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The preliminary test of the 40th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination will be held on May 3. The test will be held simultaneously in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna, Sylhet...
Bangladesh needs to promote energy efficiency, renewable energy, regional power trade and latest technologies, as well as diversify its energy sources to transform and sustain the sector, said Asian Development...
Thailand's chaotic election took another turn on Thursday when the Election Commission announced that the pro-army party, which is seeking to keep the current junta leader in power, had won...
Scientists are calling for a widespread cull of feral cats and dogs, pigs, goats, and rats and mice to save the endangered species they prey upon. Their eradication on more...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the law enforcers particularly the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to ensure peace by maintaining law and order to further accelerate the country’s development....
A devastating fire has engulfed at least two floors of FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani. At least seven people were injured as they jumped off the burning building. Two helicopters...
China's economy has been operating steadily since the beginning of the year, with positive changes emerging and market expectations being markedly improved, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said. Li made...
Stocks inched up on Thursday after choppy trading, with turnover hitting fresh three months low, as investors mostly followed cautious stance. Market analysts said the ongoing pessimism, liquidity shortage coupled...
A bus fell into a ditch, killing seven people in Madaripur. The passengers in the bus were returning from a religious congregation in Faridpur Sadar Upazila. The accident took place...
Police recovered the body of a World Bank official from a hotel in Barishal city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Golam Mostafa. He worked as a consultant of...
The Duke of Cambridge is to visit New Zealand to honour the victims of the Christchurch mosques terror attack. Prince William will travel on behalf of the Queen in late...
A fire has broken out at a 19-storey building on Kemal Ataturk Avenue in Dhaka's Banani. Many people have been trapped in the building. Several of them have reportedly jumped...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a loan of USD120 million for the Bangladesh Power System Upgrade and Expansion Project that will upgrade and expand the power transmission...
Asian Paints Bangladesh has painted walls in the capital, as part of its ‘Wall of Independence’ initiative, on the occasion of the Independence Day. The objective of the initiative was...
Sony Corp will close its smartphone plant in Beijing in the next few days, a company spokesman said, as the Japanese electronics giant aims to cut costs in the loss-making...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sentenced five war criminals of Netrokona to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. A three-member bench, led by...
BRAC Bank Limited has earned a net profit (profit after tax) growth of 5.7 per cent in 2018 on standalone (solo) basis compared to 2017. On consolidated basis, the fastest...
The Bangladesh Bank has asked all the foreign exchange dealer banks to follow the new export policy while making foreign exchange transactions in regards to exports in goods and services...
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry has approved six secret authorisations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia, according to a copy of a document seen...
Japan’s Nikkei tumbled on Thursday as sliding US bond yields fed fears about a US economic slowdown and a deepening downturn globally, putting a dent on cyclical stocks such as...
China will launch a month-long, nationwide inspection campaign into hazardous chemicals, mines, transportation and fire safety, the country’s safety watchdog said, following a deadly pesticide plant blast that killed 78...
The board of directors of Bangladesh Finance and Investment Company Limited has recommended 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The final approval of...
The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed positive trend in early trading on Thursday as some investors are showing their buying appetite on sector-wise shares. Following the...
Asian shares edged down on Thursday, following a slip on Wall Street, as investors watched the continuing trade talks between the US and China. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 1.5...
Young Economists' Forum (YEF), the first academic student-run organisation of North South University, has been devoted to bridge the gap between the everchanging demand for relevant skillsets and the supply...
Boeing on Wednesday (local time) took its most aggressive moves yet to defend its core 737 airliner franchise, saying it had developed software fixes to prevent failures of an automated...
A truck crashed into a crowd of people in western Guatemala on Wednesday evening, killing at least 32 people, authorities said. The truck struck a group of people who had...
The authorities of Barishal University have shut down the university for an indefinite time amid student protests to press for a 12-point demand which includes the vice chancellor’s resignation. Students...
Two people have died in an alleged gunfight with police in Dhaka's Aftabnagar. The incident took place at the dawn of Thursday, police say. Acting on a tip-off, Mashiur Rahman,...
In Bangladesh, there has been a noticeable change in the trend among business students and graduates. A few years back, most of the business graduates in Bangladesh opted for a...
In this era of increasing digitisation, harnessing the power of technological advancement is paving the way for trade and commerce all over the world. As traditional commerce continues to take...
The first get together of alumni of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), "ExAIUBian Meetup", is going to take place at Amulia Model Town, Demra, Dhaka tomorrow (March 29). More than 4,000...
Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a suspected drug trader from Khejurtala village in Batiaghata upazila of Khulna in the early hours of Thursday. The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman...
The International Labour Organisation's (ILO) centenary declaration should give a clear direction about how to address the challenges and opportunities of future work taking the changing trend of world work...
British car production slumped by an annual 15.3 per cent last month as demand in important European and Asian markets fell, an industry body said on Thursday as it warned...
Terming the relations between Bangladesh and Thailand time tested, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Wednesday urged the Thai government to take steps to issue visas to Bangladeshi nationals without delay....
At least nine people, including a woman and her child, have died and three others sustained injuries as a bus collided with a microbus head-on in Chattogram in the early...
Facebook on Wednesday (local time) banned praise, support, and representation of white nationalism and white separatism, a move that drew qualified approval from New Zealand where a massacre of 50...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that preventive measures should have been taken much earlier to avoid incidents like hacking of server belonging to the revenue board. A group...
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has issued a set of 12-point directives to increase the share of women investors in the national economy by offering necessary fiscal, administrative, and regulatory...
The government has taken up a massive development programme for the struggling Mongla port with Indian financial support. The move aims at making the port attractive to both domestic and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said no one can distort the country's history and play ducks and drakes with the fate of the nation anymore. "Many generations read and...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide US$125 million for a project to improve infrastructure of higher educational instituions and build capacity of IT professionals in Bangladesh. University Grants Commission (UGC)...
Bangladesh's 25-notch fall---from 98th position in 2008 to 123rd in 2017--- among 129 countries in the global Economic Complexity Index (ECI) ranking is certainly worrying. The ECI, developed by two...
Bangladesh has been achieving sustained economic growth over the past three decades despite innumerable hurdles like over-population, repeated natural calamities, lack of good governance, institutional weaknesses including bureaucratic red tape,...
Bangladesh's position is gradually sliding down in economic diversification in terms of exports. Latest report of the global Economic Complexity Index (ECI) showed that the country slipped 25 positions in...
Almost suddenly, socialism has come to the forefront of political discourse, on both sides of Atlantic, from the background to which it was relegated as being irrelevant. After the fall...
Mental health professionals and others have been trying to warn the public about the dangers of US President Donald Trump since his election. Trump's extreme narcissism, sadism, lack of empathy,...
The World Bank has successfully legitimised the notion that private finance is the solution to pressing development and welfare concerns, including achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Agenda 2030....
The availability of skilled and efficient bankers is a major challenge for the banking sector of Bangladesh. Banks prefer more training than gaining bookish knowledge to ensure that the employees...
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