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The age limit for a candidate in the Dhaka University Central Students' Union or DUCSU election has been set at 30. The decision was taken after amending DUCSU constitution in...
Apple plans to cut the price of some of its flagship iPhones for only the second time in the device’s 12-year history, pegging its retail value to past prices in...
BNP leaders and activists formed a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Wednesday protesting the start of the maiden session of the 11th...
Asian stocks rose Wednesday as traders awaited a Federal Reserve policy meeting and US-China talks, though Japan's benchmark declined. Japan's Nikkei 225 index retreated 0.5 per cent to 20,555.13 while...
British lawmakers have instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen a Brexit treaty with the European Union to replace a controversial Irish border arrangement - and promptly received a flat...
A schoolboy reportedly committed suicide by consuming poison at Jashmantapur village in Magura on Tuesday night. He was 10-year-old Nur Mohammad, son of Shafiul Islam and a student of class...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Keshabpur in Joypurhat in the early hours of Wednesday. The dead man...
Some 13 listed companies have displayed mixed performance for October-December (Q2), 2018 compared to same quarter of the previous year. The EPS (earnings per share) of many companies rose for...
The three-day Chittagong IT Fair ended on Monday night with the call for creating information technology rich workforce to take the country towards further development. The fair was organised jointly...
Oil prices dipped on Wednesday amid a cloudy outlook for the global economy, but traders said declines were reined in by worries over disruptions to supply from US sanctions on...
ACI Limited has incurred loss for October-December (Q2), 2018 due to five reasons including currency 'devaluation'. The company topped the chart of top 10 losers on Tuesday following the loss...
The customs authority has taken a move to maintain a common register on detected anomalies to sort out risk factors of import and export products. Central Risk Management Unit (CRMU)...
Forecasting a rise in infrastructural activity in 2019, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) identified high cost and projected currency volatility as risk factors for Bangladesh. "High costs pose an...
Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport Manager Wing Commander ABM Sarwar-E-Zaman formally inaugurated the passenger shed by cutting ribbon recently. It was established by KSRM for the welfare of the general...
Rupali Bank Limited has started disbursing home loan to government employees at 5.0 per cent interest rate. Rupali Bank is the first bank to have started this scheme. Rupali Bank...
A grenade thrown into a mosque in the southern Philippines killed two people and wounded four, security officials said on Wednesday, three days after twin bombings at a church on...
Venezuela’s government struck back at self-declared interim president Juan Guaido on Tuesday, with the Supreme Court imposing a travel ban and freeze on his bank accounts despite a warning from...
The government has formed 29 committees mainly to monitor implementation of the latest wage structure and labour situation in the country's different labour-intensive industrial hubs, officials said. They said the...
Oman Trading International (OTI), an Omani firm, started supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh from Monday, which will help meet the growing demand for gas in the country. A...
The government should turn the state-owned banks (SoBs) into only deposit-receiving banks to stop loan concentration and prevent accumulation of non-performing loans (NPLs), a leading economist has said. At the...
An extensive debate has been continuing for quite some time over the roles of relationship managers in different industries of the fiercely competitive markets across the globe. While some claim...
Exporters of vegetables and agro-products are reportedly upset at the decision of the government making contract farming mandatory for export. The shock is quite understandable as the decision came right...
A dialogue on 'Recent Wage Debates in the RMG Sector: What is it all about' held on Saturday in the city has tried to get into the bottom of the...
Huawei's CFO "should not be a hostage" in Sino-US relations, her lawyer said on Tuesday, after the United States announced criminal charges against herself and the Chinese firm just days...
Just 161 days after its launch, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed its first orbit of the Sun and has now begun the second of 24 planned orbits, which will...
In 1989 I watched Back to the Future, Part II by Robert Zemickis, a complicated story about a youngster who from 1985 time travelled to 2015. Within the movie I...
In 2009, the Awami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came to power with an overwhelming majority. The new government recognised that this major mandate from the people...
As the trade cycle turns, so goes the global economy. But there is a new twist. With growth in global trade sharply diminished since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, an...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned to develop an integrated communication system for rail, road and marine transports so that people can travel in one ticket. The...
National opener Tamim Iqbal and Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi guided Comilla Victorians to the top slot of the seven-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) forcing Chittagong Vikings to suffer the 3rd...
Recent labour unrest in the country's readymade garment (RMG) factories over the issue of minimum wage exposes the flawed wage structure practised in the industry. But RMG sector cannot be...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jan 29: The growers of Khirshapat mango, one of the most popular and tasty mango varieties are happy over getting Geographical Indication (GI) for Chapainawabganj district's extraordinary produce. The...
BOGURA, Jan 29: Boro rice transplantation work across Bogura district is progressing fast as the weather of the region is quite favourable now for the job. From the very early...
RANGPUR, Jan 29: A good yield of coriander leaves has made the cultivators under Rangpur district delighted this season. According to sources harvesting of coriander leaves is going on in...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is set to announce its monetary policy for the second half of the 2018-19 fiscal year on Wednesday. The central bank Governor Fazle Kabir will present the...
President M Abdul Hamid on Tuesday said Bangladesh always gives priority to enhance the bilateral relations with Malaysia as the country’s outgoing High Commissioner in Dhaka Madam Nur Ashikin binti...
State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian on Tuesday said the government will provide child labourers training and job-oriented education to withdraw them from risky jobs. “The government...
Bangladesh has summoned Myanmar's ambassador in Dhaka following publication of irresponsible and false news by some media of Myanmar involving Bangladesh. The foreign ministry summoned Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka Lwin...
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) on Tuesday organised the launching ceremony of a book titled ‘Geopolitics of the South China Sea in the Coming Decades’ written by Prof. Md Aminul Karim,...
Two-thirds of the continental United States will be a frozen ice box, as the so-called polar vortex of frigid arctic air spins across the US Midwest, clips the Great Lakes,...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is likely to file a lawsuit with a New York (NY) court on January 30 (January 31 in Bangladesh) to recover the money heisted by hackers from...
An activist of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Bhuiyachara under Langadu Upazila's in Rangamati on Tuesday. The...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday twin explosions that killed 20 people in a church on a southern island at the weekend may have been a suicide attack, citing...
Branding the 11th parliament as a 'fake and stigmatised' one, BNP announced that they will form a human chain in the city on Wednesday, protesting the start of its maiden...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five members of an international drug smuggling syndicate from the city's Kaula area on Monday. The arrestees were identified as Fatema Imam Tania, 26,...
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamdallah has tendered his resignation and that of his unity government to President Mahmoud Abbas. The announcement would be a blow to faltering reconciliation efforts with...
Mia Saheb Maidan Khanqueh Sharif, situated at Mia Shaheb Maidan in Luxmibazar of Dhaka south, will hold religious discussions, Hamd and Nat-e-Rasul (sm), milad and doa mahfil marking the 40th...
At least 10 people were injured in a turf war between two factions of ruling Awami League (AL) at Bhatoi of Shailkupa Upazila in Jhenidah on Tuesday. Police said AL's...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described US sanctions, imposed on Venezuela’s state oil company, as illegal. The Russian foreign minister said the sanctions amounted to an attempt by the...
Bangladesh High Commissioner to Singapore Md Mustafizur Rahman said Bangladeshi doctors have earned good name and fame for Bangladesh abroad through their professional excellence, hard work and dedication. He urged...
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