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The Hallmark scam that saw swindling of billions of taka out of the country's largest state-owned bank---Sonali Bank (SB) --- six years ago, has been gradually sliding into oblivion. The...
Of the Indian private TV channels watched by the viewers in Bangladesh, Zee Bangla is considered a highly popular one. Bangladeshi audiences comprise a large segment of its total viewers....
The high cost of financial transaction and poor regulations caused one-third of the country's population to remain financially excluded until now. Other reasons for the exclusion include lack of banks'...
One year after the Banbeis (Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics) disclosure that dropout rate among the secondary school girls in 2017 was hovering around 42 per cent, a...
[The first of a three-part article titled US-China trade spat] Almost 90 years after the tit-for-tat (TFT) tariffs that defined trade restrictions during the Great Depression of the 1930s,...
After President Trump's abandonment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which excluded China, his Asia policy advisers came up with a very hot new idea to extend US reach even beyond...
There is a subtle yet important change occurring in how political leaders think about international trade, including how to remedy long-standing problems. It results from a key distinction between the...
The World Bank will publish Doing Business 2019 report after research work for the study is completed by April 2019. Bangladesh got disappointing ranking in the Doing Business 2018 index....
Tottenham's Premier League title challenge suffered a huge blow on Saturday as they were beaten by Burnley at Turf Moor. The Clarets opened the scoring shortly after the break as...
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Foundation on Saturday announced to extend an interim support to the affected families and injured of Chawkbazar (Churihatta) fire incident with an...
Two people were killed and six others injured in a road crash in Tangail’s Kalihati, as per a bdnews24.com report. The accident occurred around 4 am on Saturday on the...
Investigators collected DNA samples of 36 people until Saturday who are relatives of the victims who died in the devastating fire at Chawkbazar on Wednesday night. Forensic officers of the...
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said although Myanmar has agreed to take back 800,000 Rohingyas, the country is yet to create a congenial atmosphere for their repatriation. "Initiatives are...
Venezuela’s opposition and activists prepared on Saturday to confront troops stationed along the country’s borders to block their plan to bring in food and medicine that authorities are calling a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday released two commemorative postage stamps, a first-day cover and a data card, marking the golden jubilee of conferring the 'Bangabandhu' title on Father of...
Brexit should be delayed if Parliament does not approve a deal in the coming days, three cabinet ministers have warned publicly for the first time, according to BBC. Ahead of...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) authority has begun to remove a substantial amount of illegally stored chemicals from the basement of the Hajji Wahed Manzil building. The building took the...
In the wake of devastating fire in the capital's Chawkbazar area, BNP has urged the government to allocate a specific place for chemical warehouses and its business. "Old Dhaka is...
A fire at an air show in India destroyed three hundred cars on Saturday, a senior fire official said, the latest accident to mar the government-run event. The most likely...
Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal leader and former minister of industries Dilip Barua has blamed his successor, Awami League leader and former Minister of Industries Amir Hossain Amu, for the tragic fire...
The main phase of construction work on the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram is to begin Sunday. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader...
At least two people were killed and eight others received bullet injures in a clash between two groups over a disputed land at Bilhachua in Cox’s Bazar’s Pekua upazila on...
A Rohingya youth was shot dead by some miscreants at Shalbagan Ronhigya camp of Noyapara in Teknaf on Friday night. The dead man was identified as Mohammad Hamid, 36, son...
Kashem Mia lives in a remote village Laxmandia in Shilkupa upazila of Shatkhira district along with his wife and three children at a small house. He is struggling to meet...
Everywhere around the globe the government forms a commission with a view to either cooling down any agitation or concealing the authority's non-action psyche or hoodwinking the people. In Bangladesh...
Since the foreign policy of a country is the first line of defence, therefore, further evaluation of the policy needs to be done in view of the emerging global scenario....
One of the principal poets of contemporary Bangla poetry in both Bengals-Al Mahmud-passed away on the night of February 15. Born on July 11 in 1936 in Brahmanbaria, he was...
The local government institutions in Bangladesh have been carrying out a number of development projects under the head of social safety net programme (SSNP) to provide community-based services for the...
More than 100 separatists in Kashmir were detained in overnight raids, police officials said on Saturday, as part of a crackdown on groups that might cause trouble ahead of nationwide...
NRB Bank Limited, a leading 4th generation Bank of the country opened it’s 42nd branch at Panchabati, Narayanganj on 20 February 2019. Mr. Md. Mehmood Husain, Managing Director & CEO...
BRAC Bank Limited has won “Most Innovative SME Bank” Award from International Finance Publications Ltd. The UK-based media outfit has conferred the prestigious award to a bank that...
Kind-hearted Estonian workers rushed to rescue a dog in distress from a freezing river on Wednesday - unaware of the fact they were actually about to bundle a wild wolf...
A man and his son were killed as a covered van rammed their motorbike at Chattogram’s Kadamtoli in the city on Friday night. The victims are - Md Sagir, 42,...
A Virgin Galactic rocket plane on Friday soared to the edge of space with a test passenger for the first time, nudging British billionaire Richard Branson’s company closer to its...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the removal of chemical establishments from Old Dhaka, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said. She gave a directive to remove the...
US President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to nominate Kelly Knight Craft, currently working as the US ambassador to Canada, for the country's vacant post of United Nations...
Colombia destroyed an infamous apartment building which was once home to drug trafficker Pablo Escobar in a controlled implosion on Friday, after the site became a tourist destination. The “Monaco”...
R Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, at least nine of which involve minors. The R&B star, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly,...
Though different media outlets from home and abroad reported different death tolls in the Old Dhaka fire creating a confusion, Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence (BFSCD) says it is...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described the decision of owners not to move chemical warehouses from Old Dhaka despite government pressure as ‘unfortunate’. A national mourning event would be announced...
People with diabetes have a 35-per cent higher risk of experiencing low back pain and a 24-per cent higher risk of having neck pain than those without diabetes, an Australian...
Brexit should be delayed if Parliament does not approve a deal in the coming days, three cabinet ministers have warned publicly for the first time. Ahead of crucial votes in...
The deputy mayor of The Hague has unveiled the first-ever Shaheed Minar in the Netherlands and said the language monument in the Zuider Park will enhance the dignity of the...
This year the winter was perhaps warmer and more short-lived than before. In the country's north the wintry spell was severer and more prolonged. However, in the capital it was...
Mercantile Bank Limited has appointed Md Quamrul Islam Chowdhury as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank. Earlier, he served as the Additional Managing Director and...
Indian Railways (IR) has lined up a mega expansion plan, including more than doubling the freight capacity and adding new high-speed trains for which 10 corridors. The IR has already...
The Trump administration said on Friday that taxpayer-funded family planning clinics which primarily serve low-income Americans will no longer be able to refer patients for abortions, a move that critics...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all concerned to extend their all-out cooperation in removing chemical go-downs from Old Dhaka. "It's regretful that still there are chemical go-downs in...
The value of bonds issued in China in January totalled 3.2 trillion yuan (about 476.5 billion US dollars), according to data from the central bank. Treasury bond issuance stood at...
Ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River resumed after three and a half hours of disruption caused by dense fog on Saturday morning. "The ferry services were disrupted...
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