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Three straits may hold global economic growth by the scruff of its neck in the 21st century. Those spanning Hormuz, transiting Malacca, and separating China from Taiwan invoke quite different...
Over 27,000 people were killed in Boko Haram's militancy in Nigeria since the group launched operation in the northeast region of the country in 2009, according to data by the...
The influx of dengue infected patients keep rising as a total on 1,712 new patients were admitted in hospitals in 24 hours till Thursday morning. Out of the total 1,150...
Trading and official activities on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will remain closed for nine days from August 9 to August 17 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, including weekly holidays. The...
Amid media reports on short supply of kits to detect dengue, Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said there will be no crisis of such kits in the country. “A...
Somalia's president is giving up his United States citizenship, his office announced on Thursday, a decision seen by some compatriots as an attempt to win support ahead of a run...
A team of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested four people along with fake notes worth about Tk 9.0 million from city’s Motijheel area on Wednesday. The arrested...
July 2019 marks an important milestone in the Russia-China strategic relationship. For the first time, Russian and Chinese bombers have carried out joint air patrols over the East China Sea...
The High Court has tasked two Dhaka city corporations with importing insecticides to kill mosquitoes, with an order for the government to support them, after a dispute brewed between the...
A youth stabbed the father of a bride to death and injured her mother at a wedding ceremony at Dilu Road in Moghbazar area of the city on Thursday. M...
Despite being caught in the middle of a geopolitical tug of war between Beijing and Washington, Colombia is likely to approach the huge Chinese market, as can be seen in...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the prevailing dengue situation is alarming and difficult to deal with, but not out of control yet. He made the remarks...
The 52nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers meeting is being held in Bangkok, Thailand from Monday to Saturday. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will attend a...
Water levels at 18 river stations, monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), have marked rise while 73 stations recorded fall. Major rivers crossed danger marks at two more...
A Dhaka tribunal has indicted six men, including sacked military officer Major Syed Ziaul Haq and ‘militant blogger’ Safiur Rahman Farabi, in the murder of blogger and writer Avijit Roy,...
A Dhaka court Thursday set September 17 to submit probe report in the case lodged over Bangladesh Bank (BB) reserve heist that took place in 2016. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir...
Stocks extended their gaining streak for the two straight sessions on Thursday as some investors continued their appetite on sector-wise shares. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sayeed Khokon today said mosquito-borne dengue outbreak could be brought under control by the first week of September. While talking at a programme at...
Filmmaker Rohit Jugraj has a number of Punjabi-language blockbusters to his credit, two of them with singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh, arguably one of the state's biggest stars. “Arjun Patiala”, Jugraj's third...
The Shipping Ministry reconstituted a committee on Thursday to look into the death of a schoolboy who died in an ambulance after a ferry was reportedly delayed to accommodate a...
The one outstanding feature of Moazzem's professional persona was that he wore many hats. Most people identify him as the founding editor of The Financial Express that grew from a...
We recall with great sorrow that today is the 1st death anniversary of one of our iconic business journalist and the founder Editor of The Financial Express Mr. A. H....
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it launched missile and drone attacks on Thursday on a military parade in Aden, the seat of the Saudi-backed government, that killed more than 30...
Asian factory activity contracted further in July, fuelling worries that a Sino-US trade war and a slowdown in China could tilt the world toward a global recession, which central banks...
US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China is backfiring and impacting the US economy, according to his former chief economic adviser. The tariff battle has had a “dramatic impact”...
United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) has signed an agreement with a2i (Access to Information) project of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the capital recently. Arif Quadri, additional managing director of...
Britain is ramping up preparations for a no-deal Brexit by spending an extra 2.1 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) to make sure the country is ready to leave the European Union...
A minor boy, who was suffering from dengue fever, died at city's Mitford Hospital on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Sohrab, 10, a resident of Dhaka’s Keraniganj upazila....
Malaysia will review its labour laws to cut an ‘over-dependence’ on foreign labour and address other issues, its prime minister has said. The country’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has taken...
Chinese billionaire Liu Zhongtian has been indicted in the US over allegations he evaded $1.8 billion (£1.5b) in tariffs on aluminium imports. Prosecutors accuse Mr Liu of using the aluminium...
The international affairs adviser to the prime minister, Dr Gowher Rizvi, said on Wednesday the country's achievement would be meaningless without inclusive growth. "Whatever we've achieved doesn't certainly make any...
Bangladesh Brand Forum is holding its flagship initiative ‘Communication Summit 2019’ at Le Méridien Dhaka on Saturday. The summit will be followed by Commward 2019, the only accolade for the...
The Department of Pharmacyof Brac University (BRACU) has organised a seminar on ‘Pharma Market Dynamics’ at the university auditorium in the capital. The seminar was arranged for students of the...
Four more people, including a 46-year-old man, have died of dengue, bringing the total deaths this year to nine as of July 20 in Singapore, according to the government sources....
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said more British companies should come up with more investment to Bangladesh and take advantage of its young and growing population. He said Bangladesh...
Stocks witnessed modest gain in early trading on Thursday as some investors went on buying shares after the central bank on Wednesday unveiled the monetary policy statement (MPS). Following the...
The month of mourning begins today (Thursday) for the nation to recall once again the most brutal assassination in its history and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country’s...
Mexico’s Finance Ministry has lowered its growth forecast for 2019 to 1.1pc as evidence mounts that Latin America’s second-largest economy is falling short of the government’s expectations. In an update...
Earnings per share (EPS) of 73 per cent listed banks increased in first half (H1) of January-June 2019 period compared to the same period of the previous year. EPS is...
Leading cement manufacturer LafargeHolcim Bangladesh (LHBL) posted a significant increase in profits in the second quarter of the current year. Its net profit increased by 46 per cent during 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 company's...
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday called Beijing’s ban on individual tourists to the island a “major strategic mistake” amid heightened tension with giant neighbour China. China is using mainland...
Subsidy is required to successfully implement crop insurance system in the country, Dr Shameem Hassan Bhuiyan, a crop insurance expert, told a roundtable at a city hotel on Wednesday. "Crop...
Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said he will recover the entire volume of money, embezzled from banks by various conglomerates like Hallmark Group. "My standpoint is still the...
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, targeting the country’s top spokesman and potentially hurting chances of diplomatic talks amid rising tensions between...
The son of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, Hamza, has died, according to US intelligence officials. Details of Hamza Bin Laden's place or date of death remain unclear in the...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) extended the deadline for updating VAT registration information to August 14 to help VAT payers submit their returns, officials said. This precedes the last...
Two motorcyclists were killed after a truck hit a motorcycle on the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj road in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi in the early hours of Thursday. The deceased were identified as...
Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday called for removing non-tariff barriers (NTBs), improving customs facilities in the both ends of land ports and ensuring better connectivity to increase trade between...
Tax revenue collection posted an aggregate shortfall of Tk 571 billion in the fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 against its revised target, recording 10.7 per cent growth over the corresponding year....
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