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Infosapex, an IT solution provider company of Bangladesh arranged a programme on “Digital Transformation: Navigating towards Paperless Board Meeting” on Saturday at the Institution of Diploma Engineers (IDEB) at Kakrail...
The board of directors of The Peninsula Chittagong has decided to renovate and expand the hotel building, said an official disclosure on Sunday. The cost of the said renovations and...
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday unveiled plans for tax cuts and pledged spending to heal years of painful austerity, less than a month after Greece emerged from a...
VFS Thread Dyeing has made a flying trading debut on stock exchanges today (Sunday) under the “N” category as its share price jumped three-fold within first hour of trading. In...
Swedish voters are set to vote in a general election dominated by the rise of an anti-immigration party. The nationalist Sweden Democrats (SD), which polls suggest have 20 per cent...
United Nations Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide Adama Dieng has urged International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to consider the recommendation of the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber to...
US President Donald Trump has ordered that $25 million earmarked for the care of Palestinians in East Jerusalem hospitals be directed elsewhere as part of a review of aid, a...
Vegetable growers of Rangpur are apprehensive about the expected yield of their produce this season owing to lack of rainfall. The region has not been witnessing rain for over three...
A man was killed after being hit by a bus on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Bathuli area of Dhamrai upazila on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Dinesh Chandra...
Tilak Raj Bathla’s tiny weaving factory is one of the few still humming on a once busy road in Panipat, known as the country’s “textile city”. Nearby, more than two...
The exports of agricultural products rose sharply in fiscal year (FY) 2017-18, propelled by record shipments of processed foods. Traders exported products worth $674 million in FY ’18, a 22...
The government is mulling exempting export-oriented sectors including RMG from the existing mandatory obligation of group insurance amid strong opposition from rights groups, officials said. The government has already approved...
Thousands of business leaders and investors gathered at the opening of the 20th China International Fair for Investment and Trade on Saturday. The three-day event has been organised at the...
The issue of inequality has an international dimension as the net capital flows from South to North, with the US being the largest borrower, a leading Malaysian economist has said....
Japan is celebrating its first ever Grand Slam tennis win after Naomi Osaka's US Open win over Serena Williams 6-2 6-4 at Flushing Meadows on Saturday. Osaka stayed calm as...
US President Trump tweeted on Saturday that Apple Inc (AAPL.O) should make products inside the United States if it wants to avoid tariffs on Chinese imports. The company told trade...
The share trading of Dragon Sweater and Spinning Limited (DSSL) will resume in the public market today (Sunday), following withdrawal of restriction by the securities regulator. On August 16 last,...
VFS Thread Dyeing makes its share trading debut today (Sunday) on both the bourses under 'N' category. DSE trading code for the company is "VFSTDL" and DSE company code is...
A high-level meeting has proposed three options for Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) to settle the fate of closed-end mutual funds (MFs) as their respective tenures will expire in...
The new provision of wealth surcharge in the income tax law would ensure equity in income tax payment this year, officials said. In an attempt to collect more tax from...
Providing electricity and gas at "affordable" and "rational" prices is the major challenge for the country as it seeks to keep the industries competitive, said speakers at a seminar on...
Many people are feared dead after an Islamist militant attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Gudumbali, two residents and a vigilante said on Saturday, reports Reuters. The Nigerian government...
A day-long conference of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) for Divisional Audit Officer, the Chief Regional Managers , Regional Audit Officers and Branch Managers of Faridpur division was held at the...
When a state-owned Commercial bank (SocB) here seeks bailout, in terms of replenishment of its capital, it does not stir up any surprise. It has become more of a routine...
Bangladesh is trying its best to achieve the goals of the Sustainable development goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations (UN). The country's government is politically committed to meet such...
Bullying, not necessarily, involves physical assault. In popular notion in Bangladesh, it stands for intimidation, extreme forms of humiliation and coercing someone into doing something unpleasant. But still, the bullying...
Like any transformative trend, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) poses both major opportunities and significant challenges. But the gravest risks may not be the ones most often discussed. According...
Many people are feared dead after an Islamist militant attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Gudumbali, two residents and a vigilante said on Saturday. The Nigerian government in June...
Multilateral development financier Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is looking to enhance its support for Bangladesh in developing the country's human capital, its President Dr. Bandar M. H. Hajjar has said....
On July 30, 2018, Assam published the final list of updated draft of National Register of Citizens. Sailesh, Register General of India, said that out of 32.99 million people who...
Visiting Nepal eliminated Bangladesh from the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2018, beating the hosts by 2-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. With the victory in the final...
The life expectancy of Bangladeshis is increasing at a steady pace every year. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics' report titled 'Report on Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2017' published in June this...
Despite Bangladesh's very impressive economic growth rate averaging around 6.0 per cent over the last 20 years, there are 2.6 million unemployed in the country, according to the Bangladesh Bureau...
Death toll from road accidents continues to occur almost every day. Different measures taken by the government and outcry from the public for safer roads are not having any effect...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia on Saturday said it is a must to create awareness among the people to obey traffic rule alongside development of infrastructure. He...
Jamburi Park, a recreational park covering around 8.55 acres of land at Agrabad area in Chattogram, opened to the public from Saturday. Public Works minister Mosharrof Hossain inaugurated the park...
Bangladesh has urged Nigerian investors to invest in Bangladesh availing of the numerous incentives to invest in the country. High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Nigeria Md Shameem Ahsan met Nigerian...
Consumers are still paying higher prices for edible oil despite a gradual fall in its prices in the global market over the months.Retail price of the essential item was increasing...
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will open its regional head office in Dhaka on Sunday to cover its three member states, Bangladesh, the Maldives and Afghanistan. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Bangladesh and Estonia will hold a bilateral meeting in Dhaka on Sunday to find ways to explore areas of cooperation between the two countries. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and...
Bangladesh Customs has started use of Raman Spectrometer, a kind of hand-held device, to stop import of banned and harmful chemicals by false declarations. The device can detect different elements...
At least seven Bangladeshi workers were seriously injured after being hit by a speeding car while they were queuing to board a bus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday. The...
A numbers of establishments, including factories and shops, were gutted in a fire that broke out at a market in Sherpur Afrozganj area of Moulvibazar on Saturday afternoon. The fire...
Visiting international economist Prof Jomo Kwame Sundaram on Saturday suggested that Bangladesh needs to address its malnutrition problem and ensure access to electricity through producing renewable energy. “I strongly recommend...
Customs officials have seized 160kg of cannabis found in several cartons brought to Bangladesh. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime defines the synthetic cannabinoid strain, popularly known as Ethiopian...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) plans to invest $270 million in a clean water infrastructure project. The project aims to improve access to piped water and sanitation to municipalities...
Barapukuria Coal Mining Company in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur has started coal extraction after three months. Fazlur Rahman, managing director of the company, said that five hundred tonnes of coal...
Vietnam has placed orders for Russian weapons and military services worth more than $1 billion, Russia’s TASS news agency has reported, as the Southeast Asian country bolsters its defense capability....
Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets on Friday filed 4,102 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation....
The 22nd session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at 5:00pm tomorrow (Sunday) after a 58-day recess. President M Abdul Hamid on August 19 convened the session exercising...
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