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Chairman of the securities regulator Professor M Khairul Hossain has warned different eligible investors (EIs) of 'scrapping' their IPO (initial public offering) quota if they fail to carry out stipulated...
A woman and her five-year-old daughter were killed when a truck hit a rickshaw van at Bhatiapara in Domar upazila of Nilphamari on Wednesday night. The deceased are Nazma Begum, 30,...
Silva Pharmaceuticals made a flying trade debut on Wednesday as its share price jumped 190 per cent on the first day of trading. The share traded between Tk 28.10 and...
The government has allocated Tk 1.0 billion in loan for the state-run jute mills to pay wages and arrears to the employees who have long been going through financial hardship...
The severe cyclonic storm ‘Titli’ hit India’s Odisha-Andhra coast at Gopalpur with a hurricane wind speed of 126 kph at around 6:15 am (local time) on Thursday. The Indian Meteorological...
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) has signed a contract with a Japanese company-led joint venture (JV) to carry out detailed design work of the city's second metro-rail project. DMTCL...
The World Bank Group has unveiled a new system on Thursday to rank countries based on their success in developing human capital, an effort to prod governments to invest more...
The member states of regional trade bloc BIMSTEC are set to establish a fund for research, planning and financing development projects. At the initial stage, officials have said, the fund...
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, killing three people in Java and damaging some buildings...
Tax collection by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) from financial institutions fell short of the target by Tk 3.0-billion in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year...
Bangladesh is still among a few countries in the world, which has the highest migration cost, according to preliminary findings of a recent study of the International Organisation for Migration....
No matter to what extent scientists claim that technology has diminished a lot of burden of this world by making several tasks easier for human beings, there is one aspect...
Bangladesh Angels, a pioneering angel investment network in the country, was inaugurated at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden on October 04, 2018. Angel investors, venture capitalists, financiers, entrepreneurs and other...
Toru Institute of Inclusive Innovation has recently launched the 'Impactor' programme for early-stage entrepreneurs. The Impactor programme is an eight-month long business incubation programme for entrepreneurs who want to transform...
The Congressional mid-term elections are extremely important in the US political system. The event draws nationwide attention and debate and is also watched globally. The elections, this time, with higher...
The head of the capital market regulatory body, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has given a strong hint at discarding the Book Building Method (BBM) that was introduced...
The cabinet has finally approved the Gold Policy-2018 as was placed by the Ministry of Commerce. For long, analysts have been advocating for an open and transparent gold policy so...
The government is reported to have been working on formulation of a policy on decentralisation of loading and unloading of goods at seaports. This is aimed at, what the press...
Islamic finance has been defined as finance in consonance with the ethos and values system of Islam and governed, in addition to the conventional good governance and risk management rules,...
The world is reaching a tipping point, where the global middle class will expand dramatically over the next several years. The global middle class, numbering 3.2 billion people in 2016,...
Bangladesh had a GDP growth of 7.86 per cent in the last fiscal. This is welcome news as this performance is the resultant effect of all activities & performances by...
Cyclonic storm 'Titli' intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Wednesday with a 'Core of Hurricane Wind ' over West-Central Bay and adjoining Northwest Bay. The maritime ports of Chattogram,...
An eight-day Bangladesh-India food festival began at a restaurant in Mumbai, India on Tuesday showcasing various delicious food items from the two countries. Hilsa-polao of Bangladeshi culinary expert Nayana Afroz...
Three senior journalists of Myanmar’s largest private newspaper were remanded in custody after handing themselves in to police on Wednesday over the allegations of causing 'fear or alarm'. One of...
A group of students from Communication and Media Studies department of University of Development Alternative (UODA) visited Bangladesh National Museum at Shahbag in Dhaka on Wednesday. Keeper of public education...
The Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology of Bangladesh signed an agreement on Government Security Programme (GSP) with Microsoft on Wednesday for ensuring cyber security in the country. As...
The 2004 grenade attack was a hateful attempt to make the Awami League, the main opposition party at the time, leaderless. Judge Shahed Nuruddin of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal, who...
The United Nations in a new report bemoaned the "extreme" number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan's protracted war, saying 2,798 Afghan civilians died in the first nine months of this...
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said their party is not fully satisfied with the verdict of the August 21 grenade attack cases as the mastermind of the incident...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the media to perform their social responsibilities alongside their business to help build a good society. "The social responsibility is the most important thing...
Victims of August 21 grenade attack expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict of the case and demanded death sentence to Tarique Rahman, the mastermind of the gruesome attack. Members of Bangladesh...
Terming the verdict in the two August 21 grenade attack cases fair, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said he is happy with the judgement. "It has been proved through...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday distributed cheques of donation to nine persons in response to their applications for financial assistance for treatment and subsistence. Sheikh Hasina handed over the...
Bangladesh has ranked 100th in the Global Passport Power Rank 2018, slipping five notches from its previous ranking. In 2017, Bangladesh ranked 95th with visa-free access to 38 countries, according...
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has developed two new high yielding rice varieties having higher yield potentials over the two most popular existing rice varieties in the country. The two...
Bangladesh Railway has signed an agreement with Korean Hyundai Rotem for procuring 70 meter gauge locomotives. Project Director Abdul Matin Chowdhury and Director of Global Rail Hyundai Rotem Kwang-Kwun Yoon...
Expressing satisfaction over the verdict in August 21 grenade attack cases, Law Minister Anisul Huq said Tarique Rahman deserves death penalty as he was the mastermind of the attack. The...
The 5th National Math Olympiad-2018, organised by Jahangirnagar University Science Club (JUSC), will be held on October 12 on the university campus. The contest will be held on Jahangirnagar University...
Two female passengers suffered injuries as miscreants hurled a bomb at a bus on Dhaka-Bogura highway at Sajapur under Shahjahanpur upazila in Bogura on Wednesday noon after the pronouncement of...
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has shut river transport services until further notice as Cyclone Titli, formed in the Bay of Bengal, is heading to coasts. BIWTA spokesman Mobarak...
Stocks ended marginally lower on Wednesday, snapping a two-day gaining streak, as cautious investors sold shares on political worries. Market insiders have said the investors feared the political uncertainty following...
Pressure is building on major Indian employers to take allegations of sexual harassment more seriously after a surge in the number of complaints against prominent public figures in the past...
Vietnam’s Vietjet Aviation signed a combined $1.24 billion (943 million pounds) worth of financing agreements to eventually purchase up to 10 Airbus planes, the company said on Wednesday. Vietjet signed...
Four people died after a migrant boat sank off the western coast of Turkey late on Tuesday, the Turkish interior ministry said on Wednesday, adding that 30 others were still...
Southeast Asian shares extended losses on Wednesday as the investor sentiment took a hit after the IMF said risks to the global financial system could increase sharply. Philippine shares fell...
A speedy trial tribunal sentenced on Wednesday 19 persons, including former state minister for home Lutfuzzaman Babar and former deputy minister for education Abdus Salam Pintu, to death while 19...
BNP has turned down the verdict in the August 21 grenade attack cases, saying it has been given at the 'behest of the government' with a political motive. "BNP thinks...
At least five people have died and several are missing in flash flooding on the Spanish island of Mallorca. A huge wave of muddy water engulfed the town of Sant...
A couple was found dead at their house at Salepur village in Laksam upazila of Cumilla on Wednesday. Police recovered the hanging body of Shafiullah, 40, son of Hedayetullah, and...
EgyptAir's in-flight magazine has apologised over an interview with actress Drew Barrymore that was slated on social media after being published. The article went viral after being posted online, with...
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