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Multibillion-dollar China-financed projects in Malaysia have been canceled because they aren’t needed and will saddle the country with an unsustainable amount of debt, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad told reporters...
IPDC Finance Limited has announced the appointment of Mr. Kyser Hamid as its new Deputy Managing Director and Head of Retail Business, said a statement. Before joining IPDC Finance, Mr....
A large number of residents of Satkhira, Laxmipur, Dinajpur and Chattogram districts are celebrating the Eid-ul-Azha on Tuesday in line with Saudi Arabia. In Satkhira, many residents of Satani, Bhadara,...
China’s Tianqi Lithium Corp is looking to raise up to $1.0 billion in its Hong Kong stock market flotation, despite this year’s fall in lithium prices, two people close to...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast rain on Eid-ul-Azha, caused by the ongoing monsoon winds and a low pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, which may dampen festivities, reports...
Home-bound people got stuck on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Tuesday due to serious traffic chaos as a large number of vehicles left the capital for many destinations of the southern part...
The public subscription of Kattali Textile Ltd will open on August 28 which will raise a fund worth Tk 340 million from the capital market, officials said. The initial public...
Taiwan broke off diplomatic ties with El Salvador on Tuesday as the Central American country defected to rival Beijing in the latest blow to the self-ruled island China has been...
Share trading through DSE mobile app continued to rise as the number of active users of the application exceeded 34,000-mark recently. The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on March 9, 2016...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange’s market capitalisation has lost about Tk 307 billion in the past eight months as investors sold large-cap stocks. During the period, DSEX, the prime index of...
A man was killed allegedly by his elder brother over a land-related dispute at Purba Syedbari village in Rangunia Upazila of Chattogram district on Monday night, reports UNB. The victim...
India’s tobacco firms must print a helpline number to combat smoking on all cigarette packs from 1 September, says a ministry release. The health ministry has also released new pictorial...
US President Donald Trump has again accused China of manipulating its currency to combat US tariffs. The accusation, made in an interview with Reuters, resembles claims Mr Trump made during...
Nigeria has made a giant leap forward to protect the interest of its future through its children. It is common knowledge the future of a nation manifests through its...
Group B runners-up Bangladesh U-23 team will play Group F runners-up North Korea in the knockout phase match of the 18th Asian Games Men’s Football for the first time at...
The board of trustees of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) advised its management to concentrate on issues of current public concerns through research and dialogue activities, the leading private...
HSBC Bangladesh has relaxed the terms and conditions for a newly introduced “Excellence in Import Substitution” category of the eighth edition of HSBC Export Excellence Awards. Companies of...
Last season's La Liga runners-up Atletico Madrid had to settle for a draw in their first match of the new campaign away to Valencia on Monday. Argentine forward Angel Correa...
Some 52 Bangladeshi pilgrims, who went for performing Hajj this year, have so far died in Saudi Arabia, reports UNB. Of them, 43 were males and nine females. Forty-three died...
At least 10 people were killed in southern Italy on Monday when they were hurled over rocks by a raging white-water creek in a deep mountain gorge that swelled suddenly...
Two people were killed and a woman was injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna Highway near Uttarpara in Gopinathpur upazila on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as SM Arafat...
Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her 7-year-old daughter from a home in Bogura’s Borgola Tinpatti area. The victims have been identified as 28-year-old Rubaiya and her daughter...
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday has appealed for unity after surviving a challenge to his leadership from a senior government colleague. Mr Turnbull had called the surprise vote...
The inter-bank call money rate remained almost stable on Monday, the last working day before the Eid-ul-Azha vacation, as the central bank injected liquidity worth Tk 32 billion into the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday presented a cow for Qurbani to the transgender community in Jamalpur Sadar upazila. The Prime Minister presented the cow worth Tk 100,000 after they...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday night alleged that Bangladesh has now turned into a true 'repressive state' as the government has no accountability to people. "Bangladesh...
More than two million Muslims gathered at Mount Arafat on Monday for a vigil to atone for their sins and ask God's forgiveness as the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi...
Chattogram Port is feared to face congestion of cargo and containers during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha due to restrictions. The curbs were imposed on the movement of cargo transports before and...
With rapid urbanisation, one way to make public transportation system more efficient is the introduction of feeder bus service in a big city like Dhaka. Policymakers need to think about...
Chinese buyers of Iranian oil are starting to shift their cargoes to vessels owned by National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC) for nearly all of their imports to keep supply flowing...
India led the Asia Pacific region in posting the highest growth in air passenger traffic in May at 13.3 per cent, said a global body representing airports worldwide, reports PTI....
Beverage and snack giant PepsiCo announced plans on Monday to acquire at-home carbonated drink-maker SodaStream for $3.2 billion, reports CNBC. The Purchase, New York-based company agreed to pay $144 per...
The festival of Eid-ul-Azha and all the different activities related with the festival have a tremendous impact on the socio-economic conditions of the country. Eid-ul-Azha corresponds with Hajj (pilgrimage) to...
Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest Muslim festival after Eid-ul-Fitr, will be celebrated on Wednesday, August 22. Like in every year, Bangladesh is taking final preparations to join the Muslim world's Eid...
Thailand's 86-year-old Queen Mother Sirikit is being treated for influenza at a Bangkok hospital, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement on Monday in a rare statement on her...
The livelihood issues of workers are neglected in the globally recognised ready-made garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh. Addressing the changes in workers' livelihood need due attention not only in the...
At least 18 people have died in separate road accidents in Narsingdi, Feni, Gaibandha and Mymensingh districts on Monday. In Narsingdi, at least nine people were killed and nine others...
When countries get nervous about their security, they often insist that they need to reduce their dependence on foreign products, shorten supply chains, and produce more goods domestically. But does...
Changes in processes, systems and technology in organisations require that jobs be structured and performed differently. To enable and sustain lasting change, rigorous attention to a formal change management effort...
The draft of a new law has proposed a provision of taking approval of concerned authorities to arrest a public servant before issuance of charge sheet in any criminal case....
Tariffs typically raise living costs, but when they backlash, the genie really comes out of the trade bottle: anything could happen, and anticipating actions usually, putting players on the defensive,...
The Bangladesh Bank has asked the commercial banks to keep open their branches adjoining to cattle markets in the Dhaka city area on Tuesday to ensure smooth transactions. A BB...
Former world number one Novak Djokovic became the first player to win all nine Masters 1,000 tournaments with victory over Roger Federer in Cincinnati on Sunday. The 31-year-old Serb, a...
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has formed an 18-member committee to monitor the implementation of all activities related to improvement of traffic rules and ensuring of road safety across the...
Though there is a fixed rate for collecting and paying tax (hasil) after the purchase of sacrificial animals at cattle markets, some leaseholders and cattle buyers resort to trickery to...
Almost all the garment factories have paid wages for the month of July and festival allowances to their workers, claimed BGMEA on Monday. Most of the factories have paid partial...
Police arrested a woman allegedly along with 70,000 Yaba tablets from a house in Anwara upazila on Monday. The arrestee was identified as Kamrunnahar, 30, wife of Farid at Noabari...
A Dhaka court has rejected a bail petition of detained actress Nawshaba Ahmed and sent her to in a case filed under ICT Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahmuda Akhtar passed...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday received two international awards given by the UNICEF in recognition to her government’s campaign against early marriage. The awards are: the Accolade Global Film...
CNG filling stations across the country will remain open round-the-clock for four days before and after the Eid-ul Azha. Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources issued a press release...
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