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Use of mobile phone is likely to be costlier with a two-fold hike in the existing Supplementary Duty (SD) on voice and data services in the budget for the upcoming...
Bangladesh has gone down nine steps in the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2019, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace. This is the thirteenth edition of the Global Peace...
What have been lately noted as obstacles to timely execution of the Annual Development Programme (ADP), in a very recent review, are anything but revealing. Those are more or less...
The emergence and growth of financialisation from the 1980s has been driven by several factors operating at various levels - national and international, ideological and political, and of course, technological....
Alongside the call centre, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will also receive complaints from the customers through social media platforms. BTRC Chairman Md Jahurul Haque revealed this on Wednesday at...
With the advent of rapid digitisation, many emerging countries like Bangladesh are focusing on Digital Economy: a global market where digital outsourcing of different works takes place. The digitisation of...
Porter Diamond Theory of National Advantage (Porter's Diamond model) spells out five forces explaining why some countries, industries, and also firms are competitive and others are not. These forces are...
Digital technology can rapidly transform how countries provide services such as education and health to their citizens. The public services of the future should be effective, efficient, fair, data-driven, and...
Never before has half a degree (0.5C) meant so much for humanity. We are behaving as if we have time to deal with climate change. We don't. The main problem...
US President Donald Trump has used national security as a justification for his tariffs on steel imports, his threatened tariff hikes on autos, and the tariffs he recently vowed to...
After closing down foreign university campuses few years back, the government is again contemplating on opening up branches of those in the country. Such a move has raised questions about...
Some 36 children died at Bihar's Muzaffarpur district of India in the last 48 hours and 133 children were admitted to hospitals due to suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome or AES....
The life expectancy at birth in the country has increased to 72.3 years in 2018, up from 72.0 years in 2017. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) disclosed the information...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to place the national budget for 2019-20 fiscal year at the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday. This will be the country’s 48th budget and...
Russia should fall in love with China more times, Alexander Ageev, Director General at the Institute for Economic Strategies in Russia, said at a round table conference on the greater...
Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Paulette Lenert on Wednesday termed the Rohingya crisis a 'liability for all' and assured to extend continued...
Plastic pollution is so widespread in the environment that you may be ingesting five grams a week, the equivalent of eating a credit card, a study commissioned by the environmental...
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday urged the guardians not to impose anything on their children and force them to engage in unhealthy competition as it hinders their natural development ....
A director general (DG)-level conference of BGB and BSF has begun at the BGB headquarters in the city on Wednesday. Curtain of the conference was raised at 11:45am and the...
The government has withdrawn the ban on export of certain categories of raw jute, including uncut Bangla tossa rejection (BTR) and Bangla white rejection (BWR). On May 29, 2019, the...
India's space agency has unveiled its spacecraft that it hopes to land on the Moon by September. If successful, India will be the fourth country to achieve a soft landing...
Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said action will be taken against Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman for bribing an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) official. “It’s clear he (Mizan) has committed...
Stocks slipped into the red on Wednesday, breaking an eight-day gaining streak, as some investors booked quick-profit on sector-wise shares. Market analysts said stocks returned to the red as a...
A man was killed and three others were injured when a bus hit an auto-rickshaw at Mohammadpur Beribadh on early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Tofazzal Hossain, 60, an...
Bangladesh are optimistic that all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will recover from a thigh injury in time for Monday’s World Cup match against West Indies in Taunton, their coach Steve Rhodes...
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of airline giant Emirates, transported more than 75,000 tonnes of pharmaceuticals through its network during the financial year 2018-19 (FY19). To reinforce its position as...
Tokyo stocks ended lower Wednesday after the market inherited a weak lead from Wall Street overnight, with some investors opting to take profits before the release of key US economic...
A man and his nephew were killed when their motorbike collided with a human hauler at Circuit House in the Pabna Sadar upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as...
Asian shares slipped on Wednesday while Hong Kong’s Seng index tumbled 1.7 per cent as thousands continued protests against proposed legislation. Renewed jitters over the trade war between the US...
At least eight people, including five children, were injured when a large chunk of concrete plaster ceiling collapsed at Noakhali 250-bed General Hospital on Wednesday. The incident took place at...
Indian authorities are preparing to evacuate 0.3 million (300,000) people along the western coast as a severe cyclone is expected to make landfall on Thursday morning in the state of...
Bangladesh has urged the international community to step up pressure on Myanmar so that it creates a conducive environment for Rohingya repatriation. After briefing diplomats stationed in Dhaka on Wednesday...
President M Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on a seven-day official visit on Thursday. “During his seven-day visit to the central Asian nations, the President will...
Bangladesh has sought support from the international community for its candidate for the post of Deputy Director General (DDG) of International Organization for Migration (IOM). The country has floated the...
Silco Pharmaceuticals Limited will make its share trading debut on Thursday on the bourses under ‘N’ category, officials said. The Silco Pharma raised a fund worth Tk 300 million by...
Stocks see marginal correction in early trading on Wednesday as some investors are booking profits on recent surge. Following the previous eight days’ gain, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has been admitted to a hospital after being taken ill mere days before the placement of his maiden budget in parliament. The 72-year-old went to...
Benapole port has earned Tk 51.85 billion revenue in the current fiscal year, said Mamunur Rahman, Deputy Director of Benapole Port Authority. A record quantity of goods was imported from...
With under three weeks to go before proposed talks between the Chinese and US leaders, expectations for progress toward ending the trade war are low and sources say there has...
In a major reshuffle at the field-level administration, the government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 19 districts. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard...
The government has asked all the buying houses operating in the country to get registered with Department of Textile (DoT) within next two months, officials said. The Ministry of Textiles...
Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong surrounded the city’s legislature on Wednesday, forcing it to postpone a second round of debate on an extradition bill that would allow...
Ten most traded companies accounted for 25 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday, with the United Power Generation & Distribution Company making it to...
The government is likely to increase the rate of tax deducted at source from profit earned through savings instruments in the upcoming fiscal year (FY), 2019-20. The at-source tax rate...
Heavy overnight and early morning rain washed out the World Cup group match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Bristol on Tuesday. Sri Lanka have already suffered one no result...
Three motorcyclists were killed when a truck hit a motorbike on which they were riding at Mahishbathan Bazar in Mahadebpur upazila of Naogaon district on Tuesday night. The deceased were...
The central bank has decided to form a high-powered committee to recommend measures for reducing the volume of classified loans in the country's banking system. The decision was taken at...
Bangladesh has a population of more than 160 million, but the number of registered taxpayers (e-TIN holders) is roughly 3.8 million and the number of taxpayers who file returns is...
As the rainy season is fast approaching with the Bangla month of Ashar barely a week away, the country is likely to experience refreshing showers in the coming months. Despite...
The demand recently voiced by the leaders of the light engineering association for a separate policy to stir planned growth of this vastly disorganised industrial sector deserves serious attention. Clearly,...
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