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Banks can now write off increased amount of bad loans without filing lawsuits after the issuance of new policy, experts said. This will also help reduce troubled loans in the...
A local leader of Awami League was stabbed to death allegedly by miscreants at Char Shibrampur in Sadar upazila of Pabna on Thursday. The dead man was Khairul Islam, 42,...
An activist of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) was gunned down by assailants in front of a hotel in Khagrachhari’s Panchhari upazila on Thursday evening. The victim was...
The government's plan to relocate Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char may not be implemented before the end of the upcoming monsoon. Earlier, the government took a move to start the...
The ready-made garment (RMG) sector has been brought under the digital mapping system, which will provide credible data of the factories, a Commerce Ministry official said. Commerce minister Tipu Munshi...
The Planning Commission (PC) is being pressurised to include fresh unapproved projects in the upcoming revised annual development porgrmmme (RADP) for the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, defying the government...
Venture capital companies on Wednesday urged the NBR to make few policy amendments to support the growth of venture capital and private equity industry in the country. They said such...
It is no secret that the number of people suffering from diseases, including flatulence, gastric ulcer, chronic dysentery, involving their digestive system is very high in Bangladesh. Almost every third...
Words are making rounds now for sometime about transforming villages in the country into towns. Actually, the issue of taking urban facilities to the doorsteps of villagers figured as a...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has, according to a report, detected irregularities, corruption, disorder and mismanagement in five primary and secondary schools in Chattogram. On his sudden visit to those educational...
At a time when the world economy is seen poised for yet another financial turmoil, there is a widespread recognition that emerging economies (EMEs) are particularly vulnerable because of their...
We cannot always blame 20th century automobiles alone for the enormous ozone-depleting climate-change crisis: true, fossil-fuel has been damaging, leaving irreversible imprints. Apparently so too has colonisation, an issue of...
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed February 27 for starting defence hearing of the Gatco corruption case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia and others, reports UNB. Judge Abu Syed Diljar...
Being an e-commerce company, Amazon has emerged as the most valued company in the US stock market -- known to many of us. But upon receiving 1672 patents in 2017...
The 1952 Language Movement Day arrives every year. The day is commonly known as Amor Ekushey. And after a month-long activities related to the Bangla language, publications, and the allied...
BOGURA, Feb 07: The absence of a concrete bridge over Iramaty Khal is causing serious setback for thousands of commuters under Dupchanchia upazila of Bogura district for a long time....
Indonesian police found 193 Bangladeshis locked up in a shop house after human traffickers had lured them with the promise of getting them to Malaysia, an immigration official said on...
Bangladesh One Day International (ODI) captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza said on Wednesday he was looking forward to completing 20 years in competitive cricket, reports UNB. The 35-year-old pacer had earlier...
New Zealand's Otago keeper Max Chu has been named in a New Zealand XI which includes incumbent Test opener Jeet Raval. The team will play Bangladesh in a 50-over match...
A Taliban official said on Wednesday that the United States has promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April, but the US military said...
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Thursday destroyed a total of 2,000 substandard water jars at different parts of the capital. The jars were torn down as untreated...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) conducted drives at passport offices in seven districts on Thursday following allegations lodged through its hotline of irregularities and harassment by officials. Seven separate enforcement...
The High Court on Thursday declared a government policy valid, barring teachers of both government and private educational institutions from getting involved in coaching business. The HC bench of Justice...
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday warned of tougher actions against the human rights violators in the country. He said, “The government has made its position clear about human rights...
Human hauler registrations in the country witnessed a significant decline in 2018 compared to those in 2017. A total of 1,423 human haulers were registered in 2018, while it was...
A five-day screening of Iranian films and photo exhibition will begin in the city on Friday. Iranian Cultural Centre, Dhaka and Bangladesh National Museum will jointly organise the film screening...
Two minor boys were killed and another was injured as mud collapsed on them while they were playing in Ghordoho Khal Para in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia on Thursday noon....
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced the repo rate, or the interest rate at which it lends money to banks, by a marginal 25 basis points. The new...
Stocks returned to the green on Thursday, snapping a two-day losing streak, as optimistic investors went on buying binge on large-cap shares. Market analysts said investors were active in the...
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) opened its 90th agent banking outlet at Keshorganj Bazar in Mymensingh. Abu Naser Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director of the bank inaugurated the outlet today (Thursday),...
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has invited Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader to join BNP as its adviser since he has long been giving the party...
A man has been sentenced to death for murdering a 14-year-old boy in Kushtia. Kushtia’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Munshi Md Moshiar Rahman gave the verdict in...
The chairman of Libya’s LIA sovereign wealth fund, Ali Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed, was detained on Wednesday for an investigation into alleged “corruption and exploitation of (his) position,” an official in...
Renault is investigating a sponsorship deal with the Chateau de Versailles that included a 50,000 euro ($57,000) personal benefit to its scandal-hit former chairman Carlos Ghosn, the carmaker said on...
The surgery aimed at separating conjoined two-year-old twins from Bangladesh has been a success, official sources announced in Budapest on Wednesday. "The two-and-half-year-old Rabia and Rukia have successfully undergone the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the Armed Forces to play the due role in advancing the nation as well as maintaining democratic and constitutional stability in the country....
Rescuers in the Turkish city of Istanbul have been working through the night to search the rubble of an eight-storey apartment block which collapsed on Wednesday. At least two people...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reaffirmed his country’s commitment to work with Bangladesh to build on the existing momentum during the new term in office of Prime Minister...
A two-day workshop on Recovery of Classified and Written off Investment, arranged by SIBL began on Wednesday at its Training Institute at Head Office. Mr. Quazi Osman Ali, Managing Director...
The authorities resumed an eviction drive for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday to free the Karnaphuli riverbanks from encroachers. The local administration resumed the drive around 10:30 am which...
Italy will ban China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp from playing a role in the roll out of the country’s 5G infrastructure, Italy’s La Stampa newspaper said on Thursday citing...
Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh and bKash Limited have partnered to enable customers to transfer funds from their Standard Chartered Bank accounts to bKash accounts using Standard Chartered’s Online Banking platform...
Bangladesh's trade deficit narrowed slightly in the first half (H1) of the current 2018-19 fiscal year (July 2018-June 2019) on the back of an increase in exports, said a central...
New Zealand's unemployment rate rose to 4.3 per cent in the December 2018 quarter, up from 4.0 per cent last quarter, the country's statistics department Stats NZ said on Thursday....
A study released on Thursday has shown that bees, despite their tiny brains, are able to solve basic addition and subtraction problems - a stunning feat considering the level of...
Venture capital companies on Wednesday urged the NBR to make few policy amendments to support the growth of venture capital and private equity industry in the country. They said such...
Southeast Bank Limited has recently signed an agreement with Sarah Resort Limited. Under the agreement, Southeast Bank credit, debit and prepaid cardholders will get up to 25 per cent discount...
CHATTOGRAM: The Power Development Board (PDB) has installed over 0.45 million prepaid meters in Chattogram under the southern distribution zone in two projects till January last. Officials said the misuse...
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that he and other US officials will travel to Beijing next week for trade talks, aiming to clinch a deal to avert...
A minor boy died allegedly due to wrong treatment in Barishal on Wednesday. The ill-fated was Rean, six-month-old son of Al Amin, a resident of Hospital Road area in the...
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