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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formally invited his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina for a bilateral official visit to India in the first week of October next. “Visiting Indian External...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved 12 projects, including 10 new ones, involving an overall estimated cost of Tk 34.70 billion. The approval, as...
UK mobile operator Three launched its first 5G broadband service on Monday, using Huawei wireless gear, making it the third UK carrier to use the Chinese telecommunications giant's products despite...
The Hong Kong government will establish a communication and dialogue platform to hold talks with protesters, said Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor at a press conference on Tuesday. Lam...
Two more dengue patients died in Keraniganj of Dhaka and Faridpur district on Monday and some 1,572 patients were hospitalised with the mosquito borne disease in the last 24 hours...
Some 120,000 prepaid gas meters are likely to be added to the ongoing project of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd (Tas Gas T&D) to install those in the...
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday called on the United States to "walk the walk" on easing restrictions on US companies' sales to Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Spokesman Geng...
Bank Asia Ltd inaugurated Central Foreign Exchange Reporting Hub-Gulshan for its Dhaka North Zone Branches. From now onwards, customers will enjoy specialized services in foreign trade related transaction and related...
Sylhet Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited distributed relief materials among 10 thousand families of flood affected area of Sylhet recently. Syed Tariquzzaman, Executive Director, Bangladesh Bank, Sylhet Office distributed...
Professor Dr. Md. Salim Uddin, FCA, FCMA, Chairman of Executive Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation-BHBFC presented a paper on “Combating Corruption in Bangladesh”...
The High Court has ordered the government to explain in seven days why Aysha Siddika Minni, the wife of Refat Shorif who was brutally killed in the broad daylight in...
NCC Bank donated Tk. 20,30,000 to National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Feni as a part of its corporate social responsibility activities. The donation was made as financial assistance...
The 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) was held on Tuesday at BDBL Bhaban in the city. Chairman of the BDBL Board of Directors and...
Stocks ended almost flat on Tuesday after volatile trading as investors booked some profits with cautious positioning. Market analysts said some investors preferred booking profit on stocks that saw substantial...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a work order to collect 10,000 Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) to check value added tax (VAT) evasion at the retail and wholesale levels....
LankaBangla Finance Ltd (LBFL) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bio-Xin Cosmeceuticals for its customer privilege. Under the agreement, LBF cardholders will enjoy up to 20 per...
Pingyao, an ancient town in north China's Shanxi Province, will enter the 5G technology era before October, local authorities said. The 5G technologies are scheduled to be first applied in...
Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md Atiqul Islam on Tuesday said owners will be fined if Aedes larvae are found in houses under his city corporation after 20...
Zimbabwe plans to borrow 1.9 billion US dollars from the Group of 7 industrialised states to clear its debts to the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, Finance...
At least 791 women were raped and 46 others killed after rape in the first seven months of the current calendar year across the country, according to a local independent...
Unidentified militants killed at least 10 soldiers and wounded many others in an attack on a military unit in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, the army said. Burkina Faso has...
Two people were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Kursap on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Debidwar Upazila of Cumilla district on Tuesday morning. Inspector Monirul Islam, in-charge...
The Confidence Power Rangpur Ltd, a 99 per cent subsidiary of Confidence Power Holdings Ltd, has started commercial operation from August 12, said an official disclosure on Tuesday. The Confidence...
Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Tuesday said Bangladesh and India are working to find “mutually acceptable formulas” to share water from 54 shared rivers with keeping...
Controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik apologised on Tuesday for making racially sensitive remarks in Malaysia, a day after he was questioned by police for hours over the comments. Naik,...
Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc said on Monday they had dismantled a state-backed social media campaign originating in mainland China that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong. Twitter said...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed an upward trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as investors continued their buying appetite on sector-wise issues....
The earnings of most of the listed general insurance companies rose in the first half (H1) of 2019 compared to that of the corresponding period of last year. According to...
The government and the UNHCR have taken all necessary steps to begin repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Myanmar's Rakhine State on August 22 (Thursday), an official...
A Bangladeshi man has been killed in a road accident in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia. The deceased was identified as Syed Md Nazrul Islam, 40, son of late Nurul Alam...
The value added tax (VAT) on ride-sharing businesses will be payable only by the mobile app-based companies from their portion of service charges while the amount received by drivers or...
A US$500 million fund is likely to be created with contributions from the government, bourses, banks and financial institutions to invest in various infrastructures, officials said. The private sector people...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order on the ninth wage board for journalists for eight weeks, clearing the way for publication of gazette notification to this...
US President Donald Trump spoke with the leaders of India and Pakistan on Monday, discussing prospects for improved trade ties with Washington and stressing the need to reduce tensions over...
People are not getting the expected level of services from the existing top-heavy civil administration as the issue of accountability is still largely neglected. No effective measure of accountability could...
The country's merchandise trade deficit with the rest of the world narrowed in the past fiscal year (FY'19), despite slight rise in imports, the central bank said on Monday. The...
The central bank has asked the scheduled banks to comply with cash reserve ratio (CRR) and statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) rules concerning their offshore banking operations from September 01 next....
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 19: With the rise in the number of dengue patients across the districts of Rajshahi division, Sadar hospitals and upazila health complexes are facing acute crisis of dengue...
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar arrived at the city on Monday night, aiming to further strengthen the relations between Bangladesh and India. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen...
World governments are not doing enough to stop armed groups from committing mass rape, torture and other war crimes, Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross...
The role of youths in the advancement of a nation is perhaps more pronounced these than ever before. However, despite constitutional guarantees and impressive economic growth and development, Bangladeshi youths...
The global movement to recognise the rights of the 370 million indigenous peoples over the last few decades has not been in vain. The movements were generally met with lukewarm...
Massive fires have gutted several plastic factories in old Dhaka and a slum of about 3,000 shanties in Mirpur on Wednesday and Friday respectively. The types of the two fire...
Six people have died on Monday while undergoing treatment for dengue fever at hospitals across Bangladesh. The deaths were reported in Dhaka, Khulna, Mymensingh, Faridpur and Barishal, according to bdnews24.com....
The government is contemplating sending the environmental polluters at Mongla port to jail and/or slap them with financial penalty. To this end, the Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the...
In mid-July, Philippines health authorities declared a "national dengue alert." In early August, the Department of Health declared a National Dengue Epidemic. By now, the number of cases has soared...
[The second of a multi-article series on digital revolution] With the "digital revolution" neither a pie in the sky nor a drop from the sky, how we comprehend this...
Employment delivers more than a paycheck. It also offers personal independence, social status, and the self-esteem that these assets bring. For people with disabilities, these benefits are particularly valuable -...
When most people talk about 'demographic dividend' for Bangladesh being blessed with younger population, they mostly miss two critical points. One, the youth need education and skills proper as well...
Trade-based money laundering (TBML) activity is widely recognised as one of the most common manifestations of international money laundering, which has emerged as an issue of growing interest amongst the...
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