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The country's apex trade body has pledged to work for the welfare of the society. It also promised to launch tough movement against abuse of drugs, eliminate child labour and...
The government is considering giving permission to produce vannamei variety shrimp to help increase the export earnings from frozen fish sector, sources said. To this effect, a technical committee headed...
The families of 15 more victims of the US-Bangla plane crash in Nepal may receive compensation from the insurer by this month. "We're planning to settle 15 more claims by...
The majority of the banks have not brought down the lending rate to single digits despite availing both policy and fiscal supports offered by the government. More than three dozen...
The United States has expressed interest to invest in energy sector of Bangladesh and to export liquefied natural gas (LNG). US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat expressed the interest on...
On two broad macro-economic parameters, there has been a certain break with trends exercising the minds of the economists a good deal. The first one relates to national investment poised ...
The High Court has ordered an immediate shutdown of 14 private hospitals and diagnostic centres that operate illegally in the capital’s Mohammadpur area. Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Ahmed...
So, corruption triumphs once again. The recent report of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on the country's graft situation has made it amply clear that some state agencies, notable only...
Landslides, often called hill tragedies, have been making screaming headlines for some years now. And this is not for nothing. Hills here, unlike in the Himalayan ranges, are formed not...
Dubai-based construction giant Emaar Properties has rejected media report that it plans to offer 10-year visa to investors on purchase of properties in its projects. Earlier, an Arabic daily had...
California has set a goal of phasing out electricity produced by fossil fuels by 2045 under legislation signed Monday by Governor Jerry Brown, who said the policy should serve as...
Asking question about the status quo of a particular situation could be the precursor to innovation. Such questioning should lead to a systematic analysis of the situation to figure out...
A decade ago in September 2008, the investment bank Lehmann Brothers went belly up, dragging the global economy into the Great Recession; global gross domestic product (GDP) declined by -2.2...
The Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), a global initiative launched by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon September 2011 and based in Vienna and Washington, released its first-ever report in July...
Oil traders have become much more concerned in recent weeks about the potential impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran and the effect on the availability of crude at the end...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry on Tuesday finalised its report on the much-talked-about Digital Security Bill 2018. The committee at a meeting finalised the...
NARSINGDI, Sept 11 (BSS): Native fruits are gradually disappearing due to adverse impact of climate change. Use of agro-chemicals and lack of a proper planning on production and marketing of...
A schoolboy and a woman were killed in separate incidents of snakebite in Pirganj and Haripur upazilas of Thakurgaon. In Pirganj upazila, a snake bit Hasan Dipu, 7, son of...
For most critics of globalisation, trade is the villain, responsible for deepening inequality and rising economic insecurity among workers. This is the logic driving support for US President Donald Trump's...
The government has provided Tk 602.68 billion as subsidies for agriculture sector of the country in the last nine years, agriculture minister Begum Matia Chowdhury said. “Highest subsidies was more...
US President Donald Trump received a “very warm, very positive” letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asking for a second meeting and the White House is looking at...
The power outage affected ongoing session of the Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday. The outage occurred at 3.45pm on the day and forced the parliament to suspend the session , reports...
Land (Bhumi) offices across the country has earned Tk 4.59 billion as general and organisational revenue from 2009-2010 to 2017-2018. “The present government has decided to set up land offices...
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity Secretary General Mozammel Haque Chowdhury have secured bail in a case filed on extortion charge. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mazharul Haque granted the bail after hearing...
President M Abdul Hamid on Tuesday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to be more active to ensure quality of higher education through enhanced monitoring and establishing accountability in universities....
A project proposal to procure electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be placed in the next meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for approval. Planning Minister...
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) seized 1,586.36 kilograms contraband Ethiopian cannabis worth around Tk 238 million (Tk 2.38 crore) from foreign parcel section of General Post Office (GPO) in the city...
NOVOAIR wants to concentrate on serving the domestic market first until the full connectivity is achieved across the country before thinking of expanding the international network, a top official said....
Begum Kulsoom, the wife of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, died on Tuesday in London after a long battle with cancer. Kulsoom had been undergoing treatment at London's...
The ECNEC has approved the Selected Madrasha Development Project with an estimated cost of Tk 59.19 billion in a bid to ensure infrastructural development of some 2,000 madrashas in the...
Authorities in Vietnam's capital are urging residents to stop eating dog meat because it hurts the city's image and improper raising and slaughtering of the animals could spread rabies, reports...
Real Madrid star Marcelo has admitted to tax fraud and accepted a four-month suspended jail sentence, Spanish media say. The 30-year-old Brazilian player reportedly defrauded the Spanish authorities of €490,000...
More than 100 migrants died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coastline earlier this month, an aid agency says. Two rubber boats set off on 1 September but one of...
Bangladesh is creating fastest-growing ultra wealthy population over the past five years accumulating more wealth at a faster pace than China and USA, says a new report from data firm...
The trade deficit of Philippines widened to $3.55 billion US dollar in July as imports posted their fastest gain in more than two years while exports barely grew, government data...
India's Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal to stop forest rangers from killing a "man eating" tigress in the western state of Maharashtra. The court said it would not interfere...
The government has directed all the news media, including electronic media and news agencies, to provide dearness allowance to their staff under the 9th wage board. The Information Ministry issued...
Gulf stocks slipped in early trade on Tuesday as concerns about a further escalation in the trade war between the United States and China weighed on investors. The Saudi index...
Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain has said his party will not join in any greater national unity if Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami remains with it. He came up with the announcement...
The number of people suffering from hunger has increased during the past three years, after years of decline, a UN report suggests. According to the analysis, 821 million people globally...
Over 40 people, including six children, have died in a bus accident in Telangana, a southern state India. A state-owned commercial bus carrying 70 people skidded off the ghat road...
Stocks gave up early gains and closed almost flat on Tuesday after volatile trading as investors mostly followed cautious stance. Market insiders said the investors followed ‘wait-and-see’ approach ahead of...
Russia has launched its biggest military exercise since the Cold War, involving about 0.3 million (300,000) service personnel, in eastern Siberia. China is sending 3,200 troops to take part in...
Turkish economic growth slowed to 5.2 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter, data showed on Monday, in what officials described as an “economic rebalancing” before an expected second-half slowdown...
Two international flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Tuesday. BG 128 from Abu Dhabi was scheduled to...
At least seven people have died after a bus rammed a human hauler, locally known as leguna, in Cox’s Bazar’s Chokoria. The accident occurred on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway near Boroitali...
Police recovered the body of a school teacher from a water body in Boira area of Khulna city on Tuesday morning 15 days after he went missing. The deceased was...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that the poll-time government will be formed by mid-October. He said he had discussion with the Prime Minister about this. Talking...
Singapore-based lending platform Validus Capital (Validus) has surpassed over S$120 million in funding for local SMEs and businesses. Established in 2015, Validus offers access to financing from accredited individual and...
Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) has published the 40th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) circular seeking applications for 1903 vacant posts. The notice was published on the BPSC website around 1...
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