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United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB), in collaboration with Incentive Remit (M) and FELDA Mobile (a joint venture company of Malaysia Government entity FELDA), has recently launched a real-time international remittance...
Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday on encouraging global economic data. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul all advanced. Oil prices advanced again, adding to Monday’s big gains....
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early trading on Tuesday as investors are showing their buying appetite on sector-wise stocks. Following the...
Bangladesh should cease the expulsions of Rohingya refugee students from schools and ensure that all children are able to receive a formal education, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a...
Facebook has deleted 712 accounts and 390 pages in India and Pakistan for “inauthentic behavior”, it said on Monday, many linked to India’s opposition Congress party days before a national...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will resign before his mandate ends on April 28, state news agency APS said on Monday, bowing to weeks of mass protests and army pressure seeking...
Bangladesh witnessed 8,461 incidents of fire at residential buildings in 2018 with most of them occurring in Dhaka Division, according to a report. These fires inflicted financial losses amounting to...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a review of all contracts entered into by the government with companies and other countries to ensure none puts the country at a disadvantage, his...
The country's premier bourse will seek full waiver of tax at-source on the commission to be realised from the transactions of securities in the small and medium enterprises (SME) platform,...
The official review panel has asked the owners of seven garment factories operating in three buildings in Chattogram to close down immediately, as they were found risky for workers. These...
The body of a youth, bearing gunshot wounds, was found on Tuesday morning in Shibganj Upazila's Masudpur area of Chapainawabganj. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Milon, 21, son of...
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) entered a negative territory in March again, after two months break, as overseas investors booked profit by selling shares. Foreign investors...
The shareholders of Delta Brac Housing Finance Corporation Ltd. (DBH) on Sunday unanimously approved 35 per cent (25 per cent cash & 10 per cent stock) dividend for the year...
Japanese companies consider the cheapest wage a most competitive feature for continuing business in Bangladesh among 20 Asian countries and two regions though the country's rate of year-to-year wage increase...
Police have arrested 70 people in possession of huge quantities of liquor during a raid at the Mary Anderson Floating Restaurant and Bar in Narayanganj. The raid was conducted for one...
Workers of state-owned jute mills went on a 72-hour strike in Khulna region on Tuesday morning to press home their demands including implementation of the wage commission. The workers took...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) launched Monday online the VAT return submission system help businesses complete the process without harassment. With the newly-launched system, companies will now be able...
Britain was no nearer to resolving the chaos surrounding its departure from the European Union after parliament failed on Monday to find a majority of its own for any alternative...
The data centres of nearly 60 per cent banks run the risk of being damaged in disasters like fire and earthquake due to their location in high-rise buildings, according to...
The World Bank (WB) has warned that it will reconsider financing projects worth US$ 2.0 billion unless the authority expedites implementation of the projects , officials said Monday. The global...
The country's export sectors sought Monday equal treatment in case of fiscal and other benefits in the forthcoming budget to promote diversification. Leaders of the sectors said there are some...
Since March 28, 2019 when the Banani FR Tower fire broke out killing 26 and injuring nearly 100 people, there have been at least five fire incidents across Dhaka. Most...
The two consecutive fires, both massive and deadly, that recently broke out in Dhaka evidently point to an insidious social malady. It mainly comprises apathy and improvisation involving the problems...
The holding of a week-long national industrial fair, first of its kind, augurs well for the country. It has been dubbed the premiere exposition perhaps because of the total exclusion...
Government has land, natural resources such as oil and minerals, forests, ports, lakes, rivers and oceans, infrastructure like roads, motorways, highways, and bridges, public firms (SOEs) like airlines, railways, numerous...
One year ago we feared what the Monsoon rains would do to the still unsettled 700,000-odd new Rohingya refugees. With the help of our friends abroad, but mostly the relentless...
Broadly trade financing activities are multi-stakeholder endeavours, and commercial banks are one of the key participants in the process, which mainly include payment, credit and document handling services. Involvement of...
Bangladesh has laid an 'essential foundation' for a technology-driven and skill-based digital economy but it still needs a comprehensive e-commerce strategy and improved delivery logistics, says a report. A Rapid...
Financial Inclusion (FI) has for long been an important element in Bangladesh's development strategy. Programmes under FI are focused at increasing access to financial services of marginal population through technology...
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Monday urged the business community to come up with more investments to various potential sectors. He came up with the view when President...
The death toll from Sunday's storm rose to eight after a worker, injured in the nor'wester, died on Monday. Alamgir Hossain, 40, a resident of Shubaddya Uttarpara, was injured when...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Javed Patwary on Monday warned that stern action will be taken against those who will try to deter law and order through rumours using...
Two accused, who were arrested in connection with the killing of a teacher of Madan Mohan College in Sylhet, gave their depositions before the court on Monday. The court of...
The High Court on Monday sought a joint report on fire extinguishing measures as per the Fire Prevention and Extinguishing Rules 2003, and National Building Code-2012 in the capital's high-rise...
Around 1,500 commercial trucks were registered in the country in January and February 2019 alone, according to an official data. Among those, 1,037 trucks were registered in Dhaka, as per...
Gono Forum's another MP-elect Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2) is going to be sworn in on Tuesday, following the footstep of party MP Sultan Mohammad Mansur. In response to a letter sent...
People with disabilities can sit for the 40h BCS examination with a writer to help them. Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) will provide the help to the people with disabilities....
The third tripartite review meeting of Bangladesh Bank (BB), Association of Bankers Bangladesh (ABB) and Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) on the draft of ADR guidelines to resolve commercial disputes...
The state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling commodities at subsidised rate across the country from April 22 on the occasion of the holy Ramadan beginning next month....
The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more than 200 Chinese boats near an island occupied by Manila in the disputed South China Sea, the president’s...
All ruling Awami League chairmen candidates in Bagerhat won in Sunday's upazila polls. Six of them were elected unopposed and three others, who contested the polls, also emerged victorious. The...
Facebook has removed 687 pages and accounts linked to India’s main opposition Congress party, just days before voting begins in a general election, because of 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour' on the...
The cabinet on Monday approved in principle the drafts of two laws including 'The Gazipur Development Authority Law, 2019'. “The law is going to be formulated following the existing Rajshahi...
Education Minister Dipu Moni urged students and guardians to ignore the rumours as the government took “stringent measures” to prevent question leaks in the ongoing higher secondary exams. The minister...
Many households are unaware of micronutrients such as vitamin A and have inadequate knowledge about foods enriched with such nutrients Only a quarter of farming families consume recommended level of...
Mobile users in and around Dhaka are facing some network issues as about 6,000 cellphone towers went offline on Sunday night after the Bangladesh Power Development Board's commercial power stopped...
A man, who served as a poling agent for a ruling Awami League candidate, was stabbed by unidentified criminals in Jhikorgacha upazila of Jashore on Sunday night. Abdul Matleb Sheikh,...
Over an hour after Khaleda had been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), a medical board on Monday started providing Khaleda with necessary treatment for her various ailments,...
Japan has announced that the name of its new imperial era, set to begin on 1 May, will be "Reiwa" - signifying order and harmony. The country's current era, Heisei,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a number of directives, including the introduction of yearly renewal of clearance certificates for high-rises from Fire Service and Civil Defence Department like industrial...
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