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A 111-member new committee of Gono Forum was formed on Sunday dropping Mostafa Mohsin Montu from the post of party general secretary. Gono Forum's executive president Subrata Chowdhury announced the...
Liverpool are optimistic Mohamed Salah will be fit to face Barcelona on Tuesday after suffering a head injury against Newcastle, but fellow forward Roberto Firmino will miss the game. Salah...
Newly-crowned La Liga champions Barcelona fell to a shock defeat by Celta Vigo after resting Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Gerard Pique. Maxi Gomez opened the scoring for Celta after...
The government plans to introduce fortified rice or 'Pushti Chaal' to help people overcome micronutrients deficiency. The modification of regular rice with added micronutrients can eliminate the existing nutrition deficiency...
The board of directors of Union Capital has recommended 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018 (subject to the approval of Bangladesh Bank and...
A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held on Monday to review the information on the appearance of the new moon of the holy month of Ramadan...
Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Sunday blamed the real estate companies for abnormal rise in land price. The minister also said that the government is not any competitor of the...
Stocks witnessed sharp gain on Sunday as optimistic investors showed their buying spree across the board amid positive expectation. Marker analyst said that stocks maintained upward trend as the enthusiastic...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the party's decision about not joining parliament immediately after the December-30 election was wrong. "We should keep it in mind that...
Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) have threatened the authorities with a tougher programme to push for realising their four-point demand, including gazette notification of the ninth wage board, Eid-ul-Fitr. The...
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan early on Sunday morning local time, according to the US Geological Survey. The epicentre of the quake was...
eGeneration, one of the largest IT and tech investment groups in Bangladesh has signed an agreement with UK based fintech TEEK TAKA - an ethical trade finance platform that seeks...
Mercantile Bank recently organized a training course titled “Online Management System of National Savings Scheme” at its training institute in Dhaka. A total of 64 Executives and Officers from concerned...
Two workers sustained burn injuries while working at a steel mill at Bhulta in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday. The identities of the victims could not be known immediately....
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) warmly welcomed the newly enrolled undergraduate students of Summer 2019 Semester through an orientation ceremony on Saturday at IUB campus in Bashundhara, Dhaka. The students got enrolled...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has rescheduled its trading time during the holy month of Ramadan. Share trading on DSE will take place from 10:00am to 2.00pm without any break...
With cyclone Fani weakening further into a well-marked low and finally becoming unimportant, the meteorological authority says there may be an increase in overall temperature across Bangladesh. Temperature may increase by...
First Security Islami Bank sponsored Sajid Bin Mahamud to participate in International Public Speaking Competition-London Meet this year. The programme will be held during 13-17 May 2019 in London and...
A seminar on Role of NGOs for Entrepreneurship Development was organised recently by the Master of Entrepreneurship Economics and Post graduate diploma in Entrepreneurship Development department of Dhaka School of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to quickly assess the damage and provide assistance to cyclone Fani victims. She also prayed for the people who died...
A seminar on ‘Financing through Bond Market: Bangladesh Perspective’ was held recently, arranged by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh at ICAB conference hall, Chittagong Regional Office. Prof. Dr. Md....
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza will hold talks in Moscow today (Sunday), the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday. Lavrov and Arreaza will discuss...
IPDC Finance has conducted a session on its performance, benchmarks, key strategic initiatives and the future challenges. The session titled “Investors Meet” was conducted on Thursday in a city hotel....
British Prime Minister Theresa May has stepped up calls on Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a cross-party deal to leave the European Union, following poor results for both...
People living in remote areas of Khagrachhari hill district are facing acute shortage of water. Their only source of water is small streams which dry up in summer. Locals say...
A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed close to Caracas on Saturday morning, killing all seven people on board, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. The helicopter was to fly from...
Divock Origi's late winner sent Liverpool top of the Premier League with victory at Newcastle United to put the pressure back on Manchester City and ensure the title race will...
Unidentified gunmen killed a ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader inside his house in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Sunday. Locals said 70-year-old Ghulam Muhammad Mir was affiliated with BJP...
In a trailblazing move, United Commercial Bank (UCB), a leading first generation private commercial bank has progressed fast to replace the traditional automated teller machines (ATMs) with cash recycler machines...
Two workers were killed and two others injured when a truck overturned on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla early Sunday. Of the deceased, Mamtaz Mia, 50, was a...
The listed multinational companies (MNCs) showed mixed performance in earnings for the January-March, 2019 compared to the same period in the previous year. Eight multinational companies, out of eleven listed...
River transport services across the country are in full operation again after being suspended for three days due to cyclone Fani. Water vessels were permitted to start movement again at...
HM Ershad has named his brother GM Quader acting chairman of the Jatiya Party as the drama over the selection of his heir in the party continues. The 89-year-old ailing...
The country requires to spend US$ 10 billion worth of foreign currencies annually for hiring mid and top level executives especially in multinational companies (MNCs). This is mainly because the...
CHATTOGRAM: The Engineering Corps of Bangladesh Army is implementing a mega project of Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) involving Tk 60 billion (6000 crore) to remove the waterlogging problem of the...
Sri Lanka’s $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travellers shun the sun and sand of the Indian Ocean island after multiple suicide bombings that killed over 250...
Voters are exercising their franchise in the maiden election to Mymensingh City Corporation on Sunday. But, only councilors will be elected through voting as the lone mayoral candidate has already...
The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) ended here on Saturday with a pledge to accelerate the Bank's support to climate adaptation and ensure sustainable development. The...
The customs intelligence has recently identified a number of commercial entities that have procured electronic BINs (business identification numbers) posing as manufacturers to evade due duty and taxes. Investigation is...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken a move to use for added components an amount of money saved from a big project under which three bridges have been...
Community vendors who sell goods from house to house have radically changed their technique of drawing clients' attention. Many have stopped touting their saleable products and services in a loud...
The Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL), the country's lone official channel to send workers abroad has almost become a non-performing entity. Since its inception in 1984, it could...
The government and the central bank have been vigorously pushing for greater 'financial inclusion' in recent years with a pious intent. But the opposite is happening on the ground, unfortunately....
At least 16 people, including two children, were killed and dozens others injured before and during cyclonic storm Fani on Friday and Saturday across the country. Among the deceased, six...
NAOGAON, May 04: Malta cultivation has been increasing in Manda upazila of the district.Officials at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said repeated plenteous production, good demand and fair market...
Default loans have increased by three-and-a-half times in the past nine years due to rampant violation of the rules and regulations for loan sanction and disbursement. This has worsened the...
India's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was slapped by a man during a roadshow on Saturday in Moti Nagar area in New Delhi parliamentary...
For three years, the nuclear accord (JCPOA) offered Iran relief from the multilateral sanctions on energy, financial, shipping, automotive and other sectors. The shift in the US policy began...
Cyclone 'Fani' has severely affected Bangladesh's electricity distribution system, rendering nearly half of rural consumers without power. Areas under the Power Development Board (PDB) and West Zone Power Distribution Company...
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