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The government has taken a move to boost investment of Bangladeshi expatriates to help bolster the country's economy, officials said. To this end, they said, Department of National Savings (DNS)...
The volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the state-owned banks (SoBs) declined in the second quarter of the calendar year 2019, finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Monday quoting...
With the funds frozen after the suspension imposed by the ICC, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has notified in a statement its inability to stage domestic competitions or fulfill the obligations of...
Who does not recognise the necessity for safe drinking water? Safe water saves life, but it is terribly under threat. The WHO (World Health Organisation) estimates that around half of...
As has been observed by the country's academics, teachers, guardians and students, the credit for increase in the pass rate of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams goes to...
This paper front-paged findings of a Planning Commission paper, titled `Perspective Plan of Bangladesh (2021-2041), Saturday that forecasts Bangladesh's edge in production based on cheap labour is not `guaranteed for...
Iran says it has arrested 17 spies who it says were working for the CIA, and sentenced some of them to death. The intelligence ministry said the suspects had been...
Through successful trading of labour based productive activities in the global value chain, Bangladesh has succeeded in increasing its per capita income close to $2000. Going through different targets set...
July has been hot. In recent weeks, climate scientists have monitored a freak heatwave in the Canadian Arctic, droughts around Harare and Chennai and forest fires across southern France that...
In recent years, central banks have made a large policy wager. They bet that the protracted use of unconventional and experimental measures would provide an effective bridge to more comprehensive...
The first of his two-part series entitled Bangladesh, RMG exports & growth restructuration US President Donald J. Trump's 'America First' policy approach is already restructuring the global economy. One part...
Josephite Business Club of the St. Joseph Higher Secondary School has recently arranged a three-day business festival to showcase the knowledge of youngsters about business world, said a press release....
RANGPUR, July 22: With the recession of flood water, erosion by the Teesta river has taken a devastating turn, devouring a large portion of the flood control dyke at Char...
BOGURA, July 22: Cattle rearers of Sonatola, Sariakandi and Dhunot upazilas of the district are facing acute fodder crisis as a vast area of pasture land has been submerged by...
RAJSHAHI, July 22: He is popularly known in the locality as 'Pepper Eater Mobarak' from his boyhood. He eats green, red chilli or pepper like that of chocolates. He can...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has reiterated that those who are involved in the banking sector irregularities would not be spared. “We’re already taking steps under the existing law of...
Bangladesh Salt Mill Owners Association (BSMOA) on Monday urged the government to take immediate measures to protect the local salt industry. The association pointed the local industry is passing a...
The month-long National Tree Plantation Campaign and Fair-2019 has got an overwhelming response from plant and nature lovers as saplings worth around Tk 110 million were sold during the fair....
Junior Chamber International (JCI) Dhaka United and Dhaka Young jointly conducted a workshop recently on making people familiar with the tax system and terminologies. The event, titled ‘Introduction on Tax...
Professor Abul Barkat, president of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA), has protested Priya Saha’s misinterpreting data from his study. Earlier, Priya Saha was criticised for telling US President Donald Trump that...
Kenya's finance minister has surrendered himself to the police after the chief prosecutor ordered his arrest over allegations of corruption. Henry Rotich is accused of flouting procurement procedures in awarding...
The High Court (HC) on Monday summoned the chief health officers of the capitals’ two city corporations to appear before it on July 25 and explain their failure in controlling...
India has successfully launched its second lunar mission a week after it halted the scheduled blast-off due to a technical snag. Chandrayaan-2 was launched at 14:43 local time (09:13 GMT)...
Civil Surgeon of Habiganj died at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College & Hospital (SBMCH) in Dhaka on Sunday night reportedly after being affected by dengue virus. Confirming the death, Shah Alam,...
A Dhaka court on Monday granted a four-day remand to interrogate three accused, arrested in the case lodged over lynching of an innocent woman in capital’s North Badda area on...
A four-member Japanese delegation of Isuzu and Itochu has arrived in Bangladesh at the invitation of Uttara Motors Ltd, Assembler & Sole Distributor of Isuzu Motors in Bangladesh. The delegation...
BRAC has allocated Tk 5.0 million as flood relief across the country on top of their ongoing programme of distributing food and cash among 7,644 families in 30 upazilas. The...
Ambassador of The Netherlands to Bangladesh Harry Verweij visited Plummy Fashions Ltd, country’s first globally–certified green knitwear factory, in Narayanganj on Monday. Plummy Fashions is the greenest knit garment factory...
Stocks witnessed yet another big fall on Monday with key index plunged below the 5,000-mark as investors continued their selling binge to escape further fall. DSEX, the core index of...
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has urged the NAM member states, including the ASEAN neighbours of Myanmar, to remain engaged...
Roads damaged by floods across the country will be repaired before the rush of Eid-ul-Azha sets in, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said. "They are already being...
New Zealand on Monday said it aims to establish a national register for firearms, tighten licencing rules and ban visitors from buying guns, in a second set of reforms introduced...
Malaysia’s consumer prices likely rose at their fastest pace in more than a year in June, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, as the effects of tax policy changes introduced...
Indian shares fell to their lowest since mid-May on Monday, dragged by banking bellwether HDFC Bank Ltd after it reported a slowdown in loan growth and a hit to asset...
Xiaomi Corporation has for the first time made the Fortune Global 500 list, nine years after its iteration. The Beijing-based global technology leader announced this in a media statement received...
Asian shares were mostly lower Monday, tracking losses on Wall Street, though a newly launched technology stocks market in Shanghai soared with its trading debut. Japan’s Nikkei 225 slipped 0.3...
Two people, including a retired army person, were killed and another one was injured in two separate road accidents in Chapainawabganj districts on Monday. The deceased were identified as retired...
Gas stations across the country will remain open for 24 hours for 10 days to facilitate people’s homebound journey to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha, which may fall on August 12. “The...
Rescuers continued their operation till Monday afternoon after a Taxicab plunged into a canal connecting to the Turag River at Aminbazar area of Savar upazila of Dhaka on Sunday night....
Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain has called for holding a national dialogue to find ways to effectively overcome the natural disaster. Stating that the government cannot alone tackle the current...
Around 60 workers and employees of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC), including drivers and mechanics, have put the head office at Motijheel in Dhaka city under lock and key demanding...
Seven women successful in business received the ‘Colors Platinum Business Women Awards 2019’ at a function at the InterContinental Dhaka recently. State minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak, high commissioner...
US President Donald Trump on Sunday stepped up his attacks on four Democratic congresswomen who have criticised his policies, calling on them to apologise as he himself faced charges of...
General students of Dhaka University (DU) put the academic and the administrative buildings under lock and key on Monday morning demanding an end to the university's affiliation with seven colleges....
The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) of Bangladesh has started registering local exporters with the European Union database, known as REX (registered exporter) system, to facilitate issuance of statement on origin...
The key index of the premier bourse slumped below 5,000-mark in early trading on Monday after 31 months as investors mostly on selling spree, fearing further fall. Following the previous...
The country's dairy sector entrepreneurs and milk product manufacturers are sitting in an emergency meeting today (Monday). The meeting takes place at the backdrop of repeated findings of harmful components,...
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor on Monday said second-quarter (Q2) net profit climbed 31.2 per cent, as a weaker local currency helped lift US income, while new models boosted domestic sales....
A father was stabbed to death allegedly by his deranged son at Durgabari in Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj district early Monday. The deceased was identified as Shahed Ali, 60, of...
Police have arrested three people from Ali Mor area in Uttar Badda in Dhaka in connection with the lynching a woman on Saturday following a child-lifting rumour. The arrestees are...
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