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The price of rods, the main input material in construction, has gone up by around 20 per cent in a year in the local market, raising costs in the construction...
Police arrested six Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists, including its district unit ameer, from Chitli Boitpur area under Sadar upazila in Bagerhat on Saturday. The arrestees are Maolana Rejaul Karim, the...
Two brothers, who were injured being beaten by their rivals on Friday following dispute over land at Kodalia village in Chauhali upazila of Sirajganj district, died on Saturday. The deceased...
The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city. Butembo, a bustling city of almost a million people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is...
The Acme Laboratories Limited recently organised its 42nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the PSC Convention Hall in the capital. Nagina Afzal Sinha, chairman of the company presided over the...
The Awami League has assigned ‘special duties’ to four of its party leaders who have not been nominated to contest the election despite being members of parliament. The leaders are—Awami...
The Shareholders of the Information Technology Consultants Limited (ITC) have declared 10 per cent stock (bonus) dividend for the year 2017-18. The approval came at the 18th Annual General Meeting...
Two international flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Saturday. Flight BG 148 from Dubai was...
Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Mr Zhang Zuo on Saturday said China believes that the people of Bangladesh have the ability to hold the upcoming general elections in a fair and...
President M Abdul Hamid asked the newly-inducted military officers to remain alert for safeguarding the country’s hard-earned independence and sovereignty keeping in mind the cost the nation had to pay...
China’s exports increased far less than expected in November, apparently indicating that slowing global demand outweighed any gains from a rush to ship goods to the United States ahead of...
IPDC Finance Limited along with Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN)’s entrepreneur development initiative ‘Chakri khujbo na, chakri debo’ and University of Asia Pacific (UAP) have jointly organized ‘IPDC Uddokta Summit...
US singer Beyonce will perform at the wedding of the daughter of India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, along with Bollywood stars, and guests will be flown in on 100 chartered...
Japan's parliament has approved a controversial new law allowing hundreds of thousands of foreigners into the country to ease labour shortages. From next April foreigners will be allowed to take...
A US congressman resolution has called on Bangladesh political leaders and judicial authorities to respect the will of voters and ensure that all Bangladeshis participate freely in the upcoming elections...
The Election Commission on Saturday kept the decisions pending on the petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Krishak Sramik Janata League President Kader Siddiqui. After hearing on their...
Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) discussed the undertakings of SME Development Working Committee (SMEDWC) in a meeting with Secretary in-charge, Ministry of Industries (MOI) recently. Abdul Halim, Secretary in-charge, MOI,...
The International Rhyme Writers’ Conference-2018 was held in Rangpur on Friday amid festivity entertaining hundreds of children, students, socio-cultural and literary personalities and common people. The Rangpur divisional committee of...
The share price of Sonali Aansh Industries soared 49 per cent or Tk 197 this week, compared to the previous week. The share closed at Tk 730.80 on Thursday, the...
China launched two satellites for Saudi Arabia on a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:12 pm on Friday. Each weighing 425 kg,...
Facebook Inc (FB.O) will buy back an additional $9 billion of its shares, as it looks to pacify investors following a slump in its stock. The social media giant’s shares,...
Police, in their special drives arrested a total of 84 people from two districts of the country in the last 24 hours. Of them, 42 were held from eight upazilas...
Three miners were killed and 10 were trapped underground when a gold mine they were working at in northern Sudan collapsed, the state’s Sudanese Mineral Resources Company (SMRC) said in...
Unbeaten Juventus made it 14 victories in 15 Serie A games this season when Mario Mandzukic’s second-half header gave them a 1-0 win over Inter Milan in a breathless Derby...
Uber Technologies Inc has filed paperwork for an initial public offering, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, taking a step closer to a key milestone for one...
Patients of Bishwanath upazila are being deprived of government healthcare facilities due to alleged absence of doctors at the upazila health complex and other irregularities. Patients alleged that they find...
Concerns over China-US trade tensions gave European shares their worst week of losses in two months and sank US stocks on Friday, overshadowing the lift from higher oil prices and...
Detectives in a drive arrested seven people from different parts of the capital city on Friday night in connection with the leak of recruitment test questions of Department of Narcotics...
Around 40 per cent of solid wastes generated in the country's urban areas remain unmanaged, creating adverse environmental impacts and public health hazards, according to a study. It revealed that...
Six people have been killed and more than 100 injured, 10 of them seriously, in a stampede at a nightclub in Italy, officials say. The incident took place near the...
The Election Commission has resumed its hearing for the last day on Saturday on the petitions filed against the decisions of the returning officers over the rejection of nomination papers...
The authorities of Dhaka city’s Viqarunnisa Noon School and College on Friday appointed a new acting principal and morning shift in-charge for its Bailey Road branch after the posts were...
Stocks bounced back this week, as optimistic investors went on a buying spree, snapping up financial issues. Thursday was the last trading session of the week. Week-on-week, DSEX, the prime...
The sales of warm clothes have perked up at shopping malls and roadside shops in the capital, with mercury falling gradually across the country. A spot visit to different shops...
Fourteen people, including six hostages, were killed early on Friday in a shootout between police and bank robbers attempting to blow up ATMs at two banks in a small town...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off the coast of Japan's Fukushima prefecture on Saturday, Japan Meteorological Agency said. The temblor occurred at 10:54 am local time,...
Most of the educational institutions have yet to comply with the government's directives to improve sanitation due to lack of monitoring system, experts said. To this end, the education ministry...
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's chief financial officer faces US accusations that she covered up her company's links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite sanctions, a...
The country should create new entrepreneurs, giving priority to knowledge and technology, experts said on Friday. To become a developed economy by 2041, there is no alternative to Bangladesh for...
Police recovered the body of a woman from the underground of a market in Aganagar area of Dhaka’s Keraniganj Sadar upazila on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Noor...
Wheat production is likely to decline further this season as farmers are switching to other crops following the attack of a fungal disease on the fields. Persistent low prices of...
Different government ministries and agencies are growingly becoming reluctant to take 'costly' loans from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). The Jeddah-based multilateral lender has been one of the largest international...
Bangladesh is yet to find the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's involvement in the reserve heist though it plans to sue the US-based bank, a top official said on...
Local bottling plants are in dire straits after bulk suppliers have suspended supplies of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) since November 12. Prices of LPG cylinders for household use rose significantly...
Almost all the cities in Bangladesh are rapidly becoming unfriendly towards pedestrians. Dhaka and other big cities have already allowed motor vehicles to rule the roads. The chaos on the...
Some young and talented researchers - Fakir Md Yunus, Safayet Khan, Tanjilut Tasnuba, Paroma Afsara Husain, and Amanda Misiti - undertook a research on transfer of money via mobile phones....
Loss making sugar mills continue to be a burden on the government for long. Attempts to reenergise them by way of increased productivity and profitability have not produced any worthwhile...
December 3 was celebrated globally as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). Originally, annual observance of the IDPD was proclaimed for the first time in 1992, through a...
Every economics student knows that when demand outpaces supply, prices should go up. But, despite an historically low 3.9 per cent unemployment rate in the United States, the "prices" for...
Travis Head scored an unbeaten half-century on his home debut to give Australia hope of reeling in India's first innings lead despite a string of batting failures on day two...
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