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The Bangladesh Special Economic Zone (SEZ) demonstrates interesting characteristics including the diversity of ownership structures and target sales markets which create significant opportunities for experimentation both in policy and in...
Not too long ago, the conventional wisdom held that "Japanification" could never happen in Western economies. Leading US economists argued that if the combined threat of weak growth, disinflation, and...
As Bangladesh is set to graduate from Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2024, a number of challenges and difficulties loom large on the horizon. A big blow may come...
Bangladesh is a strong actor in the effort to reduce global carbon emission. This is appropriate as it faces a major burden from global climate change. Although per capita carbon...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 23: Owners of litchi orchards in the district are expecting a bumper production this season as subsequent rain during the last one month has ensured smooth growth of...
Soumya Sarkar has become the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a double century in the List-A cricket. He scored unbeaten 208 in the last match to help Dhaka Abahani Limited...
Chelsea suffered a setback in their push for a Champions League spot when they were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Burnley in the Premier League on Monday...
A large-scale trial of what has been called the world's first malaria vaccine to give partial protection to children is due to start in Malawi, reports BBC. The RTS,S vaccine...
Sri Lankan intelligence officials were tipped off about an imminent attack by Islamist militants hours before a series of suicide bombings killed more than 300 people on Easter Sunday, three...
A family from Dhaka’s Jurain came to the WASA office in the capital on Tuesday to offer lemonade made from water supplied by the utility to its Managing Director Taqsem...
A college girl confessed a bone-chilling story of killing her boyfriend as he was cheating on her, before a court here on Tuesday. Senior Judicial Magistrate Court Judge Towhidul Islam...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from Brunei on Tuesday evening ending her three-day official visit at the invitation of Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah. A special flight...
Police on early Tuesday arrested a young man for reportedly raping a minor girl at Joybhoga Madhyapara village in Gabtali upazila of Bogura on April 19. The arrestee was identified...
The ‘World Book and Copyright Day’ is being observing across the globe including Bangladesh on Tuesday aiming to promote book and reading. Each year, on April 23, celebrations take place...
At least 62 people were injured in violence against religious minorities in first two months of the current calendar year across the country. Among the injured, 50 people belong to...
Anti-militancy drives have diminished the extremist groups' capacity in Bangladesh and they are no longer capable of launching large-scale attacks. Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit Chief Monirul Islam made...
A total of 6,508 auto-rickshaws were registered with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) across the country in the first three months of the current calendar year. Of them, 3,489 got...
A total of 6024 cases were filed against different modes of vehicles for violating traffic rules in Dhaka on Monday. Besides, Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) also...
Terrorist outfit Islamic State has claimed responsibility for series of bombings in Sri Lanka that killed 321 people and injured about 500 others. According to Reuters, the terrorist group’s AMAQ...
The local administration has imposed a three-month ban on netting, marketing and transporting of carp fishes from the Kaptai Lake in Rangamati starting May 1. The decision was taken on...
The state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) began the sale of essentials at subsidised rates across the country from Tuesday on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. “The...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will make arrangements so that heads of state and government, ministers, politicians and diplomats can visit 'Genocide Corner' at Shugondha, now the Foreign Service Academy,...
Stocks witnessed sharp fall on Tuesday with falling turnover as worried investors sold shares, fearing further fall. Market analysts said the finance minister’s latest remarks on capital market eroded investors...
Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat was promoted to deputy prime minister on Tuesday, strengthening expectations he will take over as the next leader of the wealthy city-state. Heng’s promotion...
Google, Facebook and Twitter have to do more to tackle fake news ahead of key European Parliament elections next month, the European Commission said on Tuesday, as its latest report...
Sri Lanka’s junior minister for defence Ruwan Wijewardene has said the bomb attacks on Easter Sunday were retaliation for a recent attack on mosques in New Zealand. “The initial investigation...
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) 214 Maintenance, Repairing and Overhauling (MRO) Unit on Tuesday received authorisation certificate from Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of China as recognition of its successful independent overhauling...
China’s national space agency will soon announce rules to regulate commercial rocket manufacturing, test flights and launches as the number of private start-ups in the nascent sector surged in the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Brunei for home on Tuesday afternoon wrapping up her three-day official visit at the invitation of Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal BolkiahMu'izzaddin Waddaulah. A special flight...
Society for Promotion of Bangladesh Art, SPBA, in collaboration with Bank Sohar International, Oman, recently hosted a week long exhibition in the Omani capital city of Muscat to display works...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Tuesday has questioned the authenticity of the data used in calculating a high growth estimate as it does not match with the growth...
Dubai-based airline giant Emirates recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s SpiceJet to enter into a reciprocal codeshare agreement. The deal will open up new routes and destinations...
The government on Tuesday signed a deal with a joint venture of three Korean companies to appoint a consultant for Payra Port's first terminal. The three companies are - Kunhwa...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has thanked the expatriate Bangladeshis for their special contributions towards increasing forex reserve, saying that it is a responsibility of her government to ensure their welfare....
With its capital under curfew following devastating Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and upmarket hotels, Sri Lanka is filled with fear, horror and grief and tourists who have been...
A Dhaka court has set May 21 to submit probe report in the case lodged over death of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury by a bus...
Daffodil International University (DIU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNIRAZAK), Malaysia at DIU premises as part of the regular internationalisation of the university....
Buckingham Palace is expected to announce on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump will make a state visit to the UK in early June. The president was promised the visit...
Customs officials seized gold bars worth an estimated Tk 11.5 million from a Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane at Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Tuesday. Flight BG-248 came from Dubai at...
The International Crimes Tribunal will deliver its verdict on Wednesday against two Netrakona men accused of war crimes. The accused are Hedayetullah alias Anju BSc and Shohrab Fakir. Both were...
Japan's unprecedented 10-day holiday to celebrate Crown Prince Naruhito's enthronement is expected to give the sluggish economy at least a short-term boost. Breweries, hotels, retailers, restaurants and train operators are...
A man was killed and two others injured after a bus hit a rickshaw van at Bonpara in Boraigram upazila of Natore on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as...
Sri Lankan police are holding a Syrian national in custody for questioning over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, three government and military sources told Reuters news agency...
China’s embassy in Sri Lanka on Tuesday warned Chinese nationals against traveling to Sri Lanka in the near term, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels across the...
The Belt and Road News Network (BRNN), a platform of 182 media outlets from 86 countries, was launched in Beijing on Tuesday. Mr Huang Kunming, a politbureau member of the...
The prices of most of the shares on both the bourses witnessed a downward trend in early trading on Tuesday as cautious investors were seen on selling binge. Following the...
Rescue teams in the Philippines searched for signs of life beneath the rubble of a collapsed four-storey commercial building on Tuesday after a strong earthquake shook the country’s biggest island,...
As a state of emergency took effect on Tuesday giving the Sri Lankan military war-time powers, police arrested 40 suspects, including the driver of a van allegedly used by suicide...
A group of foreign tourists have suggested the authority concerned develop infrastructure, improve the road conditions and disseminate more information about the country to reap the benefits of its tourism...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, will resume Dhaka-Delhi direct flights on May 13 instead of May 16, with three flights a week initially. The flights will be operated...
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