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Ecuador on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in three provinces due to an unusually high volume of Venezuelan migrants crossing over the northern border with Colombia after fleeing the...
Washington says it would impose fresh sanctions on Russia by the end of August after it determined that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian agent and...
Customs officials arrested an Indian national along with 22 gold bars, weighing 12.3 kg, at Shahjalal International Airport early Thursday. The arrestee is Arshad Ayaz, 46, hailing from Kolkata in...
The government would try to ensure uninterrupted supply of natural gas to consumers by year-end, riding on the domestic output and import of LNG, state minister for the Ministry of...
The public subscription of Indo-Bangla Pharmaceuticals Ltd begins today (Thursday) for raising a fund worth Tk 200 million. The public subscription by the eligible investors will be continued through electronic...
Women domestic helps who returned home were denied justice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), workers and rights activists said. Though a significant number of women workers came back...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided not to issue tax identity cards (IDs) to the taxpayers as many raised questions about its effectiveness without legal backup. In the...
The World Bank (WB)-assured US$ 240 million grant for rehabilitation of Rohingya people has been stuck, as two government agencies have been at loggerheads over ownership of the project concerned....
Oil prices steadied on Wednesday despite relatively weak Chinese import data as the market remained supported by falling US crude inventories and the introduction of sanctions against Iran, reports Reuters....
Indonesia's president has issued new tax regulations aimed at providing clarity for mining companies shifting their current contracts to special mining permits, in a move that could help cement a...
The speedy approval of the draft Road Transport Act by the cabinet does not contain any element of surprise. There had to be something as a goodwill gesture -- if...
Many of the artists currently topping the musical charts at home and abroad used to be theoretically illiterate when they started producing music. They started building upon their passion at...
In the beautiful city of Sylhet, Y Coalition launched Youth Training of Trainers (Youth TOT) workshop in association with Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN) on 'Strengthening Inclusion, Interfaith and...
First jobs always hold significant value in people's lives. It is not only about the money but also about the emotions involved. Jobs can exist in both physical and virtual,...
A bank is a financial institution which acts as an intermediary between borrowers and savers, and thus enables efficient allocation of financial resource across various sectors of the economy. Banks...
Cost of living is going up. Prices of essential commodities, rice, fish, spices and vegetables are on the increase. Around 1.2 million of the country's 160 million people earn $2.0...
From the end of World War II to the mid-2010s, economic globalisation progressed relentlessly through expanded trade, proliferating capital flows, faster (and cheaper) communication, and, to a lesser extent, human...
With the current population approaching almost 167 million, Bangladesh is facing an imminent energy crisis (Worldometers, 2018). This may seem counterintuitive as Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in energy generation...
As the energy sector is transforming, there is a growing consensus that sustainable energy is a catalyst for achieving most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): it is crucial for better health,...
Optical goods are the products that include different optical instruments like lens, camera obscures, magnifiers, lasers, microscopes, optical discs, optical fibre, projectors, optical toys, refractrometres, photography equipment etc. Among these...
Economic growth will stagnate without inclusive participation in the economy. Unemployment is positively related to economic instability. Increased unemployment rate causes increased economic vulnerability in the country. Around 50 per...
Bangladesh delegation to see progress over Rohingya return Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will begin his four-day visit to Myanmar on Thursday to discuss progress on Rohingya repatriation with Myanmar...
Train communication of Sylhet with the rest of the country resumed on Wednesday after a one-hour disruption following the derailment of a train in Shibbari of the city. Earlier, four...
Two buses' competition to get more passengers on board has resulted in the fatal accident that caused the tragic end of two young lives on Airport Road on July 29....
Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association has decided not to ply buses in Dhaka on contractual system from today (Thursday). The decision was taken aiming to prevent the competing tendency of...
Drik Gallery Managing Director Shahidul Alam was taken back to the office of Detective Branch of police on Wednesday afternoon after necessary medical check-up at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University...
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday urged China to invest in Bangladesh, especially in the blue economy. “There are ample opportunities of investment in marine fisheries sector and maritime...
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has said all voters will get smart national identity cards by December-January. "We'll try to provide the cards to all citizens (voters) by next...
One of Japan's most prestigious medical universities has apologised for tampering with entrance exam scores to limit its intake of female students. An internal investigation found that Tokyo Medical University...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP is hatching conspiracy with the beneficiaries of one-eleven political changeover. “The BNP has started conspiracy by joining hands with the...
BNP's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the ruling party has resorted to propaganda and rumours to hide the repressive acts against demonstrating students seeking road...
The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday started distributing smart national identity (NID) cards in 27 districts in the second phase. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda formally inaugurated the distribution...
The government has decided to increase the number of students by 500 to 3,818 for admission to state-run medical colleges from the 2018-19 session. The health ministry took the decision...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday said the government has set an export target of US$44 billion for fiscal 2018-19 (FY19). “Of the total, $39 billion is targeted for goods...
A major fire has been reported after loud explosions at Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd’s (BPCL) refinery in Mumbai of India. Sources said that the fire broke out at 2:55 pm...
Aid began reaching isolated areas of the Indonesian island struggling after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 131 people, while rescuers doubled down on efforts to find the dead....
Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), is now entirely in drought, officials have confirmed. A dry winter has intensified what has been called the worst drought in living...
Bangladesh is going to send caregivers to Japan for the first time this year opening a new opportunity of remittance inflow. A total of seven women aged between 18 and...
Toyota has recalled 20,702 cars sold between March 2010 and May 2015 in Russia. Russia’s standards agency revealed the information on Wednesday, reports Reuters. The cars, including the Alphard, Corolla,...
Rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country snapped following the derailment of four bogies of the Surma Mail at Shibbari in the city on Wednesday noon. The...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said the plan made by the United States to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero will not succeed. “If the Americans want to...
Migrant labourers staged a strike on Wednesday to protest at the deaths of 16 colleagues killed this week in two separate traffic accidents in southern Italy. Thousands of migrants work...
The government filed a writ petition seeking a stay on an order of High Court for sending Drik Gallery MD Shahidul Alam to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for...
State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has said gas fields of the country have already started depleting as forecast and the entire gas will be exhausted within the...
Stocks ended higher for the two consecutive sessions Wednesday with core index of the premier bourse crossing the 5,400-mark as enthusiastic investors continued their buying spree. Brokers said the market...
Photographer and activist Shahidul Alam has been taken back into the DB custody from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University or BSMMU after necessary health tests. “Our medical board examined him....
Authorities have cut off Internet access in eastern Ethiopia amid an outbreak of violence in the region, two local residents said on Wednesday. The residents, one speaking from Oromia region...
Effective financing, strong monitoring, and bridging data gap are essential to help ensure better outcome of development activities related to sanitation and safe water particularly, speakers observed at a workshop...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa had the unparalleled quality and capacity to give the right decision at any moment of crisis and she helped Bangabandhu...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved a charge sheet against two people, including a Bank Asia official, over misappropriating Tk 0.5 million from a client's account. The accused are...
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