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A fire has burnt down at least two shops at the Karwan Bazar wholesale vegetable market in the city. Fire broke out at around 4:00am on Wednesday at a shed...
Grameenphone's (GP) dominance as the overwhelming market leader is set to come under increased regulatory scrutiny, as BTRC has finally come up with Significant Market Power (SMP) Regulations for the...
The BIMSTEC [Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation] has set 2019 as a deadline to make FTA [free trade agreement] operational. Sources said member countries of...
The government has decided to employ two state think-tanks for examining the pros and cons of the use of Kolkata and Haldia ports by the Bangladesh businesses. Officials have said...
Numerically, gender gap between men and women in the country's labour force is narrowing down. According to a report of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), female participation in Bangladesh's labour...
Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. (MTB) has started issuing UnionPay cards as the first commercial bank in the country, in collaboration with UnionPay International. MTB has also launched UnionPay QR code...
In the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Public Forum-- the global trade body's largest annual outreach event held last month-- discussions were held as usual on the latest developments in global...
Benchmark oil prices fell on Tuesday, set to snap a four-day winning streak amid concerns about rising global supplies as OPEC weighs production cuts, reports Reuters. Growing fears of an...
JHENIDAH, Nov 20: Eye-catching, scented and sparkling Netherlands flower Lilium cultivation, requiring huge investment, is also facing serious setback in Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah for lack of cold-storage. Flower farmer...
Emmy-nominated British actress Millie Bobby Brown has been announced as the newest Goodwill Ambassador of nited Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the youngest ver, reports Xinhua. The appointment was...
That the government frequently fails to take timely actions has again been proved in the case of ratification of the Montreal Convention, a multilateral treaty that guarantees payment of higher...
The conclusion of a two-part article titled Prospects of e-commerce in Bangladesh Bangladesh has considerably developed in the IT (information technology) sector. Many intelligent and highly qualified IT specialists have...
"From the tuk tuk drivers in Cambodia… to the school children in South Africa, women and men and girls and boys are taking a stand to prevent violence against women,"...
Debt sustainability is a risk factor for the poor countries of the world. Many poor countries had to suffer due to low sustainability of debt, mostly in foreign loans. Though...
Newly-appointed Danish Ambassador in Dhaka Winnie Estrup Petersen made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday. During the meeting, the envoy said her country wants Myanmar to...
Prominent photographer Shahidul Alam was released from jail on bail on Tuesday night, five days after securing bail from the High Court. Prison officer Mahbub Islam said Shahidul walked out...
A dead sperm whale that washed ashore in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg (13 lbs) of plastic waste in its stomach, park officials say. Items found included...
The Election Commission will send letters to all ministries asking them not to hold any meeting with returning officers. EC Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed said this while briefing reporters about the...
Indian High Commission in Dhaka has taken an initiative for additional route endorsement at Indian Visa Application Centres (IVAC) that will begin on November 22. All the requests for additional...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday seized Tk 2.5 million from a school in the city’s Jatrabari area for overcharging students to register for Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination. Acting...
Bangladesh has become a member of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for the 2019-2021 term. The country was unanimously elected by...
Police have arrested BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Mia hours after a court sentenced him to three years in jail for hiding wealth information. The member of the party’s standing committee...
The operation of telecommunication application Skype resumed on Tuesday afternoon as it is unblocked by local regulators. Emdadul Haque, secretary general of Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB), said...
The existing tax system has created burden on common people as low-income and high-income people pay value added tax (VAT) at similar rate to buy a product. Speakers came up...
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan says he has cleared farmers' loans worth more than 40m rupees ($560,000; £436,000). He wrote on his blog on Tuesday that he had "taken care" of...
The government has issued a notification to stop immediately the airing of advertisements of locally produced goods on foreign television channels downlinked in Bangladesh. The notification, issued recently by the...
A US federal judge has blocked an order issued by President Trump to deny asylum to migrants crossing the southern US border illegally. US District Judge Jon Tigar in San...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the party nearly completed the nomination process of its candidates and is expected to announce list of candidates of the ruling...
BNP on Tuesday asked the Election Commission (EC) to take disciplinary action against four government officials, including its secretary and the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner, over the recent Nayapaltan...
Deposit collection through the agent banking increased by 28 per cent or Tk 5.4672 billion in July to September quarter compared to the previous quarter of April to June in...
Police have arrested six people in connection with the recent vandalism and arson attacks on law-enforcement agencies’ vehicles in Naya Paltan. All of them are linked to Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal,...
A woman reportedly committed suicide by consuming poison after killing her one-year-old son in Cumilla on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Khaleda Akter, 22, wife of Abu Bakar Siddique,...
The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated tomorrow (Wednesday) through various programmes at Dhaka Cantonment. On this day, all the vehicles, excepting the vehicles carrying the invited guests and also...
Three construction workers were killed after falling off an under-construction building in Khalishpur area of Khulna city on Tuesday noon. The deceased were identified as Nur-e-Alam, 18, son of Nurul...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought South Korean investment and cooperation in power sector and establishing ICT training centres in the country. The premier made the request when the...
Water levels of 18 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises and 61 stations recorded falls. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, 13...
Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed has instructed the local polls observers not to talk to media on the day of the 11th parliamentary elections. The secretary gave the instruction on...
The scientists, for the first time in India, are going to induce artificial rain over Delhi this week to wash away toxic pollutants from the air and provide residents respite...
One person died and dozens were injured Tuesday after a landslide derailed a commuter train travelling toward Barcelona city of Spain, authorities said. The regional civil protection agency said that...
Kenya's president has launched the country's first coastguard to protect and monitor its territorial waters. It will guard against illegal fishing, which President Uhuru Kenyatta says costs Kenya about $100...
Renowned Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has joined the IIFA Awards Experience at Madame Tussauds Singapore with the official unveiling of her new interactive wax figure. Anushka's figure is the latest...
Stocks ended higher on Tuesday, after remaining flat in the past session, as investors showed their buying spree, particularly on financial issues. Market insiders said the institutional investors were active...
A Consultation Dialogue was held in BUILD Conference Room recently on Financing Schemes for Maximising Export Competitiveness in Bangladesh. The dialogue discussed a policy paper prepared by BUILD to be...
A group of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners in the Bay Area in US state of California are working together to promote TCM among Chinese communities and beyond. California Assembly...
Omar Farooque, Managing Director of Union Bank Limited inaugurated the Bhulta Branch at Rupgonj in Narayangonj as the chief guest on Tuesday. Deputy Managing Director Hasan Iqbal and Owner of...
City Bank recently signed an agreement with UnionPay International, one of the largest card payment companies in the world. From now on, City Bank, possessor of country’s largest Point-of-Sales (POS)...
A Dhaka court has jailed BNP leader Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia for three years on charges of hiding wealth information in a case filed 14 years ago. Judge Sheikh Golam...
China has launched a new space environment research satellite and four nanosatellites on a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 7:40am Tuesday. The...
Heavy traffic was witnessed at many places in India's capital Delhi as 5,000 weddings were scheduled to take place in the city on Monday, officials said. The Delhi Police deployed...
Nissan Motor Co’s shares fell more than 6 percent on Tuesday as Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s arrest a day earlier sent shockwaves through the business world and threw into doubt the...
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