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The government's recent emphasis on large and costly infrastructure projects should ultimately be aimed at ensuring increased foreign investment in the country, experts said at a seminar in the capital...
Bangladesh eyes investment worth around US$ 15 billion from Saudi Arabian investors, as a high-profile delegation of the country is going to arrive in Dhaka today (Wednesday). "We are expecting...
Oil fell towards $65 a barrel on Tuesday, pressured by the restart of Libya's biggest oilfield and on expectations for an increase in US crude inventories, reports Reuters. Some wells...
M Abul Kalam Mazumdar FCMA has been elected President of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) for the year 2019. The Council of the Institute in...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan said that Shakib Al Hasan will obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to participate in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) in late...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhit has indicated that he is headed for the sunset of his political career. As he looks back he will have plenty to be proud...
Good harvest, unfortunately, no longer promises good fortune for farmers. Years of good harvest, especially of paddy, has established the reality, albeit grimly, that agricultural produce like any natural resource...
The country's transition from a deficit agricultural output to a surplus one has not necessarily been happy all the time. In case of potato cultivation, a gross anomaly has been...
Globally, the definitions vary, but essentially informal economy means economic activity that takes place outside the formally regulated structures. Typically, informal economic enterprises are small, often based around households. These...
European Council President Donald Tusk recently sparked controversy by saying there is a "special place in hell" for those who advocated Brexit "without a plan." To angry Brexiteers, the statement...
The Unigas, one of the leading distributors of LPG gas in Bangladesh, has received the best stall holder award from South Asia LPG Summit 2019. The two-day event was ended...
The government has undertaken a project to build a chemical warehouse at Shyampur in the capital. Initiated by the industries ministry, the Tk 886.74 million project will be implemented by...
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane, which came under a hijack attempt on February 24, is expected to resume normal operations on Thursday. Biman spokesman Shakil Meraj on Tuesday said the...
Opening the opportunity for adding value by capitalising on locally-available raw material, labour, innovation or capital has been the primary objective of industrial policy formulation. Recently, lowering emission and increasing...
JOYPURHAT, Mar 05: Strawberry growers in the district are making good profit this season as they got a satisfactory yield and fair market prices. A good number of farmers in...
CHANDPUR, Mar 05 (UNB): Students of a government primary school in Kachua upazila have been attending classes under the open sky for the last few weeks as their school building...
RANGPUR, Mar 05: Farming of crops on dried-up river beds in different districts under Rangpur division has financially benefited thousands of extreme poor people, especially landless farmers living along river...
President of the International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICCB) Mahbubur Rahman left Dhaka for Bangkok on Tuesday to attend the second regional workshop of United Nations Economic and Social Commission...
The government is working to revive the glory days of jute, once known as the 'golden fibre', said Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi on Tuesday. He made the...
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) taskforce cut off utility services of 18 holding in Old Dhaka on Tuesday for illegally storing chemicals and other flammable items in residential areas....
The National Jute Day-2019 will be observed tomorrow (Wednesday) for the third time throughout the country amid enthusiasm with a view to making jute goods popular among the people. On...
President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday urged expatriate Bangladeshis to highlight the achievements of Bangladesh abroad. The President said this when London Tower Hamlets Councillor and Speaker Ayas Miah met him...
Burundi, a country in east-central Africa, has forced the United Nations to shut its local human rights office after 23 years, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said...
Police detained 19 people from different parts of Dinajpur during anti-drug drives from Monday night to Tuesday morning. Ten cases have been filed against the detainees, reports UNB. Police also...
A UK patient's HIV has become "undetectable" following a stem cell transplant - in only the second case of its kind, doctors report in Nature. The London patient, who was...
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Tuesday ordered the railway authorities to improve the services within one month. The existing services are not satisfactory, he said while visiting the Kamalapur...
The Jatiya Oikya Front MPs-elect Sultan Muhammed Mansur and Mukabbir Khan are set to defy the coalition decision and take their oaths of office in parliament on Thursday. Their swearing-in...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is set to release new currency notes for Taka 100 on March 7. According to BSS, new notes contain 100 per cent cotton paper ‘Uv Curing...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday destroyed a huge quantity of narcotics worth an estimated Tk 80 million (Tk 8 crore) at a playground in Baroghoria market area...
A rise in food inflations slightly pushed up the general inflation rate last month. "The general point-to-point inflation rate increased to 5.47 per cent in February," Planning Minister MA Mannan...
A man accused in a murder case died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital early Tuesday. Police named the man as Ali Azam, 31, a resident of Sitakunda Upazila. CMCH police...
Around 2.49 million (2.491,862) motorcycles were registered in the country until January 2019, according to official data. Among them, 45,340 number of motorcycles were registered in January 2019 alone, according...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been in jail since February 8 last year, will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical tests immediately. Home Minister...
The government has initiated a project for setting up an economic zone, dedicated for Japanese investors, at Araihazar in Narayanganj. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved...
The daily trade turnover on the prime bourse fell below Tk 6.0 billion-mark once again on Tuesday, hitting more than two months low, as most of the investors were reluctant...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan assured them of taking all necessary steps for ensuring proper treatment to their ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia....
Five people were arrested in the early hours of Tuesday in connection with the ‘gang-rape’ of a housewife at Goailbari Machinepar in Ashulia of Savar. The arrestees are Zafar Kazi,...
Sweden’s Volvo Buses and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on Tuesday unveiled a full-size autonomous electric bus for testing this year in the Singapore city state. High-density Singapore has been...
India’s celebrated author Arundhati Roy’s talk will be held but at a new venue in Dhaka city. The new venue is Midas Centre 10th floor, House 5, Road 16 (New)....
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of Pakistan was shot down by the Indian Air Force (IAF) near the International Border over Bikaner in Rajasthan on Monday, defence sources said. “An...
Three people, including two minors, sustained burn injuries from electrocution in Chunkutia area of Keraniganj on Tuesday morning. The details of the injured could not be known immediately, according to...
Two construction workers were killed and another was injured as an under-construction mud and guard wall of a bridge on the embankment of Singho River collapsed on them in Darmashur...
A resolution has been introduced at the US House of Representatives seeking to curb the activities of Jamaat-e-Islam, the party that committed war crimes during Bangladesh’s liberation war. US Congressman...
Doctors at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore are considering conducting a bypass surgery on ailing minister Obaidul Quader, said a Bangladeshi physician on Tuesday. He, however, said it will take...
A new study has shown for the first time that the brain is involved in the development of a heart condition called Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), also known as ‘broken heart’...
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited signed an agreement with Qatar-based Al Zaman Exchange W.L.L regarding remittance drawing recently at Shahjalal Islami Bank’s Corporate Head Office. The Managing Director & CEO of...
Mr. Md. Arfan Ali, President and Managing Director of Bank Asia Limited inaugurated a workshop titled“Excellence in Customer Service” for the senior managers of Dhaka region of the Bank. Mr....
Kenyan police have summoned Finance Minister Henry Rotich for questioning for a second time over a multi-million dollar scandal involving advance payments for two dam projects, the head of the...
Mercantile Bank organised a day-long training course titled “Customer Service and Complaint Management” at its Training Institute in Dhaka recently. Officers from customer service desk of various branches and divisions...
China has accused two Canadians of spying, as tensions between the nations grow over the possible extradition of a Huawei executive to the US. Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and...
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