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A landslide killed a woman and at least seven children in Nepal over the weekend as officials issued warnings on Monday of the risk of more landslides and flash floods...
A case has been filed against BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on...
At least 91 people were killed when Indonesia’s resort island of Lombok was hit by a powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake on Sunday, triggering widespread panic as thousands fled their homes...
The Trustee Committee of Grameen Mutual Fund One: Scheme Two has decided to distribute 12 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018. The Trustee Committee...
A court in Dhaka on Monday placed two drivers and two helpers of a 'Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan' bus on a 7-day remand each in a case filed over the death of...
Students of East West University (EWU) clashed with police as the latter lobbed teargas shells on the former staging demonstrations in front of their campus in Dhaka city over Saturday’s...
In last few decades the country has made significant advancements in sectors like education, garments industry, health, and women empowerment. In lockstep with such progresses, media industry also has made...
The 77th death anniversary of the Bard of Bengal Rabindranath Tagore is being observed on Monday. Different organisations are holding many programmes while television channels are airing special productions based...
The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has earned revenue worth around Tk 5.9645 billion during the last 2017-18 fiscal year up by Tk 1.1834 billion over the previous 2016-17 fiscal....
Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) organised a seminar on ‘Finance Act, 2018 vis-à-vis National Budget 2018-19’ recently at Dhaka Cub, Dhaka. Mr. Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, NDC, Senior...
German industrial orders plunged record low in June, fell by 4.0 per cent after an increase of 2.6 per cent the previous month, the Federal Statistics Office said on Monday....
The High Court has granted a six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia following a bail petition in an arson case filed under the Special Powers Act in Cumilla. The...
Law enforcers, in special drives arrested 30 suspects including 10 drug traders from different areas of Dinajpur district in last 12-hour ending at 8 am Monday morning. Law enforcers also...
Two hajj flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines scheduled to fly on Monday have been cancelled due to shortage of passengers. BG3071 was cancelled at 6:55 am and while BG-1075 at...
Japan’s Nikkei share average edged up in choppy trade on Monday morning but gains were limited as investors remained cautious ahead of corporate earnings and trade talks between US and...
Asian share markets were mostly higher Monday, despite a new Chinese threat of tariff hikes on US goods, after Washington reported solid employment numbers. Japan’s Nikkei 225 added 9 points...
Saudi Arabia will suspend new trade and investment with Canada after that country’s foreign ministry urged Riyadh to release arrested civil rights activists, it said in a statement released to...
Aman Cotton Fibrous Ltd made a flying trading debut on stock exchanges today (Monday) under "N" category, officials said. Its share price trading between Tk 60 and Tk 81 during...
Stocks witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading on Monday as investors are showing their selling spree on sector-wise stocks. Following the previous day’s downward trend, the Dhaka Stock...
Two car bombs hit Somalia on Sunday, killing six people. Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels claimed responsibility for the first suicide car bomb blast that that killed four people when it...
Bus services resumed on Monday morning after several days of suspension amid student protests across the country, including Dhaka city. Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Samity on Sunday night decided to operate...
Bangladesh have won the final T20 match against the West Indies to take the series 2-1. The Tigers won the final game by 19 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method...
Power Division has issued an official order to all the six power distribution utilities of the country, asking each of them to purchase rooftop solar power from at least 20...
Detectives detained Shahidul Alam, Managing Director of Drik Gallery and Chairman of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute from his residence in Dhaka's Dhanmandi on Sunday night. Additional Commissioner of Dhaka...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated eight newly constructed power plants on Sunday, adding some 1742 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the national grid, reports UNB. She opened the power generation...
Most of the line ministries are allocating poor funds of their total budget to climate change schemes, according to a climate budget report. Bangladesh is most vulnerable to the extremes...
City Bank Ltd announced on Sunday the launch of its digital 'supply chain finance and distributor finance facility' solution to help companies in making their business more efficient and transparent....
Both hoarders and farmers of Natore district are happy over the high price of Boro paddy this season. The farmers of the district have achieved over 0.4 million tonnes of...
Private bus operators have suspended sales of advance tickets for home-goers due to ongoing protests staged by the students demanding road safety. Earlier, they decided to start selling advance tickets...
Unlike previous times, the influx of cattle across the border from India has drastically come down ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Now a handful of cattle can cross into Bangladesh, but only...
Farmers of Sylhet division have started harvesting Aus paddy. Crops on some 3,557 hectares of land have already been harvested, a DAE official informed on Sunday afternoon. The farmers earlier...
UN agencies and the US in separate statements on Sunday expressed their grave concern over the attack on children and young students while they were protesting over road safety. "We...
Delinquent transport owners and drivers are now in a hurry to procure legal documents for their vehicles and themselves respectively as an immediate impact of the ongoing students' movement over...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) requested on Sunday the students and transport workers to refrain from their ongoing programmes for the sake of country's greater...
The student movement for road safety shows no sign of ebbing. Now the question is, how long it can maintain the momentum. That a number of ministers including the home...
The country has been witnessing a 'revolution' of a different kind -one that is spreading like wildfire throughout the country. It is by the students for the people. The 'revolution'...
Logistic facilities are usually attached top priority by trading nations of the world as facilitation of trade and transportation is crucial for stimulating economic growth. But unfortunately, this critical element...
Parsing the recently announced Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) of Bangladesh Bank for the first half of fiscal 2018-2019 was tedious. Trudging through dense language I had to link different parameters....
Pakistan's national elections, held on July 25, was a massive exercise that has generated hope as well as despair. Since its birth in 1947, the country has oscillated between civilian...
The chairman and the directors of the Northern General Insurance Co. Ltd have directed its branch managers to expand and improve businesses through better customer services for development of the...
After repeated failures to significantly increase the number of taxpayers the National Board of Revenue (NBR) is to embark on a drive to scour secondary date in search of tax...
The Indian Government is promoting scientifically designed and tailor-made Integrated Farming System (IFS). Time is ripe for promoting location-specific IFS models for achieving the goal of doubling farmers' income by...
In Bangladesh, the last revision of minimum wage for garment workers (from Tk 3,000 in 2010 to Tk 5,300 in 2014) was marked by a 37 per cent increase. In...
Sweden is rapidly moving away from cash. Demand for cash has dropped by more than 50 per cent over the past decade as a growing number of people rely on...
GOPALGANJ, Aug 05: Farmers of Ragunathpur union under Gopalganj Sadar of the district have been benefiting from the cultivation of snake gourd. According to the officials at the Department of...
NATORE, Aug 05: Both hoarders and farmers of the district are happy over the high price of Boro paddy this season. The farmers of the district have achieved over 0.4...
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia on Sunday, and a series of aftershocks also shook the country, said the United States Geological Survey said. There is a "potential" for a tsunami...
The 3G and 4G services of mobile internet are back to normal speed after 24 hours across the country. Several executives of mobile phone operators confirmed that regular speed was...
Different scheduled programmes were postponed on Sunday due to acute scarcity of public transport amid ongoing student movement for safe roads in the capital. On July 29, Diya Khanam Mim...
The government along with the assistance from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will invest Tk 9.26 billion (Tk 926.50 crore) or US$ 109.85 million to increase income and...
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