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A new thrust is going to be given to implementation of development projects beginning with February, and into the second half of the fiscal 2018-19. The idea of a roving...
BOGURA, Jan 30: Widespread demand of hundreds of consumer's has made cabbage growers in Bogura district happy. During the time last year, they suffered due to low market price but...
NAOGAON, Jan 30: The farming of Malta, a juicy citrus fruit, enriched with vitamin C, is gaining popularity among farmers in Porsha Upazila of the district as it yields good...
JOYPURHAT, Jan 30: T-Aman rice growers of the five upazilas of the district are upset due to excessive price fall in Joypurhat district. They are forced to sell their produced...
Chittagong Vikings rallied into the play-off stage of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) beating former champions Dhaka Dynamites by 11 runs on Wednesday, reports UNB. The victory at Zahur Ahmed...
Worldwide, more than four billion people are connected to the Internet, spending an average of roughly six hours per day on Internet-enabled devices and services. In Thailand and the Philippines,...
A five-member chairman panel was nominated for the first session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad on Wednesday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury gave this nomination of the panel. The panel...
The Bangladesh Bank has endorsed a proposal to change the name of the Farmers Bank Limited to Padma Bank Limited. The central bank announced the approval in a circular on...
Speakers at a roundtable on Wednesday stressed the significant role of mass media in promoting flight safety in the aviation sector of the country. Novoair, one of the country’s private...
A recent report prepared by the Global Financial Integrity (GFI) ranked Bangladesh second in South Asia in respect of illicit outflow of money. It said a staggering amount of $5.9...
The government has promoted five secretaries to the ranks of senior secretaries. The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday. Those promoted are Secondary and...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday the 'keys to war are in Islamabad, Quetta, Rawalpindi', accusing Pakistan of being a safe haven for cross-border militant activities. He was speaking...
Fundamental theme of 'Vision 2021' and the associated Perspective Plan is the achievement of a development outcome where citizens will have a higher standard of living, will be better educated,...
Bangladesh is a large deltaic country where agriculture remains a very important sector of its economy. Currently the share of agriculture in gross domestic product (GDP) is only 13 per...
Influencers of many kinds gathered in Davos again recently to discuss the problems our world faces. More than ever, they looked to business to come up with solutions. Several world...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, dismissing a petition filed by...
The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) suspended 17 students on separate charges of sexual harassment, taking drugs and assault. The decision was taken at the January 18 syndicate meeting, said...
It's a little-known fact that in the 1960s, The Beatles tried to obtain the film rights to The Lord of the Rings. John Lennon wanted to play Gollum, Paul McCartney...
World’s biggest plane maker Boeing Co expects to deliver between 895 and 905 commercial aircraft in 2019, up from the 806 units it delivered last year. The company forecast operating...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has welcomed the criticism of the government from the opposition in the parliament as it is very important in a democratic process. “In the trend of...
The United States has accused China of hiding some trade-distorting subsidy programmes from international scrutiny while disclosing others it does not need to. Reuters published a report on Wednesday over...
Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of former Awami League MP Pinu Khan, has been sentenced to life in prison for a double murder in Eskaton in 2015. Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions...
E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s quarterly revenue grew at its weakest pace in three years, as the impact of a slowing China and a crippling Sino-U.S. trade war kept...
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that negotiations in Afghanistan are going well. Talks “are proceeding well,” Trump wrote on Twitter, reports Reuters. Earlier, US officials had said there...
Rejecting the report of Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said the report is faulty and politically motivated. The minister came up with the remarks while...
Reiterating that the current parliament has not been formed with people's mandate, BNP on Wednesday demanded reelection under a neutral administration to establish a 'pro-people' government. "Awami league established a...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced former joint secretary Rafiqul Mohamed to five years jail in a case filed for embezzling government property through forgery. Special Judge court-4 judge Sheikh...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Wednesday promised to provide better security for the capital's residents. "We want to turn Dhaka into a city where no-one will harass...
The central bank unveiled its second half-yearly (H2) monetary policy statement (MPS) on Wednesday keeping key policy rates unchanged. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir at a press conference announced...
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal plays a snooty art critic in Netflix Inc movie “Velvet Buzzsaw,” a satirical thriller that turns bloody when he and others try to profit from the work...
For the first time in history, parliament on Wednesday elected Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury as the Speaker for the third consecutive term. The attending MPs of the newly-formed 11th Jatiya...
The High Court on Wednesday upheld the life term imprisonment to five accused and acquitted four others in journalist Gautam Das killing case. The HC bench of Justice AKM Abdul...
Rights group on Wednesday called on the government for enacting a farmer friendly ‘Agricultural Land Protection Act’ to protect the country's croplands from grabbing and unplanned industrialisation. Experts at a...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a teenage boy from Satkhira town's stadium area on Tuesday for his alleged involvement in selling fake question papers of the upcoming SSC...
Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa is aiming to hold his first face-to-face discussion with new Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard on the sidelines of an alliance meeting...
Awami League lawmaker Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury, the member representing Madaripur-1 constituency, has been appointed as the chief whip of 11th parliament. President Md Abdul Hamid appointed Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton for the...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 38 drug suspects from the city in a regular anti-narcotics drive for selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under DMP conducted the...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said calls to hold early presidential elections amounted to blackmail and that the countries calling for them must wait until 2025, Russia’s RIA news agency reported...
Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday realised Tk 3.2 million in fines from traffic offenders in the city. Besides, a total of 6331cases were also filed...
Deputy Managing Director of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank Ltd., Tariqul Islam Chowdhury and Director of Al Helal Specialized Hospital Ltd., Prof. Dr. Md. Abu Shamim recently inked...
The Bangladesh Bank will file a suit against Rizal Commercial Banking Corp and several undisclosed individuals over the heist of $81 million from its account at the New York Federal...
Mongolia’s parliamentary speaker, Enkhbold Myegombo, has been ousted following weeks of public protests against him over accusations he was involved in the corrupt sale of government positions. Tens of thousands...
A board meeting of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday discussed different aspects of technical cooperation between the prime bourse of the country and Shenzen Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock...
British American Tobacco (BAT) Bangladesh has received the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) award in the category of corporate governance excellence. After conducting a deliberate study on the annual...
Sporty lifestyle brand LOTTO has been awarded as one of the Asia’s greatest brands in 2018. LOTTO received the honour at the award giving ceremony of ‘Asia’s Greatest Brands and...
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) has launched its 3rd agent banking outlet in Savar. M Khorshed Anowar, head of Retail & SME Banking of EBL, has formally inaugurated the outlet at...
Apollo Hospitals has launched the first ever first ever Proton Therapy Centre for cancer in South East Asia. The 150-bed APCC is an integrated cancer hospital in Chennai providing world-class...
Japan’s retail sales rose more than expected in December as consumers increased spending on clothes and home appliances. The 1.3 per cent rise in retail sales in December from a...
An angry mob has beaten two suspected robbers to death at Kaliganj upazila in Gazipur. The two were part of a gang that allegedly tried to rob a house in...
Southeast Asian stocks were lower to little changed on Wednesday as investors awaited the US Federal Reserve's policy review and looked toward trade talks between Washington and Beijing. Philippine shares...
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