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The World Bank's Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) project, launched in 2013, has sought agricultural reforms favouring the corporate sector. EBA was initially established to support the New Alliance...
Despite many odds confronting the jute sector, there is hardly any missing the prospect of jute emerging as the next growth driver of the economy. Besides its eco-friendly feature and...
Bangladesh is moving towards bringing in all households under electricity coverage. It is hoped that the target would reach well ahead of time, slated for 2025 at the latest, as...
The catchwords, 'Buy one, get one free' are sweeping the entire length and breadth of this land. This is, however, not the only temptation that companies and trading houses use...
The outstanding academic performance of Syed Mainuddin Ahmed allured his parents to let him take admission to the Dhaka Medical College in 1964. This was a period when the students...
Before I met the man, I heard him from the far end of (what was then) the open corridor of our tiny IR department in the Arts faculty of DU....
ConocoPhillips is pulling out of UK exploration and production after selling its North Sea oil and gas assets to Chrysaor for $2.68bn (£2.0b), reports BBC. The sale will boost Chrysaor's...
Parking the motorised vehicles, especially private cars, in Dhaka poses a serious challenge. Designated public parking places in Dhaka are very inadequate. While the number of private cars is rising...
A journalist from Northern Ireland was shot and killed by what authorities called "terrorists" during rioting in the country ahead of this weekend's religious holidays. Lyra McKee, 29, was fatally...
Hunkered down in their hives and drunk on smoke, Notre Dame’s smallest official residents — some 180,000 bees — somehow managed to survive the inferno that consumed the cathedral’s ancient...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested six alleged members of a robber gang from the Shitalakkha River under Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur district on Thursday night, reports UNB. The elite...
Police have detained Feni's Sonagazi Upazila Awami League President Ruhul Amin for questioning in connection with the killing of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. Banaj Majumder, a deputy inspector general...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the popularity of ruling Awami League-led government has increased despite the fact that the acceptability of any ruling party usually declines in many cases....
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has rejected the recent report of the Reporters Without Borders alleging government regulation on media. “The government has not enforced any media censorship,” he said...
Commuters can now avail train ticket through an online application from April 28 as the railway ministry is set to inaugurate the software. The decision was taken at a meeting...
Production of carp hatchlings witnessed a rise in 2017 compared to that a year before, according to official data. 5,067 kilograms of carp hatchlings were produced in 2017 while it...
The government is filling over 36,000 vacant posts at various ministries to bring back dynamism in public services, says State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain. "We've taken an initiative...
Car registrations across the country stood at 4,135 in first three months of the current calendar year, according to official data. Of them, some 3,627 cars are based in Dhaka,...
The net enrolment rate for secondary education in Bangladesh is still significantly low, but better compared to that of the past, according to the UNFPA annual report. The ‘State of...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will travel to Russia this month for talks with President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Thursday, announcing the first Russia-North Korea summit since...
Police on Friday recovered the body of a baby boy from a fish enclosure in Jaintiapur Upazila in the district. The identity of the toddler, aged about one and a...
The Indian government has directed its customs authorities at the Petrapole border to check and issue clearance certificates for export and import goods passing through the land port. The move,...
Law Minister Anisul Huq has questioned BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi's mental capacity to following the latter’s remarks on Khaleda Zia’s punishment and bail in corruption cases. Speaking to the...
A two-day LICT Techfest 2019 began at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) Friday. University Registrar Prof Dr Anwarul Islam Dipu inaugurated the festival at 9:30am in Dr MA...
The Election Commission (EC) has taken special measures in 32 upazilas in southern regions to prevent Rohingya refugees from being listed as voters in the updated electoral roll. The EC...
At least 13 people were lynched in first two months of current calendar year across the country, according to a report by an independent rights body. The report of Ain...
Tokyo prosecutors are likely to indict former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn on an additional charge of aggravated breach of trust as early as Monday when his current...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday received treatment at the National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO) and Hospital at Dhaka city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. She went there in the morning, bought a...
Russia’s foreign ministry on Friday dismissed the findings of the long-awaited report by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller and said it had failed to present any evidence of Russian meddling...
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan made a sweeping cabinet reshuffle on Thursday after only seven months in power and appointed Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as de facto finance minister to steer...
Mali’s prime minister and his whole government resigned on Thursday, four weeks after a massacre of some 160 Fulani herders by an ethnic vigilante group shocked the nation. “The President...
Thailand’s Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong said the country will introduce economic measures worth about 20 billion baht ($629.52 million) to spur its slowing economy. The measures will be aimed at...
Hyundai Motor has appointed Jose Munoz as global chief operating officer and Americas chief, tapping a man formerly considered an ally and potential successor of Nissan Motor Ltd’s ousted Chairman...
Japan’s Nikkei rose on Friday morning as Wall Street gains raised risk appetite and lifted cyclical stocks, while Nintendo jumped after Tencent won approval to sell its Switch console in...
Asian shares rose moderately in quiet holiday trading on Good Friday as some markets were closed. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.5 per cent in early trading to 22,191.98....
Mali’s prime minister and his whole government resigned on Thursday, four weeks after a massacre of some 160 Fulani herders by an ethnic vigilante group shocked the nation. “The President...
Local politics had played a role in the fatal arson attack on Nusrat Jahan Rafi following her refusal to drop sexual abuse charges against the principal of her madrasa, a...
A magnificent Alexandre Lacazette free kick sent Arsenal into the Europa League semi-finals with a comfortable 1-0 win away to a toothless Napoli on Thursday, ending Serie A’s interest in...
The authorities of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia have published the results of Bachelor of Education, Masters' of Education and Diploma in Library and Information Science under the Institute of...
A girl committed suicide reportedly after being raped at Goalkhali village of Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Shetu Mondol, 14, an eighth grade...
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his inquiry into Russia’s role in the 2016 US election described in extensive and sometimes unflattering detail how President Donald Trump tried to impede...
The country's premier bourse has made a set of proposals including a provision for putting a cap on issuing pre-IPO (initial public offering) placement shares to ensure discipline in the...
A suspected arms trader was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Salna area of Gazipur early Friday. The deceased...
The board of directors of the City Bank has recommended 6.0 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The bank...
A deepening cycle of hunger and malnutrition, persistent poverty, limited economic opportunities and environmental degradation in rural areas are retarding progress in sustainable development goals (SDGs). According to a global...
Prices of most of the vegetables and ginger increased further at city retail markets last week compounding sufferings of the consumers, especially commoners. Traders attributed the latest price hike of...
A Dhaka court has ordered the Bangladesh authorities to take measures to freeze three accounts of BNP acting chief in exile Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) would provide necessary support to the investors who are interested in setting up of car manufacturing units in Bangladesh. "Formulation of a policy is...
The central bank is likely to toughen its stance against the banks whose farm credit disbursement continues to weaken. The overall disbursement of agriculture loans has flattened. The farm loan...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed providing US$4.41 billion credit line through 2022 to support Bangladesh's key sectors, officials said. The sectors, which will get priority over the next...
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