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Hiroshima marked the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city with its mayor renewing calls for eliminating such weapons and demanding Japan's government do more. Mayor Kazumi Matsui...
Indian-administered Kashmir remains in a state of lockdown a day after it was stripped of special status that gave it significant autonomy. Landlines, mobiles and internet, which were cut off...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Monday launched its pilot programme of wage payment to the garment workers of its member factories digitally. Under the pilot programme, a...
Two more victims of a shooting rampage at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas in the US died of their wounds on Monday, police said, raising the death toll...
Another woman has died in Dhaka amid the massive outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue across Bangladesh. Hafsa Lipi, 34, passed away on Monday night while undergoing treatment at Anwer Khan Modern...
China’s official Communist Party newspaper said on Tuesday that the United States was “deliberately destroying international order”, a day after Washington branded Beijing a currency manipulator in a rapidly escalating...
United Mymensingh Power Limited, one of the corporate directors of United Power, has decided to sell 10 million shares at prevailing market price in the block market. United Mymensingh Power...
The health department, which is facing an uphill task of managing thousands of dengue patients in the capital Dhaka, is now worried about the upcoming Eid holidays when millions of...
US President Donald Trump imposed a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States on Monday, sharply escalating an economic and diplomatic pressure campaign aimed at removing socialist...
Stocks witnessed upward trend in early trading on Tuesday as investors were active on sector specific shares amid eased of pre-Eid sale pressure. Following the previous day’s mild correction, the...
North Korea has generated an estimated $2 billion for its weapons of mass destruction programmes using “widespread and increasingly sophisticated” cyberattacks to steal from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, according to...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, his spokesman said on Monday, after India revoked the special status of Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has...
North Korea fired missiles into the sea off its east coast for the fourth time in less than two weeks, the South Korean military said on Tuesday, as Pyongyang protested...
Mohona TV journalist FM Mushfiqur Rahman who went missing from the capital on Saturday was found blindfolded in Sadar upazila of Sunamganj district on early Tuesday. The imam of a...
The Coppertech Industries made a flying trading debut on the bourses on Monday as its share price soared 348 per cent riding on the investors' 'irrational hype' over the new...
Local jewellers have revised the prices of gold upward, effective from today (Tuesday). As per the latest revision, the prices of all categories of gold -- 22-, 21-, 18-carat and...
India's request for providing a stretch of land for the upgradation of the Agartala airport has apparently caught Bangladesh government off guard. "We have held a series of meetings in...
Farm mechanisation, which has gained traction during the past three decades, has kept rising, with the market for the country's agro-machinery reaching Tk 90 billion, industry insiders say. The farm...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to put forward a proposal to Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) for exclusion of essential consumer goods from its tax incentive package....
Chevron Bangladesh has intended to carry out an 'exploration study' in 11 onshore blocks, fully or partially, to delineate new hydrocarbon prospects and help augment the country's overall natural gas...
Authorities concerned met on Monday in the wake of an announcement in the budget to grant 2.0 per cent incentives for remitters as part of its efforts to encourage them...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 05: As the Eid-ul-Azha is approaching fast, sales in markets of sacrificial animals in the district are gearing up. A big number of sacrificial animals including bulls, goats...
RANGPUR, Aug 05: The number of dengue patients is on the increase in the district. Some 115 patients were hospitalised until Sunday, sources said. Most of the patients are undergoing...
Breastfeeding promotes better health for mothers and children alike. Increasing breastfeeding to near-universal levels could save more than 800,000 lives every year, the majority being children under six-months old. Breastfeeding...
Few residents in Dhaka have noticed how a menace is taking deeper root in the city as days wear on. Most of the people overlook it despite being affected, and...
The framing of a maiden policy on hydrocarbon exploration should have been the outcome of a necessity rather than any routine bureaucratic exercise. It is no secret that the country...
The yuan's sudden slump against the US dollar on Monday added fuel to speculation that China's central bank is allowing currency depreciation to cushion threatened US tariffs. US President Donald...
