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Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said Bangladesh-Myanmar border has been sealed off to stop further influx from Myanmar amid violence there. "We had kept our border open...
Poland’s first Deputy Minister of Energy Grzegorz Tobiszowski on Wednesday said the Polish government is ready to invest US$ 1.0 billion in Bangladesh, mainly in mining sector including coal mining....
Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) is going to host a daylong job fair 'BYLC Career Fair-2019' in the city on Thursday. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul...
Police in Dhaka and Kurigram have recovered two bodies of college students on Wednesday. In Dhaka, police recovered the hanging body of a college student from Khalpar area in Keraniganj...
The government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed an agreement for $50million in loan to promote microenterprise development for inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction. The assistance will...
Police recovered the hanging body of a college student from Khalpar area in Keraniganj upazila of the city in the early hours of Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mahmud...
Stocks extended their losing streak for the second day in a row on Wednesday as risk-averse investors opted for profit-motivated sell-offs. Despite the market close lower, Genex Infosys made a...
Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence is engaged to boyfriend Cooke Maroney, her representative has told US media. The 28-year-old Hunger Games star sparked engagement rumours after she was seen wearing a...
Bproperty, a real estate marketplace, is participating at the annual fair of Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) with free financial and legal support for everyone. Bproperty.com, owned...
A policeman was killed and another seriously wounded after armed men blew up a tanker truck carrying liquified gas in northwestern Iran early on Wednesday, Mehr news agency reported. Police...
Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands Sheikh Mohammed Belal has said Bangladesh needs research-based innovation to compete with other developing countries. In terms of digital innovation and technological advancement, Bangladesh has...
Borussia Dortmund were knocked out of the German Cup 4-2 on penalties by visitors Werder Bremen in the last 16 on Tuesday after a thrilling 3-3 draw, with the Bundesliga...
The government will arrange special audits for each and every bank of the country in a bid to tackle the rising amount of non-performing loans (NPLs), Finance Minister AHM Mustafa...
All scheduled banks in the country have to create a separate debt cancellation unit to recover write-off loans. Bangladesh Bank has issued the instruction today (Wednesday) in its latest circular...
Four people have been sentenced to death for abducting and murdering a nursery school student in Sunamganj’s Chhatak Upazila in Sylhet. Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Md Rezaul Karim announced...
Taxi-drivers in the Spanish capital seeking tighter regulation of Uber and other ride-hailing services called off their indefinite strike on Tuesday (local time) after 16 days during which they obtained...
The New York red carpet opening of Liam Neeson's latest film has been cancelled amid a row over his comments that he once wanted to kill a random black man...
H1N1 flu has killed 16 people in Morocco, the government said Tuesday. A total of 36 people are receiving care in hospitals because of the flu, while 20 others have...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated six power plants which have added some 1,062 megawatt (MW) electricity to the national grid. Besides, she opened nine grid sub-stations, power supply to...
Myanmar’s parliament on Wednesday voted to set up a committee to discuss amending the country’s constitution, despite objections by military-aligned lawmakers against a move that is likely to challenge the...
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) conducted drive at Koylaghat in the city's Kamrangirchar on Wednesday for the second consecutive day to demolish illegal establishments along the Buriganga River. A...
Most Southeast Asian stocks—Malaysia, Vietnam, and Singapore—markets were closed on Wednesday for the Lunar New Year, while Philippine shares jumped to more than 10-1/2 months high. Philippine shares soared 1.7...
Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island and unincorporated US territory, has received the approval of a deal to restructure $17.0 billion of the island’s $72.0 billion debt. Judge Laura Taylor Swain...
Former police chief and caretaker government adviser ASM Shahjahan has died at the age of 78. He breathed his last at around 12:00am Wednesday in Dhaka’s Apollo Hospital. He had...
The United States supports “dictators, butchers and extremists” in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a Twitter post Wednesday in a response to US President...
BASIC Bank Limited has recently opened a new ATM booth in Rajshahi. Ahmad Hossain, MD (Additional Charge) of BASIC Bank Ltd inaugurated the booth, said a media release received...
Genex Infosys made a flying trading debut on Wednesday as its share price soared 426 per cent or Tk 42.60 each within first hour of trading. The share price of...
Electric carmaker Tesla is lowering the price of its Model 3 by $1,100, citing the end of a costly customer referral programme, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The second...
Shares have advanced in Asia following a rally on Wall Street led by technology companies. There was little if any immediate reaction to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday declared April 24 as a day for the commemoration of the Armenian genocide in France, an issue that has caused regular friction between Turkey...
The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday as investors are showing buying spree on sector-wise issues. Following the...
A woman and her granddaughter were killed and two others injured when a bus hit a CNG run-auto rickshaw on Sylhet-Fenchuganj road at Dharampur in Moglabazar upazila, Sylhet on Tuesday....
The securities regulator has asked the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) to strictly enforce the 'mandatory declarations' requirement in the case of share transfer by the sponsor-directors and placement shareholders...
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would hold his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Feb 27 and 28, while giving himself...
Dhaka is set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with New Delhi on February 8 to set up an Indian Economic Zone in Mongla, Bagerhat. The NIDAR Industrial Park...
Genex Infosys Ltd, an IT company, makes its share trading debut today (Wednesday) on the bourses under "N" category, officials said. Genex Infosys is the 9th company under the IT...
A number of visitors at the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2019 have lodged complaints with the authorities concerned against violation of consumer rights by the traders. Their allegations included...
The IPO lottery draw of Esquire Knit Composite will be held tomorrow (Thursday) which will allocate 14.06 million ordinary shares among the successful applicants. The event will be held at...
The incidents of cyber attacks continue to rise at different commercial and service-providing outlets in the country despite taking various preventive measures. As the country achieved a good progress especially...
The central bank is trying to find a way out to ease pressure of defaulted loans that have already reached an alarming level in the country's banking system. It has...
The securities regulator has approved the proposal of issuing mudaraba subordinated bond worth Tk 7.0 billion by the First Security Islami Bank Limited. The approval came Tuesday at a meeting...
US President Donald Trump vowed in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday to build a border wall that is a source of a deep partisan divide and said...
More than 68 per cent of the local pharmaceutical market is now being dominated by only 10 companies, although a total of 204 are registered with the authority concerned, industry...
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) opined that the existing tax provisions on depreciation of intangible assets are not investor-friendly in line with the economic advancement, officials said. It also...
Green Delta Insurance Company, a leading non-life insurance entity of the country, has launched the country's first-ever Augmented Reality calendar. This AR calendar is also the first of its type...
Despite stringent government measures against drug peddling in the country, presence of substances has become ubiquitous. From lanes and by-lanes in cities and towns to the remotest corner of the...
So, here we are again. Making headlines on money flight! Not into the thin air of course. Stories on the subject have been doing the rounds in local and international...
With a domestic market of Tk 500 billion, the country's light engineering industry and service sector has not received the patronage it deserves. Rhetoric on industrialisation of the country takes,...
The Republican-led US Senate backed largely symbolic legislation on Monday that broke with President Donald Trump by opposing plans for any abrupt withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan, reports...
What is non-tax revenue? Non-tax revenue (NTR) includes sale of government land, charges for economic services, profit and dividend from SoEs (state-owned enterprises) and other government organisations, fines and penalties,...
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