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Stocks witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday as some investors are showing their buying spree on sector-wise shares ahead of budget approval. The National Board of...
Three children have died in a house fire in the Australian state of New South Wales, police say. Firefighters were called to the home in Singleton, 200km (120 miles) north-west...
The recent US extension of sanctions against North Korea was an act of hostility and an outright challenge to an historic summit between the two countries in Singapore last year,...
The securities regulator has approved the draft prospectus of Esquire ICL Apparel Fund, an open-end mutual fund. The approval came Tuesday at a meeting held at the office of the...
JMI Syringes topped the Dhaka Stock Exchange's turnover chart on Tuesday while ten most-traded firms captured more than 28 per cent transaction. The share price of JMI Syringes & Medical...
Two people were killed after a truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Lengra Bazar in Muktagaccha upazila of Mymensingh on Wednesday. The identities of the deceased could not be...
Mobile financial service (MFS) providers and courier companies have been asked to take steps to control money laundering and transactions of illegally earned money, sources said. They have been told...
Donors disbursed development assistance worth US$5.21 billion in 11 months (July-May) of fiscal year (FY) 2018-19, up 11 per cent compared to the same period of the previous fiscal, official...
About 21 per cent of garment workers responded in a survey that their factories do not grant sick leave, a mandatory obligation for the employers by law, according to a...
US President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked “anything American,” in a new war of words with Iran which condemned fresh US sanctions...
At least 18 people, including three children, suffered burns when the compressor of a microbus air-conditioner exploded on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar Highway in Patia upazila of the district on Tuesday...
The securities regulator has suggested imposing tax on the profit to be transferred as reserves from next year by the listed companies. However, tax will be applicable only to companies...
The government has finally suspended Deputy Inspector General of Police Mizanur Rahman who made recently headlines over Anti-Corruption Commission investigation into his wealth. The home ministry issued an order on...
The private parties concerned will have the liberty to sell re-gasified LNG at the prices negotiated with their buyers under the maiden LNG import policy adopted by the government recently....
People in India's West Bengal (WB) state are up in arms against politicians for an unusual reason - they are demanding their representatives repay bribes, reports BBC. The state's chief...
A trade and investment exhibition titled 'Made in Bangladesh' is going to be held in Doha, Qatar, in December to showcase only Bangladeshi products and services. Bangladesh Forum Qatar (BFQ),...
England are batting to chase 286 against Australia on Lord's Cricket Ground, London. The English scored 141 losing five wickets in 31 overs. Earlier, England fought back after another solid...
A week ago, the ICC World Cup 2019 was tainted with the tag of the most boring World Cup in recent years. From the number of teams going down to...
Universal basic income (UBI) is hardly a new concept, but it has taken on a new life in recent years. Voices on both the left and the right now argue...
There are compelling reasons for not considering the budget proposal for the next fiscal year (2019-2020) as a routine exercise or just as another budget. It has not been so...
How air pollution has intensified is realised from the fact that about 0.2 million lives are lost each year on account of it. Of the 10 most potent reasons behind...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday instructed the authorities concerned to conduct surveys on dilapidated rail and road bridges in the country so that necessary repair works could be done...
In the footsteps of India's ambitious programme to extend public health insurance to 500 million citizens, Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of neighbouring Bangladesh, has set out plans to similarly cover...
The old part of Dhaka city, the old town in common parlance, is no doubt a much neglected location of today's greater Dhaka. The neglect, many will say, has heaped...
The government has launched a new contraceptive pill named ‘Shukhi 3rd Generation’. The launching ceremony of the pill was held at IEM conference room in the office of the Directorate General...
Today, June 26, is the international commemorative day against "Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking" of drugs. Determined to realise a global society free of drug abuse, the UN General Assembly...
During the last three decades the financial and corporate world has come across many terminological juggleries and financial institutions and business houses have to cope with them. The practice of...
Some 95 per cent of the country’s brick kilns are still using conventional and energy-depended technology to meet the growing demand of bricks every year, causing catastrophic impact on environment....
Bangladesh missions abroad will play as a catalyst to promote economic growth by attracting foreign direct investment. Foreign Minister DR AK Abdul Momen made the observation on Tuesday at a...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said dope test is going to be made compulsory for government jobs. The decision has been approved in principal by the cabinet, he told...
The authorities of Islamic University (IU) decided to resume evening courses at the university. The decision was taken at 116th academic council meeting, held at the conference room of the...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved 10 development projects involving Tk 69 billion (Tk 6,967 crore), including modernization of 21 metre-gauge diesel-electric locomotives of...
The government has planned to increase the insolvent disabled allowance to about 55 per cent under the Social Safety Net Programme (SSNP) in fiscal 2019-20. Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed...
An activist of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) was shot to death by criminals at Roangchhari upazila in Bandarban early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ontui Ching...
The High Court has ordered Green Line Paribahan to pay a Tk 4.5 million compensation in instalments over nine months to Russell Sarker who lost his leg after being hit...
Researchers have found traces of detergent in pasteurised milk produced by five companies. They companies are – Pran, Milk Vita, Igloo, Aarong, and Farm Fresh, according to news agency UNB....
Five more Policemen on Tuesday testified before an anti-terror special court in a case lodged over 2016 terrorist attack on an upscale cafe in capital’s Gulshan area. The witnesses are...
Stocks witnessed another flat session on Tuesday, as investors mostly followed cautious stance ahead of June closing. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by...
A young man was injured in a mob beating at Ujirpur in Narail municipality area on Tuesday reportedly for hurting religious sentiments of Muslims. The victim was identified as Tanu...
The US-based research arm of China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd - Futurewei Technologies Inc - has moved to separate its operations from its corporate parent since the US government in...
Ethiopia held a memorial on Tuesday for the army chief of staff slain at the weekend along with four other senior officials as part of what authorities describe as a...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday seeking its directives to prevent unnecessary caesarean sections in the country. Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman...
President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Rubana Huq on Tuesday said the wage payment system of RMG workers is going to be digitalised soon. "RMG workers will...
The mild heat wave sweeping over some parts of the country may abate at some places as rain or thundershowers is likely to occur at several places today. “Mild heat...
East West University (EWU) and Swedish Institute Alumni Network in Bangladesh are jointly organising a three-day photography exhibition on the effects of gender equality in parenting in association with the...
Indians have stashed 490 billion US dollar black money in abroad besides black money parked within the country as ‘investments’ in different sectors, according to studies of the country’s top...
Mercantile Bank recently organised a workshop titled “Internal Credit Risk Rating System (ICRRS)” at its training institute in Dhaka. Credit desk officials from sixty branches of the bank participated in...
Standard Bank Ltd. and Rose Sweaters Limited have signed an agreement for specialized services of Retail Banking named “Employee Savings Account Services” recently at SBL Board Room, Head Office, Dhaka....
BNP candidate Golam Mohammad Siraj was unofficially declared elected in the by-election to Bogura-6 constituency on Monday. Siraj begged 89,742 votes while his nearest rival T Zaman Niketa of Awami...
Senior Chinese and US trade officials spoke by telephone on Monday ahead of talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump set for later this week, as...
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