Stocks witnessed mixed trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as investors are active both sides of trading fence. Following the previous day’s positive close, the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday offered a way to break the deadlock over the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, calling for a “creative” compromise to allay concerns...
Major European nations joined the United States on Monday in recognising opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state, while members of a separate regional bloc kept up...
The government revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell 14 per cent in July-January period of the current fiscal year on the back of falling trade volumes. Market...
United Power dominated the Dhaka bourse's turnover chart on Monday while top ten traded companies captured 28 per cent transaction. Market analysts said investors continued to show their buying appetite...
Leaders Liverpool faltered in the Premier League title race for the second time in six days as they were held to a 1-1 draw at West Ham United on Monday....
The 'REHAB Fair 2019' begins in the capital tomorrow (Wednesday) to promote the country's real estate sector. The five-day fair will be held at the city's Bangabandhu International Conference Centre...
United Steelworkers (USW), a Canadian rights group, called upon the government of Bangladesh for immediate release of detained workers and withdrawal of charges against others involved in the recent demonstrations...
Bangladesh has launched a fresh campaign to woo the international community to create pressure on Myanmar for immediate repatriation of stranded Rohingyas. Coinciding with the government's renewed efforts, some high-profile...
Boeing is pushing to speed up assembly of its best-selling 737 jetliner in the first week of June, two people familiar with the plan said on Monday, as it tries...
A US plan to hike tariffs on China next month could trigger an economic downturn and let other countries take over about $200 billion of China’s exports, a study by...
Bangladesh's import expenses exceeded the US$30 billion mark in the first half (H1) of the current financial year (FY), 2018-19, on the back of higher imports of intermediate goods. The...
A total of 38,729 audit objections, involving a sum over Tk1.48 trillion, with different state-run banks and agencies, including the Bangladesh Bank (BB), have long remained unresolved. The audit objections,...
The monetary policy for the second half of the fiscal year has been declared as cautionary without specifying who or what it cautions against. Policies that are unable to handle...
The National Library Day 2019 will be celebrated today with the theme: 'Make the enlightened people read books in the library' (গ্রন্থাগারে বই পড়ি আলোকিত মানুষ গড়ি). The ministry of...
The January 30 announcement of a drive by DSCC (Dhaka South City Corporation) to fight the menace of Dhaka's dust by spraying water is a timely step. So it seems....
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has enormous potential to resolve social, economic, professional and commercial conflicts. Compared to its potentiality its usage has been negligible. The ADR's merits are manifold: It...
People around the world want to drum cash with mobile phones or credit cards and walk on the road to a cashless society. The benefits are enormous: less chance of...
Another heritage product of Bangladesh comes under the protection of Geographical Indication (GI)-- a form of intellectual property right (IPR). It is Khirsapat mango of Chapainawabganj which becomes the third...
Donald J. Trump seems set to reconfigure the United States. Whether he knows it or not, he is tearing apart more US symbols than any other president in living memory....
The Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed satisfaction over the release of Jaha Alam, and demanded due compensation for wrongly putting him in jail. Innocent Jaha Alam had been languishing...
Supreme Court layers filed a writ with the High Court on Monday seeking its directive to stop private practice by the physicians of government hospitals during their office hours. Five...
Chittagong Vikings were eliminated from the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) after Dhaka Dynamites beat them by six wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Monday, reports...
MAGURA, Feb 04: Bean cultivation is turning fortune of farmers in Magura. Farmers informed, low production cost and high price are encouraging them to cultivate beans. Department of Agriculture Extension...
TANGAIL, Feb 04: Plum growers of the district are happy as they got an abundant production and satisfactory price of their crops at the local markets since last couple of...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday sent a set of recommendations to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education and the Secondary and Higher Education Department to ensure a congenial...
A Dhaka court on Monday set February 12 for the next hearing on charge-framing against 11 people, including BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, in the Niko graft case. Judge Sheikh Hafizur...
Huawei's latest smartphone Y7 Pro (2019) is finally going to be launched into the Bangladeshi market on Sunday next. The announcement of Huawei’s new arrival came from a programme held...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday asked the health ministry to promptly take actions against a physician for being absent from duty at a public hospital for nearly seven months....
President Abdul Hamid on Monday told newly-appointed Supreme Court judges to ensure justice for the people. "[The] court is the last dependable place for people. And the court has a...
Air accident investigators said on Monday they had concluded the wreckage of a plane on the seabed near Guernsey was that of the missing aircraft carrying Premier League soccer player...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday formed an investigation committee to look into the entire episode of Jaha Alam case who had been in jail for the last three years...
Bangladesh’s Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has urged Bhutan to consider using the Saidpur Airport as both the countries can bilaterally reap the benefit from it. The minister made the call...
The death toll from a dam burst in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho rose to 115 people on Friday, according to the team tasked with recovering bodies from the site....
A boat smuggling Haitian migrants has sunk off the Bahamas, leaving at least 28 dead and 17 others in police custody, officials said Sunday. Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Rolle of...
A Chattogram court on Monday placed Tanzila Haq Chowdhury Mitu , wife of Dr Mustafa Murshed Akash, on a three-day remand in a case filed over his 'suicide'. Chattogram Metropolitan...
Jute mill worker Jaha Alam, who has been released after three years in prison, has demanded that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina bring the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to justice for his...
The European Union sees Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate interim president, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said on Monday. “In the current situation, we support and consider Guaido as the...
A Chattogram court on Monday placed Tanzila Haque Chowdhury Mitu, wife of physician Mustafa Murshed Akash, on a three-day remand in a case filed over his reported suicide. Chattogram Metropolitan...
A Cumilla court has rejected the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case over the killing of eight people in an arson attack on a bus in...
Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Sunday realised Tk 2.5 million in fines from traffic offenders in the city. Besides, a total of 5292 cases were also...
A car bomb exploded at a shopping mall in Somalia’s capital on Monday, killing two people and injuring four others in an attack probably by Islamist group al Shabaab, police...
A Chapainawabganj court on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing wife in Shibganj upazila on October 7, 2016. The convict is Sumon Ali, 29, son...
Karim Benzema scored his sixth goal in four games as Real Madrid beat Alaves 3-0 on Sunday for a fourth successive La Liga victory which took the European champions to...
Police in a drive seized 'plastic-like rice' from a shop in Gaibandha district town on Monday. Police said that one Rony Miah identified the rice as plastic while cooking it....
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen took a dig at China’s lack of freedom in a message to mark Tuesday’s start of the Lunar New Year, saying she hoped ethnic Chinese all...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday postponed its scheduled public rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on February 8 due to the ongoing Ekushey Book Fair. Instead of the public rally, BNP...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a 24-hour-long anti-narcotics drive arrested 65 drug suspects from different areas of the capital for selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under DMP...
The dollar hovered near a one-week high against the yen on Monday, buoyed by stronger-than-expected US jobs and factory data, although the Federal Reserve’s cautious policy outlook and thinned holiday...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the police to remain careful so that innocent people are not harassed and tortured during their duties. "You need to keep in mind that...
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