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The US State Department formally announced on Tuesday that the US government had decided to sell $8.0 billion in military equipment, including 66 new F-16V fighter jets, to the island...
A Dhaka court on Thursday set September 26 for submitting probe report in the case lodged over death of Rajib Hossain, who died after being stuck between two buses in...
The popularity of Cambridge International qualifications continues to grow globally every year, with record numbers of Cambridge exam entries made in many countries this year, including Bangladesh. Cambridge International...
A prisoner, who was sentenced to life term imprisonment in a case over the attack on a train carrying the then opposition leader Sheiksh Hasina in 1994, died at Rajshahi...
Stocks rebounded on Thursday, after a single-day break, as some investors showed their buying binge on sector-wise shares. The market opened on upward trend and the key index of the...
A joint IAEA-FAO-WHO expert team arrived in the capital Thursday on a three-day visit aiming to help Bangladesh tackle dengue outbreak caused by Aedes mosquito. On the first day of...
The Pentagon is pulling the plug on a billion-dollar, technically troubled project to build a better weapon that would destroy incoming missiles. The move is aimed in part at considering...
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei sits top a list of China's 500 largest private enterprises for the fourth consecutive year, despite a crackdown on the firm by the US. In the...
hinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha held trilateral talks from Tuesday to Thursday in Beijing. The...
The main suspect in the murder of an auto-rickshaw driver has been killed in a so-called shootout with detective police in Mymensingh’s Gafargaon, reports bdnews24.com. The incident took place in...
Two Rohingyas have died in a so-called shootout with Border Guard Bangladesh, or BGB, in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf, reports bdnews24.com. The incident took place in the Hoikong area adjoining the...
Repatriation has not started until this noon as none of the Rohingays has expressed their willingness to return to Myanmar which they were forced to flee during the military's brutal...
Iran’s president struck a muscular tone on dealings with the US, saying Thursday that “talks are useless” as Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers crumbles further. President Hassan Rouhani made...
Industrial robot production in China reached 148,000 pieces in 2018, accounting for more than 38 per cent of the world's total, according to a Chinese official at the 2019 World...
The relentless sequence of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific in the past two years was beyond what the region had previously experienced or was able to predict –...
The Shasha Denims has received the Bangladesh Bank’s permission to remit EOS Textile Mills the acquired money amounting to Tk 1.11 billion, said an official disclosure on Thursday. The central...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has praised Denmark amid a public row over Greenland that saw President Donald Trump cancel a visit to the country. In a phone call...
Three justices of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court have faced an investigation over their alleged breach of code of conduct. They are Salma Masud Chowdhury, Quazi Reza-Ul...
China on Thursday unveiled its latest rankings for 500 largest private enterprises, with tech giant Huawei atop the list amid sound development of the country's private business. The list by...
Facebook said on Thursday it had shut 216 social media pages, groups, and accounts in Myanmar, some tied to the army, to stymie efforts to “manipulate or corrupt public debate”....
A head-on collision between two buses on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh Highway left three people dead and 30 others injured on Thursday morning. Two of the deceased were identified as Abul Kalam Azad,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated ‘Gaangchil’, the third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, setting up a new milestone for the national flag carrier. “The induction of...
Police arrested former Indian finance minister P Chidambaram late on Wednesday in relation to alleged corruption and money laundering, a day after the Delhi High Court rejected his application to...
The tenure of six more closed-end mutual funds, managed by LR Global Bangladesh Asset Management Company, has been extended for another 10 years each, according to an official disclosure on...
Two suspected Rohingya drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Hoaikong Urubunia Katakhal in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar in the...
Nepalese authorities have banned single-use plastics in the Everest region in a bid to cut down on waste left by climbers. The ban will take effect in the Khumbu Pasang...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed an upward trend in early hour of trading on Thursday as investors were showing their buying appetite on sector-wise...
Factors like job nature, heavy workload and owners' atypical behaviour are forcing garment workers to retire after a certain age, especially after 35, according to industry insiders. Though the booming...
Some of Hong Kong’s biggest banks published full-page newspaper advertisements on Thursday calling for the preservation of law and order in the Chinese territory and condemning violence, as weeks of...
Led by network operator GrameenPhone, taxes paid by top 10 corporate bodies grew by 18 per cent to Tk 58.43 billion during the fiscal year, 2018-19. The country's largest telecom...
The government borrowed nearly Tk 230 billion from the country’s banking system in the first 35 days of the current fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, to finance its budget deficit partly,...
The UK will sign a ‘continuity’ trade agreement with South Korea on Thursday, allowing businesses to keep trading freely after Brexit. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will sign the deal...
Two more people have died of mosquito-borne disease dengue in Dhaka and Barishal on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Gias Uddin, 40, son of Abdul Awal of Chandpur; and...
Mohammad Islam, a Rohingya man from Rakhine State capital Maungdaw, fled to Bangladesh with his mother on August 25, 2017 when the Myanmar army-led crackdown began. His brother and sister...
Bangladesh sticks to its decision to continue carrying out fumigation checks on import of cotton from the USA. Md Mahbubul Islam, joint secretary of the agriculture ministry said, "We will...
The joint move by the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar to start repatriation of the Rohingya refugees from today (Thursday) has drawn flak from different quarters. Experts concerned opined that...
Capitalizer is an annual investment strategy competition organised by Bangladesh University of Professionals Finance Society (BUPFS). This year, BUPFS organised Hero presents Capitalizer'19, the flagship for 2019. The competition was...
The year 1971 is a historical monument for Bangladesh. It is the year of the Bangladesh Liberation War (also known as Muktijuddho) which was caused by the rise of Bengali...
There goes a saying that- there is always room for improvement. In other words, people often say that there is no end to getting better. While making him/herself more adept...
In a Shanghai room packed with small businesses ranging from furniture makers to garment exporters, Zhu Yuan, a currency expert at Bank of Communications, explains why Chinese companies need to...
Bangladesh is ready to send back the first batch of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State of Myanmar on Thursday, reports UNB citing an official. Five buses and...
The numbers of road accidents and casualties from those during the Eid-ul-Azha vacation have been fewer than those during the Eid-ul-Fitr this year. Against 232 road accidents over a period...
The leather industry of Bangladesh has not been able to keep pace with the preferences of world market during the past few years. The entrepreneurs are not optimistic about the...
Ranking in global economy is something many countries, especially the developing ones, consider critical to portray their economic strength. Different bodies and organisations prepare such rankings using the data of...
At least 69,000 hectares of agricultural land have been shrinking annually due to speedy industrialisation, unplanned urbanisation and increase in rural settlements. Such a situation is pushing the country's food...
Accusing the past BNP-Jamaat government and Begum Khaleda Zia and her elder son Tarique Rahman of perpetrating the August 21, 2004 gruesome grenade attack on an Awami League rally in...
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has launched an innovative campaign across the country to bring out potential entrepreneurs for fostering investments and generating jobs. Executive Chairman of BIDA Kazi...
[Conclusion of a three-part article on 'Trade-Based Money Laundering'] Bangladesh's banking industry is coping with changing trade scenarios taking newer approaches, channels, products and challenges. The regulatory provisions for...
Climate change is probably the biggest threat facing humanity today. According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world must cut its carbon dioxide emissions to...
The government has decided to appoint Mahbub Uz Zaman as the new ambassador of Bangladesh to China, says the foreign ministry, reports bdnews24.com Currently, he is serving as the secretary...
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