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Shopping malls and markets in Dhaka have witnessed a huge rush of shoppers as the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims, is knocking at the door. Eid...
We produce Engineering graduates with the competence of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Creativity (STEC). Human beings are driven by incentives. One of the most desirable incentives is to get the...
Workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Jashore and Khulna received their outstanding wages and Eid bonus on Thursday. But the mill officials are yet to get theirs, reports UNB....
The people of Bangladesh have been waiting for years to see the Teesta River water sharing issue settled, President Abdul Hamid told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. “I...
District administration has announced Nilphamari town as tobacco advisement-free town. Alongside launching mass awareness programme, the local administration has strictly enforced the existing laws for stooping advertisement on tobacco and...
Three people were killed after being struck by lightning in Bagha and Godagari upazilas of Rajshahi on Thursday night. Mohsin Ali, officer-in-charge of Bagha Police Station, said that lightning strike...
President Abdul Hamid returned home on Friday after attending Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi. A special flight of Biman, carrying the President, took off from...
West Indies produced a blistering bowling display to crush Pakistan by seven wickets and begin their World Cup campaign with an emphatic victory at Trent Bridge. The two-time champions bowled...
The Turkish economy shrank sharply year on year for the second straight quarter in early 2019, laying bare the impact of a punishing currency crisis and soaring inflation and interest...
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced that he would respond with “great prudence” to threats by his US counterpart Donald Trump to slap tariffs on Mexican goods entering...
The government for the first time is going to create a ‘Start Up Fund’ for the new entrepreneurs in the upcoming budget for the next fiscal year (FY20) in a...
Pakistan were bundled for 105 in their first World Cup match against West Indies on Friday at the Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Pakistan were totally clueless against the pace attack of...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the commercial banks to ensure all sorts of securities, including cyber security, during the upcoming holidays on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. “During the holidays,...
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan visited Kamlapur railway station on Friday morning and apologised to Eid holidaymakers who suffered immensely for the delay of four trains. "A total of 18...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the condition of roads and highways is far better than any time before. "This year, the journeys of homebound people...
India has wished to be part of twin events to celebrate the golden jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
A fungus - genetically enhanced to produce spider toxin - can rapidly kill huge numbers of the mosquitoes that spread malaria, a study suggests. Trials, which took place in Burkina...
West Indies has won the toss and chosen to bowl first under cloudy skies in Nottingham in their first match in this World Cup against Pakistan. Pakistan included fast bowlers...
A suspected drug dealer was killed in a reported gunfight with Border Guard Bangladesh at Hili border of Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur district on Friday. The deceased was identified as...
A couple died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank at Char Brahmandi village in Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Miraj...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday named Nirmala Sitharaman, formerly the country’s defence minister, as the next finance minister, and chose ruling party president Amit Shah to become home affairs...
Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam has sought apology from passengers who suffered due to train-schedule collapse on the first day of Bangladesh Railway’s Eid special service. "We are sorry for this,"...
Apparel exports from Bangladesh to Japan have nearly doubled in last five years thanks to the entrepreneurs' relentless efforts to meet Japanese quality requirements and the government's support especially in...
The Philippines has sent tonnes of rubbish back to Canada, after a weeks-long diplomatic spat that saw President Rodrigo Duterte threaten to "sail to Canada and dump their garbage there"....
In the first 100 days of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term, a slew of ‘big-bang’ economic reforms that should please foreign investors are likely to be pursued, according...
The World Bank has forecasted that China's economy will grow at 6.2 per cent in 2019 and 6.1 per cent in 2020. In an external environment that has become less...
Japan’s Nikkei tumbled to a more than three-month low, led by a plunge in carmakers after US President Donald Trump said the US would impose a new tariff on all...
Asian shares were mixed on Friday as trade worries continued after US President Donald Trump announced additional tariffs on imports from Mexico. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 0.7 per cent...
Saiful Karim, listed as No 1 drug lord of Bangladesh on lists made by the home ministry and intelligence agencies, has been killed in a gunfight with police in Cox’s...
The suspension of a US trade preference programme with India is a “done deal,” a senior State Department official said on Thursday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his second...
Around 10 million climate migrants will move from coastal areas to big cities of the country in next two decades due to climate change impacts, climate experts warned on Thursday....
A suspected drug peddler was killed in a 'gunfight' with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Nilar Konakhali in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar ‘early Friday. The identity of...
Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s brother has said the murder suspects are threatening him with death in court. “The accused threatened to kill me in court. I feel insecure....
The Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) has given Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a lifetime membership of the student body despite opposition from its Vice-President Nurul Haque Nur. The decision...
Jumu'atul Wida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, will be observed across the country today with due religious solemnity and reverence. Thousands of Muslim devotees will attend...
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) remained negative for the three consecutive months in May as overseas investors continued their selling spree. Foreign investors collected shares worth...
The securities regulator has approved the proposal of IFAD Autos submitted to revise its implementation schedule of rights offer proceeds. The company confirmed the regulatory approval to its revised implementation...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Tokyo, Japan on Friday for Saudi Arabia to attend the 14th conference of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) wrapping up her four-day official visit...
Finer lentil and chicken became pricier in the last seven days in the city compounding woes of the consumers further. Prices of finer lentil, both of local and imported Nepalese...
Uber Technologies Inc reported a $1.0 billion loss on Thursday as the ride-hailing service spends heavily to build up its food delivery and freight businesses, sending revenues up 20% in...
Petrobangla should import LNG (liquefied natural gas) from spot market to trim down the escalating costs of LNG imports, market insiders said. Bangladesh's full reliance on term dealers for LNG...
US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico in a bid to curb illegal immigration. In a tweet, Mr Trump said that from 10 June...
About one-third of outbound workers were cheated by middlemen with false promise and visas, according to a new report. The report has found that some 60 workers (male and female)...
About 54.49 per cent of the country's ready-made garment (RMG) factories, except those of Dhaka metropolitan area, paid festival allowances to their respective workers until Thursday in line with the...
The government is likely to extend cash incentives facility to five more local products to help boost exports, officials said. They said the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has finalised a...
The government will provide Tk 30 billion for mechanisation of agriculture to help tackle the labour shortage during the Boro harvesting season. The government is also actively considering the scope...
Jun Nishizawa, Group CEO of Natural Gas Group of Mitsubishi Corporation and Muhammed Aziz Khan, Founder Chairman of Summit Group met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at New Otani Hotel, Tokyo...
One particular job that the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is now doing is that it is evicting the grabbers from lands that belong to Buriganga, Turag and Shitalakhya...
In a recent Project Syndicate commentary, James K. Galbraith of the University of Texas at Austin defends Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and corrects some misunderstandings about the relationships among MMT,...
Some countries do have some reservation about definition of illicit funds, but they, like many others, see the movement of such funds from one country to another as a serious...
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