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Concerning government agencies are working to get oversees climate funds as ‘grants’ instead of loans to help mitigate the impact of climate change effect, said a senior government official on...
Marshall Island President Dr Hilda Heine and former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday on a two-day visit to attend the “Dhaka Meeting...
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said people can now undergo bypass surgery at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at a cost of Tk 40,000-50,000. He came up with the...
Local Government Minister Md Tajul Islam has urged all concerned not to be scared of dengue fever as the government is working on to cope with the menace. “We have...
Acting JP Chairman GM Quader on Sunday said that the condition of ailing Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad has improved slightly. “His...
African superpower Nigeria has signed an agreement which aims to increase trade between African countries. This leaves Eritrea as the only African country not to be part of the trading...
The extraordinary friendship between China and Pakistan is 69 years strong this year. Over the years, this friendship has led to ever closer cultural integration in the two countries as...
China's aerial early warning (AEW) aircraft are 50 per cent more efficient than US ones in terms of electromagnetic resources utility. Military analysts said on Sunday that the Chinese aircraft...
Over 50 families have been evacuated from Jalalbad hill in Chattogram on Sunday fearing landslides due to rain for the last couple of days. The local administration started asking people...
Detectives in a drive in Cumilla on Sunday arrested the prime suspect in the killing after rape of six-year-old girl Samia Afrin Sayma in Dhaka's Wari area. They arrested Harun-Or-Rashid,...
A Dhaka court on Sunday set August 4 to submit probe report in the case lodged over deadly inferno in FR Tower in capital’s Banani area on March 28 this...
I guess I am either too old-school or unfair and extreme. However, knowing that news of some celebrity receiving greater attention, eye balls and reams of newsprint than useful news...
The government has joined hands with UNDP to implement a $33m project in Satkhira and Khulna districts benefitting almost 0.7 million people mostly women and adolescent girls to help them...
The High Court (HC) on Sunday came up with an order saying no lower court judges are allowed to use degrees like barrister or doctor before their names. A High...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said hartal has lost its appeal as people hardly respond to such programmes. The minister came up with the remark as...
Gradual fall in the budget allocation for the health sector has emerged as a serious impediment for the country to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, experts said...
Russia has celebrated the 65th anniversary of world’s first nuclear power plant, which was connected to grid for commercial purpose. Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant with just 5 MW capacity was...
Up to 20,000 jobs could be axed at Deutsche Bank as the company is set to announce plans for a global restructuring. The majority of cuts are expected in the...
A coalition of eight left-leaning political parties has threatened to lay siege to the energy ministry on July 14 if the government does not roll back its gas price hike....
Bangladesh and Malaysia will discuss wide-ranging bilateral, regional and international issues this evening (Sunday) with much focus on Rohingya issue as Bangladesh is seeking global efforts to resolve the crisis...
A Finance Summit, organized by Lighthouse Bangladesh in association with Eastern Bank Ltd was held on Saturday at The Westin Dhaka hotel in the city. It aims to help take...
The High Court today asked Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority to give a written explanation on the latter-supplied contaminated water in four zones, out of 10, in Dhaka. The...
The local administration of Chattrogram has asked people living in risky hilly areas to move out fearing that heavy rains will trigger landslides. Heavy to very heavy rainfall has been...
Police lined the streets of the Sri Lankan highland town of Kandy on Sunday and the army was on standby as hardline Buddhist monks gathered for their first big assembly...
The board of directors of Sonar Bangla Insurance Ltd has approved 6 per cent cash and 6 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The...
Police recovered the body of a rape suspect from Anwara Economic Zone in Chattogram early Sunday. Abdun Nur, 25, was the main accused in a case filed over the gang-rape...
Iran said on Sunday it would further scale back its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, raising its uranium enrichment level to what officials said earlier was...
The Dhaka bourse opened the Sunday’s session on a negative note and continued the trend for around two hours. The day’s falling trend was triggered by price corrections witnessed by...
Large-scale structural reform is urgently needed in income generation and distribution process to reduce growing inequality in the society, economists opined at an international conference in the capital on Saturday....
A four-day long regional seminar on 'Financial Literacy and Investment Protection' begins Monday in the capital. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the seminar at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, while...
Lionel Messi was sent off before halftime and then angrily hit out at “corrupt” tournament organisers after Argentina beat Chile 2-1 to win a bad-tempered third-place playoff at the Copa...
Taliban Islamist fighters killed at least eight Afghan security force members and four civilians, as well as wounding more than 50 civilians, by blowing up a car bomb in central...
Hundreds of protesters gathered in central Paris on Saturday to raise awareness and demand tougher action on femicides in France. Yelling “Enough” and carrying signs reading “Stop femicides” or “The...
Prolific opener David Warner smashed a brilliant 122 but could not claim victory for Australia as they slipped to a 10-run defeat to South Africa in their Cricket World Cup...
The Ministry of Industries (MoI) has prepared a draft of the Leather and Leather Goods Development Policy 2019, officials said. The MoI has prepared the draft policy for development of...
The listed mutual funds (MFs) saw the highest price appreciation in last week despite the turnover is yet to be significant compared to that of other sectors. The sector comprising...
Dhaka Bank will decentralise its loan concentration from corporate to retail and small and medium enterprises (SME) to minimise credit risk, said the top executive of the leading private commercial...
Rohit Sharma became the first player to make five centuries in a single World Cup match and his opening partner KL Rahul also struck a fluent century as India crushed...
Tunisia's Coast Guard recovered on Saturday the bodies of 14 African migrants who drowned when their boat carrying more than 80 people sank after setting off for Europe from neighbouring...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) chief on Saturday said the country's overall economic activities are good enough to help achieve the tax revenue collection target set by the government....
Iran on Sunday will announce an increase in uranium enrichment to 5 per cent, a concentration above the limit set by its 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian official told Reuters,...
The banking sector in the country is now trapped into "loan terms" as banks take short-term deposits from clients, but provide long-term loan to industries, speakers said on Saturday. They...
A half-day hartal has been enforced by the Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) across the country, including Dhaka city, to protest against the recent hike in gas tariffs. Starting at 6:00am,...
Prices of onion increased by Tk 5.0 a kilogram (kg) in the capital's kitchen markets on Saturday, adding woes to the consumers further. Traders attributed this hike in onion prices...
Showing respect to teachers has been an integral part of the sub-continental heritage for centuries. Irrespective of the social echelon to which a learner belongs, he or she used to...
The government sought to make a law in 2015 to introduce a mandatory pension scheme for the private sector employees. It was aimed at helping the elderly people at the...
The fact that the fallout of the latest hike in gas prices would be more or less all-encompassing remains uncontested. Only the men who favoured the hike are considering it...
Mike Richardson, creator of The Mask and Dark Horse Comics founder, has revealed that he has a few ideas in place for a woman-fronted reboot of the iconic movie, reports...
Dr. Junaid Kamal Ahmad, a Bangladeshi economist and Country Director of World Bank in India, recently delivered the 18th Nurul Matin Memorial Lecture at Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM),...
As trade tensions between China and the US are cooling off following a truce, US farm groups are eager to get back into the Chinese market, with some even travelling...
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