Stocks witnessed yet another downbeat session on Tuesday, extending the losing streak for the fourth straight session, as investors continued their selling binge. Analysts said the market extended losses as...
The members of customs intelligence have seized a huge quantity of restricted and illegally imported medicine from a Hajj flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka. The medicine,...
The popularity of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has marked a significant rise as around 66 per cent countrymen have lent out their support for the Bangladesh premier, alongside the Awami...
An Awami League activist was killed in a clash between two factions of the party over supremacy issues in Saltha upazila of Faridpur on Monday night. The deceased was identified...
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, with US crude breaking through $70 a barrel, after the evacuation of two Gulf of Mexico oil platforms in preparation for a hurricane. US light...
Indian airlines are expected to post combined losses of up to $1.9 billion this financial year by the rising costs and low air fares, aviation consulting firm CAPA India said....
Doctors are being told to adopt a new policy of writing letters that are easier for patients to understand. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges says too often correspondence contains...
The world’s largest on-demand ride-sharing company, Uber has started distributing helmets and safety jackets to driver-partners on UberMOTO from today (Tuesday), reiterating its commitment to the safety of both riders...
Ruckus Networks is joining Facebook's Express Wi-Fi Certified ecosystem, a programme that allows access point manufacturers to build Wi-Fi hardware compatible with Express Wi-Fi. The company announced this in a...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia has warned that no human hauler (locally named as Leguna) will be allowed to ply on the streets of the capital city. "Due...
Horizon Software (Horizon) said on Tuesday the China-based securities firm Caitong Securities has gone live with its Options Trading platform to trade SSE 50 ETF options on the Shanghai Stock...
Indian airline stocks have slipped as the Brent crude oil prices rose overnight, supported by concerns that falling Iranian output will tighten markets once US sanctions bite from November. The...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday withdrew amnesty for an opposition senator involved in a failed coup 15 years ago and ordered his arrest, in what would be the second...
A contempt notice has been served to the vice-chancellor, proctor and treasurer of Dhaka University for not taking any steps to hold Dhaka University Central Student's Union (DUCSU) elections despite...
The non-oil private sector growth of Saudi Arabia inched up in August to its fastest rate this year, a survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting a long-awaited recovery of the economy...
One judge of a two-member High Court bench on Tuesday felt embarrassed to hear a bail petition filed by photographer Shahidul Alam arrested in a case filed under the ICT...
The world's tallest statue is nearing completion in India. It is designed to be a 182m (600ft) high tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a hero in India's independence struggle, in...
At least eight people were killed in an explosion at a South African munitions depot in Somerset West, near Cape Town, but the cause of the incident was still unknown,...
An Indian Air Force MiG 27 fighter jet has crashed in a field near Jodhpur city in Rajasthan state during a routine mission. The jet burst into flames and was...
The board of directors of Rupali Life Insurance Company has recommended 8.0 per cent cash and 4.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017. The...
Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi”, a painting that courted controversy after Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was named as its alleged secret buyer, will not be unveiled on schedule, Abu Dhabi’s...
A man was killed in a clash over land dispute in Dakhshin Fukra village of Kashiani upazila under Gopalganj district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Hingul Sarder, 45,...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Chhoygaon village of sadar upazila of Shariatpur early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Md Sumon Pahar,...
Democratic Republic of Congo’s top court on Monday definitively excluded opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba from December’s presidential election because of a witness tampering conviction at the International Criminal Court. Bemba,...
Young journalist Mamunur Rashid has passed away at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in the capital on Monday night. Mamunur Rashid, a senior reporter of Ekushey TV covering...
Roger Federer has been knocked out of the US Open in the fourth round on Monday by world number 55 John Millman. The 37-year-old Swiss had prioritised winning a sixth...
Asian shares fell and the dollar turned higher on Tuesday as the trade dispute between the United States and China threatened to escalate this week, and as emergency austerity measures...
Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant Haqqani network, one of the most powerful and feared groups in the Afghan insurgency, has died after a long illness, the Taliban announced on...
The prices of most of the stocks on bourses saw downward trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as investors were on selling mood on sector-wise stocks. Following the...
The dollar firmed on Tuesday as investors bid up safe haven assets amid tensions around global trade and strains in emerging market currencies, while the Australian dollar pared losses after...
Japan issued evacuation advisories for almost 300,000 people and cancelled hundreds of flights in the face of strong winds and heavy rain as typhoon Jebi roared north and was set...
The General Economics Division (GED) suspended the 6th five-year plan (FYP) review report sharing programme, scheduled to be held at the Planning Commission (PC) in the capital on Monday afternoon....
Due to shortage of processing and preservation facilities, the small and mid-level rawhide traders and businesses in the Sylhet region suffer much every year. This is why often they have...
The net foreign fund in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to remain negative for five consecutive months till August as the foreign investors were reluctant to put fresh stakes....
Police have detained BNP UK unit Joint General Secretary Shohidul Islam Mamun from his residence in Badambagich area of Sylhet. Based on obvious allegation, the law enforcers arrested him from...
The national road and highway developer has sought nearly two-and-a-half time higher funds and two more years to widen a 29-kilometre road in Jamalpur. Officials said the Roads and Highways...
The ministry of shipping (MoS) has again laid emphasis on transportation of containers to and from seaports using inland waterways to avoid congestion on highways, officials said. Adequate infrastructure is...
The prices of raw jute have seen an increase of 30 per cent in this harvesting season, compared to the previous year, amid crop losses caused by unfavourable climatic condition...
The Rohingya issue was not discussed in the just-concluded BIMSTEC summit, as neither Bangladesh nor Myanmar showed interest to raise the issue there, said BIMSTEC Secretary General M Shahidul Islam...
Construction work of the proposed India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline to initiate trading of petroleum oil is being delayed due to complexities over land acquisition, officials said. State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC)...
Teenage groups' gang rivalry has claimed yet another victim in the capital's Dakkhin Khan, a kilometre or two east to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Such gang rivalries made screaming...
Until recently, the lack of the availability of food was taken as an important indicator of famine that unleashes a reign of deprivations of not only food but also other...
The usefulness of double-decker buses in the fleet of the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) in public transport in Dhaka city is recognised by all. The service is popular...
BIMSTEC (The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), a regional grouping of the South and Southeast Asian countries, was formed in 1997 with the aim of...
In structured societies the concept of alternate employment used to be reserved for students and those between jobs. Inflation, soaring costs of living and pay rises in dissonance with those...
As an economy, Bangladesh has performed remarkably well in recent years regardless of socio-political obstacles. It has maintained an average economic growth of 6.0 per cent per annum. Also, it...
Missing the meaning of the 'Great Recession' (2008-12) may be more detrimental for businesses than going with stock-market, or short-term, spurts. Investopedia calls it 'great' since it went beyond the...
Oil prices rose on Monday, supported by concerns that falling Iranian output will tighten markets once US sanctions bite from November, but gains were limited by higher supply from OPEC...
The logo of the 12th SAFF Championship, now known as the SAFF Suzuki Cup, was formally unveiled at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) House on Monday, reports UNB. BFF president...
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Monday announced a 20-member final squad of the Bangladesh National Football team for the 12th SAFF Suzuki Cup'2018 beginning today (Tuesday) at the country's premier...
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