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Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim, MP, said the government is committed to improving living and livelihood conditions of the grassroots people as he addressed a reunion of Pabna...
Rangpur Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised a clients’ get-together on Thursday at Brac Learning Center of Dinajpur. Mohammed Monirul Moula, Additional Managing Director of the bank addressed the...
Stanislav Cherchesov has signed a two-year contract extension as head coach of the Russia national team after their successful display at the World Cup. The host nation exceeded expectations by...
German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer AG disputed accusations in a new Netflix documentary that claims medical device makers and the US Food and Drug Administration placed profits...
The Half Yearly Business Review Meeting 2018 of Standard Bank Limited was held on Saturday at SBL Training Institute, Dhaka. Managing Director & CEO of the Bank Mr. Mamun-Ur-Rashid was...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) arranged a day-long seminar on “sustainability reporting towards achieving SDGs” at ICMAB Ruhul Quddus Auditorium, Dhaka on Friday, said a...
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned staff that the world body is running out of cash and urged member states to pay what they owe as soon as possible,...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have been deployed in Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet cities ahead of the city corporation elections. A total 19 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members...
Price inflation of clothing and footwear across the country jumped by 4.80 per cent in the past fiscal year. Latest statistics, released by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), showed that...
For the fifth consecutive year, at least 1,500 migrants were perished in the Mediterranean so far this year, the UN migration agency has said. Between Libya and Italy being the...
US Vice President Mike Pence met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday and praised “the historic reform efforts” undertaken by Abiy since assuming power in April, the White...
Separate gunfights have left a suspected drug trader and two ‘criminals’ dead in Cumilla, Satkhira and Barguna districts. In Cumilla, A the drug trader, Shahidul Islam Sabu, son of Badsha...
A Cumilla district Awami League leader, who was abducted by unidentified miscreants from the capital's Lalmatia area on Friday, was rescued from Kanchan bridge in Purbachal city of the capital...
A young man was killed and two other people were injured critically as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj road in Kadipur area of Godagari upazila on...
Global markets fell on Friday as corporate results and economic data failed to wow investors, leaving them to stew over trade tariffs and central bank policies. The MSCI All-Country World...
Alphabet Inc’s YouTube is creating scripted series and other original programming for international markets including France, Germany, Japan, Mexico and India to try to draw new customers to its paid...
Search engine giant Google has created a new Doodle on its homepage, marking Bangladeshi iconic singer Feroza Begum's 88th birth anniversary. Feroza's voice and ability to convey deep emotion played...
The US economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly four years in the second quarter, expanding at an annualised rate of 4.1 per cent, official figures show. The gains...
Wall Street’s major indexes declined on Friday as weak earnings reports from major technology companies led to a big drop for the sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 75.74...
The Dhaka bourse witnessed volatility in last week ended on Thursday following correction incurred by major sectors. In the first two sessions of the week, the prime index was positive...
Thirty labour officials have received training on principles and techniques of investigation into unfair labour practices to protect workers against discriminations. The five-day residential training for the officials of the...
The government's move to tap the blue economy has hardly made any progress over the past three years mainly due to dilly-dallying attitude of the ministries concerned, officials said. The...
The conviction rate under the human trafficking act is gradually decreasing due to political influence, lack of victim protection and lengthy trial procedures, said legal experts and rights activists. They,...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) will rebuild a 31 km-long existing regional road pouring Tk 300 million (30 core) into each of the kilometres, insiders said on Friday. The...
The capital's water supplier has now set September as the new deadline for supplying groundwater from Tetuljhora-Bhakurta (phase 1) well field to Mirpur. The Dhaka WASA (DWASA) had earlier missed...
The prices of some green vegetables, green chili and broiler showed an upward trend at different kitchen markets in the capital on Friday. Retailers attributed this hike to wholesalers and...
City dwellers are unlikely to get respite from waterlogging during this monsoon as the authorities blame each other for the situation without resolving the problem, officials said. The utility agencies...
The country's overall import jumped nearly 17 per cent in the first 11 months of the just-concluded fiscal year (FY), 2017-18, mainly due to high import of food grains and...
The government's non-tax revenue (NTR) earning, which mostly includes resources mobilised from dividend, profit and fees by various departments, has been much below the expectation. Implementation of the National Pay...
The administration of US President Donald Trump has filed a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on July 6 against China, the European Union, Canada, Mexico and Turkey for...
Ali Moussa and Mahmoud are sixth graders in Zanzibar. Both boys are nearly blind and use recording devices and braille machines to read. But, thanks to their school and teacher,...
It is heartening to note that Bangladesh has improved its ranking by nine steps -- from 124th to 115th -- in the United Nations E-Government Survey 2018. The country also...
North Korea transferred 55 small, flag-draped cases carrying the suspected remains of US soldiers killed in the Korean War on Friday, officials said, a first step in implementing an agreement...
Over to Coca Cola slogans, the world's largest beverage company with 20 billion dollars' worth of brand and over 700,000 system employees: 'I'd like to buy the world a Coke.'...
You need to have a website in today's world. Website is a money-making tool. When you are sleeping or even closing the shop, your website is still doing business for...
An increasing number of African countries are now embracing the blue economy for its potential to deliver solutions to their most pressing development needs - particularly extreme poverty and hunger....
While the role of agriculture has been recognised as a supplier of food in the past, very little attention has been reportedly paid on its role in the mitigation of...
Japan's culture in technology and innovation appears to be that of a follower. The country's patience in following over decades has been the key to grasping and mastering targeted...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the responsibility for the medical treatment of veteran politician and National Awami Party (NAP) President Professor Muzaffar Ahmed. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader...
A sort of quiet kitchen revolution is on in this capital right at this moment. Just imagine the feeling when one day someone discovers to his/her utter surprise that a...
Bangladesh has achieved remarkable progress in the health sector, particularly in reducing maternal and infant/child mortality rates significantly. Life expectancy at birth increased significantly from 44 years in 1970 to...
Our banking system is currently passing through a critical financial phase due to some problems accumulated over the years. The problems have been kept intervention-free for a while hoping that...
A Cumilla district’s Awami League has allegedly been abducted from in front of his Dhaka’s residence in Lalmatia. Some unidentified people dragged Parvez Hossain Sarker, a member of Cumilla district...
It is narrated by Aesop that once a crow dressed in a peacock's feather came to the assembly of peacocks. The peacocks, who jealously guard their bright colours, quickly identified...
Equity and bond markets have welcomed Imran Khan’s victory in Pakistan’s disputed election, but the former cricket hero faces a tough slog to avert a currency crisis and implement long-term...
Energy and Mineral Resources Division Secretary Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem on Friday said those responsible for the disappearance of 144,000 tonnes of coal from Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited...
Australian media giants Nine Entertainment and Fairfax have agreed to merge, creating what they say will be the nation's "largest integrated media player". The surprise deal, worth an estimated A$4b...
British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) decided to close down its operation in Bangladesh for failure to launch “appropriate” drugs in the market. “It was in our mind how to fill...
Nearly 10 million people in the country are infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, said a study report recently. Hepatology Society conducted the study on the Prevalence...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he had invited US President Donald Trump to Moscow and both he and Trump are ready for further summits. However, Putin said the conditions...
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