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The farmers of Panchagarh district are happy over bumper chilli yield and fair price of their produce this year after incurring losses in the previous year. Now, green chilli is...
Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs)’s cost of funds has been increasing for the last couple of years. Latest Cost of Funds Index (CoFI), representing the weighted average interest rate of the...
US authorities say an illegal campfire sparked the wildfire in Arizona that has prompted evacuations while burning 30 buildings and threatening about 1,000 homes and other structures. Coconino National Forest...
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook Sisakht city in Iran’s western Kohgiluye va Boyerahmad province at 10:38 local time (0608 GMT) on Wednesday. The epicentre, with a...
The US Embassy in Dhaka has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Liberally Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) to jointly manage the Edward M Kennedy Centre for Public...
A two-day event titled 'DCCI Agro Tech Expo' begins Thursday (May 3) in the city, said a statement issued by DCCI. Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) supported by...
Pubali Bank Limited has been honoured with plaque entitled `Top Ten Remittance Award’ for remarkable support service to increase the flow of inward foreign remittance and ‘Financial Branding Award 2018’...
A sophisticated gymnasium was opened at the 21st floor of NCC Bank Bhaban in Motijheel, Dhaka to keep the body & mind of Bank employees active and also to create...
United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) held its 35th Annual General Meeting recently at Kurmitola Golf Club, Dhaka. Rukhmila Zaman; Chairman of the Bank chaired the AGM which approved 10 per...
A construction worker was killed when a portion of a wall collapsed on him at Uttar Jalirpar in Maksudpur upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Utpal Mandal, 32,...
Philippine labour groups expressed disappointment on Wednesday over a long-awaited executive order by President Rodrigo Duterte to crack down on short-term hiring, saying it offered nothing new and left millions...
The country’s trade in services stood at US$8.56 billion in the first eight months of the current fiscal year. It is an around 24 per cent rise in value from...
Police arrested a man on charge of killing a schoolgirl after being failed to violate her in Dasherkathi village of Kaukhali upazila on Tuesday night. Quoting victim’s mother, police said...
The gross domestic product (GDP) of Canada rose 0.40 per cent in February, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday, a sign that Q1 growth could outperform the Bank of Canada’s relatively...
Russian military spending fell by a fifth last year, its first decline in nearly two decades, a report by defence think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has showed. Russia...
British shop prices slipped again in April, according to a survey on Wednesday that suggested inflation pressures remain in check ahead of a Bank of England interest rate decision next...
Xerox said its CEO and several board members will step down to settle a suit brought by activist shareholders who had opposed a $6.1 billion deal with Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings....
The Election Commission or EC plans to procure nearly 2,500 electronic voting machines or EVMs, with an eye on the next elections. The estimated cost of per EVM is Tk...
Texas and six other Republican-governed states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration to try to end a programme launched by Democratic former President Barack Obama that protects immigrants brought to...
Though more countries are taking action, still nine out of ten people worldwide are breathing air containing high levels of pollutants, with an estimated death toll of seven million every...
Some 94,740 new motorcycles were registered with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in the first quarter (Q1) of the current year. Around one-fourth of the newly registered motorbikes were based...
Oil prices firmed slightly on Wednesday, supported by concerns that the United States may re-impose sanctions on major exporter Iran, although soaring US supplies capped gains. Brent crude oil futures...
Southeast Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Wednesday ahead of the US Federal Reserve's upcoming policy statement where investors await clues on the future pace of monetary tightening. Malaysian...
Canadian members of Parliament have voted to ask the Catholic Church to apologise for its involvement in the abuse of indigenous students at school. The residential schools took children from...
Marxist economist Ashok Mitra, who served as finance minister of the India’s West Bengal state, has died at 90. Mitra, who took the finance portfolio after Jyoti Basu formed the...
Asian equities held steady on Wednesday, while the dollar traded near a four-month high as investors await the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy statement for clues on the future pace of...
Reigning European champions Real Madrid moved into their third successive Champions League final as they edged out Bayern Munich in a thrilling semi-final second leg. Trailing 2-1 after the first...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he did not know whether US President Trump would stick with a 2015 nuclear deal that many in the West see as the...
A woman and her son were killed in lightning in a paddy field at Jumarbari area under Shaghata upazila in the district on Tuesday around 2 pm while they were...
At least 15 people, including a priest, have been killed in an attack on a church in the Central African Republic (CAR). Gunmen armed with grenades targeted the Notre-Dame de...
Police suspect murder-suicide in the deaths of a woman and her two minor daughters in Dhaka’s Mirpur, but the forensic pathologist says the type of wounds appear ‘odd’. Shaheed Suhrawardy...
Police in Paris have arrested nearly 200 masked demonstrators who smashed shop windows and torched cars during annual May Day protests. Far-left anarchist groups, known as Black Blocs, on Tuesday...
The country's agro processors demanded a separate ministry for the agro processing sector to make it a major export earning source in next one decade. They urged the government for...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) formally submitted the revised proposal of Chinese consortium, a proposed strategic partner of the premier bourse, to Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Monday. The proposal...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has dropped a hint about the reduction in corporate tax to some extent, but he did not mention how much relief will be given to the...
Facebook Inc will offer its first dating service, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday, signalling the entry of the world's largest social network into a growing market that sent...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) ruled out pleas of VAT (Value Added Tax) exemption for two projects, initiated in Cox's Bazar and Hatiya for the forcibly-displaced Rohingya population of Myanmar,...
At least 24 people are reported to have been killed in suicide bomb blasts in the north-east Nigerian town of Mubi. The explosions happened in and around a mosque as...
Jatiya Party(JaPa)Chairman HM Ershad has said only his party is able to form a worker-friendly government to ensure the rights of workers. He said this while addressing a rally organised...
Unicef has estimated that more than 100,000 people including approximately 55,000 children, mostly Rohingyas, are at risk due to floods and landslides in Cox’s Bazar district which is one of...
The historic May Day was observed Tuesday in the country in a befitting manner with a renewed pledge to build an exploitation-free society by establishing the rights of toiling masses...
Thailand's Economic Reforms and Investment Minister Dr Kobsak Pootrakool will arrive in Dhaka today (Wednesday) on a three-day visit. The Thai minister will lead a high-profile 32-member business and investment...
Five policemen and two others were injured during a reported gunfight between with robbers at Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla on Tuesday. Police also arrested two robbers, Mohsin; 37, son of...
Actress Sonam Kapoor will marry Delhi-based businessman Anand Ahuja in Mumbai on May 8, the family has confirmed following weeks of speculation around their union. A statement on behalf of...
Syrian state media and a war monitoring group say airstrikes in Islamic State-held territory in northeastern Syria have killed at least 23 people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
BNP's labour wing 'Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal' on Tuesday alleged that they could neither hold a workers' meeting nor take out a rally in the city marking the May Day because...
Ever been delayed on a flight because of straggling fellow passengers? That might be an annoyance of the past at Singapore’s Changi airport which is testing facial recognition systems that...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has strongly criticised a section of labour leaders for their ill efforts to defame own country by lodging complaints with foreigners. Sheikh Hasina also asserted that...
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has urged the common people and workers to get ready to resist the government's any move to hold a 'farcical national election'....
Take time to smell the roses, the saying goes, and, according to scientists, the fragrant flowers could smell even sweeter in the future. For the first time researchers have deciphered...
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