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After rejection of a Chinese company's proposal on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway expansion project, the government is now unwilling to continue with its next proposal for development of the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar...
The Customs Bond Commissionerate (CBC) is for imposition of restriction on issuance of bond licence to the factories having cent per cent ownership of foreign nationals. The CBC has submitted...
The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is set to set up the first software technology park in the port-city to help achieve the government's Vision 2021. To this end, CCC signed...
Bangladesh has become the third top aquaculture fish producing country in the world, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). As per the FAO's latest report in 2018, Bangladesh...
Chinese steel goliath Kunming Iron and Steel Holding Company (KISC) is likely to submit its final proposal for its 2.3 billion dollar steel plant project by October this year. Chairman...
Asian shares made early gains on Thursday as upbeat Wall Street earnings supported global investor sentiment, although trade war jitters pushed China’s offshore yuan to a fresh one-year low. The...
American cotton industry leaders have called for lifting the age-old fumigation rules on the import of US commodity in Bangladesh. Fumigation not only imposes an additional cost burden on the...
The issue of fixing wages for the workers engaged in the country's all-important readymade garment (RMG) sector has predictably become a contentious one. The proposals submitted on wage structure by...
One of the striking changes any rich-world traveller to low-income countries cannot fail to have missed during the past decade or so is the rapid spread of mobile phone use,...
High quality healthcare means the right care, at the right time, in the right place, and by the right care provider. Such healthcare minimises harm and resource waste and leaves...
As the world today is continuously revolving and depending more and more on technology, people are always opting for technology-based solutions. People have changed almost all of their daily activities...
The word 'entrepreneur' has become such a craze in Bangladesh nowadays that many young people want to be an entrepreneur after finishing their education or even while they are pursuing...
'Budget Talk 2018' organised by Young Economists' Forum took place on North South University (NSU) premises on July 11, 2018. The experts discussed the 2018-19 national budget. The session comprised...
MACES, an education consultancy firm in Bangladesh, is going to organise its third personal statement writing competition. The personal statement is one of the most important elements of a foreign...
The university course I am teaching - Business, Government and Society - is like a tracery. These institutions are engaged in a cosmic dance that is impossible to stop because...
Bangladesh's trading with Iran continues to be positive in spite of an almost 50 per cent decline. That would explain partly the bite that US Sanctions has had. But even...
Bangladesh Small & Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) started its journey in 1957. It was established to speed up industrial growth by supporting and helping the expansion of medium, small and...
Before buying any service, I'm always used to asking for Google help. A whopping 97 per cent of consumers, thus, research products and services online before buying. Almost in 100...
The decision of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) to bring down the interest rate on lending to 9.0 per cent and that on deposit to 6.0 per cent, has...
The immense potential of social media at promoting a movie became clear through the success of 2009 Hollywood blockbuster 'Avatar'. A few months prior to its release, the social media...
Bangladeshi students are participating in the Rosatom-sponsored 'Nuclear Kids' musical show in Hungary. According to a Rosatom press release, in a spectacular amalgamation of music and nuclear energy, the International...
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said Bangladesh is currently facing massive challenges due to the influx of Rohingyas from the neighbouring Rakhine state of Myanmar. The Speaker came up with...
The Home Ministry has appointed two senior police officers as the chiefs of newly formed Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RMP) and Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP). Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police...
Eight left parties have launched a new platform styled 'Left Democratic Alliance' to strengthen the alternative political force against bad politics. The parties formally announced the journey of the new...
With the SSD and NAND flash memory markets booming, Western Digital has made the tough decision to shut down its HDD (hard disk drive) manufacturing factory in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia...
The 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand have spoken publicly of their ordeal for the first time, describing the ‘moment of miracle’ when divers found them. Adul...
A writ was filed with the High Court on Wednesday seeking a stay on the Kurigram-3 by-polls slated for July 25. Advocate Sheikh Jahangir Alam filed the writ on behalf...
A court in Dhaka has rejected the bail plea of quota reform movement leader Rashed Khan in two separate cases. The joint convener of Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council...
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Women and Children Affairs on Wednesday discussed Dowry Prohibition Bill, 2018 at its 46th meeting at Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban with Rebeka Momin, MP,...
A total of 37,225 people were arrested and 25,575 cases were filed in the drives against narcotics across the country so far, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said on Wednesday....
EU regulators hit Google with a record 4.34 billion euros ($5.0 billion) antitrust fine on Wednesday for using its Android mobile operating system to squeeze out rivals. The penalty is...
The first flight in 20 years from Ethiopia to Eritrea has landed safely in Asmara on Wednesday. Ethiopian Airlines conducted the first direct passenger flights between Addis Ababa and Asmara,...
A two-day cultural festival will be held across the country on July 20-21, aiming to build a culturally aware new generation and spread cultural practices among people. Cultural Affairs Minister...
A two-week painting exhibition of artist Halimul Islam Khokon titled 'Images of Inner Vision' will begin at La Galerie, Alliance Francaise de Dhaka on Friday evening. Artist Shahid Kabir will...
Election Commission (EC) has taken all-out preparations to hold the upcoming polls in three city corporations – Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet- in a free, fair and transparent manner. “The EC...
A Bangladeshi store owner has been shot dead in Florida in a case that local police described as a robbery. His friends said it was a hate crime. According to...
To achieve success over ‘Power at every home’ programme, one of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 10 special initiatives, solar power-run street lights are illuminating 40-kilometre rural roads of Chirirbandar...
Almost one million Rohingyas living in Bangladesh face a triple threat of extreme weather, funding shortfalls and uncertainty about their future. Head of the UN Migration Agency William Lacy Swing...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has recognised Bangladesh as the third top aquaculture fish producing country in the world after the People’s Republic of China...
The results of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published today (Thursday). Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will hand over the results to Prime...
M. I. Cement Factory Ltd organised a programme titled ‘Crown Family Night’ for its top 50 channel partners and their family at The Palace Luxury Resort hotel in Habiganj recently....
Stocks posted a marginal gain Wednesday after volatile trading as investors opted for buying shares amid ongoing earnings declaration. The market opened on higher note and key index of the...
Ruckus Networks has announced the Ruckus R730, the industry's first IoT- and LTE-ready, 802.11ax wireless access point (AP) for public places such as stadiums, train stations and schools. The high-capacity R730...
President Abdul Hamid will return home from London tomorrow (Thursday). He will land in Bangladesh at 11.05am at the VVIP lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Assistant Press Secretary of...
Customs officials arrested a man along with 10 gold bars at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city on Wednesday morning. The arrestee is Ramjan Ali, hailing from Fatikchari...
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) game on Tencent Holdings Ltd social media app WeChat, as the company continues to show tentative signs...
Taking omega-3 fish oil supplements is often touted as a way simple way to protect your heart - but experts say the evidence that it does any good is flimsy...
The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Monday the provision of medical supplies and drugs that will help treat more than 50,000 internally displaced Ethiopians for three months. According to...
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has apologised to a British cave diver he called a "pedo guy" in a row over the cave rescue in Thailand. He said he had "spoken...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the 3.0 million saplings plantation programme to pay tributes to 3.0 million martyrs of the country's Liberation War. The Prime Minister on Wednesday started...
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