A couple of months ago, while touring Jiangxi Province, Chinese President Xi Jinping made reference to an old revolutionary milestone. "Now there is a new Long March, and we should...
"One man's meat is another man's poison" sounds clichéd, but reflects reality along Bangladesh's southeast border. Dispensing its Cold War "Bamboo Curtain" nametag, Myanmar almost roared, to the delight of...
The authorities of Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Monday suggested Dhaka to destroy the breeding places of Aedes mosquito rather than using pesticides to resist the dengue outbreak. Kolkata Deputy Mayor...
A drug dealer in Brazil was caught trying to escape from the jail where he was locked up by disguising himself as his 19-year-old daughter, reports BBC. Prison authorities in...
[Concluding part of a three-part article titled 'Addressing regulatory compliance and reporting challenges in banking'] Compliances and regulatory reports by banks are crucial tools of the 'Bangladesh Bank' (BB) for...
The surprise nomination of Christine Lagarde to serve as the next president of the European Central Bank (ECB) has pleased many observers, including me, and disappointed others. Those who are...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, Aug 05 (Agencies): Australia beat England by 251 runs to win the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Monday. England, set a target of 398 to win,...
Atrocity by white supremacist extremists is emerging as arguably the premier domestic-terrorist threat in an increasing number of Western countries. It's no exaggeration to say white nationalist violence has become...
US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper said Saturday that he was in favor of deploying ground-based intermediate-range missiles in Asia. If that is the case, it will certainly trigger an...
A woman has allegedly been gang-raped by the OC of Khulna Railway Police Station and four other police personnel. The 21-year-old victim alleged that police had arrested her at Khulna...
The Bangladesh Bank has increased the borrowing limit from inter-bank call money market. Financial institutions can borrow maximum 40 per cent of their equity from September 1, 2019, according to...
The government has removed all tariffs on import of dengue test kits and reagents to ease the diagnosis and treatment of dengue fever amid a massive outbreak of the fever...
A policeman was stabbed by some unidentified miscreants near Mirganj police camp in Sherpur on Monday morning. The injured is Anwar Hossain, 35, an assistant traffic sub-inspector and in-charge of...
A Feni court has opened the trial of suspended madrasa principal SM Siraj-ud-Daula, a key suspect in the killing of his student Nusrat Jahan Rafi in an arson attack. Women...
Md. Sirajul Hoque, Deputy Managing Director of Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL), inaugurated an ATM Booth at Hajigonj, Chandpur recently. Mr. M. A. Mottaleb, EVP and Head of Branches Control...
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in on Monday described the country’s escalating trade war with Japan as a wake-up call to revamp its economy and issued a nationalistic call for economic...
Hasan Iqbal, Deputy Managing Director of Union Bank Limited inaugurated the Baralekha Branch in Moulvibazar as the chief guest on August 05, 2019. Businessman Alhaj Abdul Karim was present as...
The Dhaka Branch Council (DBC) of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) organised a programme on “The Changes in Finance Act 2019” recently at ICMAB Bhaban,...
Dhaka Bank Limited arranged an open dialogue session on need-based financing with WEA (Women Entrepreneurs Association) at the Corporate Office, Kakrail recently. Mrs. Nilufer Ahmed Karim, President, WEA and Mr....
Some 249,950 motorcycles were registered in the first seven months of this calendar year across the country, according to an official data. Of the total, 61,132 motorcycles were registered in...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its 346th branch at Tongibari, Munshiganj on Monday. Md. Joynal Abedin, Director of the Bank, inaugurated the branch as chief guest. Md. Mahbub ul Alam,...
Source detection of Aedes mosquito breeding is the key to curb dengue fever, says a mosquito expert of the World Health Organisation, with 40 years of experience. Dr B N...
City Bank and American Express on Monday announced the launch of The City Alo American Express® Credit Card, the bank’s first contactless credit card. Designed, especially for the modern, independent,...
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