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National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said on Tuesday the capital and bond markets have still to attract 'educated investors'. There are speculators who remain mostly...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the USA will stand by Bangladesh to resolve the Rohingya crisis permanently. He gave the assurance during his meeting with Bangladesh...
Consolidation of small readymade garment units and integration of boutique houses with the mainstream industry will be top priorities in order to help sustain the country's apparel sector's growth, newly...
Non-food inflation hit the consumers hard in March this year compared to the same period in the previous year, according to the latest data released on Tuesday. On a point-to-point...
The capital market has witnessed a declining trend for flight of funds to better options and panic sales by jittery investors amid a lack of confidence. DSE Brokers Association (DBA)...
The proposed new VAT law may have a 'Package VAT'-like system as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has shifted from its position to scrap the provision. NBR chairman Md...
The Bangladesh Telecommuni-cation Regulatory Commission (BRTC) has blocked some one hundred internet sites to prevent access saying more sites are under consideration. Yet, Bangladesh was one of a majority that...
How does one explain the delay of around eight years for procuring seventy locomotives (engines) for the Bangladesh Railway? News on the issue has come up prominently in the local...
These past few days have seen Bangladesh being the focus of a number of auspicious news items about its economy, especially about the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).These...
When the current account is in the news it is unlikely to be good news. It usually attracts the attention of the media when it is in a large deficit....
China's Ministry of Commerce is set to review its anti-dumping tariffs on imports from the United States (US) of distillers grains (DDGS), an animal feed ingredient, according to a document...
NAOGAON, Apr 09: Some 75 mass grave sites of the Liberation War martyrs have been lying uncared for in different upazilas of the district. Ekushey Parishad Naogaon, a socio-cultural organisation...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 09 (BSS): Farmers are now on the final stage of harvesting their cultivated wheat with satisfactory yield in the region including its vast Barind tract thanks to the...
[The second of a three-part write-up titled Standby LC and its operational challenges] Recent changes and stringent compliance procedures in cross-border trade has made LC transaction a risky product,...
As it paves a destructive path against international institutions and multilateralism, the Trump administration is slowly but steadily undermining the United Nations and its affiliated agencies. The US has already...
All-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz has no problem with his right thumb that was hurt during Sunday's game, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)'s chief physician said on Tuesday, reports UNB. Mehidy is...
Participants of the Capstone Course of the National Defence College (NDC) met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the city on Tuesday afternoon. NDC Commandant Lt Gen Sheikh Mamun Khaled...
Denying bail to Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana in a case filed over violation of the building code in construction of the building, the High Court on Tuesday directed the...
Mirza Faisal Amin, younger brother of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Thakurgaon municipality mayor, has hailed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for implementing a development project in his...
Three more spans of the 6.15-kilometre long Padma Bridge would be installed at Jajira point in Shariatpur district this month. “Preparation is underway to install 150-metre long one span on...
A lawmaker of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and four others were killed in an attack on an election campaign convoy by suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh in central India...
Country’s bilateral merchandise trade gap with the rest of the world crossed $10 billion mark in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY19), according to the latest...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected a 7.30 per cent economic growth of Bangladesh in 2019. The April 2019 version of the World Economic Outlook (WEO), released on Tuesday morning...
The government has issued new guidelines for recruitment in its primary schools raising the minimum qualification of female candidates for teaching jobs from HSC to honours. Male candidates only with...
Stocks of food grains at public warehouses reached 1.362 million tonnes as of April 7, 2019. Of the total amount, there is 1.209 million tonnes of rice and 0.153 million...
Bank of America Corp said on Tuesday it would raise its minimum wage to $20 per hour over a two-year period. On May 1, the minimum hourly wage will rise...
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday ordered the port authorities to evict illegal establishments along the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram without any delay. Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md...
The Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) on Tuesday demanded lowering fare of all Middle East-bound flights. "The fare has almost doubled and the medical fees have also been...
A digital multi-level car parking system was installed at the Command and Control Centre of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Abdul Goni Road in the city on Tuesday. "It's an...
Sonia Bashir Kabir, the managing director of Microsoft Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and Laos, is going to leave the company after almost five years of service. April 30 will be...
Four members of a family sustained severe burn injuries after a fire broke out at their house in Lochonpur village of Raipura Upazila in Narsingdi on Tuesday. The injured --...
Renewal of retail drug license issued by Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) stood at 29,095 fiscal year 2017-2018. The renewal of retail drug license was 34,844 in calender year...
The US State Department on Monday publicly barred 16 individuals from entering the US for their roles in the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “In cases where the...
The general inflation marked a 0.08 percentage point rise in March of the current calendar year due to price hike of different food items. The inflation rate went up to...
Nine pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have been found guilty of public nuisance charges for their role in a civil disobedience movement that called for free elections in the city....
The US Trade Representative on Monday proposed a list of European Union products ranging from large commercial aircraft and parts to dairy products and wine on which to slap tariffs...
The government on Tuesday approved a project to convert the Akhaura-Sylhet railway into dual-gauge one from metre-gauge rail line. The approval of the Tk 161.04 billion project came at the...
The High Court has ordered the government to deploy police to all mango orchards to prevent the use of toxic chemicals for the fruit. A bench of the court passed...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has assured a job for one of the family members of fire fighter Sohel Rana, who succumbed to injuries at a Singapore hospital on Monday....
European shares edged down at the opening on Tuesday, weighed down by plane maker Airbus and its suppliers, while an event-packed week kept investors cautious. At 0728 GMT, the pan-European...
India’s retail inflation is expected to have accelerated in March on slightly higher food prices but remain under the RBI’s medium-term target of 4.0 per cent, a Reuters poll predicted....
A total of 17,484 cases were lodged across the country in January 2019, according to the data provided by Bangladesh Police. Of them, 9,634 cases of recovery of arms, explosives...
The customs intelligence officials have arrested a passenger with 96 gold bars from Shah Amanat International Airport of the port city. "The gold bars were detected in the luggage of...
East West University (EWU) has organised a special cleanliness campaign at Aftabnagar area in the capital. Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam and local Parliament Member, AKM...
A polling officer, injured in the March 18 gun attack in Baghaichhari Upazila of Rangamati, has died at Dhaka's Combined Military Hospital (CMH). The death toll from the attack rose...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred the date of hearing on charge-framing in Barapukuria coal mine graft case to May 2 as the prison authorities failed to produce prime accused...
Bangladesh High Commission in Abuja, Nigeria has participated at the Kaduna International Trade Fair, organised by Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, for the first time. Dr Okechukwu...
The 765th meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited was held recently at the Board Room of Corporate Head Office of the Bank. The meeting was...
Social Islami Bank Limited arranged a three-day long workshop on “Branch Management & Leadership Development” recently at its Training Institute at the Head Office of the Bank. Mr. Quazi Osman...
United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) has signed an agreement with Life and Health Limited, Bangladesh liaison office of Bangkok Hospital at the premises of the bank recently. Under the agreement,...
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