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A teenage boy charged with fatally shooting eight students and two teachers during a gun rampage at a Houston-area high school had been spurned by one of his victims after...
Businesses in Bangladesh and indeed across the region are both optimistic and cautious about the future. Exciting regional growth including China’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative is unlocking new opportunities...
The dollar hit a fresh five-month high on Monday as investors heaved a sigh of relief after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declared the US-China trade war “on hold” following...
Detectives in a drive have arrested a young man along with 20,000 Yaba tablets from Maizyartek area under Karnaphuli thana of the port city. The arrestee was identified as Nur...
A Russian marketing agency has offered to help restaurants in cities hosting the soccer World Cup use fake reviews to bump up ratings on review site TripAdvisor, the agency’s owner...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued warning signal number one for river ports of 18 districts in the country. The warning has been issued for Rangpur, Rajshahi, Pabna, Bogura, Tangail,...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was hospitalised in the West Bank on Sunday, doctors and Palestinian officials said, giving conflicting accounts of the leader’s condition. It is the third time Abbas,...
Stocks turned around at midday on Monday as optimistic investors are taking position on sector-wise stocks, taking the advantage of low prices of available lucrative stocks. Following the previous 13...
Share price of Queen South Textile Ltd is soaring without any price sensitive information (PSI) as the company’s price surged further by 2.78 per cent Sunday. Within four trading sessions,...
La Liga champions Barcelona ended their campaign with a 1-0 win at home to Real Sociedad thanks to a sensational distance strike from Philippe Coutinho as the Nou Camp paid...
The Training Institute of Midland Bank Limited (MDBTI) recently organised a five-day Foundation Training Programme for its officials. Md Ahsan-uz Zaman, Managing Director and CEO of the Bank inaugurated the...
Asian shares rose on Monday as investors cheered the outcome of negotiations between the United States and China that put a trade war on hold, clearing uncertainty. Japan's Nikkei 225...
Rafael Nadal survived a stunning fightback from Alexander Zverev to win a record eighth Italian Open. Nadal cruised to the first set before defending champion Zverev won nine of the...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed volatility in early hour of trading on Monday as investors are active both sides of trading fence. Following...
US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan underscored the importance of concluding a new NAFTA trade deal in talks on Sunday with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray on the sidelines...
A boat with two dozen migrants from West Africa was rescued off the coast of northern Brazil, officials from the state of Maranhão said on Sunday. A fishing boat came...
GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), Netherlands, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) to provide training to local stakeholders so that listed companies follow the standards...
Eastern Cables Limited has been placed to 'Z' category from existing 'A' category with effect from today (Monday) as the company failed to hold annual general meeting (AGM) in scheduled...
A war crimes convict of Chapainawabganj has died early Monday while undergoing treatment Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital. Mahidur Rahman, 88, was sentenced to jail unto death on May 20,...
The Philippines expressed ‘serious concerns’ over the presence of China’s strategic bombers in the disputed South China Sea and its foreign ministry has taken ‘appropriate diplomatic action’, the spokesman of...
Bay Leasing & Investment Limited has approved 10 per cent cash and 5 per cent stock dividend for the year ended December 31, 2017, according to a statement. The announcement...
Bangladesh has over 1.1 million 'micro-merchants' engaged in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) trade with estimated annual sales of over US$ 18.35 billion a year, according to a study conducted by...
Amid an anti-narcotics crackdown across the country, nine suspected drug traders were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers in Chuadanga, Rajshahi, Narsingdi, Jhenidah, Tangail, Jashore and Gazipur districts early...
Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce...
Ten top-traded companies captured more than 28 per cent transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Sunday while the newly-listed Intraco Refuelling Station topping the list for the second straight...
Stocks rose on Monday as US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declared the US trade war with China “on hold” following an agreement to drop their tariff threats that had roiled...
Stories of Bangladesh's growth and prosperity have swayed the donor community to commit less aid for legions of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country, forcing the nonprofits to trim operations....
The VAT authorities have made an initiative to scrutinise major commercial banks' VAT collection from overseas payment of advertisement bills on Facebook, YouTube and other online networks. To this end,...
The civil aviation ministry has finalised the draft of an aviation safety act in line with the Montreal Convention. The draft of 'Aviation Safety Act-2018' will be sent to the...
The central bank has started carrying out a special inspection to detect irregularities relating to foreign exchange reporting by the commercial banks, officials said. Three inspection teams of Bangladesh Bank...
Stocks plummeted Sunday, extending the losing streak for the 13 straight sessions, much to the chagrin of investors. The core index of the major bourse dipped below 5400-mark after a...
Prices of edible oils have gone up this Ramadan despite a downward trend in the global market for the past six months. Market observers said a cartel of importers and...
Residents in most areas of Dhaka city have complained of a decrease in gas supply for domestic use during Ramadan, reports bdnews24.com. They said there is no gas supply from...
COLOMBO, May 20 (AP): Sri Lanka commemorated the ninth anniversary of the end of its civil war as a divided nation, with minority Tamils calling for an international investigation into...
Pope Francis said on Sunday he would elevate 14 churchmen from five continents to the rank of cardinal, picking candidates that work with the poor or where Catholics are in...
Corporate houses, driven by the tenet of consumerism - customer is the king, are listening more and more these days to what consumers are saying about their products and services....
Globalisation and global value chain have increased the importance of international trade over the last few decades. These have accelerated international trade with trade facilitation and reduction in trade barriers....
Deceit and intrigue are no monopoly means used ruthlessly to achieving the coveted goals. Such negative qualities can be taken to their bizarre extremes by even apparently simple folks. Ingenuity...
Farmers across the country are now busy harvesting their Boro rice crop. After the setback they had suffered due to two consecutive floods last year, the nature has blessed them...
The recent shifting of the US embassy to Jerusalem by the Trump administration has demonstrated an utter disregard for the accepted world order and rule of law. It is yet...
The Sylhet unit of Bangladesh Tea Workers’ Federation demanded Tk 300 as the daily wage of tea workers. The Federation leaders came up with the demand at a rally organised...
Vermicelli is one of the most lucrative food items during the month of Ramadan and Eid festivals. As the demands of vermicelli increased during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, a section of...
An interesting observation has been made by Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence and diplomatic correspondent, regarding the US decision to walk away from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or...
China and the US say they will halt imposing punitive import tariffs, putting a possible trade war "on hold". The deal came after talks in the US aimed at persuading...
All investments entail some form of risk. Stocks, bonds, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds can lose value, even all of their value, if market conditions sour. Even conservative, insured investments,...
A court in Dhaka has awarded death penalty to three people in a case filed over killing a businessman for extortion in Keraniganj in 2006. The condemned convicts are Maruf...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her government's firm stance against drugs to completely eradicate the menace from the country. "We have contained militancy. Now, we've taken an initiative to save...
Bangladesh will have to wait for two-three years more to get the reliable data on fish resources in the Bay of Bengal even though high-tech ocean survey vessel has successfully...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is under investigation for a massive corruption scandal, has sought police protection over concern about his family's safety, Malaysia's national news agency reported...
A microbus driver was found dead at the capital’s Uttara (west) on Saturday night with multiple knife injury marks in his body. The incident took place near the Switch Gate...
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