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Alibaba (BABA.N) Chairman Jack Ma said the company can no longer meet its promise to create 1.0 million jobs in the United States due to US-China trade tensions, Chinese news...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Champions League debut for Juventus lasted only 29 minutes as he was red-carded but the Italians began their Group H campaign impressively with a 2-0 victory at Valencia...
The Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) is set to lower its lending rate to 9.0 per cent with effect from July this year, sources said. The state-run corporation is...
Despite making tremendous progress in agro production, lack of a modern marketing system and food processing facilities still remained impediments to fully attaining agricultural sustainability in Bangladesh, experts said. They...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has reintroduced reduced tax benefit on import of flat-rolled products, used as industrial raw materials, in a bid to keep the manufacturing cost of...
Labour leaders at a meeting have demanded of the government to review the proposed Tk 8000 minimum monthly wage for entry level garment workers. They also criticised the holding of...
Two new local rice varieties, developed at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), remain ready for release in the coming months, said officials. The high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of paddy are...
Mcdonald Steel Building Product Ltd and Nippon Koei of Japan will make a joint venture investment worth US$ 59.19 million in the country's Mirsarai Economic Zone (EZ). They will build...
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkho (Rajuk) has not fared well as it has transgressed the bounds of its mandate in undertaking housing projects, experts said. The Rajuk failed to deliver tangibly...
Intending to equip the youths of the country with 21st century skills, Bangladesh Youth Leadership Centre (BYLC) has relaunched its online venture BYLCx with rigorous online courses, highly intuitive user...
Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Career Club held its flagship event 'BUP Career and Education Fest 2018' on September 12, 13 and 15 on the campus of Bangladesh University of...
Home to Mount Fuji and with over 6,800 islands, Japan is not only a popular holiday haven, it is increasingly becoming an educational hub for Bangladeshi students who want to...
Prime Minister Theresa May will press EU leaders on Wednesday to back her proposal for a "fair arrangement" on future ties between Britain and the bloc, call off "unacceptable" demands...
The much-talked-about 'The Digital Security Bill, 2018' was passed in Parliament on Wednesday to deal with cybercrimes, including hurting the religious sentiment, negative propaganda against the Liberation War and Bangabandhu,...
Labour advocates have long complained that international trade agreements are driven by corporate agendas and pay little attention to the interests of working people. The preamble of the World Trade...
Globally more people are expected to join the middle class over the next two decades. This is good for individual prosperity but it will increase demand for the already constrained...
In the developed countries, stock market plays the key role in resource mobilisation through financial intermediation, but in the developing countries where efficient form of stock market is yet to...
The Padma has recently ravaged vast swathes of Naria, a little more than 22 kilometres downstream from the Padma multipurpose bridge project. The river has changed course abruptly. Once having...
Banking sector is one of the major contributors to the economy of Bangladesh. The country's financial sector is dominated by the banking sector. Dominance of the banks makes the financial...
It is quite natural that Chittagong port and its cargo handling capacity would dominate the proceedings of any event organised to discuss the logistical challenges the country's seaports are facing....
What the World Bank (WB) report has divulged on urban pollution in Bangladesh is far scarier than it is perceived, often expressed in vague and unquantified terms. Focusing on the...
It is a welcome move that the Civil Aviation Authority and Biman have stepped up efforts, albeit belatedly, to keep import cargo service at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA)...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved separate proposals to import a total of 200,000 metric tonnes (mt) fertiliser at a cost of Tk 5.44 billion. The approval...
Bangladesh can double its trade with South Asian countries by reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers, the World Bank says in a new report. The WB launched the report, A Glass...
A Rajshahi court on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Bagmara upazila in 2011. The condemned convict is Abdul Kuddus, son of Meher Ali, a...
Police recovered the hanging body of a man from Pashapol village under Chowghaachha upazila in Jashore on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Madhu, 52, son of late Bashir...
The parliamentary standing committee on the social welfare ministry has suggested the government to reserve 1 per cent quota in government jobs for the disabled people in line with the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reaffirmed government’s determination to send the Rohingyas back to their homeland in Myanmar. Sheikh Hasina said there is no scope for them to stay in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday enquired about the physical condition of injured opener of Bangladesh national cricket team Tamim Iqbal. She phoned Tamim at noon. The ace opener sustained...
The judgment in double murder case filed against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan, will be announced on October 4. Judge Md Monjurul Imam of...
Social media will remain under surveillance to prevent provocation centring Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community. Public security division secretary Mostafa Kamal made the disclosure on...
A court in Dhaka has granted a five-day remand to interrogate BNP joint secretary general Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate KHM Toha passed the order on Wednesday after DB...
A British satellite has successfully deployed a net in orbit to demonstrate how to capture space debris. The event took place more than 300km above the Earth. It was part...
Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque will continue his job as senior secretary of the government for another year under a contractual appointment. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette...
The European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Wednesday adopted a joint communication that sets out the EU's vision for a...
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday fixed next week to hear the bail plea of renowned photographer and Drik Gallery managing director Shahidul Alam in a case filed under the...
Italian sports carmaker Ferrari has said it will launch 15 new models by 2022, as it embarks on a new five-year strategy under a new boss. The company also intends...
BNP is taking necessary preparations to come up with street programmes to push for Khaleda Zia's release from jail and holding a credible election. BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed made...
Two people, including the driver of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, were killed in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chouddagram upazila of Cumilla on Wednesday. Auto-rickshaw driver Sabuj Mia, 22,...
Pakistan’s high court has ordered the release from jail of the country's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law suspending jail sentences given to them in a corruption...
Garment workers will demonstrate in their factory areas across the country on September 21 protesting the fixation of minimum wage at Tk 8,000 by the government and demanding its re-fixation...
Visa Inc, Mastercard Inc, and a number of US banks on Tuesday agreed to pay $6.2 billion to settle a long-running lawsuit brought by merchants over the fees they pay...
India’s cabinet has approved an executive order to make instant divorce among Muslims, a procedure called ‘triple talaq’, a punishable offence, a government minister said on Wednesday, as Prime Minister...
A bicycle rider was killed as a passenger bus hit him in sadar upazila of Lalmonirhat today (Wednesday). The deceased was identified as Abdul Mozid, 42, resident at Shibganj of...
Malaysia's anti-graft agency said it arrested former Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday over the multimillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund and that he will face further charges in...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered 2,530 litres of stolen fuel and arrested three people in this connection from Azimpur Railway Station area under Lalpur Upazila in Natore district...
Banking shares helped to keep the markets firm for the second day in a row on Wednesday as the investors showed their buying appetite on the sector. The investors continued...
A photograph of a boy weeping next to his father's body moved Indian social media users to raise more than three million rupees ($43,829; £33,350) for his family in a...
At least seven people were killed and 15 others injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in the southern El Oro province of Ecuador on Tuesday, according to Ecuador's...
IPDC Finance Limited has recently held its 14th Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) at Spectra Convention Centre at Gulshan-1 area in the capital. A large number of shareholders attended the meeting...
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