The public subscription of Esquire Knit Composite will open on January 06, as the company is set to raise a capital of over Tk 562 million through IPO. The initial...
An eight-year-old Guatemalan migrant boy died shortly after midnight on Tuesday after being detained by US border agents, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said, making him the second...
Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited (Beximco) approved 5.0 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend (bonus share) for the year ended on June 30, 2018 in its 45th...
Mustard growers have been eyeing a bumper production this season with a hope to recoup losses they suffered previously due to severe crop failures. Farmers and agriculturists expressed optimism that...
The Jatiya Oikya Front late on Tuesday demanded immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda and urged the President to replace him with a neutral person. "This shameless,...
Unending domestic industry protection leads to high prices of goods in the local market and consumers are made the victims, a leading economist has said. "A time-bound tariff protection can...
International migration from climate change-affected areas in Bangladesh is far below than that of the internal migration, according to a new study. It said only 4.30 per cent of the...
The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has now reached the break-even point as far as marketing of oil products is concerned owing to a sharp fall in oil prices in...
The country's money market is now facing liquidity pressure following higher withdrawal of cash from the banks ahead of the national polls, bankers said. Some cash-hungry banks have also availed...
In spite of the animated ambience prevailing among both the country's winter vegetable farmers and consumers, a grey zone peeps through the scene. It comes in the form of negligible...
SIRAJGANJ, Dec 25: Vegetable growers in the vast Barind tract are delighted as they have been getting repeated bumper yield over the last few years. The Department of Agriculture Extension...
NAOGAON, Dec 25: In the middle of winter season, the demand for quilts increases manifold in Mohadevpur upazila of the district. The business of making hand woven quilts is an...
The farmers have produced a record 1.76 million tonnes of clean Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice - 2.65 million tonnes of paddy - exceeding the production target by eight percent in...
Islami Bank East Zone and Prime Bank South Zone are in commanding positions in their respective 6th and final round matches of Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) at the end of...
A promise made must be a promise kept -- Aristotle As this well known one liner keeps tapping at the eardrums when it comes to election promises, one has reasons...
The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday started sending ballot papers to districts to arrange the 11th parliamentary elections on December 30. The EC will send the ballot papers to 293...
President Donald Trump and top Democrats in Congress sparred over the partial shutdown of the US government on Monday, with no sign of tangible efforts to reopen agencies closed by...
Since 2010, many measures have been adopted to "crisis-proof" the eurozone. In addition to tighter budgetary rules and the start of a banking union, new efforts are underway to strengthen...
After two weeks of tension-filled discussions, the Katowice Climate Change Conference, mostly known as COP24 concluded on Saturday evening. In two weeks the delegates focused on outlining strategies for a...
Daily Prothom Alo special correspondent Raheed Ejaz and bdnews24.com senior correspondent Nurul Islam Hasib were elected president and general secretary of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) respectively for the...
Leadership matters. A bad leader can run even a wealthy, flourishing economy into the ground. A good leader can lift a poor, struggling economy to the soaring heights of prosperity....
Bangladesh will be able to import power from the neighbouring countries via India as the Indian government has approved the 'Guidelines for Import/Export (Cross Border) of Electricity- 2018' which was...
Since beginning its reform and opening up 40 years ago this month, China has been a very good student. And now, after four decades of rapid development, the country is...
At least 15 BNP leaders and activists, including Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, were injured in an attack by masked men during electioneering at Chunkutia of South Keraniganj in the city on...
President Md Abdul Hamid has called upon the people to continue country’s ongoing development trend by franchising their voting rights in the next Jatiya Sangsad election slated for December 30....
Pope Francis has urged the people of the world to see differences as a source of richness instead of danger and called for reconciliation in places torn apart by conflict....
The country's available power generation increased by about 2,200MW in the last one year while installed production capacity saw a rise by around 4,000MW, according to statistics of state-owned Power...
Former Nissan Motor Co Representative Director Greg Kelly was set to be released after more than a month in detention after a Tokyo court late on Tuesday rejected prosecutors’ request...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday arrested three traders red handed with Tk 85 million in cash for their alleged involvement in distributing the money for manipulating the election....
At least two people were killed and 11 wounded on Tuesday by a car bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, a former Islamic State stronghold, the military...
At least three people were killed when suicide bombers attacked Libya’s foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, the health ministry said. The assailants were suspected to be Islamic State militants,...
Britain’s Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s husband, missed a traditional Christmas Day church service on Tuesday, though a royal source said that the 97-year old was in good health and just...
At least three peoples sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out in two cotton warehouses at Dhamgar in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj district on Tuesday. The injured -Anowar Hossain...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the AL has come to power every time in democratic way by attaining the people’s mandate in elections as the party...
Israel will give Intel Corp a $185 million (700 million shekel) grant in return for a planned $5 billion expansion of its production operations in Israel. Intel is one of...
There are some questions no-one should ever ask. "What does this red button do?" "What do people say about me?" "Do you believe in Santa Claus?" Now we all know...
The Grameen Foundation Scotland, a Scottish charity which provided micro-credit business loans in deprived communities, has collapsed under debts. The initiative was launched in 2012 with the inspiration of Bangladesh's...
BNP on Tuesday voiced frustration over the 'growing' incidents of violence across the country, even after the army deployment. Speaking at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office,...
The Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) held its annual general meeting (AGM)-2018 on Monday evening. The RCCI President presented excerpts of the previous AGM, annual report on RCCI...
After setting up the first large solar power plant of Bangladesh, Joules Power has secured a contract to build another powerhouse in Chandpur Economic Zone. Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority or...
The University of Development Alternative (UODA) has arranged a seminar on “Social Entrepreneurship: HRM as an Entrepreneurial Tool” at its auditorium in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka recently. UODA Pro-Vice Chancellor...
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent son of the former Libyan leader, should play a role in his country’s political life, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was cited as...
Top ten traded companies captured 29 per cent turnover of the major bourse on Monday. Khulna Power Company Ltd (KPCL) topped the chart for third day in a row. Market...
Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 1,850 pieces of yaba tablets from Lakkhichar frontier area under Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Tuesday morning. A patrol team of BGB-53 Battalion...
As many as 3,000 people have been evacuated after residents of a newly completed tower block in Australia reported hearing "cracking noises". Police confirmed they had found a crack in...
Bilateral trade between Beijing and Dhaka is growing and China has become Bangladesh's biggest trade partner. "Import and export between the two countries increased by 17 per cent and 7.0...
Jatiya Oikyafront leaders, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, on Tuesday walked out of a meeting with the Election Commission (EC) as they found the Commission’s attitude to be ‘biased and...
LankaBangla Finance Limited (LBFL) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zabeer Hotel International, Jashore for its customers’ privileges. Under the MoU, LBFL cardholders will enjoy up to...
President Hassan Rouhani presented a state budget of 4,700 trillion rials to parliament on Tuesday, saying US sanctions would affect Iranians’ lives and economic growth but not bring the government...
Drone "hot spots" in Australia are getting sensors to automatically identify the aircraft and their pilots. Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (Casa) said it would install the equipment at the...
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