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Sri Lanka's government has agreed to ban the ritual sacrifice of animals and birds at Hindu temples after growing protests from the country’s Buddhist majority and moderate Hindus. The cabinet...
Poland, the biggest former communist country in the European Union, said it will oppose any sanctions imposed by the bloc on fellow member Hungary, accused of floating EU rules on...
The bad debt ratio among South Korean banks fell to the lowest in about 10 years in the second quarter (Q2), financial watchdog data has showed. According to the watchdog,...
Moscow is ready to do what it can to break the impasse in relations between Russia and the United States, and is taking seriously President Donald Trump’s willingness to forge...
India’s retail inflation fell below the Reserve Bank of India’s medium-term target in August, increasing the likelihood it will keep interest rates on hold in October after raising them at...
A woman and her son were electrocuted in Kewa-Bakultala area under Sripur upazila of Gazipur district Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Salina Akhter, 35, wife of Anwar Hossain,...
The board of directors of Meghna Cement Limited has recommended 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018, said an official disclosure on Thursday. The...
Six US-based major web companies and internet-service providers, including Apple, Twitter, and Alphabet’s Google, will detail their consumer data privacy practices to a Senate panel on September 26, according to...
Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu has said his country was mooting a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh, reports NDTV. A high-speed...
There has been a reduction in capital gain tax to 5.0 per cent from 15 per cent on the Chinese funds for the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) shareholders. Finance Minister...
The prices of most of the stocks on bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Thursday investors are showing buying spree on sector specific stocks. Following the...
The Trump administration has invited Chinese officials to restart trade talks, the White House’s top economic adviser said on Wednesday, as Washington prepares to further escalate the US-China trade war...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is travelling to China to discuss economic agreements, as the crisis-struck OPEC nation seeks to convince its key Asian financier to disburse fresh loans. “I am...
Top ten traded companies captured 39 per cent turnover of the major bourse on Wednesday while Khulna Power Company topped the chart for second day in a row. Market insiders...
Adobe Systems, the maker of image-editing software Photoshop, is in negotiations to buy Marketo, a privately held cloud-based marketing software company, according to people familiar with the matter. Private equity...
Western Marine Shipyard (WMS) held its seventh extraordinary general meeting (EGM) at the Chittagong Boat Club in the city recently with participation of general shareholders. The company's Chairman Saiful Islam,...
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday said in hindsight her government could have handled the situation in Rakhine state better. Some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Rakhine after government...
At least 11 people were killed and 44 others injured after a car plowed into a crowded square in southern China and the driver attacked people with a knife and...
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has handed over a cheque for Tk 3.5262 billion to the district administration for acquiring land for the construction of Bay Terminal along Halishahar coast....
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd last month cut off gas connections of a number of industrial and commercial units on charge of illegal use of the distribution system...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has suggested accelerating the implementation process of its assisted projects through early identification and quick resolution of execution issues. The suggestion came on Wednesday from...
Hurricane Florence weakened into a Category 2 hurricane as it moved towards east coast of the United States, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday, but a life-threatening...
Asian shares won a reprieve on Thursday as news the Trump administration has reached out to China for a new round of trade talks raised hopes a deal could be...
The number of loan defaulters in the country reached 230,658, and the amount of unrecovered loan from them totalled over Tk 1.31 trillion until June 2018, according to the central...
Banks have got one more year from the central bank to connect their point-of-sales (POS) terminals to the National Payment Switch Bangladesh (NPSB). Under the revised regulations, the banks and...
Overall shortfall in provisioning against loans in the country's banking system swelled by over 18 per cent or Tk 12.23 billion in the first half (H1) of this calendar year...
The transportation system in the capital city is below the standard with poor state of accessibility as well as quality and reliability on public transports, according to a study. Overall...
“We think that having a community feeling is essential. If we co-operate each other and thus everyone does good, then we can change the nation, the community, or the society--...
Today, having a high CGPA after four years of under-graduation is no longer enough to guarantee success. Each university graduate is expected to be an excellent presenter, a good programmer,...
‘BUP Career and Education Fest 2018’ kicked off in the campus of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) on September 12 to provide an opportunity for future graduates to know about...
The first of a three-part series titled 'The role of banking in RMG trade '. In Bangladesh, banks have noteworthy role and involvement in trade facilitation in the readymade...
Four state-owned banks, one investment institution and a fourth-generation private commercial bank are now engaged in a puzzling exercise, courtesy of the government. What the public sector entities have been...
In order to meet the increasing demand for power, the Bangladesh government is giving more emphasis towards increasing power generation. The government understands that in order to accomplish its aim...
Amid ongoing attacks by US President Donald Trump, the battle for the future of multilateralism has commenced. Previous demands for pragmatic reforms have escalated into pressure for the wholesale transformation...
Turning any economy from a position of extreme poverty to that of a growing economy is not easy, especially if that economy is a small one and remains isolated from...
While there is a general consensus that investment is the key to economic growth, relative importance of public and private investments is often debated. This means that it is not...
Commuting in this mega city is a big trouble and there is no one to care about it. But State Minister for Information Tarana Halim has decided to go to...
Indonesia needs to deepen its domestic financial market and have a smaller share of its debt owned by foreigners, its finance minister said on Wednesday, adding that economic fundamentals were...
NAOGAON, Sept 12: Thai guava farming has brought smile on the faces of hundreds of unemployed youths in the district. Sources said high profit has been inspiring the farmers to...
There are 2,30,658 loan defaulters in the country and the amount of the classified loan is around Tk 1.32 trillion in the banks and financial institutions. Finance Minister Abul Maal...
BOGURA, Sept 12: Ginger cultivation is expanding in the district due to repeated bumper production and fair market prices. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) official sources said, "We have...
This is really perplexing that Bangladesh has topped the list of countries that saw the quickest growth in the number of ultra-wealthy people between 2012 and 2017. New York-based research...
The government is buying 30,000 shotguns of 12-bore for the members of Ansar and VDP at a cost of over Tk 1.47 billion. The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase cleared...
Police recovered the body of a 'listed female drug trader' from the Korotoa River near Matidali area in Bogura town on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rani Begum, 35,...
Expressing her regrets, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said awareness is yet to be created among people about road safety even after the recent student movement over the issue. "There...
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to punish Hungary over alleged breaches of the European Union's core values. More than two-third members of the parliament backed the censure motion -...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that the government is actively considering the formation of a commission to identify other conspirators behind the killing of Father of the...
After four years of basic renovation works, hotel Ruposhi Bangla, a historic hotel for many reasons, is set to reemerge with a new name as InterContinental Dhaka on Thursday. Addressing...
At least two people were killed in lightning strikes in separate places in Sunamganj on Wednesday. Hridoy Das, 14, son of Lulu Das of Joynagar village in Chhatak upazila, died...
Philippine officials say they plan to evacuate thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and scramble to harvest rice and corn as the most powerful typhoon so far this...
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