The prices of most of the shares saw upward trend in early hour of trading Monday as investors are active on sector-wise stocks. Following the previous day’s marginal gain, the...
Hat-tricks from Sirat Jahan Shopna and Marzia have fired Bangladesh to a resounding 17-0 win over Pakistan in their first match of the SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship in Bhutan. Shopna...
China will cut import tariffs on textile products and metals, including steel products, to 8.4 per cent from 11.5 per cent, effective November 1, the finance ministry said on Sunday....
A powerful typhoon brought down trees onto railroad tracks and kicked up debris across Tokyo as it brushed past the Japanese capital early on Monday, killing two people and stranding...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the six-month bail granted to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia by the High Court in two defamation cases filed against her. The...
The board of directors of Summit Alliance Port Limited has recommended 12.50 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on 30 June 2018. The final approval of dividend will...
The board of directors of Olympic Industries has decided to import capital machinery worth Tk 136.87 million for enhancing the production capacity. The company will import a wafer manufacturing line,...
The United States and Canada reached a deal on Sunday to salvage NAFTA as a trilateral pact with Mexico, beating a midnight deadline with agreements to substantially boost American access...
Major Indian investors in Bangladesh have raised a set of concerns over taxation-related matters, including taxes on the repatriated profit. The concerns came at a recent meeting of India's CEO...
A consortium, led by Unique Hotel & Resorts, will set up a 600 megawatt power plant to be based on gas or regasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) at Meghnaghat of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has returned home on Monday morning wrapping up her weeklong visit to the United States to attend the 73rd UN General Assembly. A VVIP flight of...
The country is yet to have an expressway for fast moving traffic though transport experts consider such infrastructure to be a 'milestone' of economic development. Experts said the focus of...
The government has made a move to address the barriers like the absence of an effective banking transaction system to tap the billion-dollar Russian market. To this end, officials said,...
Bangladesh should introduce carbon tax as a major way of reducing carbon emission and increasing government revenue, leading economic think tank Policy Research Institute has said. A carbon tax can...
The government plan to start the much-trumpeted relocation of the Rohingya to Bhasanchar in the first week of October is likely to be deferred. Nearly one lakh refugees were due...
Some 28 per cent of the banks operating in the country are not prepared to thwart possible large-scale cyber attacks. On the other hand, 34 per cent of the banks...
Prominent banker Farman R Chowdhury joins Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited as Managing Director & CEO today (Monday). Prior to his joining the bank, he was the Managing Director & CEO...
Mid-Aswin means this part of the world is well set in the cyclic order of Hemanta-the fourth season on Bangla calendar. There exists a love-hate relationship between the Bangalees and...
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) is yet to get phone bills of over Tk 11.4 million from the members of parliament in dues until 2011-12 fiscal year. The government...
Anyone unaware of financial terminology may be misled by the heading, 'Family debt lowest in 14 years' of the front-page lead story of the last Sunday's issue of the Financial...
After successive governments' morbid unease with the country's railway, the incumbent government directed its focus on this cheapest and safest mode of transportation. The government investment totalling Tk 456 billion...
Bangladesh cricket team all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will remain out of the field for around a three-month due to his little finger injury on his left hand, reports UNB. The...
Secondary transactions of tradable fixed income securities of the government in recent months have witnessed a sluggish trend. It is the demand in the market which ultimately determines the volume...
NAOGAON, Sept 30: Farmers in Mohadevpur upazila of the district are happy due to bumper turmeric yield and low expenses in cultivation. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said...
SYLHET, Sept 30: Farming of component and high value crops can help raise the yield of valuable product 'Agar', which is largely cultivated in the greater Sylhet region for long....
MAGURA, Sept 30: Erosion by the Modhumoti river has taken a serious turn in Mohammadpur upazila of the district. Sources said seven villages are on the verge of extinction from...
World leaders at the on-going 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at New York are deliberating on some of the most pressing areas of concern that are...
Sixty years ago, she had struggled to cope with her husband and created a rapport with her mother-in-law as a new bride. She was a typical housewife in a village....
The United Nation's (UN) International Day of Older Persons is observed annually on October 01 by all UN member states to recognise the contributions of Older Persons and examine issues...
World trade is changing, and so too the way policymakers approach it, rightly said Pascal Lamy. The former Chief, World Trade Organisation (WTO) opined that though merchandise trade growth is...
Special courts set up in a drive against financial crime have sentenced three people to death, state television reported Sunday, as the country faces renewed US sanctions and a public...
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has reconstituted five benches of the High Court as the Supreme Court reopens on Monday after a long vacation of one and a half months....
Miscreants hurled 4-5 crude bombs at Sweeper Colony near Jashore Railway Station in Sadar upazila on Sunday. Apurba Hasan, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said the crude bombs were thrown...
The much-awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service will be launched in the country on Monday on a trial basis. The MNP service allows a subscriber to change telecom carrier keeping...
Bangladesh Army promoted a female officer to major general for the first time in the country’s 47-year history. Dr Susane Giti, an officer of Bangladesh Army Medical Corps, was adorned...
Close-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) will be installed at every highways and important roads for ensuring road safety. State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Md Mashiur Rahman Ranga...
A liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) filling station was launched for motor vehicles in the downtown Motijheel with automatic billing system. LPG is commonly known as Autogas when it is used...
BNP on Sunday placed their seven-point demand, including the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail at its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city. Their demand, according to...
Ground handling operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) was hampered for five hours on Sunday following work abstention by a section of workers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines demanding regularisation...
A Dhaka court on Sunday issued a show cause notice seeking explanation as to why the bail of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia won't be declared illegal in Zia Charitable Trust...
Water levels in 13 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) marked rises and 78 stations recorded falls. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, two are...
A five-day road show involving ‘Baul’ and ‘Jari’ songs began in Dhaka North City Corporation areas on Sunday to raise awareness about the prevention of two mosquito-borne diseases – dengue...
Ajay Devgn still hasn’t seen what is arguably his wife’s most iconic film, the 1995 superhit, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, known to its legions of fans as DDLJ. And he...
Dhaleshwari River is being seriously polluted due to the discharge of untreated and partially-treated liquid wastes through surface drainage directly to the river from the central effluent treatment plant (CETP)...
Right activists and experts on Sunday marked the significance of elderly people of the society, saying they are country’s assets not liabilities. They also warned not to abuse them. ...
Taking a swipe at Jatiya Oikya Prokriya, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said its outcome is zero and nothing can be expected out of it. The minister made...
The Editors’ Council has discussed the concerns over the recently passed Digital Security Act with three ministers after postponing a protest programme at the request of the government. Information Minister...
Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said Malaysia will no longer support the leadership of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her role over the Rohingya crisis in...
Swiss Bio Hygienic Equipment (SBE), a joint venture of Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd Bangladesh, Bio Engineering Switzerland and AMS Technology of Germany, has opened 'Electro Polishing Plant' at Dhamrai in the...
The public rally convened by BNP began around 2pm on Sunday at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka with recitation from the holy Quran. The party leaders are expected to unveil their...
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