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The board of directors of Singer Bangladesh Ltd has recommended 30 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The final approval of the dividend will...
US personal income fell for the first time in more than three years in January as dividends and interest payments dropped, pointing to moderate growth in consumer spending after it...
Pakistan will re-open its airspace for all commercial flights, which were suspended after military tensions with India erupted earlier this week, on Monday. The decision to re-open Pakistani airspace came...
Thailand on Friday defended a controversial cyber security law approved this week, following an outcry from rights groups and internet users over privacy and surveillance concerns. 'Rubber-stamp' parliament of the...
A domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday afternoon after a front tyre was damaged. Biman General Manager...
At least 170 workers were killed in different types of accidents in industrial units across the country from July 2016 to June 2017, according to official data. Apart from this,...
A dull turnout is better than not having an election, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said after the mayoral polls for North Dhaka. The road transport and bridges...
President Md Abdul Hamid has said voters should be made aware of their rights and responsibilities for ensuring a fair election. "Along with voter enrolment, voters should be made aware...
Although 26 sectors have been identified to exploit the potentials of blue economy in the country, almost all the sectors remained untapped for lack of proper initiatives, says a UNB...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appreciated Bangladesh's socio-economic development under the leadership of the current government. He also appreciated the generosity shown by Bangladesh and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by...
Ryan Adams has cancelled his upcoming tour of the UK, in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct by the star. Nine dates, including two at London's Royal Albert Hall,...
The Kiwi batsmen continued to dominate Bangladesh in the first Test of three-match series in Hamilton as the host 451 for 4, taking a lead of 217 runs at the...
Heavy gunfire rang out across central Mogadishu on Friday as Somali special forces battled to dislodge insurgents holed up next to a hotel they bombed the previous evening, and as...
A Chinese diplomat to Ankara has warned that Turkey's criticism about Beijing’s treatment of Uighur Muslims would affect mutual trust and understanding negatively and will be reflected in commercial and...
The government is working to formulate a policy in next six months to manufacture four-wheeler cars in the country. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi gave the information on Friday while opening...
Subaru plans to recall around 2.3 million vehicles globally over a brake light problem, in what would be the automaker’s biggest-ever recall as it grapples with a series of quality-related...
The number of foreign holiday makers visiting Indonesia in the first month of this year expanded 5.22 per cent to 1.16 million people year-over-year with Chinese tourist contributing the most...
Huawei has sought to repair its image in the US through a full-page advert in the Wall Street Journal, which says: "Don't believe everything you hear." In an open letter,...
Australia has experienced its hottest summer on record, according to the nation's Bureau of Meteorology. Hundreds of individual heat records were shattered across the country over the past three months....
Oil prices climbed on Friday as markets tightened amid output cuts by producer club OPEC, but surging US supply and concerns of global economic slowdown kept a lid on further...
Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam has polled votes more than what Annisul Islam and his nearest rival Tabith Awat did as a whole in the 2015 Dhaka North City Corporation...
Ekushey Padak winner Polan Sarkar, who distributed books for free among the people, passed away on Friday. He was 98. He had been suffering from old-age complications, reports UNB. Polan...
Private hire drivers are taking legal action against London Mayor Sadiq Khan over the congestion charge. The group, which includes Uber drivers, says the charge is discriminatory as 94 per...
The Southeast Asia stock slipped on Friday while Philippine shares fell the most, after MSCI's announcement of an increase in the weighting of Chinese mainland shares in global benchmarks raised...
A gun battle raged in Mogadishu on Friday between Somali soldiers and Al Shabaab fighters, holed up in a building next to a hotel they had hit with a suicide...
YouTube has said it will turn off comments on nearly all videos featuring kids — potentially affecting millions of posts on the site — after reports last week that pedophiles...
India's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.6 per cent in the third quarter (Q3), the slowest in the past five quarters, increasing chances of another interest rate cut by...
All four unsuccessful candidates of the Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral by-election have had their security money forfeited as they failed to get one-eighth of the total votes. Of them,...
Tesla says it would not be profitable in the first quarter, as it offered for the first time a $35,000 version of its Model 3 sedan and its global sales...
Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after a report suggested that the leaders of China and the US could be endorsing a trade deal in weeks. Japan’s Nikkei 225...
India banned a Kashmir-based Islamist political party called Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) for five years on Thursday, accusing it of supporting militancy in the disputed region that is at the heart of...
Bangladesh has told the United Nations Security Council that it cannot take any more refugees from Myanmar. The country made the announcement some 18 months after more than 700,000 mainly...
Four suspected drug smugglers have been killed in so-called shootouts with police and border guards in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar. They died in separate early morning shootouts in Noyapara...
Police detained 36 people from nine upazilas of Bagerhat district in Khulna in special drives conducted from Thursday night to Friday morning. They were arrested on charges of dealing drugs,...
Valencia set up a Copa del Rey showdown with Barcelona as they reached the final for the first time in 11 years by beating Real Betis 1-0 at a bouncing...
Johnson & Johnson has resumed production of its baby powder at plants in India after government tests found no asbestos in the product, the company said on Thursday. "Johnson &...
The insurance sector again dominated the top 10 gainers' chart of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the last week. Of the top 10 gainers, seven are insurance companies, which...
The board of directors of LafargeHolcim Bangladesh has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The final approval of dividend will come during...
Voter turnout in Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral by-election is 31.05 per cent. Returning Officer Abul Kashem announced this in the early hours of Friday. At the end of an...
The construction of Mirsarai Economic Zone (MEZ) approach road from Chattogram-Dhaka highway would not be completed by June next as scheduled because of the slow pace of work. The 10-kilometre...
The subscription period for the initial public offering (IPO) of New Line Clothings Limited has been extended up to March 03. Earlier, the subscription deadline was February 28 (Thursday). The...
After eight days of battling severe burn injuries, another victim of the Chawkbazar fire has died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), raising the death toll from the incident to...
Israel’s attorney-general announced on Thursday he intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, a decision coming just six weeks before a closely contested national election. It was...
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended medical activities at the epicentre of an Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo after two of its facilities were torched by unidentified assailants,...
The United States is offering a reward of up to $1m (£750,000) for information about the son of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, Hamza. Hamza Bin Laden is...
A prolonged tension between India and Pakistan may cause uncertainty over the economies of Bangladesh and other south Asian countries, economists and experts say. "If the present situation escalates further...
Chicken and vegetable became pricier further in the city's kitchen markets last week, which traders attributed to the odd climatic condition that squeezed supply. Garlic prices also showed a hike...
Coats Global Services (CGS) looks to expand its business in Bangladesh's growing readymade garment (RMG) sector, visiting top officials of the global service provider said in Dhaka. Bangladesh, being the...
Bangladeshi business people could hardly make good use of various benefits they are entitled to enjoy under a number of bilateral and multilateral trade deals, officials say. Presently Bangladeshi goods...
The government is in talks with two Indian LNG firms- IOCL and H-Energy -to get supplies of re-gasified LNG to run gas-guzzling industries in the Khulna region. Senior officials of...
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