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Top diplomats of three Nordic countries visited Plummy Fashions Ltd, country’s first globally–certified green knitwear factory, in Narayanganj on Wednesday and appreciated the initiative. They were Ambassador of Sweden Ms...
The Sino-US trade dispute is not only a game between representatives of the two countries at the negotiating table, but also a contest between the two sides in the field...
China does not need to use balloons to gather intelligence on India, and if balloons have indeed been deployed along the borders of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, as Indian...
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Progressive Voice on Wednesday said the government of Myanmar must ensure that the human...
President M Abdul Hamid on Wednesday Left Uzbekistan wrapping up his seven-day official visit to two central Asian countries – Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. A special VVIP flight (BG-1519) of Biman...
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Wednesday said the government will establish a new paper mill on the land of the closed Khulna Newsprint Mills Limited in Khulna. “At...
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said a committee has been formed to identify and remove illegal vehicles from the streets of Dhaka. He said the committee,...
Stocks ended marginally higher for the second day in a row on Wednesday as investor showed their buying appetite on tax review expectations. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka...
A Kishoreganj court on Wednesday handed the death penalty to three people and seven others to life in prison for killing former Jahangirnagar University (JU) student 14 years ago. Convicts...
A Chinese worker, who was injured in a clash over the death of a worker at Payra Power Plant on Tuesday, died at Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital on...
After over three years of the party's national council, Selima Rahman and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku have been made BNP's standing committee members. Party's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir...
Refugees originating from Myanmar represented the fourth largest population group by country of origin and most Rohingyas from the Southeast Asian nation were hosted by Bangladesh (906,600) at the end of...
A motorcyclist has been killed after a bus ploughed into the vehicle in Jashore’s Benapole Upazila. The incident took place on the Jashore-Benapole Highway in Amrakhali on Wednesday, said Rafique...
At least eight people, including two children, were killed and 12 others injured early on Wednesday after a pick-up van collided head-on with a goods carrier in northern Indian state...
A magnitude 6.8 quake struck south southeast of Raoul Island in South Pacific chain of the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, the US Geological Survey said on Wednesday. There were no...
Bangladesh has urged businesses of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest in agro processing industries and import fruits and vegetables from Bangladesh. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar...
The High Court has granted permanent bail to former Awami League MP from Tangail-3 (Ghatail) Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in a case filed over the killing of two Jubo League...
Investigators probing the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine in 2014 will present new evidence later on Wednesday. The Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) is expected to...
Police recovered the throat-slit body of a man at Pakuria cremation ground in Singra upazila of Natore district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Aper Ali, 45, son of...
A fire broke out at Baitul Mukarram market in the city on Wednesday morning. The fire broke out on the ground floor of the market around 11:40 am and spread...
Developing countries, not rich Western nations, are bearing the brunt of the world’s refugee crisis and are hosting most of the record 70.8 million displaced people who have fled war...
The body of a student of HSTU, who drowned in Atrai River at Mohonpur in Dinajpur Sadar upazila, was recovered from the river on Wednesday morning. Tashfiq Ahmed, a 3rd...
A woman was killed in a road crash at Tigerpass area in Chattogram city on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Kajoli Saha, 55, wife of Kanai Saha of...
A young man was beaten to death and another injured by an angry mob after one of them reportedly hurled a bomb on a young man at Shankarpur Bus Terminal...
Copa America hosts Brazil had three goals ruled out and missed a series of chances as they were held 0-0 by Group A rivals Venezuela on Tuesday. Roberto Firmino had...
The largest single donation to a UK university has been given to Oxford for a new institute that will study the ethics of artificial intelligence. Stephen Schwarzman, a US private...
The point-to-point inflation in the month of May last was recorded higher than that of the previous month, according to official data. It was 5.63 per cent in May compared...
A rocket landed at a residential and operations headquarters of several global major oil companies, including US giant ExxonMobil, near Iraq’s southern city of Basra early on Wednesday, wounding two...
The board of directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has decided to issue “IBBL Third Mudaraba Redeemable Non-Convertible Subordinated Bond” of Tk 12 billion under Mudaraba Principle of Islamic Shari’ah....
Stocks witnessed positive trend in early trading on Wednesday as investors are active on sector-wise shares after recent sharp fall. Market analysts said investors went for buying shares with an...
Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday on optimism about trade after US President Donald Trump said he will talk with the Chinese leader later this month in Japan. Japan’s benchmark...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could speed up economic development and reduce poverty for dozens of developing countries, the World Bank has said in a report. The global lender...
US and China will resume trade talks ahead of a meeting between their leaders at a G20 summit next week, US President Donald Trump has said. Mr Trump said on...
US President Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday (local time) by presenting himself as the same political insurgent who shook up the Washington establishment four years...
Public and private sectors of Japan and Bangladesh will sit in Dhaka on July 04 to resolve issues hindering trade and investment environment between the two countries. Sources said the...
The country's private sector is paying meagre salaries to their most of the employees, making their life miserable, National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said on...
The authorities have spent nearly half a billion in the outgoing fiscal year only on killing mosquitoes in Dhaka, but the number of the insect-borne dengue infections has started rising...
The new VAT law, to be effective from next month (July), will cause price hike of commodities at consumer level, the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has said. According to the new law,...
Ten most traded companies accounted for more than 22 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday, with the Eastern Insurance making it to the top...
In the wake of government's initiatives, the prices of paddy have seen a rise in the last one week but still fall short of the production cost. The government's measures...
The central bank has taken a move to make Islamic bonds popular by enhancing the volume of Islamic Bond Fund and creating scopes of the bonds' multiple uses. As part...
Achieving the 'biggest' revenue target would be a challenging task with so many tax exemptions proposed in the budget, the revenue board chief said on Tuesday. He said a Tk...
There has been a lot of clamour about the new VAT law. Over the past few years, consumer rights groups have discussed the topic, columnists and economists have inked their...
Although the acronym SMEs (small and medium enterprises) is often defined and identified vaguely because of the diverse nature of small and medium businesses, one clear way of identifying them...
The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in financial matters came into renewed focus recently at a workshop in Dhaka. Top level representatives from the Bangladesh Bank, the Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre...
Facebook Inc revealed plans on Tuesday to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, the latest development in its effort to expand beyond social networking and move into e-commerce and global payments....
A Mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) sentenced a man to six months in jail on Tuesday for posing as an executive magistrate. DNCC sources said that Mohammad...
Only five countries have managed to graduate out of the 'Least Developed Country' (LDC) status and became 'Other Developing Countries' since the formation of LDC group in 1971. However, in...
France completed World Cup group play with a 3-0 record for the first time, beating Nigeria 1-0 Monday night at Rennes when Wendie Renard converted a penalty kick in the...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the first phase work on Dhaka Elevated Expressway from Shahjalal International Airport to Banani Railway Station will be completed in...
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