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More than three quarters of Bangladeshis are at risk of declining living standards due to rising temperature and erratic rainfall from climate change, the calamity is also threatening nearly half...
Four more listed companies—BSRM Steels, Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills, Legacy Footwear and The INB Sina—have recommended a total of 100pc dividends for the year ended on June 30, 2018. According...
An Apple-I computer, the first product made by the computing giant, has sold at auction for $375,000. The machine was designed by Steve Wozniak, known as Woz, the co-founder of...
The board of directors of The IBN Sina Pharmaceutical Industry Ltd has recommended 30 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30,...
The board of directors of BSRM Steels Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018. The final...
The board of directors of Legacy Footwear Ltd has recommended 5.0 per cent cash and 15 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018. The final...
PROINSO, a global leader in the solar energy market, and its partner Joules Power have won the Asian Power Awards 2018 for a 28MW project in Bangladesh. The award ceremony...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the importance of UN peacekeeping reform with adequate authorisation of peacekeepers and making them better equipped. The Prime Minister gave importance on the peacekeeping...
A suspected drug pedlar was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Mirkadim in sadar upazila of Munshiganj region early Wednesday. The deceased was...
A Chinese man has been arrested for allegedly spying on US engineers and scientists on behalf of Beijing, US prosecutors say. Ji Chaoqun, 27, was arrested in Chicago and charged...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading Wednesday as some investors showed their buying spree on sector-wise stocks. Following...
The board of directors of Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills (BSRM) has recommended 10 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018....
Supply chain sustainability management and reporting in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh should be popularised to properly achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), experts said at a programme on...
At least 22 shops were gutted as a fire broke out at a local market in Kaukhali area of Rangamati sadar upazila early Wednesday. The fire broke out around 3:00am...
An Indian IT service provider has recently opened its office in Dhaka, aiming to expand its business mainly in the country's growing readymade garment (RMG) industry. "Bangladeshi garment exporters are...
Farm credit disbursement dropped by over 25 per cent or Tk 7.04 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, despite the central bank's close...
A team of the International Monetary Fund is expected to arrive in the city next week to assess the overall performance of the state owned commercial banks (SoCBs), an official...
Finance Minister A M A Muhith has expressed the hope that the private commercial banks (PCBs) will bring down their lending rate to single digit shortly. "I expect the banks...
Shurwid Industries will transfer its 2.6 million shares to NRB Bank for settling the company's liabilities of Tk 97.30 million to the bank. The shares will be handed over to...
Top ten traded companies grabbed 40 per cent turnover of the Dhaka bourse on Tuesday while Khulna Power Company topping the chart for seventh straight session. Market insiders said the...
US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani exchanged taunts at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday with Trump vowing more sanctions against Tehran and Rouhani suggesting his...
The faulty format of new Value Added Tax (VAT) returns has forced many of the businesses to submit their return in the older version, people familiar with the situation said....
All recruiting agencies will now be able to send workers to Malaysia under the existing government-to-government (G-to-G) plus arrangement. The decision in this regard was taken on Tuesday at a...
Amid impending risks, foreign borrowing by the country's private sector keeps rising, which in turn increases the external debt gradually. Bankers, beneficiaries and financial market analysts said the fund users...
The United States (US) almost doubled its aid for displaced Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh and Myanmar, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced on Monday as she pushed...
The China Arbitration Summit 2018 was recently held in Beijing. It was co-hosted by China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic...
Mongla seaport and Burimari land port have not only become 'dens' of corruption but also keep an eco-system alive for bribery. This is the impression one gets from the findings ...
With the addition of a brand new Boeing aircraft to the existing Biman fleet, a clear move is in sight to revamp the national airline. Akashbina is the first of...
In March this year, the UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP) declared that Bangladesh has gained eligibility for graduation to 'developing country' status. Bangladesh has been in the list of...
The United States cannot win its tariff war with China, regardless of what President Donald Trump says or does in the coming months. Trump believes that he has the upper...
The story of farming is complex in Bangladesh. Agriculture employs around 40 per cent of the labour force; and small farmers are the most prevalent form of producers, making more...
The much-vaunted claim of the government of being the champion of development, dubbed as 'democracy of development' is the outcome of misconception as to the fuller demands of development and...
GOPALGANJ, Sept 25: Vegetable cultivation on floating beds is gaining popularity in the district. Some 3,500 farmers across the district are now growing varieties of vegetable on such land. According...
SYLHET, Sept 25: Farmers in Sylhet division are about to finish transplanting T-Aman paddy seedlings during the current season. Already the target is surpassed, but on some pocket areas the...
RANGPUR, Sept 25: Farmers of different upazilas in the district are becoming financially benefited by growing bottle gourd on their land in recent years. Due to congenial weather, low labour...
Rising water in Padma river devoured a hundred houses over the last one week rendering more than 300 families homeless in Harirampur in Manikganj. Many others were under the threat...
President Md Abdul Hamid has urged all political parties to participate in the next national election for the betterment of the country and its people. "I think political parties should...
The Awami League-led 14-party coalition has announced a rally for Saturday in Dhaka as its main rival the BNP is preparing for a similar demonstration in the capital the same...
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Digital Security Act, passed by parliament in Bangladesh last week despite opposition from the country's journalists, 'strikes a blow to freedom of speech'....
Information technology company Augmedix Bangladesh plans to create more than 2000 middle income jobs by 2021. The technology-enabled service platform also plans to make successful career paths for the scribes...
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam has alleged that the book written by former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha from abroad has tarnished the image of the judiciary. “Why were other judges...
With a mock security pass that lists her as the "First Baby" of New Zealand, three-month-old Neve Te Aroha made her United Nations debut on Monday when her mother -...
The United Kingdom (UK) has announced new protections for vulnerable children at risk of falling prey to child labour to support Bangladesh aimed at eliminating the worst forms of child...
The High Court (HC) has deferred a hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s writ petition for treatment at United Hospital to Oct 1. The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan...
The Ethiopian government has arrested thousands of people around the capital, Addis Ababa, over the past week and sent many of them to military camps for “rehabilitation,” officials said Monday,...
Bus service in Mohakhali resumed as transport workers withdrew their strike hours after being assured by the police of arresting local youths who allegedly beat up a bus driver. The...
The government has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with five state-owned financial enterprises to sanction home loans for its employees. Md Jafar Uddin, an additional secretary of the finance ministry,...
The bodies of a UK millionaire and his Thai wife have been found in northern Thailand nearly a week after what police suspect was a contract killing. The bodies of...
Water levels in 15 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises and 75 stations recorded falls. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, three...
Food Minister Adv Qamrul Islam on Tuesday said the government has ensured availability of safe foods. “The government has developed 146 social safety nets. We are now self-reliant in food...
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