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Bangladesh finally hooked up the first-ever LNG cargo with subsea pipeline on Sunday (August 5) on the 103rd day of its reaching the country's south coast of Chattogram on April...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has ruled out the possibility of reducing the yield rates of state-run savings instruments before the upcoming national elections. "We are not making any changes to...
Cheques of Tk 1.017 million as education grants were distributed among 148 beneficiaries in Rajshahi for improving their living and livelihood condition on Tuesday, an official said today (Wednesday). On...
Kenya's former 400m hurdles world champion Nicholas Bett has died aged 28, following a car crash on Wednesday. Bett had just returned from the Africa Championships in Nigeria when he...
An anti-terrorism tribunal in Dhaka has issued arrest warrants against two fugitives after accepting the chargesheet in the Gulshan café attack case. Anti-terrorism special tribunal Judge Mujibur Rahman passed the...
At least three people including a teenage boy were killed in separate road accidents in Gopalganj and Fenchuganj upazilas of Sylhet region on Wednesday and Tuesday night. In Gopalganj, two...
Angelina Jolie on Tuesday sought to move forward with her long and sometimes bitter divorce from Brad Pitt, which has yet to be finalised after almost two years. Jolie’s attorney...
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 smartphones contain a microchip security flaw, uncovered earlier this year, that put tens of millions of devices at risk to hackers looking to spy on their users,...
Law enforcers have detained three more people from the capital for allegedly trying to create unrest by spreading rumours on social media to instigate the recent student protest. The detainees...
Colombia's newly-elected President Iván Duque took office on Tuesday, pledging to unite the country and improve economic growth. The conservative political newcomer was elected in June after a divisive election...
Increases in life expectancy in the UK have stalled and the slowdown is one of the biggest among 20 of the world's leading economies, ONS data shows. Rises in life...
A total of 58,549 cases have been filed for traffic law violations, including driving on wrong lanes, in the first three days of Special Traffic Week that was launched following...
A significant change has started taking place in education sector by dint of successful promotion of digital technology benefiting teachers, students and others concerned in Rajshahi region. Ripon Sheikh, a...
The United States will begin collecting 25 per cent tariffs on another $16 billion in Chinese goods on Aug. 23, the US Trade Representative’s office said on Tuesday as it...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has decided to review two more listed firms which did not did not pay any dividend in the last five years. “The performance of the...
The prices of most of the stocks saw a positive trend in the early hour of trading on Wednesday as investors were showing their buying spree on sector-wise stocks. Following...
Police recovered the bullet riddled body of a young man from Jashore-Narail highway in Sitarampul area on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Tariqul Islam, 28, son of Mizanur...
Japan is bracing for heavy rains and high winds on Wednesday as a strong typhoon is forecast to make landfall near the capital of Tokyo, the latest storm to hit...
Photographer and activist Shahidul Alam has been taken to a hospital from the DB custody following a High Court order. Alam, 63, has been taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical...
A Chittagong University (CU) student has lost both of his legs while trying to board a shuttle train at Sholoshohor Railway Station in the port city on Wednesday morning. The...
Eight banks and four non-bank financial institutions on Tuesday signed a participation agreement with Bangladesh Bank to enjoy funds from an Investment Promotion and Financing Facility (IPFF) II project....
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Komalla village of Chauddagram upazila in Cumilla early Wednesday. The deceased was...
A high-level delegation led by Md. Nurun Newaz Salim, Chairman and Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, Managing Director & CEO of NCC Bank recently visited Germany to increase foreign remittances as well...
The government will sit with the traders' associations and stakeholders on Thursday (August 09) to fix prices of rawhide of sacrificial animals and review the prices of essentials ahead of...
A total of 38 government and private agencies on Tuesday signed agreement with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to be connected with the National Single Window (NSW) system. The...
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday stressed the need for continuation of dialogue between Myanmar and Bangladesh to resolve the ongoing Rohingya crisis. Addressing a press briefing in the...
Hundreds of ticket-seekers thronged Kamalapur Railway Station from early Wednesday as Bangladesh Railway has begun the selling of advance train tickets for the Eid-ul-Azha. Of the first day of selling,...
Irregularities marked the first day of advance bus ticket sale that started in the city on Tuesday ahead of Eid-ul-Azha festival, ticket aspirants claimed. They also alleged that officials of...
The earnings of most of the general insurance companies listed with the country's stock exchanges increased during the first half (H1) of this year as compared to the same period...
Rice prices rose steeply in the city market again despite an all-time high Boro yield and record import of the staple grain. The price surge has left the consumers worried,...
Sri Lankan investors have shown their interest to invest in the energy sector as the island nation is looking to tap into Bangladesh's growing demand for new energy resources. Simultaneously,...
A doa mahfil seeking salvation of the departed soul of founding editor of The Financial Express AHM Moazzem Hossain was held at the newspaper office after Asr prayers on Tuesday....
Fiscal deficits in developing economies including Bangladesh have direct impact on the current account imbalance, reflecting the 'twin-deficits'. This new relationship was found in the latest study conducted by the...
The government is set to fix the country's goods export earnings target at $39 billion for fiscal year 2018-19, officials said. It is 6.36 per cent higher than the $36.66...
A survey carried out as part of the Rajuk's Detailed Area Development Plan (DAP) process portrays a rather bleak picture of ward-wise densities of people in the megalopolis. It reveals...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited injured Awami League activists, who were injured in miscreants’ attacks during recent movement for safe road, at a city hospital on Tuesday. Sheikh Hasina went...
Modern humans, born into one climate era, called the Holocene, have crossed the border into another, the Anthropocene. But instead of a Moses guiding humanity in this new and dangerous...
It is a sad reality that banks in Bangladesh, by and large, lack good governance. As a result, irregularities - big and small - take place. Against this backdrop, there...
India doubled the import tax on more than 300 textile products to 20 percent on Tuesday as the world's biggest producer of cotton tries to curb rising imports from China....
Canada's Milos Raonic got off to a strong start at the Rogers Cup, beating David Goffin of Belgium 6-3, 6-4 on Monday, reports AP. Raonic has fallen from No. 3...
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has struck a fresh three-year financial remuneration agreement with captain Sarfraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik, the representatives of the players. It will see a 25-30 per...
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Tuesday said he cannot assure that there will be no anomaly during the next general election. "I don't have the scope to assure...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 07 (BSS): Mango trading in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts is now on the final stage amid last moment's exorbitant price of the tasty and delicious seasonal fruit after...
As innovation is the primary driver of economic growth, there have been several performance indices measuring the overall innovation capacity of a country. Among these indices, the Global Innovation Index...
US President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to anyone trading with Iran, following his re-imposition of sanctions on the country. "Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be...
Road accidents are unfortunately on the rise in Bangladesh, and a majority of these road crashes are caused by human errors. It is very important to drive carefully and follow...
Bangladesh has urged Japan to review its travel alert, which was imposed after the Holey Artisan cafe attack in 2016. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali made the call during a...
Hordes of headbangers amassed in Germany for the world's largest heavy metal festival - among them, two elderly men who apparently left their retirement home to rock out, police said....
At a telecommunications conference hosted by Huawei late last year, I told a group of senior executives looking for growth opportunities in a saturated market that one billion new mobile...
Veteran Indian politician Muthuvel Karunanidhi has died at the age of 94. He was being treated for age-related illnesses in Chennai (formerly Madras) in southern India's Tamil Nadu state. Mr...
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