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A Nepalese Sherpa has set a new Mount Everest record, making it to the top for the 24th time - with his second summit in only seven days. Kami Rita...
The High Court has put on hold until June 24 a Bangladesh Bank circular providing loan defaulters with special facilities. A bench of the court passed the order on Tuesday...
A tribunal in Kushtia on Tuesday sentenced the head teacher of a secondary school in Meherpur in a case for violating a Christian teacher of the school in a residential...
The government has approved Tk 2.03 trillion Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY 2019-20), beginning July 1. The figure is 17.18 per cent higher than the...
A 54-year-old policeman has been arrested for throwing a teenage girl out of his house through the ventilator reportedly after raping her. Police arrested Muktar Hossain, a constable, after victim's...
Ramadan is the month when Muslims try to get closer to each other with greater love and affection with the spirit of the holy month. But the Rohingya Muslims living...
Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70. The legendary Austrian, one of the best-known figures in motor racing, took the title for Ferrari...
All 15 Bangladeshis who were rescued alive after a deadly boat capsize in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia, have returned home. A flight of Turkish Airlines, TK-712, carrying...
Show-cause notices have been served on 14 officials and employees of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) over corruption charges. GCC Mayor Jahangir Alam came up with the information at a press...
Singapore and Malaysia have agreed to suspend the construction of a billion dollar train project linking the city-state to the southern Malaysian state of Johor, their transport ministers said on...
The prices of most of the shares on the bourses witnessed downward trend in early trading on Tuesday as investors showed their selling binge on sector-wise issues. However, Runner Automobiles...
New Zealand police said on Tuesday they were charging the man accused of murder in shootings at two Christchurch mosques in March with engaging in a terrorist act. The charge,...
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has expelled five members for their alleged involvement in the violent clashes at Madhu's Canteen amid protests over announcement of its new committee. Of them, one...
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the central bank of Australia, would consider cutting interest rates next month to support the economy, Governor Philip Lowe said on Tuesday. Mr Lowe...
Incumbent President Joko Widodo won last month's Indonesian election with 55.5 per cent of votes against 44.5 per cent for his challenger, retired General Prabowo Subianto, the election commission's official...
Customs officials detained a man along with 65 gold bars, weighing 6.5kg, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday night. The arrestee is Md Rajib Dewan, 35, hailing from Munshiganj...
Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday as investors took a breather from last week's sell-off, while the Singapore index declined after the country cut its 2019 growth outlook. Indonesian...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently signed an agreement with STOLL Bangladesh Limited at a simple ceremony held at the bank’s Corporate Head Office in Gulshan 1 in the...
Asian shares were mixed Tuesday after anxiety over US restrictions on sales to Chinese tech giant Huawei pulled Wall Street lower. Benchmarks in Shanghai and Seoul advanced, while Tokyo, Hong...
The state-run Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) will get the lion's portion of the fund to be disbursed for the second time under the capital market refinancing scheme. The other...
Ten most-traded companies captured more than 29 per cent transaction of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Monday while Brac Bank topped the list. Market analysts said investors were active...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has called on the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to raise the Rohingya issue with the international community and help secure necessary funding and other...
The US government has temporarily eased trade restrictions imposed last week on China’s Huawei, a move aimed at minimising disruption for its customers but dismissed by its founder who said...
The officer-in-charge of Mohanpur Police Station has been withdrawn for negligence of duty over the suicide of schoolgirl Sumaiya Akhter Barsha after her rape. Ifte Khayer Alam, additional superintendent of...
The Nicaraguan government said on Monday (local time) it had begun the process of freeing another 100 political prisoners after threats from the opposition it could abandon talks aimed at...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has sought an allocation of Tk 1.0 billion in the upcoming budget to facilitate development of infrastructure and capacity of...
Worries that the United States and China were digging in for a longer, costlier trade war weighed on financial markets on Monday as Beijing accused Washington of harboring “extravagant expectations”...
The government has imposed a ban on fishing in the Bay of Bengal for two months from today (Tuesday) to preserve fish stock and ensure proper breeding. The fishing ban...
The government is going to approve today (Tuesday) a Tk 2.02-trillion Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, allocating the highest fund to the transport sector,...
The government has revised the tax collection target downward to Tk 2.80 trillion for the current fiscal year following lacklustre trend in receipts, people familiar with the development said. The...
Banks should create their own data bank to help prevent trade-based money laundering using their services, speakers at a programme said Monday. They said the data should be open for...
CHATTOGRAM, May 20: The members of the board of directors of the Chattogram Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) elected a three-member presidium of the apex trade body of the...
Mr. Latifur Rahman has been re-elected as Chairman of National Housing Finance And Investments Limited at its 209th Meeting of the Board held recently for further 2 years, said a...
Amid the escalating diplomatic row between the two countries, the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad has stopped issuing visas to Pakistanis, said an official on Monday. The decision was taken...
This is a follow-up of my article titled "The Importance of Financial Education" which appeared in the FE last week (Wednesday, May 15; page 6). Broadly, there are three types...
Perhaps it is the dilly-dallying in taking action against food adulteration which has prompted the High Court to take its tough stance on it. Now that 52 factory-processed edible items...
The urban specialists have, from time to time, raised the issue of setting up of a city government or similar such body to coordinate the service- providers of the capital...
The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) has contradicted reports published in different newspapers on the salaries of the staff of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project. It, however, did not...
Over the past couple of decades, the economy of Bangladesh has been transitioning from agricultural economy to industrial economy. Contribution of agriculture to the gross domestic product (GDP) is reducing...
Conflict arises when individuals opine in dissimilar ways or have varied interests, attitudes and even perceptions. Misunderstandings among individuals and ego clashes also result in conflict. Conflict can arise any...
Barcelona captain and La Liga top scorer Lionel Messi rounded off a spectacular season by netting twice in a 2-2 draw away to Eibar in the champions' final game on...
Speakers at a function on Monday urged businessmen and traders to stop weight and measurement manipulation and manufacturing substandard products to protect the consumers’ rights of the country. They also...
Does the name Ihsan Al Fagiri ring a bell? How about Heba Omer or Adeela Al Zaebaq? It's likely that these names, among countless others, are not known to the...
The GDP magic may have gone, but though it needs replacement, we are unlikely to match the coherence and stability the GDP tool once fetched. The daunting task of developing...
Farmers of Atrai upazila in Naogaon district are expecting to make a handsome profit from litchi cultivation as they are witnessing a good yield of the juicy fruit this season....
Rafael Nadal claimed his first title of the year by defeating world number one Novak Djokovic 6-0 4-6 6-1 in the Italian Open final in Rome. The Spaniard raced through...
A woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with ceiling fan at her house at Lotadighi in Benapole on Monday. The deceased was identified as Sharmin Akhter, 20, wife of...
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity placed a 20-point proposal to authorities concerned for ensuring safe and uninterrupted journey for holidaymakers ahead of the Eid-ul-fitr. The passengers’ rights body made their demands...
A draft of Tk 2.02 trillion Annual Development Programme (ADP) outlay for the upcoming fiscal year will be placed before the National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday. Prime Minister Sheikh...
Appearance of newly harvested litchi in local markets with lucrative price has made farmers happy at the beginning of harvesting season of the seasonal fruit in Rangpur agriculture division. Officials...
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