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Japan’s Nikkei surged on Thursday, tracking a rally in Wall Street after US midterm elections produced no major surprises. The Nikkei share average rose 1.8 per cent to 22,481.58 points...
Asian markets rose on Thursday after the US midterm elections went as expected, soothing fears of a sudden shift on trade and economic policies. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rallied 1.9...
Customs Valuation and Internal Audit (CVA) Commissionarate unearthed tax evasion worth Tk 28 million through import of some 18 consignments, said a press statement on Wednesday. A team of CVA...
Toshiba Corp is liquidating its British nuclear power unit and selling its US liquefied natural gas (LNG) business, as the once-mighty industrial conglomerate seeks to unload troubled assets and regain...
A Chinese miner was killed and a Bangladesh worker sustained injuries in an accident in an underground tunnel of Dinajpur’s Barapukuria coal mine on early Thursday. The incident took place...
Netflix Inc plans to make 17 more original productions in Asia as it seeks to boost international subscriber numbers, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said on Thursday. The plan, announced...
Australia will offer Pacific countries up to 3.0 billion Australian dollar (USD 2.18 billion) in grants and cheap loans to build infrastructure, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday. Australia...
A Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row has been freed from prison, her lawyer says. Some reports say Asia Bibi has boarded a...
Prison authorities have transferred BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to the Old Dhaka jailhouse from hospital for a court appearance in the Niko graft case. The move followed a decision to...
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expects to meet again with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un early next year and that a meeting between US Secretary of State...
The ninth edition of 'Bangladesh Denim Expo' is being held in the capital aiming to showcase Bangladeshi denim brands to the global market and to make Bangladesh a ‘one-stop sourcing...
A man who was named in several drug cases has been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Chuadanga. The ‘shootout’ took place at Ujalpur playground in Sadar Upazila...
Free trade issue and cooperation on customs matters will figure prominently in a two-day meeting of the BIMSTEC trade negotiating committee beginning in Dhaka on November 18, officials said. Other...
The government released the second instalment of cash incentives totalling Tk 11.25 billion for disbursement among exporters in the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19. The Ministry of Finance issued a...
Jail authorities have moved to transfer BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to the Old Dhaka jailhouse from hospital for a court appearance in the Niko graft case. The move came after...
Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group reported a 21 per cent rise in quarterly net profit, beating expectations, thanks to more premium computers it was able to sell. Its net profit...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) from paying Value Added Tax (VAT) on account of its purchase of six new ocean-going ships. Otherwise,...
The board of directors of Meghna Petroleum has recommended 140 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018. The final approval of dividend will come during...
The prices of most of the shares on the bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading Thursday as some investors are active on sector-wise issues. Following the previous...
The third event of Bangladesh Youth Symposium will be held at BUET on November 09 (Friday). Bangladesh Youth Symposium, an initiative of Youth School of Social Entrepreneurs (YSSE), intends to...
The World Congress of Accountants 2018 ends today (Thursday) in Sydney. The 4-day conference began on Monday in the Australian city. WCOA is the premier accounting conference for the global...
A UN human rights expert has urged Bangladesh to shelve the plan to start repatriating Rohingya refugees to Rakhine this month, saying the Myanmar government has failed to provide guarantees...
The low-cap companies dominated the Dhaka Stock Exchange's turnover chart on Wednesday while the SK Trims Industries topped the list. Brokers said investors showed their buying appetite on SK Trims...
Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday filed 3,772 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation on the city streets as part of its...
The dollar traded in a narrow range on Thursday as markets settled after US midterm election results came in as expected, leaving investors free to focus on a Federal Reserve’s...
President Donald Trump forced out his attorney general on Wednesday and threatened to fight back if Democrats use their new majority in the US House of Representatives to launch investigations...
Bangladesh is expecting to get US$ 2.2 billion from Green Climate Fund (GCF) for implementation of 48 projects as it has finalised the country programme (CP) prioritising adaptation to the...
All the eight members of a family have died in a fire ignited apparently by an electric malfunction of a rice cooker in the northern district of Joypurhat. The incident...
The government approved on Wednesday US$800 million hard-loan from Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to help Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) finance oil import, officials said. It also endorsed $1.3 billion worth...
The ninth edition of the annual social business summit kicks off today (Thursday) in the German city of Wolfsburg with global leaders and thinkers rethinking the future of human civilisation,...
The state-owned Petrobangla has cancelled a regular shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar as regasification at the maiden LNG terminal remained suspended for six days now. Regasification at...
The presence of too many banks and the resultant competition are some of the main reasons for the rising amount of non-performing loan in the country, experts have said. They...
A Japanese delegation is reviewing progress in six large infrastructure development projects under public-private partnership (PPP). Official sources said this visit is part of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed...
Managers at a Chinese firm have been jailed for making staff who failed to reach sales targets drink urine and eat cockroaches, local media report, reports BBC. Police took action...
Safe drinking water is a scarce resource in Bangladesh. It is almost implausible to visualise free drinking water source, even sometimes at our own homes. It can be said that...
Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) creates platforms for students to practice their extracurricular skills, which are considered as important as academic knowledge in the contemporary world. The students have established...
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) promotes clubs and club activities among its students. The Independent Economic Society (IES) is one such club, which focuses on developing the understanding of economics not...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has suspended her news conference scheduled for Thursday on the outcome of crucial talks with political groups ahead of the general election. Hasina’s Press Secretary Ihsanul...
When a country's imports rise, the immediate reaction may be disquieting unless it is complemented by corresponding rise in export. But import of not all items is likely to be...
BOGURA, Nov 07: Cauliflower growers in the district are earning good profit this season due good output and high market prices. More than 2,000 farmers of Sariakanndi, Sherpur, Shibganj, Sonatola,...
The month of October is the usual time for declaration of dividends by companies listed on the bourses in Bangladesh whose accounting year ended in June. These companies could have...
BB's guideline on ICRRS mentions that banks need to manage the credit risk inherent in the entire portfolio as well as the risk in individual borrower transaction. But this does...
At a political rally on October 20, US President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the 1987 Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range...
The draft Export Policy 2018-21 received cabinet approval this week with a view to, what the government claims, infusing dynamism into export operations, enhance competitiveness in trade and commerce. The...
In the global innovation index 2018, Japan has been placed at the 13th position. Countries like Ireland, South Korea, Singapore and the United Kingdom are ahead of Japan. Does it...
When it comes to "micro-financing" in Bangladesh, the first names that pop into our minds are "Grameen Bank" and "BRAC". During the "battle" between these two giants, another institution has...
The first-year honours admission tests of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University (DU) under academic session 2018- 2019 will begin on Friday with the entry test of science unit. The...
The country's remittance inflow marked a rise in October after its decline in September this year. As per the statistics provided by the Bangladesh Bank, the country received $1.239 billion...
South Africa will hold parliamentary elections sometime between May 7 and August 5 next year, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, raising the likelihood of a vote in May which...
The foreign ministry of Bangladesh has summoned Myanmar's Ambassador in Dhaka Lwin Oo to protest 'unprovoked' firing on Bangladesh border. Bangladesh expressed concern over the November 4 firing incident by...
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