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A bus carrying workers in North Macedonia crashed into a ravine outside the capital of Skopje on Wednesday, killing 14 people and injuring about 30, officials said. Venko Filipce, the...
The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Thursday as some investors are showing their buying spree. Following the previous...
Two people were killed and eight others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Shialdangi village in Rajbari’s Pangsha upazila in the early hours of Thursday. The...
The government has decided to establish 32 more tax zones across the country to bring more taxpayers in the tax net for improving the revenue collection to comply with the...
The government has relaxed the contract farming condition for the exporters of agriculture produces, allowing some time for them to take necessary preparations before entering the highly-regulated overseas markets. Earlier,...
CHATTOGRAM: Gas supply to the national grid from the maiden floating LNG import terminal in the deep sea rose to its maximum capacity on Tuesday morning as the pipeline started...
Indonesia has sought the visa-on-arrival facility at the airports in Bangladesh for its citizens who are qualified. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi disclosed it to reporters after a meeting with the...
A Colombian man who admitted sexually abusing nearly 300 children has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Juan Carlos Sánchez Latorre committed the crimes in 2007-08, a court in...
The securities regulator has imposed an aggregate amount of penalty -- Tk 23 million -- on a company and two individuals for their 'direct and indirect' involvement in the price...
A suicide bomber killed 27 members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday, state media said, in a southeastern region where security forces are facing a rise in attacks by...
Fortune Shoes dominated the turnover chart of the Dhaka bourse for the second straight session on Wednesday while ten most traded companies grabbed more than 29 per cent of total...
Experts have identified several challenges to ensuring healthy diets for all age groups in Bangladesh, including an increase in consumption of healthy foods and a cut in consumption of some...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka Thursday morning for Germany in her maiden overseas tour in the third consecutive term in office which would take her to the United Arab...
Export earnings from the country's service sector swelled up by more than 50 per cent during the July-December period or first half (H1) of this fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, over...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday edged toward backing a deal in Congress on government funding that would not meet his demand for $5.7 billion for a wall on the...
The authorities are expected to start large-scale coal import by August this year to run US$ 1.98 billion Payra power plant in Patuakhaili in southern Bangladesh. The Bangladesh-China Power Company...
Exports from many sectors in the economy either took slow lane of growth or swung between their highs and lows despite subsidies doled out over the years. The sectors putting...
The government is considering formation of a sectoral confederation to immediately solve the problems of the ready-made garment (RMG) workers for betterment of the sector. The move came following a...
Businesses and VAT (Value Added Tax) officials on Wednesday reached a consensus over the implementing the long-delayed VAT law from next fiscal year. In a close-door meeting with the National...
Bangladesh's payment service providers will have to take prompt remedial measures against frauds and forgery for ensuring public confidence in the financial system, the central bank has said. Cross-border financial...
After posting the highest ever trade deficit in the past fiscal year (FY18), there is an indication that the deficit is likely to decline moderately in the current fiscal. Besides...
It is startling but not surprising - the widening wealth gap between the country’s top and bottom ends of the social structure. In 2010 the richest five per cent of...
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) is going to hold a conference on February 16 aiming to underscore the importance of financial inclusion in the developing countries. The day-long programme...
Russian wildlife specialists are heading for an Arctic archipelago to try to resolve a situation that has both terrified and delighted the locals: the polar bears that moved into a...
Protesters in northeast India claimed victory on Wednesday after a bill that the government says will help Hindus in neighbouring countries settle in India lapsed before it could be ratified...
Mashiyat, a recent humanities graduate, wants to pursue her master’s in humanities at a reputed university abroad. While searching for a study abroad programme best fit for her, she was...
"Engineering is not merely knowing and being knowledgeable, like a walking encyclopedia; engineering is not merely analysis; engineering is not merely the possession of the capacity to get elegant solutions...
Software and IT-Enabled Services industry in Bangladesh has been on the rise with a growth rate of over 40 per cent in the recent years. In this technology driven setting,...
It is better to start with the good news. In India, the long-awaited agriculture export policy was cleared by the cabinet recently in line with the government of India's commitment...
The global oil market will struggle this year to absorb fast-growing crude supply from outside OPEC, even with the group's production cuts and US sanctions on Venezuela and Iran, the...
Blue economy, as the World Bank defines, is the sustainable use of marine resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, and jobs while preserving the health of ocean ecosystem. It covers...
The US public debt has reached a record high of more than 22 trillion US dollars, according to data released by the US Treasury Department. Total outstanding public debt stands...
NATORE, Feb 13: Due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agro-input, peasants in Natore district cultivating cucumber, locally known as Khira, are happy. Getting both fair market...
RANGPUR, Feb 13 (BSS): The farmers are happy witnessing excellent blooming in their litchi trees amid favorable climatic condition with advent of the spring on the eve of departure of...
Most of Dhaka city's citizens are regularly troubled by the deteriorating air quality around the city through illnesses and pollution. A "megacity" by definition, Dhaka fails to provide its inhabitants...
Despite rise in gross domestic product (GDP) growth and reported decrease in poverty in Bangladesh over the last few decades, inequality is also rising side by side. Although there has...
US-Bangla Airlines is going to begin operating direct flights to Chennai from March 31. Initially three flights will fly from Dhaka to Chennai via Chattogram on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday...
A court has cancelled bail for Shafat Ahmed and ordered him to be sent to prison. The son of an Apan Jewellers’ owner, he is under trial for the rape...
Parts of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway (airport to Mogbazar) will be opened after the second phase of the public–private partnership project finishes, Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader said Wednesday. He...
Now it requires approval from four organisations instead of 16 to pass plan for constructing buildings in the areas under Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha(Rajuk), Chauk and others, said Housing and Public...
Stocks rebounded on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as optimistic investors showed their buying appetite on large-cap shares. Market analysts said bargain hunters took position on lucrative issues, taking...
Professor Vincent Chang has joined BRAC University as the vice chancellor (VC). Professor Vincent Chang has more than thirty years of experience in university teaching, research and administration in different...
China and India, two of the world's biggest polluters, are making it leafier - for now, a report says. The greening effect stems mainly from ambitious tree-planting in China and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the upcoming the Munich Security Conference. The Prime Minister will leave for Germany on Thursday morning to attend the...
Police have recovered the dead body of a 22-year-old man from a flat in Kodomtola of Dhaka’s Basabo. The man has been identified as Yogen Gonzales, said Rashed Hasan, senior...
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday ordered authorities concerned to prepare and submit list of loan defaulters and money launders of the last 20 years. A High Court division bench...
Export through Benapole land port remained suspended since Wednesday morning as workers went on strike protesting harassment on them by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF). Hundreds of...
Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will sign two investment-related deals during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s three-day visit to the Middle Eastern nation, starting on Feb 17. “This will...
A student of Khulna Medical College was killed in a road accident on Rupsha Bridge Bypass road in Labanchora of Khulna city on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Ariful...
A movie premiering in Berlin tells the true story of a young boy from a famine-stricken village in Malawi who studies books about energy then builds a wind turbine that...
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