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The net foreign investment in the country's capital market more than trebled year-on-year in March 2018 as overseas investors were tempted by the slump in the stock market, according to...
The authorities of Rajshahi University (RU) for the first time in its history on Thursday awarded the university gardeners for keeping the campus beautiful by gardening. RU Vice-chancellor Professor M...
TCB reduced Thursday the prices of lentil, chickpeas and dates in its ongoing open market sale (OMS) programme across the country. The new price lists of the Trading Corporation of...
When Cho Nwe Soe went to a Yangon court last month with her husband, she expected he would be fined for organising prayers in the street without a permit last...
The US Senate has confirmed Gina Haspel to be director of the CIA, ending a bruising confirmation fight centered on her ties to the spy agency’s past use of waterboarding...
A housewife was found dead at her house at Sukhyati village in Atoari upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Jotsna Begum, 45, wife of Solaiman Ali of the...
A human-hauler driver was killed when a truck hit it on Magura-Jhenidah road at Kachabazar in Sadar upazila in Magura on Friday. The deceased was identified as Joynal Hossain, 30,...
US President Donald Trump has contradicted his own national security adviser, saying the so-called "Libya model" for denuclearisation is not being pursued with North Korea. The suggestion by John Bolton...
Two individuals were shot dead in a 'gunfight' by members of RAB during an anti-drug drive at Madarbari Barishal Colony under Sadarghat Police Station in Chattogram city on Thursday night....
Bangladesh Railway (BR) loses Tk 20 million every year in terms of damage to trains and injuries of people due to incidents of stone-throwing at running trains. Railway Secretary Mohammad...
Asian stocks edged up on Friday as investors kept a cautious watch on developments in US-China trade negotiations, with the dollar perched near a five-month peak after the benchmark US...
Dhaka-based preeminent trade body MCCI has termed the country's banking sector the biggest downside risk to the economy. "The corruption-ridden banking sector is perhaps the biggest downside risk now," said...
The government is set to start phasing out the tariff value system from the upcoming fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, as it is found that consumers are not getting benefit of...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Thursday the state of long term financing in the country still remains 'poor,' as many banks and financial institutions choose to go for short-term...
BOGURA, May 17: Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials of Bogura, Joypurhat, Pabna and Sirajganj districts are expecting record production of jackfruit this season. They also desire to harvest the...
The Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) is set to make its annual ritual -- a hike in water tariff. This time the increase will be at the rate of...
Although the problem of private tutoring in education has emerged at the top in newspaper reports here, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (UNESCO) Global Education Monitoring Report...
A small weight of tea was offered at this sale which took place at Srimangal recently. Most of the teas on offer were sold owing to good demand from Blenders...
Roads and highways in this country are not foreign to intractable tailbacks but what the Dhaka-Chattogram highway has been experiencing over the past one and a half weeks is unprecedented....
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has appointed Jamie Day of England as the head coach of Bangladesh National Football team until this year's South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship in Dhaka,...
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday many of the figures recording the country's financial position may be false, but he did not offer any evidence or say which...
Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif lashed out on Thursday on Twitter at the US and Saudi Arabia for imposing sanctions on leaders of its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. "Israeli snipers...
Japan’s export promotion agency JETRO presented a plan to arrange matching events between young Bangladeshi entrepreneurs with Japanese SMEs and investors to augment economic growth. Executive Vice President of JETRO...
The holy month of Ramadan will begin in the country on Friday. Muslims fast from dawn to dusk during the lunar month, a time of restraint and austerity. Lailatul Qadr,...
That Bangladesh, previously East Pakistan, would one day find itself among the nations credited with overpowering a killer disease was unthinkable five decades ago. But the country could achieve the...
Scopus previously addressed the 'demise of the state' argument, as attributed by Rana Dasgupta to a dysfunctional state (April 16, 2018): a state increasingly adrift with growing competition to extract...
The US aid chief Thursday called on Myanmar to end violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority and to provide humanitarian workers and media unhindered access to the country. Mark Green,...
Four-time champion Novak Djokovic sped past Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4, 6-3, in Rome Open, playing off the Italian crowd in the intimate Court Pietrangeli to advance in 77 minutes. “I...
Among the total educational institutes of a country, universities play the critical role in producing skilled human resources. Besides the mission of teaching-learning, the modern universities now have a new...
The continued growth of Bangladesh economy along with the rising income disparity makes a case for distributive injustice of resources. Being the second largest Muslim country in the world, Bangladesh...
Amid no visible progress over Rohingya repatriation, Myanmar on Thursday assured Bangladesh of accelerating verification process to start repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar. "We're here for that...
Leading the Awami League for around four decades, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again made her intentions clear to see the party leaders choose a new chief. She asked...
Kochipata, a magazine for children and juveniles, celebrated its first founding anniversary by awarding its junior writers and renowned personalities. The publication also organised painting competitions at four educational institutions...
Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan returned to Twitter on Wednesday, two months after he had announced that he was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour. Khan, 51, tweeted about his upcoming film,...
The Trump administration is hopeful that its summit with North Korea will go ahead, despite threats of cancellation. A White House spokesperson said the US president remained ready, reports BBC....
A defamation case was filed against Daily Amar Desh acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman on Thursday for publishing 'offensive, false and defamatory' news about Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad. Advocate Masudur...
Bangladesh needs to focus on narrowing its trade gap as the country brings in more services than it ships overseas, speakers said Wednesday. The country's import of trade in services...
More than 75 per cent of all pasteurised milk marketed in Bangladesh is unsafe for direct consumption. Researchers at the icddr,b revealed the disturbing findings about the commercially pasteurised milk,...
US President Donald Trump termed undocumented immigrants as animals, not human beings. Trump said it at a White House meeting on Wednesday, venting frustration at officials in both Mexico and...
The number of agent banking accounts has already exceeded 1.4 million in the country. According to the quarterly data (January to March, 2018) of Bangladesh Bank (BB), the number of...
Cardiovascular patients should follow three guidelines during the holy month of Ramadan to stay safe from heart failure or other severe ailments. According to cardiologist Dr Jahanara Arzu, a patient...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a daylong drive on Wednesday filed 3,315 cases on charges of traffic rule violation. Traffic division in their simultaneous drives on the city streets also...
Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said that the BNP is thoroughly dishonest. He came up with the remark on a facebook post on Wednesday night, reports UNB....
Radio astronomers from around the world have been glued to their sets for decades to listen to that one sound from somewhere in space which would prove that an alien...
A young man lost his life as he fell victim to a race between two buses on Mayor Hanif Flyover at Jatrabari in the city on Thursday morning. The deceased...
Government is going to implement a housing project under public private partnership (PPP) on a five-acre of land in the city's Mirpur area. According to an official document of the...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) on Thursday signed an agreement with Korean company Hyundai Rotem to purchase 10 metre-gauge locomotives at a cost of Tk 2.97 billion (Tk 297.63 crore). BR Additional...
Many structures are being built illegally by encroaching the banks of Garai and Kali rivers in the district town as authorities concerned are sleeping at the wheel. Some 25 influential...
ACI Motors Limited, the sole registered distributor of Yamaha motorcycle and spare parts in the country, has launched two new models of Yamaha motorcycle. The two models—Yamaha FZS Double Disc...
Stocks suffered a big fall Thursday, with prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dipping to one year lowest level, amid persistent selling spree for the 12 sessions. Market operators...
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