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Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Sunday said healthy mothers can give a healthy nation as a child gets strength from mother’s inspiration. “Mother is the only...
Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI) hosted an Iftar Mahfil on Saturday at Gulshan Club Ltd in the city. Representatives of leading chambers, associations, joint chambers attended the iftar...
A ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will begin on Monday in the Indian capital, New Delhi. Commerce ministers, vice- ministers and senior government officials of 22 member...
Economic Relations Division (ERD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Sunday signed two agreements to implement two projects for strengthening technical capacity in agriculture sector. The two projects...
The government is setting up three power hubs to boost the country's power generation capacity over the next two decades. The hubs will be constructed at three locations as part...
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat left Dhaka for Sweden on Sunday on a four-day official visit. During the visit, the Chief of Air Staff will join...
Mango harvesting in Rajshahi will start from May 15 in the current season of the delicious fruit. The decision was taken at a meeting related to mango harvesting, preservation and...
The High Court on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to remove 52 food items of different local brands from market as they were identified as substandard in quality tests of...
Stocks slipped back into the red on Sunday, after a single-session break, as investors booked profits with cautious positioning. Analysts said the market finished nearly flat as a section of...
Lessees and traders at Gabtali cattle market have rejected allegations of extortion for the spiralling prices of beef in Dhaka during Ramadan. There is no extortion in Gabtali Haat, the...
A Myanmar pilot safely landed a passenger jet without its front wheels on Sunday, after landing gear on the Myanmar National Airlines plane failed to deploy, the airline and an...
Search engine giant Google honoured moms around the world on Mother's Day with a three-part, interactive doodle featuring a duck and her ducklings. This year, three buttons on the doodle...
The High Court has banned the sales of 18 types of food products from 52 consumer brands which were identified as substandard by the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, or...
A total of 37 Bangladeshis among others feared dead in Friday's boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to reach Europe from Libya, confirmed Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli. "Primarily,...
At least 300 yaks have starved to death near India's border with China after getting trapped by heavy snowfall. Government official Raj Yadav said they found the corpses in the...
ACI Motors inaugurated Yamaha Motorcycle CKD Assembly Factory at Borochala, Sreepur, Gazipur on Saturday. With a target of annual production 60,000 units capacity this factory has been initiated through video...
Country’s first communication satellite Bangabandhu-1 is set to connect all local television channels (TVs) as it marks the first launching anniversary today (Sunday). The Bangabandhu Satellite (BS-1), launched into the...
Dutch Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) and Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden have recently signed an agreement to form a strategic business alliance. Under the agreement, selected DBBL cardholders will be...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecast rain or thundershowers throughout the country in the next 24 hours commencing from 9:00am on Sunday. Rain/thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely...
A professional wrestler and actor has died after collapsing during a bout in London. Cesar Barron, known as Silver King, was a star in his native Mexico and appeared alongside...
At least seven shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Chandkhali Bazar in Lakshmipur sadar upazila early Sunday. Fire Service sources said that the fire broke out from...
Saudi security forces have killed eight people during an operation in the predominantly Shi’ite eastern Al-Qatif region, state news agency (SPA) said on Saturday. The oil-producing province is a regular...
Islamic State (IS) killed 11 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on the northeastern town of Gajiganna, the group claimed through its news agency AMAQ on Saturday. The militant organisation said...
The board of directors of Islamic Finance & Investment has decided to issue IFIL Mudaraba non-convertible fully redeemable subordinated bond of Tk 3.0 billion, said an official disclosure on Sunday....
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses saw an upward trend in early trading on Sunday as investors were showing appetite on sector-wise shares following government measures....
The board of directors of Uttara Finance and Investments has recommended 20 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The final approval of the dividend...
The net profit of Premier Cement Mills declined moderately for the fiscal year (FY) 2018 compared to previous year due to various reasons including the increased cost of raw materials....
Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, who was undergoing treatment in Singapore, will return home on Wednesday. He will return home by a flight...
A number of global nuclear power plant builders are interested to bag contracts after the government has initiated the process of building the second nuclear power plant in southern region....
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has taken a decision to allow the US-based online streaming entertainer platform Netflix to set up a cache server in the country. Only licensed...
Mexican investigators have found 35 bodies buried around the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, the country’s second city, state prosecutors said on Saturday (local time). The discovery of the bodies was...
The authorities concerned have finally agreed to pay part of the claim made by the Japanese firm for completing construction of three new bridges on Dhaka-Chattogram corridor by saving time...
The banners hoisted at a number of high-rise buildings in the city warning about their fire hazards have disappeared in less than two months after the deadly Banani fire incident....
Apparel trade groups have not stopped issuing utilisation declaration (UD) to their non-compliant members yet, despite the government order, people familiar with the situation said. In September last year, the...
A number of Bangladeshis are feared to be among those who drowned in Friday's boat capsize in the sea while attempting to reach Europe from Libya. Mongi Slim, the head...
Farmers are left in the lurch because of falling paddy prices this peak Boro harvest period, only benefitting millers and traders. The government's drives to procure 1.2 million tonnes of...
The country saw a fall in overseas employment by more than 17 per cent in the first four months of the current calendar year following a cut in recruitment by...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has alleged the apex chamber body is trying to impede the implementation of new VAT law once again. After a delay of two years,...
A news photograph of some Nilphamari villagers spreading the wings of a giant vulture beamingly was a heartening view. The vulture was found in a badly injured state in the...
Bangladesh's capital ranks fourth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI), according to a report published in the media late last week. Dhaka had a score of 165 at 10:44am,...
The list concerning tax exemptions granted by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has grown a bit longer in the first week of the current month. The Board has issued...
From Ukraine to South Africa, anti-corruption platform plagues democracies raising the point that the 'ism' allows for it more than otherwise. So fed up are people that they're willing to...
Officials of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) in Barguna allegedly tried to frame a local trader with Yaba pills in Madrasa road area of the district town on Friday....
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bangladesh is the second fastest growing economy in the world with a 7.3 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate. Bangladesh has...
Insys Therapeutics Inc said on Friday that a cash crunch resulting from legal costs related to a US Justice Department probe into sales practices for the company's powerful opioid medication...
The new nurse arrived at the intensive-care unit of Delmenhorst hospital with a solid letter of reference, describing him as someone who worked “independently and conscientiously.” In a crisis, it...
President Trump on Sunday (May 05) threatened to raise tariffs from 10 per cent to 25 per cent on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports if a deal was not...
The financial sector of Bangladesh and the banking sector, in particular, did not perform well during 2018. Dividends declared in 2018 by many publicly listed banks were significantly lower than...
Gonoshasthya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on Saturday demanded the release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail before upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr for the sake of democracy and peace in the...
RANGPUR, May 11: A good yield of jute is likely to be achieved in five districts under Rangpur agriculture region during the current season.This year the jute cultivators of Rangpur...
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