owner Alphabet alleging he stole car technology secrets. Anthony Levandowski was charged with...
The government is set to issue a guarantee against a Tk 10-billion central bank refinancing loan to aid farm credit disbursements by Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB). The Bangladesh Bank has...
Tokyo has signed a deal with Dhaka, paving the way for recruiting skilled workers under different categories from Bangladesh. Rownaq Jahan, Secretary of the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas...
The overall deposit growth in the country's banking sector rose but slightly in the first-half (H1) of the current calendar year following a higher remittance inflow. Lower sales of national...
Capital machinery importers would soon be exempted from paying Advance Income Tax (AIT) on their imports on a larger scale. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) recently took a decision...
Profitability of the country's banks has declined by around 17 per cent over the last 10 years, mainly due to growth in the volume of bad loans, according to a...
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is mulling a complete closure of airspace and land routes to Afghanistan for Indian planes and trucks, the Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry...
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