China on Tuesday said it would remove import tariffs on animal feed ingredients from five Asian neighbours, including Bangladesh, The second largest economic country of the world will lift the...
Stocks finished lower for the two consecutive sessions on Tuesday as cautious investors continued to book profit on sector-wise stocks. The market opened on positive note gaining around 18 points...
The 32nd Annual General Meeting of Rupali Bank Limited was held at Diploma Engineering Institution, Dhaka on Tuesday. The AGM approved 24 per cent stock dividend for the shareholders. The...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) organised a Post-Budget Discussion Session on National Budget 2018-2019 on Monday at the ICMAB Ruhul Quddus Auditorium, Dhaka. Engineer...
A WhatsApp text circulating in some districts of India’s central Madhya Pradesh state helped to inflame a mob of 50-60 villagers into savagely beating up two innocent men last week...
The 19th Annual General Meeting of First Security Islami Bank Limited was held on Tuesday at Kurmitola Golf Club, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Mohammed...
The US health regulator approved GW Pharmaceuticals Plc’s epilepsy treatment on Monday, making it the first marijuana-based drug to win approval in the country and opening floodgates for more research...
BNP has alleged that ruling party men captured over 100 voting centres and were stuffing ballots in Tuesday's election to Gazipur City Corporation. "As per the information we've received so...
Chubb has enhanced its cyber incident response management capabilities and launched two new ways of accessing the service: a mobile application and a dedicated website. The world's largest publicly traded...
Police recovered the hanging body of a female student of Comilla Victoria College from her residence in Daulatpur area in Cumilla district town on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified...
Chinese and Hong Kong corporates are delivering excellence in investor relations programmes with increased focus on corporate governance across Asia. The observation has been made in a statement of the...
Police say a woman and three children have been found dead at an apartment in southern Germany, as well as a man lying outside the building with life-threatening injuries from...
The European Union (EU) and Canada imposed sanctions on seven senior military officials from Myanmar for Rohingya violations. They penalised the army officials on Monday, including the general in charge...
The group that hands out the Oscars said on Monday that it had invited 928 new members from 59 countries, in its biggest diversity drive after years of criticism of...
Britain’s Prince William will pay homage on Tuesday to the six million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust, in a solemn start to the first official visit by a British...
A gun used by Han Solo in “The Return of the Jedi” sold for $550,000 at auction to the museum chain Ripley’s Believe it or Not! on Saturday, Julien’s Auctions...
Police have recovered the body of a woman from a septic tank of an under-construction building in Shariatpur on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Iva Akhter, 20,...
The manufacturing output of Singapore grew 11.1 per cent year on year in May, compared to the 9.1 per cent increase in April, the country’s economic development board (EDB) said...
A fire broke out on Monday at a technological facility in the telecommunications centre in Villa Clara province and severely affected cellphone service in central and western Cuba. The state-owned...
Lawyers for Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former presidential campaign manager, said on Monday they plan to appeal a judge’s decision to jail Manafort while he awaits a criminal trial in...
The BNP has been raising “false allegations” over the Gazipur City Corporation polls to make it controversial, said Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam. His comment came as voting in...
Asian shares were mostly lower on Tuesday, as moves by the US to gain an upper hand on trade with China weighed on the technology sector. Tech stocks have been...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has become the partner of Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (SSE), a platform organised by United Nations (UN), to promote sustainable investment in the country's stock market....
Department of Youth Development (DYD) has implemented Tk 47.1-million uplift schemes for making youths self-reliant in various income-generating activities during last nine and half years in the district. Upazila level...
Funds raised by listed companies through issuance of rights fell sharply by 62 per cent in the outgoing Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18 compared to the previous FY. Three listed firms...
Video makers with millions of subscribers on YouTube expressed frustration at a trade show last week that the service notifies only a portion of their followers about new posts, causing...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Bagmara Beribadh area in Sadar upazila under Bhola region early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Jakir...
Dhaka stocks witnessed positive trend while Chittagong stocks saw negative trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday. Following the previous day’s downturn, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened higher...
A bus and a human hauler collided head-on at Sadhuhati intersection in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning, killing at least three people and injuring seven others. The deceased were...
Oil prices rose on Tuesday on uncertainty over Libyan oil exports, although plans by producer cartel OPEC to raise output continued to act as a damper. Brent crude futures LCOc1,...
US astronaut Buzz Aldrin has sued two of his children and his former business manager alleging they stole money from him and are slandering his legacy. The lawsuit, which was...
Syrian state news agency SANA said two Israeli missiles hit in the vicinity of Damascus international airport in the early hours of Tuesday morning, without giving further details. The Syrian...
World stocks extended a sell-off on Tuesday as an escalating trade fight between the United States and other major economies steered investors away from riskier assets, with markets in China...
Two young men, accused in a schoolboy abduction and murder case, were killed in a reported gunfight with police in Paharpur village of Mirpur upazila in Kustia early Tuesday. The...
The government is set to monitor the prices of computers and related accessories from next month, aiming to bring discipline to this sector, official said. The Directorate of National Consumer...
The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed under the Special Powers Act over the 2015 Cumilla...
The government liabilities, in terms of borrowing through domestic debt securities, are likely to be 13 per cent lower in the next fiscal year (FY) over those of the outgoing...
State-owned sugar mills have suffered a loss of Tk 14.04 billion for selling sugar at prices less than its production costs, officials said. "The cash-strapped sugar mills are still struggling...
The state-run Petrobangla has sought margins from the gas price to help supplement its operating costs and carry out regular work. The Petrobangla and the Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd...
Bangladeshi exporters may face an average tariff of over 40 per cent in case a full-scale trade war intensifies. The United States (US) president, Donald Trump, has threatened a trade...
The country's apparel makers are now focussing more on the local market than before mainly to meet the growing demand for fashion wears, industry people said. Dozens of export-oriented garment...
Top executives of the private commercial banks (PCBs) have urged the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to ensure depositing the government's fund with their banks at rates below 6.0 per cent for...
Voting in the Gazipur City Corporation election concluded on Tuesday amid the allegations of some irregularities in some areas. The voters of the city started balloting at 8:00 am and...
The foreign exchange market is vast, complicated and ruthlessly competitive all over the world, including Bangladesh. Although our forex market is not strong enough, the commercial banks (authorised dealer branches),...
Colombia, known as "The land of a thousand rhythms", is famously passionate about celebrating their victories. Their football players and fans get very emotional and are quick to show their...
Civil society members were sceptical about the projected outcome of the proposed national budget for fiscal year 2018-19 which, they said, lacks transparency, accountability and good governance. Terming the Tk...
Uruguay maintained their 100 per cent record at the World Cup as they beat 10-man Russia to finish top of Group A and end the hosts' unbeaten start. Both sides...
Does a different productive mode generate a different type of competition? That is an apt and urgent question to ponder in this 21st Century of breathtaking technological changes. Not only...
It is indicative of sound management that two of Germany's leading automobile giants have very deep pockets. Nonetheless shareholders and investors can hardly have been pleased that Volkswagen's CSR (Corporate...
There exists a highly dualistic structure in Bangladesh's production sectors; that is, organised activities coexist with large-scale unorganised activities. In fact, informal employment dominates all sectors of the Bangladesh economy....
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