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Grameephone (GP), the largest market-cap listed company, dominated the Dhaka bourse's transaction chart Tuesday, while ten top-traded companies accounted for 32 per cent of the total transaction. Market insiders said...
A fierce fire broke out at a building in city’s Mirpur area early Wednesday, burning a seven-month old boy to death and leaving his parents injured. The deceased was identified...
A series of Chinese military drills near Taiwan were designed to send a clear message to the self-ruled island and China will take further steps if Taiwan independence forces persist...
The government has wound down this fiscal year's budget by 7.25 per cent to Tk 3.71 trillion after a large shortfall in internal revenue collection and lower execution of development...
Asian shares fell on Wednesday as a rise in US bond yields to 3 per cent and warnings from bellwether US companies of higher costs drove fears that corporate earnings...
As the legal procedure is taking a long time to get back stolen reserve money from the Philippines, the government of Bangladesh is keeping its option open for settling the...
Though rate of deaths caused by malaria has marked a significant fall in the country, three districts in Chattogram Hill Tracts- Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari are still at risk. Shortage...
The conventional thoughts on migration, manpower export and remittances need to be updated in view of some new dynamics the three intertwined issues have been caught up in. Migration is...
Now that most of the targeted jobs associated with remediation of garment factories are almost over or nearing completion, there is obviously a sense of satisfaction, if not complacency, that...
Titas gas consumers are set to be troubled by a double whammy. For the last few months, the problem of gas supply shortage worsened in Dhaka and its adjoining areas....
Two centuries by Abdul Mazid and Shadman Islam enabled Walton Central Zone to pile up a huge total of 406 for 4 in 89 overs in the first innings against...
A driver suspected of killing 10 people and injuring 15 more by ploughing a rental van into pedestrians in Toronto has appeared in court in the city. Alek Minassian, 25,...
MAGURA, Apr 24: Commercial maize cultivation is gaining popularity in the district. Sources said low production cost and high market price are the main reasons for expansion of the farming...
China failed to get India's support for its ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure project at the end of a foreign ministers' meeting of a major security bloc on Tuesday, ahead...
The maiden consignment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) arrived at Maheshkhali in Cox's Bazar from Qatar with an aim to supply the imported gas to the national network. The consignment...
The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who had entered the country illegally, reports Reuters. The government, which had been working...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Tuesday inaugurated an Air Separation Unit (ASU) plant with a production capacity of 100 tons air gas per day. Linde Bangladesh set up the...
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) authorities on Tuesday fined a shop of Rajshahi University (RU) for keeping and selling expired foods and drinks to the students. Hasan...
A director general (DG)-level conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India began at the BGB headquarters at Pilkhana in the city on Tuesday. Earlier...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members unearthed a counterfeit currency-making factory at Sostapur Baitul Monir Road of Fatullah in Narayanganj on Tuesday and arrested two people in this connection. Based on...
The UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP) visited Dhaka from 9 to 12 October, 2017 to discuss the country's prospect of graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category. The...
Environmental governance is a concept in political ecology or environmental policy related to defining the elements needed to achieve sustainability and resilience. As one of the most susceptible countries in...
The Faculty of Arts of Dhaka University (DU) On Tuesday awarded its 129 meritorious students and two teachers with prestigious 'Dean's Award' for their brilliant performance. DU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin-Salman'sz comment that Israel has the 'right' to live in peace on 'its land' has added a new element to the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Before the...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted three-day remands of each of three transport workers who allegedly sexually harassed a female student of a private university in a running bus on...
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Tuesday fined eight factories Tk 2.0 million for polluting the environment. As part of the drive in Dhaka, Savar, Gazipur and Jamalpur against the...
Md Abdul Hamid took oath as the President of Bangladesh for the second consecutive term at a ceremony at Bangabhaban on Tuesday evening. Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered...
Police have arrested former National Security Intelligence (NSI) Director General Muhammad Wahidul Haque on charges of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971. International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)...
Beximco Pharmaceuticals has started the export of its third item Methocarbamol (500mg and 700mg) to the United States. Following the successful marketing of Carvedilol and Sotalol in August 2016 and...
A fake village doctor, ‘kabiraj’, allegedly raped a housewife in the name of performing exorcism on her at Lichubagan of Sadar upazila on Monday. Aizul Haque Mufti, 50, had been...
Canadian police are questioning the suspected driver of a rented van that ploughed into pedestrians in northern Toronto on Monday, killing 10 and injuring 15. Alek Minassian, 25, was not...
The Election Commission (EC) distributed the electoral symbols on Tuesday among the candidates of Gazipur and Khulna City Corporation polls. The elections of the two city corporations will be held...
The century-old traditional 'Jabbar-er Boli Khela' will be held on Wednesday at Laldighi Maidan in Chattogram. All preparations have already been completed for smoothly holding the 109th edition of the...
Service sector is fast catching up to the agriculture sector in terms of generating maximum number of employments in Bangladesh. Service sector's contribution to employment generation marked a remarkable growth...
Forest officials arrested two people along with a timber-laden trawler from the Dudhmukhi canal in the Sundarbans under Sharnkhola upazila early Tuesday. The arrestees were identified as Saiful Islam, 34,...
At least four people were killed in a road accident in Kalikaprasad area of Bhairab upazila in Kishoreganj district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Sanaullah, Monwar...
About 93 per cent of the total deaths caused by malaria are reported from the three Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) districts - Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban. The information came out...
A seven years old girl, who had reportedly been missing since April 19, was rescued from Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar early Thursday. The victim was identified as Taslima Akhter...
Leaders of the country’s apparel sector has urged the government for equal budgetary benefits, including identical corporate tax for the country’s all export-oriented sectors to help them flourish. “There should...
A housewife was allegedly murdered at her in-laws house at Paschim Khodaitery village under Raomari upazila of the district on Monday night. The victim was identified as Momtaj, wife of...
SQ Group has inked a partnership agreement with Mercer Consulting, the largest human resources consulting firm of the world, to transform its organisational HR practices. According to the agreement, over...
Banks in the euro zone expect demand for corporate loans, consumer credit and mortgages to grow in the second quarter with credit standards also easing, the European Central Bank said...
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 shook Myanmar’s north-western Sagaing region on Tuesday, said the Meteorology and Hydrology Department. The earthquake struck at 10:29 am local time (0359 GMT). The epicentre...
Md Atikur Rahman, head of public relations officer of BUFT, has received ‘Special Award 2018’ for his outstanding performance in PR management and higher education in the country. The `Education...
NCC Bank has recently organised a day long workshop titled ‘Foreign Remittance Payment System and AML & CFT Compliance’ for the Officers of Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank. Khondoker Nayeemul Kabir, Deputy...
Stocks continued to slip for the third straight session Tuesday with key index of the major bourse dipping below 5,800-mark again as risk-averse investors booked profit on sector-wise stocks. Market...
Modhumoti Bank Limited has arranged the 70th meeting of its Executive Committee. MP Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Chairman of the bank’s EC, presided over the meeting on Monday, according...
A three-day Indonesian trade and cultural festival styled "INDONESIAFAIR 2018" will kick off at Le Meridien in Dhaka on Thursday aiming to enhance the country’s trade and investment in Bangladesh....
Two people were killed and three others injured as a covered van hit them in Rokonpur area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway under Nabiganj upazila of the district on Tuesday morning....
Banking and start-up expert Anna Hejka has joined as the head of DasCoin board, the blockchain-based currency at the centre of an innovative digital asset system. The former investment and...
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