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The High Court (HC) on Thursday ordered investigation officers probing murder cases to submit autopsy and inquest reports to concerned magistrates within 10 days of the killings. A High Court...
The Norwegian government on Thursday signed an agreement with UNDP for the period 2019-2021 showing its strong commitment to foster peace and harmony at Rohingya camps and host communities in...
The rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country resumed on Thursday afternoon, after three and a half hour of suspension following derailment of a bogie of a...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is set to release new notes in dominations of Tk 10, 20, 50 and 100 in the market ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr from May 22. The new notes...
Online ticketing platform, bdtickets.com, will start selling advance bus tickets for the Eid vacation from Friday (12:01am). Air tickets for all domestic airline routes from all the airline operators are...
Beximco Communications Limited launched a world standard Direct to Home (DTH) service in the country under the brand name 'AKASH'. AKASH, is the first and only legal DTH operator in...
Speakers at a human-chain programme in city on Thursday urged the government to take steps enabling famers to get the fair prices of their produces as they are struggling with...
Protesters have locked the main gate of the Myemensingh Medical College to demand action against the sexual harassment of a female student. Students began a sit-in protest on Thursday morning...
The rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country remained suspended following derailment of a bogie of a local train in Mallikpur area of Fenchuganj upazila on Thursday...
An hourly traffic speed in Dhaka city may have slowed down to four kilometres at peak hours during Ramadan, according to a rough estimate made on the basis of information...
Water being supplied in 57 areas under its 10 zones is polluted, Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has told the High Court in a report. The areas are...
Stocks rebounded on Thursday, snapping a four-day losing streak, as optimistic investors showed their buying shares, particularly on financial shares. Market analysts said investors took position on banking issues, following...
Several dozen people have been detained at a rally to protest the construction of a cathedral in a popular park in Russia's fourth-largest city. Russian news agencies on Thursday quoted...
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has invited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attend the 14th Islamic Summit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to be held at Makkah...
A Boeing 737-800 aircraft was added to the fleet of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Thursday. The aircraft, brought on lease from Kuwait's Alfaco arrived at Dhaka airport around 3:25am, said...
The Philippines is withdrawing top diplomats from Canada after Ottawa missed a deadline to take back 69 shipping containers full of trash, the latest move in a long-running row stoked...
Fitra, a charity donation by well-off Muslims at the end of Ramadan, has been fixed at minimum Tk 70 per person this year. The maximum Fitra has been set at...
Robi and Mastercard have recently signed a strategic alliance agreement that paves the way for both the companies to explore new digital endeavours together. Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, Managing Director and...
Two Indian climbers died near the summit of Mount Kanchenjunga during an expedition on the world’s third highest mountain in Nepal, their hiking company said on Thursday. The climbers were...
The board of directors of The City Bank Ltd has decided to raise Tk 3.0 billion through issuance of zero coupon bonds, said an official disclosure on Thursday. The bank...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested two suspected members of banned militant group Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bangladesh from Sreepur upazila of Gazipur. The arrestees were identified as Hamid Siraji, 33, son...
The board of directors of IFIC Bank has decided to issue rights shares to raise paid-up capital and to meet future capital requirement, said an official disclosure on Thursday. The...
Soldiers patrolled the centre of Kolkata, the capital of India's West Bengal state, on Wednesday a day after rival political supporters clashed during campaigning for the country's general election. With...
The prices of most of the shares on bourses rose in early trading on Thursday, while the DSEX gained 23 points, as some investors showed their buying appetite on sector-wise...
Fashion company Kering has announced that it will no longer use models who are under the age of 18. The French luxury group owns several major fashion houses, including Gucci,...
Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said the government has a plan to raise the number of taxpayers to 10 million by the next fiscal year (FY), 2019-20. "Now...
US President Donald Trump will outline on Thursday a plan to harden border security and overhaul the legal immigration system to favour applicants who speak English, are well-educated and have...
Brazil's economy fell 0.68 per cent in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the final quarter of 2018, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the country’s central...
Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX postponed a planned Wednesday night (US local time) blastoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first 60 satellites for his new Starlink internet service, citing...
Japan’s Nikkei fell on Thursday as weak US and Chinese economic data and Sino-US trade frictions soured sentiment, while banks tumbled on weak earnings reports. The Nikkei share average shed...
Asian stocks were mixed Thursday amid worries over trade tensions, leavened by media reports that President Donald Trump may delay a decision on auto tariffs. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped...
The Trump administration hit Chinese telecoms giant Huawei with severe sanctions on Wednesday, adding another incendiary element to the US-China trade dispute just as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he...
The consolidated earnings per share (EPS) of most of the listed banks rose in the first quarter (Q1) for January-March, 2019 of this year compared to that of the same...
Ten most-traded companies captured more than 30 per cent transaction of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Wednesday while Brac Bank topped the chart. Market analysts said investors were active...
Traffic congestions have increased in the city after the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, causing immense sufferings to commuters. This year the construction of metro rail in the...
Bangladesh have successfully chased down 293 to beat Ireland by six wickets with 45 balls to spare in the sixth One-Day International of the tri-nation series in another clinical performance....
The country's prime Dhaka-Chattogram highway has turned bad cracks developed in almost 192 kilometres within two years into the completion of the four-lane work. The run-down road has thus prompted...
Limited employment opportunities at home are forcing Bangladeshi fortune-seekers to opt for risky migration to the European Union countries, experts said. They said a large number of youths remain jobless...
Speakers at a programme in the capital on Wednesday emphasised the need for creating a sizeable manpower capable of handling Islamic banking in Bangladesh. They said the number of full-fledged...
The militant attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital back in July, 2016 has escalated costs of building the second Kanchpur, Meghna and Gumti bridges. The costs spiralled since...
As the indefinite strike of the state-owned jute mill workers shows no sign of abating, details of their grievances are also gaining increased attention. The reasons prompting them to take...
Tax and non-tax revenues constitute the major segments of domestic resources in any country. Domestically available resources in Bangladesh have been historically insufficient for enabling the government to play its...
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), by using the cost of basic needs (CBN) method, disclosed this week that the country's poverty situation improved further between 2016 and 2018. But...
As the debate around factory safety and the future of Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh rages on, it is often forgotten that the readymade garments (RMG)...
Whatever is said of Mr. Donald Trump he cannot be faulted for his America First policy. And that's in spite of the chagrin with which Emmanuel Macron viewed his approach...
Few issues have arisen regarding the implementation of the new VAT law (Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act, 2012). Determination of threshold is one of them. There are several...
Ireland have won the toss and opted to bat first against Bangladesh in the final league match of the One-Day International tri-nation series in Dublin. Captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday released the identities of 39 Bangladeshis who went missing after Friday's boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to reach Europe from...
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has cancelled licences of seven food companies that featured on a list of 52 products identified as substandard. According to bdnews24.com, it has...
Just a few days back, a report on the positions of universities across the world saw the light. Scanning the list through thick lenses made Bangladeshis bewildered. Especially it was...
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