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Asian shares were mixed Friday as turbulence continued on global markets amid ongoing worries about US-China trade conflict. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 recouped early losses to be up 0.3 per...
An aerial bomb of Nazi troops was retrieved and removed from the Kremlin during archaeological excavation, the Kremlin's commandant Sergei Khlebnikov said Thursday, reports Xinhua. The undetonated bomb was unearthed...
Diesel import from neighbouring India has drop by almost half due to capacity limitation of Bangladesh Railway (BR). State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) could now import only two rakes of...
Economists are happy with the massive dose that the Eid celebration provides into the economy even though its black nature. Estimates differ but somewhere between Tk 290 billion -- Tk...
A schoolboy was killed and five people were injured when a picnic bus plunged into a ditch on Rajbari-Kushtia highway at Durgapur in Rajbari Sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased...
Most listed non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) have witnessed their earnings per share (EPS) decline in the January-June period of this year, compared to the same period of the previous year....
Ten listed companies accounted for 45 per cent of total market capitalisation of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) as of June this year, thanks to their strong performance. Grameenphone (GP),...
Japan overtook China to become the largest foreign holder of US Treasuries in June, with its holdings at the highest level in nearly three years, US Treasury Department said on...
Mexican authorities say federal police found 65 severely dehydrated and hungry migrants from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka wandering on a highway in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The federal...
The government is planning to restrict foreign direct investments (FDI) in the tobacco sector so that the supply of the harmful elements can be curtailed, officials said. The draft National...
Local merchants are preparing for exporting rawhide even as tanners start purchase from tomorrow (Saturday) amid domestic market volatility, insiders said on Thursday. The traders are exploring the export markets...
The World Bank (WB) has suggested Bangladesh avail new funding opportunity -- 'credit guarantee' -- for financing the country's development projects, officials said. Borrowing money for the credit guarantee scheme...
Some 150,000 businesses accounting for over 90 per cent risk losing identification numbers for the non-compliance with the revenue board's directive to update their VAT registration information within the deadline....
The government is working on building two new airports as part of modernising the existing aviation facilities to meet the growing demand for air travel. The Ministry of Civil Aviation...
Reading in the Mobile Era: A Study of Mobile Reading in Developing Countries Published by UNESCO Pages 87, ISBN 978-92-3-100023-2 "I actually read more on my mobile than I...
Do we know how economies develop? Obviously not, it seems, or otherwise every country would be doing better than it currently is in these low-growth times. In fact, cases of...
Some people may feel tempted to describe the developments surrounding the prices of rawhide and skins of sacrificial animals this year as a scam. Some others, however, might disagree and...
At a time when climate change has become a major concern the world over, the prestigious Economist has carried an in-depth analysis of the impact of the accelerated deforestation of...
The governments in developing countries like Bangladesh do toil hard to bring in foreign aid and investments. Thus, lots of handshakes and ribbon-cutting ceremonies do usually mark the signing of...
Expatriate Bangladeshis have sent home an increased amount of money home before the Eid-ul-Azha, taking the figure in the first nine days of August to $716.2 million. Bankers also believe...
At about the time of Bangladesh's independence, none other than a student and scholar of History, Arnold Toynbee, who had already written about the growth and decline of 26 civilisations...
When Yassir Arafat was denied a US visa to visit New York to address the United Nations back in 1988, the General Assembly defied the United States by temporarily moving...
Three more people, including a woman, have lost their battle with dengue disease as the number of patients infected with the mosquito-borne virus has begun surging again across the country...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken an initiative to introduce a mobile application and a software, aiming to check the cases of tax evasion and increase the number...
At least 16 people were killed and over 80 others injured in road accidents in Feni, Kishoreganj, Faridpur and Sirajganj districts on Thursday. According to reports by UNB, a Cox’s...
A total of 1,929 patients, diagnosed with dengue infection, was hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8am on Thursday across the country, according government data. As per data by...
A youth was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants at Salta village under Sadar upazila in Jashore early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Minarul Islam, 27, son of Sadar...
China Life Insurance Co, a leading insurer in the country, saw steady growth in its premium income in the first seven months, company data showed Thursday. Premium income in the...
Police officers patrol the departure hall of Hong Kong International airport on Wednesday. Flights were departing the airport largely on schedule, a day after radical protesters caused chaos with a...
Diplomatic efforts have been strengthened for bringing the fugitive killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back to Bangladesh so that the murderers get their deserved punishment....
A mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) conducted drives in city’s Gulshan area aiming to curb dengue mosquito breeding in the capital. The court also fined Tk 0.2...
Tokyo stocks ended sharply lower Thursday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index hitting a six-month low. The market was observed in dull trading as the US bond market overnight indicated...
The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, on Thursday continued to pump cash into the financial system through open market operations to maintain liquidity in the market. The...
A woman died of mosquito-borne disease dengue at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mousumi Akhter, 25, wife of Md Mamun of Bhandaria in...
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has registered 19,209 auto-rickshaws in the first seven months of the current calendar year across the country. Of them, 6,619 got registration during January-July 2019...
A mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation (DSCC) conducted several drives at Gulshan area aiming to curb dengue mosquito breeding in the capital. The court also fined Tk 0.2...
Emirates’ passengers bound for the US will soon be able to enjoy Wi-Fi, mobile service connectivity and Live TV broadcast, even when flying 40,000 feet over the North Pole and...
The grand finale of Abinta's Young Change Leaders (AYCL) was held at Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre in the city on August 03, 2019. AYCL is a joint initiative by the...
At least 10 people have been killed and 50 others injured in separate road accidents in Feni and Faridpur districts today. Of them, seven died and 20 others were injured...
The grand finale of Morrison TEXBIZ 2019, organised by Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) Business Club was held on August 03, 2019. This year "TEXBIZ" set the stage even better...
With a view to making learners' knowledge extensive about business and building up their ability by giving them all the tastes of business in one single box by 360° strategy,...
An investigation committee was formed on Thursday to look into Wednesday night’s fire at a polythene factory in Lalbagh area of Dhaka city. The three-member committee has been asked to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mazar in Tungipara of Gopalganj this morning on...
Bangladesh Embassy in Japan observed the National Mourning Day in a befitting manner on Thursday. On August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu, the architect of the nation’s independence, was assassinated along with...
The earnings per share (EPS) of most of the multinational companies (MNCs) listed with the country's capital market increased in the first half (H1) of this year compared to the...
The public subscription of Ring Shine Textiles Ltd is set to begin on August 25, aiming to raise a capital worth Tk 1.50 billion from the stock market. The textile...
China has severely restricted imports of gold since May, bullion industry sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a move that could be aimed at curbing outflows...
The effort to reconcile data of aggregate revenue collection between revenue board and Controller General of Accounts (CGA) faced a blow due to flaws in the accounts system, known as...
Slump in prices left rawhide traders distraught in different areas of the country leading to dumping of truckloads of the same during the Eid vacation. In Dhaka, small and seasonal...
At least seven people have been killed after a Cox’s Bazar-bound picnic bus from Dhaka veered out of control in Feni and slammed into a roadside tree, according to police....
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