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Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded a separate allocation of Tk 100 billion (Tk 10,000 crore) in the upcoming budget to ensure safe roads for all. The passengers' welfare platform...
Australia’s latest A$50 note comes with a big blunder hidden in the small print - a somewhat embarrassing typo. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) spelled ‘responsibility’ as ‘responsibilty’ on...
The national flag carrier has constituted a six-member investigation committee over the crash landing of its Dash-8 aircraft at the Yangon International Airport in Myanmar. Shoeb Chowdhury, chief of Biman...
There will be no relief from the sweltering heat in the next two days as the temperature may rise further during the period, the Met Office said Thursday. "A mild...
The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has recovered the glass used to pour kerosene on the body of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi before she was set on fire....
The board of directors of Premier Bank Limited has decided to issue additional non-convertible subordinated bond of Tk 5.0 billion, said an official disclosure on Thursday. The bank will issue...
US President Donald Trump speaks while meeting with China's Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, April 4, 2019. Reuters/File Photo President...
Bangladesh's capital has been ranked fourth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday. Dhaka had a score of 165 at 10:44am, indicating that the air quality was unhealthy....
Emirates, one of the world’s leading airlines, has announced special benefits and discounts for its customers with the ‘My Emirates Pass’ for this summer. The pass, which turns an Emirates...
Five labourers were killed in a fierce fire that broke out at a clothing warehouse at Urali Devachi in Pune in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on early Thursday....
The prices of most of the shares on bourses saw positive trend in early trading on Thursday as investors followed cautious despite securities regulator’s moves. According to the BSEC move,...
The mortal remains of Additional Inspector General of Police Rowshan Ara Begum have been brought back to Dhaka from Congo. A Turkish Airways flight carrying the coffin arrived in Dhaka's...
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) and JAAGO Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the ULAB Chancellery at Dhanmondi. Professor Imran Rahman, special adviser to board of...
Lucas Moura conjured the second UEFA Champions League miracle in 24 hours with a last-gasp winner to complete his hat-trick and a 3-2 win to send Tottenham Hotspur past a...
Southeast Asian stocks extend losses on Thursday as investors remained edgy ahead of the crucial US-China trade talks, while the Philippine stock index fell nearly 2.0 per cent. The Philippine...
Google said on Thursday an anti-fake news law passed by Singapore’s parliament could stunt innovation, a quality that the city-state wants to nurture under plans to expand its tech industry....
Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday amid investor jitters ahead of the latest round of trade talks between the US and China. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was down 1.3 per...
The country's national flag carrier has brought home its 17 passengers on a special flight from Myanmar. The special flight BG061 landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 4:30am, said...
A suspected member of banned militant group Hizb-ut-Tahrir was arrested while sticking posters in front of the Government Women's College in Rajshahi city on Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as...
Chinese oil giant Sinopec is eyeing to team up with French company Technip to jointly build a new 3.0 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) capacity crude oil refinery worth US$1.15...
Initial Public Offering (IPO) lottery draw of Sea Pearl Beach Resort & Spa Ltd will be held on May 23 to allocate 15 million ordinary shares among the successful applicants,...
Ten most-traded companies captured nearly 38 per cent transaction of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Wednesday while Fortune Shoes topped the chart for third straight day. Market insiders said investors...
Bangladesh, sooner or later, will also face the impact of change in core skills around the globe between 2015 and 2020, experts opined. Subsequently, the country's small and medium enterprises...
The lock-in period applicable to non-general shareholders will remain in place from the date of debut trading instead of issuing IPO prospectus. Lock-in is a predetermined amount of time after...
Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal said the central bank will issue a revised guideline soon on default loan rescheduling. "What we've pledged so far (on rescheduling of default...
Venezuelan intelligence agents detained opposition leader Juan Guaido’s congressional deputy on Wednesday, using a tow truck to drag his vehicle away with him inside, prompting the US government to warn...
Two suspected drug dealers were killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Laboni Beach Point in Cox's Bazar district town on early Thursday. The identities of...
A Democratic-led House panel on Wednesday approved a measure to hold US Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusing to hand over an unredacted copy of the Mueller report...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to re-introduce the system of instant issuance of the BIN. This comes at odd with the board's earlier stance on verifying the...
The central bank has relaxed regulation allowing foreigners to open temporary non-resident Taka account (NRTA) with any scheduled bank along with authorised dealer (AD) bank branches to facilitate foreign direct...
Emergence of globalisation and integration of regional economies have brought new challenges as well as new opportunities for development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh. The country's industrial...
There are now 104 private universities in the country as against 42 in the public sector. As many as 105 private universities have received official recognition in Bangladesh over the...
The just-published results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have marked a 3.40 per cent rise in pass figure over the past year's 82.80 per cent on an...
Over the last four decades, growing concentration of market power in the hands of oligopolies, if not monopolies, has been greatly enabled by ostensibly neo-liberal reforms, worsening wealth concentration and...
Today we live in a world where greenhouse gas emissions keep growing, air and water pollution is worsening in many developing countries and we continue to lose critical habitats like...
The government's ongoing efforts have hardly yielded any visible impact on stabilising the market price of essential commodities during the holy month of Ramadan. As a result, the commoners are...
NAOGAON, May 08: Emissions from brick kilns is damaging banana plants and paddy fields on 20 hectares of land under Dhamoirhat upazila in the district. Some local farmers said similar...
The world is rapidly becoming urban. Today, over 55 per cent of the world's 7.0 billion people live in urban centres, mostly in cities in Asia. Nine out of 10...
BOGURA, May 08: High production of water spinach has brought smile on the faces of grassroots farmers in the district this season. Harun-or-Rashid of Ashunja village under Dupchanchia upazila said...
On April 12, 2019, Team Bangladesh, consisting of Afrida Ibnat Audri, Malisa Nusrat Huda and Scionara Shehry, clinched the first runner-up title at Unilever Future Leaders' League (FLL) 2019. After...
The much-anticipated information and communication technology (ICT) festival of the country took place on April 12 and 13 at the Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Gazipur, powered by First Security...
Fresh graduates often find themselves in a startling reality when they enter the job market and discover that a significant portion of their undergraduate education has little use in the...
Suicide is a global public health problem which is the outcome of complex interaction of numerous factors such as genetics, individual psychology, surrounding social factors, and cultural issues. What stipulates...
Generally, consumption refers to the use of goods and services by households while consumption expenditure is the purchase of goods and services for use by households. Consumption contributes to the...
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane with 33 people on board from Dhaka has skidded off the runway at Yangon International Airport in Myanmar and 19 of them have been hospitalised....
Health experts at a post rally discussion on Wednesday stressed inspiring youths to conduct electrophoresis blood tests before getting married to prevent the genetically inherited disease of thalassemia to unborn...
Bangladesh is likely to experience slow internet speed for a week from Wednesday as the authorities have delayed maintenance work on the country’s first submarine cable due to a storm....
Saudi port operator and investment group – Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) – has expressed willingness to invest in Chattogram, Mongla and Payra ports and terminal sector in Bangladesh. The...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested a dismissed policeman reportedly along with 10,100 Yaba pills from Arambagh in the city on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Mahfuzur Rahman,...
The body of Additional IGP Rowshan Ara, who was killed in a road crash at Kinshasha in Congo on Monday, will be brought home on Thursday morning. Sources at the...
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