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By any measure, GARBAGEMAN is a maverick enterprise. It recycles waste into resources, a process known as upcycling, to save the environment. Most people will grimace at the thought of...
The month of July corresponds with the Bengali months of Ashar and Shraban in Bangladesh. It is well-known that these two months fall in the monsoon season. So heavy rainfall...
That the championship match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup, 2019 held at the Lord's, cricket's Mecca, has been dubbed the best One-Day International (ODI) match ever played...
On an average, some 50 motorists are sued every hour in Dhaka for driving on the wrong side of the roads. Statistics available with the traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan...
It is an interesting observation that, even in rural areas, the per capita consumption of rice has gone down. Well, that could have happened due to the lack of the...
It indeed appears strange that despite scarcity of land for industrial use, nearly 1,000 industrial plots of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) are lying idle despite high demand...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached London on Friday afternoon (local time) on an official visit to the United Kingdom. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the Prime Minister...
Often economic growth sounds like a very complex issue to comment on or ponder about. In the simplest form, as Nobel laureate Paul M. Roomer suggested, "Economic growth occurs whenever...
The candidates in the 2020 US presidential race are proposing an array of economic policies frequently described as either free-market or socialist. These labels often confuse the American public. In...
As the Bangladesh economy is growing consistently, the country is set to become one of the top thirty economies of the world by next two decades. Integration with global economy...
France will coordinate European talks on the choice of the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund with the aim to find a candidate by the end of the...
The Trump administration, in its continued hostility towards the United Nations- and as part of its policy aimed at undermining multilateral institutions and international commitments- has withheld its annual contributions...
Barguna Government College student Aysha Siddika Minny has given a confessional statement to court over the murder of her husband Refat Shorif, according to police. She communicated with the murderers...
BMW has named Oliver Zipse as its new CEO, continuing the German carmaker’s tradition of promoting production chiefs to the top job even as the auto industry expands into new...
A powerful bomb exploded outside the gates of Kabul University in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding 33, according to police and health officials....
An explosion on Friday near a gate to the campus of Kabul University in the Afghan capital killed six people and injured at least 27 as students waited to take...
A strong earthquake has shaken the Greek capital of Athens, knocking out phone networks and power in parts of the city, reports BBC. The earthquake was registered at 5.1 magnitude...
Iran on Friday denied President Donald Trump’s assertion that the US Navy has destroyed one of its drones, saying all of its unmanned planes were accounted for, amid growing international...
Apparently disapproving ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood's comments that corruption committed in good faith is not an offence as per the law, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday...
Torrential rains in the northern and south-eastern parts of Bangladesh have put more than 4.0 million people at risk of food scarcity and disease, said the International Federation of Red...
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Friday said specialised lab will be set up at every university in the country to make the youth competent to cope...
Some 80 members of Bangladesh Navy (BN) went to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday to join the Peace Keeping Mission BANCON-10, reports BSS. An ISPR...
A young man was hacked to death by his rivals at Shashabaria village in Sadar upazila of Gopalganj on Friday. The deceased was identified as Jasim Sheikh, 36, son of...
Effects of a mild earthquake that shook India's Arunachal Pradesh have been felt in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh. The quake occurred at 3:22pm (BdST) and was recorded at...
Home Minister Asaduzzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said the government will do everything necessary to control Aedes mosquitoes which are responsible for spread of dengue. "Currently dengue is the most...
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the general secretary of India's Congress party, was detained on Friday near Varanasi by the Uttar Pradesh police. Local police prevented her from travelling to Sonbhadra district,...
Britain’s budget deficit swelled in the first quarter of the tax year due to higher debt interest payments and rising spending on services, placing the public finances on a less...
Shares in Europe rose across the board on Friday as comments from a Federal Reserve official cemented the case for a US interest rate cut this month. New York Fed...
Japanese police have identified the man suspected to have started a fire at an animation studio that killed 33 people as Shinji Aoba, public broadcaster NHK said on Friday. Aoba,...
Tokyo stocks ended sharply higher Friday as sentiment being lifted by solid performances on overseas bourses saw investors take to buying back issues deemed oversold during the market's three-day downturn....
The United States has reiterated that they will stand strong on resolving the Rohingya issue, holding the perpetrators in Myanmar accountable for committing the crimes of atrocities against Rohingyas. US...
Rail communication of Sylhet has been cut off from Dhaka and Chattogram as a train derailed near Kulaura Railway Station in Moulvibazar this afternoon. After two of its wheels got...
Two members of a family have been killed by a lightning strike in Sunamganj's Jamalganj Upazila. The dead were identified as Banu Hossain, 40, and his 11-year-old son Sumon Mia....
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has cancelled leave of all officials of its related departments in a bid to control the recent surge of mosquito-borne diseases, particularly dengue, chikungunya, in the...
Road communication between Ruma upazila and Bandarban district headquarters remained suspended for 12 days as different portion of the road was damaged due to landslide and torrential rain. Numerous cracks...
Indian warships escorting merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf will remain deployed for the longer term, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said, as tensions between Iran and Western...
Boeing is taking a $4.9 billion hit to cover costs related to the worldwide grounding of its 737 Max aircraft. The charge is set to wipe out profits when the...
Police have been given five days to grill Rishan Forazi, the third key suspect in the daylight murder of Refat Shorif in Barguna town. Judge Md Sirajul Islam Gazi of...
Zimbabwe were suspended from the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday, with the world governing body saying the country’s cricket administration was not free from government interference. The ICC Board...
The 7th death anniversary of celebrated playwright, writer and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed is being observed on Friday. Family of the prominent writer and his fans are observing the day with...
Heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides across three countries in South Asia - Bangladesh, India and Nepal - have killed at least 93 children, and put the lives of millions more...
US and Chinese officials spoke by telephone on Thursday as the world’s two largest economies seek to end a year-long trade war, with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggesting in-person...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found irregularities and graft in about a dozen projects in an investigation into activities of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA). The national anti-graft...
Ten most traded companies accounted for 36 per cent transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday, with the Fortune Shoes bagging the top spot on the turnover chart...
The consolidated earnings per share (EPS) (un-audited) of Berger Paints Bangladesh rose 50.47 per cent in April-June quarter year on year. The multinational company's consolidated EPS was Tk 11.12 for...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for London on Friday morning on an official visit to the United Kingdom. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines VVIP flight carrying the premier and her...
The United States said on Thursday that a US Navy ship had "destroyed" an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the aircraft threatened the vessel, but Iran said...
The disbursement of farm credit exceeded the target in the outgoing fiscal year (FY) 2018-19, helped by the central bank's efforts. "We've crossed the agriculture loan disbarment target through strengthening...
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has drafted its next import policy with some changes including repeal of the existing provision of mandatory filling up of the letter of credit (LC)...
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal launched a vitriolic attack on stock market investors who tend to gain quickly rather than making long-term investment. "Our investors want to make profit only....
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