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Stocks returned to the green on Tuesday after a single-day break as pre-Eid sale pressure eased some extent. Market insiders said last minutes strong buying spree on sector-wise large-cap stocks...
Gulf stock prices rebounded modestly early on Tuesday from several days of falls, as investors were encouraged to buy back cautiously with the Turkish lira. Dubai’s stock index gained 0.6...
The spokesman for the Defence Ministry in Kabul says the Taliban have overrun a military base in northern Afghanistan, killing 17 soldiers and wounding at least 19 troops. Ghafor Ahmad...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today (Tuesday) approved the ‘Improvement of Livelihood of Marginal Communities Programme’ at an estimated cost of Tk 8.2612 billion. The programme...
People in the South Asian countries will, from Friday, have only one way to watch top flight Spanish football: on Facebook. The social network has signed an exclusive deal to...
Britain’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest since 1975 during the second quarter (Q2) and productivity picked up, but wage growth slowed, official data showed on Tuesday. The number of...
Meghna Bank Limited has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LABAID Group. Under the agreement, card holders of Meghna Bank will be able to avail up to 25...
Israel’s finance minister confirmed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt in May to discuss a long-term ceasefire in the Gaza Strip....
Indian shares rose on Tuesday, in line with broader Asian peers, helped by financial and technology stocks as trade anxiety stemming from a plunge in the Turkish lira showed signs...
A number of people were injured when a car collided with security barriers outside London’s parliament building on Tuesday and the driver was arrested, police said. Police said they could...
Vaping or e-cigarettes can damage vital immune system cells and may be more harmful than previously thought, a study suggests. Researchers found e-cigarette vapour disabled important immune cells in the...
In a tragic incident, a schoolgirl was crushed under the wheels of a truck at Hajipur intersection in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira region on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified...
Retired South Korean farmer Hwang Rae-ha would love to see his mother again, but nearly 70 years after he last set eyes on her, he says he would settle for...
A rickshaw-van puller was killed as a gas cylinder exploded in Sadarghat area of the port city on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Kamal Uddin, 50, according to...
A former Australian archbishop, the most senior Catholic cleric in the world convicted of concealing child sex abuse, was spared jail on Tuesday when he was ordered to serve his...
A fire broke out in a hospital in Myanmar’s largest city of Yangon late on Monday, forcing staff to evacuate patients on stretchers and in wheelchairs, rescuers said. There were...
Two suspected drug traffickers have been killed in a ‘shootout’ with RAB in Cox’s Bazar’s Ramu, while another unidentified young man died in a ‘shootout’ with police in Dhaka. The...
Netflix Inc Chief Financial Officer David Wells will step down after eight years in the role, the video streaming company said on Monday. Wells will remain with Netflix until his...
Tajul Islam Chowdhury, chief whip of the opposition in parliament and Jatiya Party presidium member died in a city hospital on Monday night. He was 73. A Jatiya Party press...
Trustee Committee of eight more mutual funds have declared dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018, according to separate official disclosures on Tuesday. ICB AMCL First Agrani Bank...
China’s economy is showing further signs of cooling as the US prepares to impose even tougher trade tariffs, with investment in the first seven months of the year slowing to...
South Korea’s transport ministry said on Tuesday it would ban some 20,000 BMW vehicles from the streets amid mounting public fears about engine fires. The driving ban decision comes after...
Stocks mostly drifted higher in early hour of trading on Tuesday as some investors are active on sector-wise stocks ahead of Eid vacation. Following the previous day’s marginal correction, the...
A young man was hacked to death allegedly by his cousin at Jhalupara area of sadar municipality in Kushtia on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Mithun Mandal, 28,...
Two suspected drug pedlars were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Panerchhora area of Cox’s Bazar’s Ramu upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased...
US President Donald Trump signed a $716 billion defence policy bill on Monday that authorizes military spending and includes watered-down controls on US government contracts with China’s ZTE Corp and...
At least twelve Barcelona SC soccer fans were killed and thirty others injured after a bus, loaded with fans of the team, overturned on a highway in Ecuador after a...
Bangladesh capital Dhaka is the second least liveable city in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit annual global survey. The worldwide league table ranks 140 cities on a...
Both the homegrown and imported onions are getting pricey ahead of Eid-ul-Azha despite the fact that government allowed a duty free import of Indian onion. Market sources blamed lax monitoring...
Only 0.01 per cent work on the Chattogram City Waterlogging Mitigation Project is done in more than three months' time. But the performance has satisfied the monitoring committee of the...
At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said on Monday, in the latest spate of violence driven by...
At least four passengers were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and a bus in Sonamurir Tek area of Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi on...
The government has moved to determine the lifetime of all new public-sector roads and buildings to be built across the country, officials said. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has recently...
The euro stood near a one-year low against the dollar and the Swiss franc on Tuesday, remaining under pressure as the Turkish lira wobbled on worries that Turkey’s economic woes...
The United States is looking into the possibility of opening a separate commercial office in Dhaka as the world's largest economy seeks boost its trade ties with Bangladesh, the outgoing...
Asian share markets fought to regain their footing on Tuesday as tremors from the collapse of the Turkish lira ebbed, though sentiment took a fresh knock when Chinese economic data...
Some 13 types of businesses in city corporation area will have to install Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) on their premises by November 01, 2018 to keep recorded data on financial...
Prices of airlines tickets have doubled or tripled as operators fleece most of the air-bound passengers ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha festival. Airlines companies and travel agencies, however, blame each other...
The country has got its first re-gasified LNG as Excelerate Energy has started re-gasifying imported gas. The US-based company also initiated pumping LNG into the pipeline network from Sunday evening,...
A Small Capital Board will be formed soon to facilitate small capital companies to raise funds through initial public offerings (IPOs). Chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Dr....
Iran's Supreme Leader on Monday rejected US President Donald Trump's offer of unconditional talks to improve bilateral ties and he also accused the Iranian government of economic mismanagement in the...
North and South Korea agreed on Monday to hold a summit in the North in September, another step towards boosting cooperation between the old rivals, even as doubts grow over...
Extension of the on-going traffic week by three more days is claimed to have been made following 'good response from the masses to discipline the chaotic public transport'. Commuters on...
BOGURA, Aug 13: Farmers of Dhunot upazila of the district have made profit of over Tk 135 million this season by cultivating Aus paddy. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...
MAGURA, Aug 13: Papaya cultivation is gaining popularity in the district. A good number of farmers have attained financial solvency from the farming of papaya. Sources said farmers show their...
Stocky young women on the driving seats of massive buses are common spectacles in many Western countries, especially in the USA. So are female chief executives running large organisations. In...
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 13: Vegetable prices are soaring up both in retail and wholesale markets in northern six districts from the last week. Sources said poor-income groups of Bogura, Sirajganj, Natore,...
Golam Sarwar, the editor of Daily Samakal, died on Monday night at a hospital in Singapore. He was 75. The veteran journalist, who had long been suffering from various dieses,...
Most of the public buses in Dhaka as well as across the country are not access-friendly for the passengers. Women and children as well as the elderly and the physically...
Bangladesh beat Nepal by 3-0 goals in their last group match of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship on Monday at Changlimithan Football Stadium in Bhutan. They emerged as group B...
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