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Trade negotiators of the regional bloc BIMSTEC will meet in Delhi on January 21-22 to resolve the rules of origin (ROO) dispute which is critical to a deal on 'trade...
The World Bank (WB) has projected a 7.0 per cent economic growth for Bangladesh in fiscal year (FY) 2018-19. The WB has also forecast a 6.8 per cent GDP (gross...
The central bank has emphasised improving financial intermediation efficiency by reducing the amount of classified loans in the banking system through better supervision and risk management. "….improving financial intermediation efficiency...
European Union countries are expected to next week approve a scheme to limit imports of steel into the bloc following US President Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs on steel and...
Sylhet Sixers beat Chittagong Vikings by five runs in a last over thriller on Wednesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city, reports UNB. Vikings needed 24 runs in...
When the Board of Investment (BOI) and the Privatisation Commission (PC) were merged on September 01, 2016 to create the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), it was regarded as a...
The main political beneficiaries of the social and economic fractures wrought by globalisation and technological change, it is fair to say, have so far been right-wing populists. Politicians like Donald...
Belonging to the age-group of 15-30 years, the youths constitute around one-third of Bangladesh's total population. The youths are a strategic segment of the country's population and organised youths can...
The unusually hot summer of 2018 showed that climate change affects a central part of our lives: agriculture. The severe drought in Liechtenstein led to large losses in the hay...
The Maldives' government has asked citizens to report information regarding allegations of corruption and abuse of power during the tenure of the strongman leader defeated in elections last year, reports...
US President Donald Trump has made his first TV address to the nation from the Oval Office, escalating a stand-off with Congress that has led to an 18-day partial government...
International trade transactions and associated services are highly regulated. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is the authority for regulating and supervising all trade services related activities including the use of transport...
The wife of a Norwegian multi-millionaire businessman has been missing for months after being abducted, police have now confirmed, reports BBC. Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, 68, disappeared from her home near...
Different organisations of garment workers demanded trial of the killing of one of their co-workers by police firing at Savar through separate protest rallies in front of the National Press...
With equities slumping, exchange-rate volatility increasing, and political risks intensifying, financial markets around the world have hit a rough patch. During times like these, international investors generally grow cautious and...
BNP leader Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, the Jatiya Oikya Front candidate for the Brahmanbaria-2, has won the parliamentary constituency after re-voting in three centres. Ukil Abdul Sattar bagged 83,997 votes while...
With about 500 million users across the globe, LinkedIn provides networking opportunity for professionals to connect and evolve. In most cases, creating a profile and leaving it there is not...
"At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents," said Jane D. Hull, American politician and educator. Parents begin...
The concept of above the line (ATL) and below the line (BTL) marketing are well on its way to becoming archaic. The new battleground for the consumers' attention is the...
It's a good piece of news that the government is planning to bring the dredging work of the inland waterways under a real-time monitoring network. The Ministry of Shipping is...
Jatiya Party has finalised four nominees for electing them to reserved women seats in the 11th parliament. Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad approved the nominations on Wednesday, said a party...
PABNA, Jan 09: A good numbers of peasants are passing busy time growing onion on a commercial basis this season in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district. The farmers of the...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has directed the Economic Relations Division (ERD) to project sound loan repayment capacity of Bangladesh before the world The minister also asked the ERD, which...
The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed tomorrow (Thursday) in a befitting manner. Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of the nation and...
Taiwan's military has announced a series of newly designed large-scale military drills for this year aimed at countering China's renewed threat to use force to gain control over the island....
Dhaka has protested Myanmar's allegation of existence of Arakan Army and Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) bases in Bangladesh. Bangladesh also described the allegation as fake, baseless and provocative, said...
Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday called US officials 'first-class idiots,' mocking American leaders as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo toured the Mideast to promote the White House's tough stance...
The 16th Dhaka International Textile and Garment Machinery Exhibition began at Basundhara International Convention Centre (BICC) in the capital on Wednesday. FBCCI president Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin inaugurated the fair. Bangladesh...
A two-day special conference on Delta Plan 2100 is scheduled to start from Friday to inform the people about the long-term strategy and identify its strength and weaknesses. Experts from...
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Wednesday said the International Crimes Tribunal Act will be amended for holding the trial of Jamaat-e-Islami for its crimes against humanity during the Liberation War...
The first session of the 11th parliament is scheduled to begin on January 30. President Md Abdul Hamid decided that the assembly will convene at 3pm, said an official of...
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday laid emphasis on expanding trade, exploring new markets and diversifying products apart from developing skills to have a stronger presence of Bangladeshi products on the...
The government has appointed private secretaries to ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers of the new cabinet. Forty-five government officials holding the rank of deputy secretary and one official with...
Bangladesh has moved four notches up to the 88th place among 167 countries in the Democracy Index 2018, compared to the previous year. Bangladesh ranks 88th with an overall score...
Policemen in India’s Nagpur found themselves in a strange situation when a young man approached them with a complaint to find his "stolen" heart. The man wanted to file a...
Police arrested two men on charges of counterfeiting currency notes with a face value of Tk 1.2 million from the capital on Tuesday night. The Counter Terrorism and International Crime unit of...
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said nobody believes that those who faced defeat both in their movement and in election have anything new to do. The...
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the government is applying all ways to repress their chairperson Khaleda Zia. "Khaleda Zia is still sick. The government...
Police have arrested two suspects over the murder of two children in Dhaka’s Demra. Golam Mostofa, 31, and his cousin Azizul Baowani, 32, allegedly strangled the two girls to death...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) arranged a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Programme on “Global Finance Career in Digital Era” at ICMAB Bhaban in Dhaka city...
An Israeli former cabinet minister admitted to spying for Iran on Wednesday in a plea deal in exchange for an 11-year prison sentence, the Israeli Justice Ministry said. Gonen Segev,...
Stocks maintained the gaining streak Wednesday as investors continued to show their buying spree on sector-wise issues. The market opened on upward trend and key index crossed the 5,800-mark twice...
A truck driver was killed and ten others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway at Baneshwar in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi on Wednesday. The dead driver was identified...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has laughed off a Photoshop fail found in a portrait that was on his website. The photo of Mr Morrison and his family showed the...
Emirates has come up with special limited time offers for passengers travelling from Bangladesh to 157 destinations across its global network. The special fares will be applicable for booking between...
Global economic growth is projected to slow to 2.9 per cent in 2019 from a downwardly revised 3.0 per cent in 2018 amid rising downside risks, the World Bank said...
Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a daylong drive on Tuesday realised Tk 2.8 million in fines from traffic offenders. A total of 4,974 cases were also...
Garment Workers' Front on Wednesday held a rally in front of Jatiya Press Club demanding justice for RMG worker Sumon Mia who was shot dead allegedly by police on Tuesday...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a regular anti-narcotics drive arrested 49 suspects from different areas of the capital for selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under DMP launched...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her new cabinet colleagues on Wednesday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his final resting place at Tungipara. The...
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