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A total of 294 Bangladeshis were killed by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the border in the last 10 years, according to statistics placed by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan...
Registration of sport-utility vehicles (SUV) in hard/soft category stood at 2,671 in January to June 2019, according to official reports. Of the total, the number of SUV registration in Dhaka...
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Saturday on a three-day official visit as the first country of his four-country visit – Bangladesh, Tajikistan,...
The gas supply will remain suspended for 12 hours from 8:00 pm on Thursday to 8:00 am on Friday in different areas of western part of Dhaka for maintenance work....
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday urged the Malaysian entrepreneurs to invest in special economic zones (SEZs) of Bangladesh as the government is providing all sorts of policy supports to...
Even as mobile phone users continue to complain about regular call drops and poor internet services, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission(BTRC)is yet to take any initiative to address the growing...
Visiting Dutch Queen Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti on Thursday highly praised the expansion of financial inclusion in Bangladesh through simplification of the digital financial services. She also assured Bangladesh of extending...
Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shaiful Alam on Thursday said one minister and a state minister will take oath on Saturday. He said this while talking to reporters after a press briefing...
Shimanto Bank Limited has inaugurated its 15th branch at Uttara in Rabindra Saroni in the capital today (Thursday). Chairman of the Bank and Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh Major...
India and US trade negotiators will meet on Friday, with few signs of a compromise on a series of protectionist measures taken by the two governments in recent months that...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an investigation into France’s planned tax on technology companies, a probe that could lead to the United States imposing new tariffs or other...
A Bangladeshi national was shot and wounded by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Putkhali border in Benapole of Jessore district in the early hours of Thursday....
A group of miscreants attacked a team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) during an eviction drive at Postogola along the Buriganga riverbank on Thursday, leaving an executive magistrate...
Roundups of undocumented immigrant families will start Sunday in 10 US cities, fulfilling a hardline immigration stance from US President Donald Trump which will be a key issue in his...
Amid a 65-day-ban on netting fish in the Bay of Bengal, the authorities imposed a fresh ban on all kinds of fishing in rivers and canals that flow through the...
Train communications between Rajshahi and other parts of the country remained suspended for 18 hours following derailment of nine wagons of an oil-carrying train at Haldiagachi in Rajshahi's Charghat upazila...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today stressed the need for taking prompt measures to make Islamic tourism a global business brand considering its huge potential since it witnesses 8.3...
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States on Thursday on a trip that has angered Beijing, warning democracy must be defended and the island faced threats from “overseas...
Nine deer have died in Japan's Nara Park over the last four months after swallowing plastic bags, a wildlife group says. The Nara Deer Preservation Foundation said they found huge...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Lengurbil Mathchara in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Wednesday midnight. The deceased was identified as...
Two people were killed and three others injured when a truck plunged into a road side ditch on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj road at Kumarpara in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district on Thursday....
Six foreign nationals, including two children, were killed and more than 100 other people injured after gale-force winds, rain and hailstorms struck northern Greece late on Wednesday, uprooting trees and...
Five boats believed to belong to Iranian Revolutionary Guards approached a British oil tanker in the Gulf on Wednesday and asked it to stop in Iranian waters close by, but...
South Korea has embarked on an on-site inspection of some Bangladeshi food companies to see any possible health hazard from the imported items. A two-member team of the Korean food...
Southeast Asian stocks rose on Thursday, with Singapore leading gains, as investors cheered US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's comments bolstering prospects of an interest rate cut. Singapore's index led...
Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon believes Myanmar is not playing the role expected of it in repatriating refugees from Bangladesh to their homeland in order to resolve the Rohingya crisis....
Asian shares rose Thursday, tracking gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested the US central bank is ready to cut interest rates for the first time...
None of the projects under annual development programme (ADP) or climate change trust fund is undertaken through proper assessment and targeting to address climate change issues resulting in overlapping of...
National Life Insurance Company Limited (NLICL) topped the turnover chart of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) following investors' increased participation. On Wednesday, the company posted a turnover of above Tk 158.30...
Bangladesh received all-time high earnings from agricultural product exports in the just-passed fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, riding on processed food shipments. Business insiders have attributed this to massive development in...
The central bank said as a regulator it will not shoulder the responsibility of failure on the part of the People's Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL), which is now...
World number one One Day International (ODI) all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was included in the World Cup-2019 X1 selected by ESPN-cricinfo writers Sidharth Monga and Jarrod Kimber recently, reports UNB....
American human rights activist Malcolm X said, 'Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.' And given the rise in the...
In the October 2012 edition of the Harvard Business Review Thomas H Davenport and DJ Patil co-authored an article titled "Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century". The...
Ruman Sana has brought name and fame for Bangladesh by winning a bronze medal in the last Hyundai Archery World Cup held in the Netherlands. He is now all set...
Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said Bangladesh should further open up its economy for more foreign investments. “We are now living in an age of globalisation....
The death of two 15-year old boys in separate violent incidents -one in Gandaria and the other in Tongi -- on Sunday last has exposed how ugly lives of youngsters...
Alongside the public sector, the private sector is making important contributions to the economic growth of Bangladesh through production, investment and exports. According to the Bangladesh Economic Survey 2019 (BES-2019),...
Although the government has allocated a substantial chuck of money for building multipurpose bridges, elevated expressway, metro rails and other mega projects, the existing roads and highways throughout the country...
BOGURA, July 10: Illegal catching of brood fish is going on unhindered in the Ichhamoti river in the municipality area under Dhunot upazila of the district. Sources said some dishonest...
RAJSHAHI, July 10: Vegetable farmers in Paba upazila have got frustrated over the unusual fall in the price of green chilli in the local markets of the district, even during...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has launched online Hajj application (app) this year, named ‘Biman Hajj Flight’ , to ensure improved as well as smooth journey of the pilgrims. This is the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that Bangladesh's governance system will be decentralised by 2041 as the country will turn into a developed one by this time. "Through...
Farmers in Panchagarh are passing busy time with harvesting jute as well as its rotting processing. According to Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), farmers of the district have achieved bumper...
Prudential regulations provide the framework for ensuring stability and soundness of the banking system. "Asymmetry of information" and "Moral hazard" are inescapable features of the banking system. These features find...
Every tax has a base to apply, a time when it becomes payable, and a time when actual deposit to the government treasury is to be made. This is the...
New Zealand defeated India by 18 runs producing a brilliant bowling performance in the rain-hit first Cricket World Cup semi-final at Old Trafford on Wednesday. The Black Caps will face...
The export earnings from the country’s furniture industry witnessed an 18.53 per cent growth in the last fiscal year (FY19). The country bagged $74.89 million from furniture export in FY19,...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s body shook visibly at a public event for the third time in less than a month on Wednesday, but the long-time leader insisted that there’s nothing...
The post offices located in rural areas will turn into service centres to provide various digital and financial services to the marginal people. Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar gave...
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