One of China's most acclaimed directors, a rising star with a tragic story and a documentary charting mass protests have all won top prizes at this year's Golden Horse awards....
Bank Asia and Mastercard have announced their collaboration with Payoneer for faster processing of freelancers’ cross-border digital payments through the SHADIN card. Payoneer is an online platform that facilitates cross-border...
British Prime Minister Theresa May says she sees no alternative to the Brexit deal she presented earlier this week, amid reports that some of her senior ministers want her to...
Two international flights of separate airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Sunday. A flight of Kuwait airlines from...
Health experts and medical practitioners at a seminar in Rajshahi observed that maintaining discipline, taking prescribed diets and medicines with regular physical exercise are very important for the patients suffering...
Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia has published the results of 'C' unit admission test under Business Administration Faculty for 2018-19 academic session on Sunday. The unit coordinator Professor Arabinda Shaha...
Three people were killed and three others injured following a head-on collision between a truck and a battery-run easy-bike in Rangpur on Sunday morning. According to Saifur Rahman, additional superintendent...
President Donald Trump on Saturday called a CIA assessment blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi “very premature” and said he will...
Portugal became the first team to qualify for the Nations League semi-finals when they held Italy 0-0 on Saturday, the second time in a year that the hosts have been...
Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday filed 3,668 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation on the city streets as part of its...
The US says it will join Australia in developing a naval base in Papua New Guinea (PNG), in an apparent move to curb China's growing influence. Vice-President Mike Pence said...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently inaugurated its air lounge at Shah Amanat International Airport (SAIA), Domestic Terminal, Chattogram, with a view to providing its customers with greater comfort...
BNP has started interviewing its nomination hopefuls for the 11th parliamentary elections. The party nomination board, comprising its standing committee members, started the interview with the hopefuls for Rangpur division's...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a former assistant sub-inspector of police and a teenage girl along with 574 pieces of yaba tablets in Khulna on...
The share subscription for the initial public offering (IPO) of Genex Infosys kicked off on Sunday, officials said. Genex Infosys, an IT company, will raise a fund worth Tk 200...
This year’s Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee Examinations for the fifth graders have begun across the country today (Sunday). The two and a half hour-long tests started at 10:30...
At least forty people, mostly women and children were killed in the latest wave of US-led coalition airstrikes on Saturday against the last remaining Islamic State-held pocket in Syria near...
Two people were killed and four others wounded early Sunday after a hit-and-run incident in Sirajganj Sadar Upazila. The accident took place around 7:00am on the highway in Sayedabad area...
The country is going to adopt an 'action plan' to raise production of black tiger shrimp and boost export of the protein-rich item. "The Bangladesh Action Plan for Branding Black...
JHENAIDAH: A total of 34 landless and insolvent freedom fighters' (FFs) families from six upazilas in the district got houses named 'Bir Nibas'. The total cost of construction of the...
The United States and China swapped barbs over trade, investment and regional security at an Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on Saturday, as growing fault lines among members suggested...
The revenue board has exempted the travel agents from paying Value Added Tax (VAT) on their commission earnings from sales of air tickets, according to an order. There was 15...
Some 123 shareholders of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) so far have received cheques against their shares sold to the Chinese consortium with a commitment of investing in the capital market....
A traffic constable died after being hit by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw while he was performing duty at Baroihat Pouro Bazar in Mirsharai upazia of Chattogram on Sarurday night. The deceased...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups at Dakhshin Lengurbil adjacent to the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar in the...
NBR launches audio-visual tutorial on tax return Fair’s fifth day fetches Tk 2.90b income taxes; over 81,000 file return FE Report The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched an...
Bangladesh can benefit from the ongoing global trade war if the country focuses on infrastructure development, speakers at a seminar said on Saturday. They also underlined the need for easing...
An inordinate delay in allowing the Bhutanese goods-laden trucks to enter Bangladesh through Indian land port Changrabandha is badly hampering Bangladesh's import trade with Bhutan, officials and relevant traders said....
The rate of youth unemployment in Bangladesh remained one of 'the most worsening' situation among the countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The country's overall unemployment rate rose by 1.0 percentage...
State-run Petrobangla has finalised a draft of the model production sharing contract (PSC) to launch a fresh bidding round for onshore and offshore energy exploration. "We sent the draft of...
China became the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) for Bangladesh last fiscal year (FY), the central bank said. The net inflow of FDI from the world's second-largest economy...
The economy of Bangladesh is at present going through a transformational phase from that of a least developed country (LDC) towards a developing one. The country is expected to graduate...
Economic diplomacy, as a strategy of enhancing national prosperity, has been a significant priority for many countries across the world in the period following the Cold War. The financial crisis...
Various types of foibles characterise nations. Through the passage of time and attainment of maturity, many of them are capable of overcoming these weaknesses. The people of Bangladesh are not...
The government is reported to have decided on building a 217.5-kilometre (km) 'access-controlled' highway between Dhaka and Chattogram under public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement. The estimated cost of the project is...
It is beyond comprehension why the government is wasting taxpayers' money on the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). Viewed as a white elephant - the government owns many such units...
A three-day expo on leather goods and leather footwear will begin at International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the city on next Thursday, aiming to give an impetus to the...
BNP on Saturday demanded that the screening of docudrama titled 'Hasina, A Daughter's Tale' be stopped to check the violation of the electoral code of conduct. "Sheikh Hasina took interviews...
The authorities of Dhaka Cantonment have imposed restriction on vehicular movement inside the area for November 21 (Wednesday). Various programmes will be celebrated in Dhaka cantonment on the occasion of...
A company doesn't get as big as Amazon as quickly as it has without the CEO thinking a little differently to everyone else, and in the case of Jeff Bezos,...
Dutch envoy Harry Verweij offered on Thursday his best support for better trade and economic ties between the Netherlands and Bangladesh.He was speaking at a reception accorded to him by...
RANGPUR, Nov 17 (BSS): Some 25,000 char families changed their fortune by farming pumpkin on a vast a tract of land in Rangpur agriculture region over the last nine years.Earlier,...
MAGURA, Nov 17: Aman growers in the district are frustrated over the present market price. Sources said newly-harvested T-Aman paddy has started appearing in the local markets. Though a bumper...
This year's Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Ebtedayee Examinations for the fifth graders will begin on Sunday. A total of 27,77,270 students will sit for the exams among which 12,78,000...
Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain has said the anti-government political alliance will not boycott the election. He also urged people to get ready to guard the polling stations while...
Sri Lanka has plunged into a politico-constitutional crisis since October 26 in the wake of President Maithripala Sirisena's decision to sack Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister, appoint former president Mahinda...
A minor girl was killed as a speeding truck ran over her on Sherpur-Nalitabari road in Sonnashivita village of Nalitabari Upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Elahi...
Techniques applied to accomplish a particular job may be defined as a skill, the possession of which is the mark of a professional. An example being a practising surgeon. In...
Barcelona have confirmed Ivan Rakitic has been diagnosed with a hamstring injury. Rakitic was substituted midway through the second half of Croatia's 3-2 Nations League win against Spain, in which...
Chinese consumers will remain the driving force for the luxury goods market, according to a new study by Bain consultancy released Thursday that shows they will fuel nearly half of...
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