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Bashundhara Paper Mills dominated the turnover chart on the Dhaka bourse for five straight sessions on Sunday since its debut on Monday last. Market insiders said the investors showed enthusiasm...
Twenty-four people have been killed after a train derailed in north-western Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag says. The train was en route to Istanbul from the town of Kapikule...
The securities regulator will observe the 'World Investors Week 2018' in October to create awareness among the general investors. The week will be observed as per the declaration of International...
China’s foreign exchange reserves unexpectedly rose in June, driven by changes in the value of its holdings and even as concerns of a full-blown trade war between Beijing and the...
The shareholders of Rupali Insurance Company Limited have unanimously approved a dividend of 10 per cent (5.0 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock) for the year 2017 as...
International Leasing & Financial Services will be placed in "A" category from existing "B" category with effect from today (Monday). The company was placed in "A" category due to its...
A court in Myanmar has charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into its trial stage after six months of preliminary...
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) has recently invested in Awqaf Properties Investment Fund (APIF) of Islamic Development Bank (IDB), according to a statement. APIF invests for the development of waqf...
The minimum wage board for ready-made garment (RMG) sector has given a week's time to the representatives of owners and workers to submit their proposals. It asked both parties on...
The security printing press is facing difficulties in meeting the growing demand for bank cheques due to lack of required printing machines, official sources said. One out of two printing...
The local ships and other types of vessels will use the services of the Bangabandhu-1 satellite for safe navigation. The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) and the Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company...
Brexit Secretary David Davis has resigned from the UK government. His resignation comes days after Theresa May secured the cabinet's backing for her Brexit plan despite claims from critics that...
Access to entrepreneurial financing is the major barrier to e-commerce start-ups in Bangladesh, says a recent global report coming from ADB and UN. The country is also suffering from huge...
No taxpayer will be able to get exemption from any audit by showing only a gross increase in the annual income compared to that of the previous year, according to...
The state-owned Bangladesh Railway (BR) missed the annual targets set at the start of fiscal year (FY) 2017-18, official sources said. With an average income of Tk 7.5 million (75...
Dhaka city is no stranger to air-conditioned (AC) buses. Commuters subjected to the routine ordeals of traffic chaos welcomed this comfortable transport service because of the relief it brought to...
Two and a half years old Raifa Khan died at Chattogram city's Max Hospital and Diagnostic Centre on June 29 under tragic circumstances. The parents of the victim alleged that...
The growing use of solar home systems (SHSs) in the country is feared to be hard-hit by the recent move of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to impose new...
BOGURA, July 08: Bitter gourd cultivators of Bogura district are making profit due to its good market price this season. Rampant soaring market price of the crops delights hundreds of...
RANGPUR, July 08: A good yield of Haribhanga mango has failed to bring smile to the growers of the district owing to its low price in markets. Sources said, the...
PABNA, July 08: Over 200 acres of prospective sugarcane cropland have been damaged by early heavy rain at sugar mill zone area in Pabna district. Meanwhile around 300 sugarcane peasants...
MAGURA, July 08: The story is about an extra-ordinary school of an ordinary village in Magura. The name of this school is Pashcim Bariala Government Primary School. Pashcim Bariala is...
The economy is struggling with a worrisome issue which is jobless growth, said a senior minister on Sunday. “The country is facing a big problem, which is jobless growth,” said...
Illegal immigration is broadly defined as the illegal entry of a person or a group of persons across a country's border, in a way that violates the immigration laws of...
The success of Bangladeshi denim and denim products were widely covered in the media during the 8th Bangladesh Denim Expo held in May 2018 in Dhaka. Reports of high growth...
At 1:10 A.M., May 09, 1945, Russian people heard over radio that Nazi Germany had officially surrendered to the Soviet Union. Moscow blasted with festivals with searchlights switched on, cannon-fires...
The European Union (EU) is currently facing challenges more severe than even the debt crisis that threatened to sink the eurozone earlier this decade. North-South and East-West tensions in Europe...
The country produced a record of 11,059 megawatts (MWs) electricity at 8:00pm on Saturday night. The power sector has crossed the earlier record of 10,958MWs electricity generated on May 28...
It must go down as one of the most thought-provoking messages on conservation. That famous appeal by Prince Philip, consort of Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, was pregnant with...
A total of seven Robi employees recently started their journey of becoming entrepreneurs with financial, management advisory as well as motivational support and encouragement from Robi. The journey started in...
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain has said currently 99 per cent people of Bangladesh have toilet facilities. The minister came up with the remarks while responding to a...
Two workers have died after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank of a house at Maligas area in Tentulia upazila in Panchagarh on Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has handed over the National Film Award-2016, the highest state recognition for contributions to the country’s film industry. According to BSS, 29 artistes and performers received...
Indian police on Saturday charged five people, including the brother of a lawmaker from the ruling party, in relation to the death of the father of a teenage girl raped...
Fernando Hierro, who led Spain at the 2018 World Cup, has stepped down as coach and will not return to his former role as sporting director. Hierro was placed in...
Rescuers in Thailand have retrieved the first of the 12 boys, trapped with their football coach in a cave for two weeks. Four of the boys were extracted from the...
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed Rashed Khan, joint convener of Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council, on a 10-day fresh remand in two separate cases filed with Shahbagh Police...
Ministry of Shipping on Sunday signed an agreement with Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Ltd (BCSCL), the operator of Bangabandhu-1, to avail the services of country’s first satellite. As per the...
The parliament has passed the seventeenth amendment to the constitution extending the tenure of the women reserve seat for more 25 years. The Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Bill, 2018 was passed...
Two children drowned in a waterbody at Uttar Bir village under Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj on Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Modakkir Mia, 3, son of Bappi Mia...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday emphasised creating competent manpower to sustain in the tough global race. “The world is progressing fast and Bangladesh has to keep pace with the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned seven individuals whose names have been appeared in the leaks of Panama Papers and Paradise Papers. A senior official of the commission confirmed the information....
A leader of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) and 14 others were allegedly abducted at gunpoint by some miscreants from Kaukhali and Naniarchar upazilas in Rangamati on Sunday. In Naniarchar...
US President Donald Trump’s administration has halted billions of dollars in payments to health insurers under the Obamacare healthcare law. The decision was taken referring to a recent federal court...
The committee formed to review the quota system for government jobs will collect information on the quota system from various global sources. The decision was taken at its first meeting,...
Private hospital owners in Chattogram have announced an indefinite halt to services for new patients protesting a raid by mobile court at Max Hospital, where a child died as a...
Tariqul Islam Tareq, an injured quota reform movement leader of Rajshahi University, is being brought to Dhaka on Sunday. Tareq, the joint convener of Rajshahi University unit of Bangladesh General...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan has claimed that the anti-liberation forces are hatching conspiracies in the name of quota reform movement. "Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamat-e-Islami, initiated the...
China has urged Myanmar to start repatriation of Rohingyas as soon as possible and to reach some visible outcome over the crisis as soon as possible. Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka...
The government has appointed Planning Commission member Begum Juena Aziz as the new secretary of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division. A Ministry of Public Administration gazette signed by deputy...
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