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In the wake of growing demand for improved cooking stoves (ICS), the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has extended its ICS programme up to 2021, aiming to install 5.0 million...
The organisation of students demanding reform of the quota system in government jobs has given the police and Dhaka University (DU) authorities a week's deadline to withdraw the cases over...
One hundred and two cases filed against unfit vehicles in the city on a single day is a clear indication of the gravity of the problem facing the transport business...
Once there was a time when tax rates, be it personal income tax, or one on the earnings of the companies, were higher in the advanced economies than those in...
The issue of foreigners working in Bangladesh repatriating a huge amount of money to their home countries has come to limelight again. According to a recent study of the US-based...
Bangladesh has won three major elections in the United Nations recently. With this victory, Bangladesh will now represent the Asia-Pacific Group to Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called a snap presidential and parliamentary election on June 24 this year with an aim to increase his powers. Erdogan announced on Wednesday that elections...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) North Zone piled up 415/10 in the 1st innings against Islami Bank East Zone after the 2nd day's play in the four-day Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL)...
Spring 2018 witnessed the return of EconFest, an event by Young Economists' Forum (YEF), North South University's first co-curricular club. Econfest focuses on providing a platform for students to discuss...
HSBC-IBA Business Case Competition 2018 came to an end as Team Arcane from United International University emerged as winner and will be representing Bangladesh in the regional competition. This competition,...
"Iwent out with a friend the other day, having lunch, catching up, and talking about everything and nothing that was going on in our lives. She said this one thing...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 18: The litchi trees of the district are now full of young fruits. Due to favourable climatic condition so far, litchi growers of the district are hopeful of...
The national media is agog with reports on the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate. Gleaning from the reports there seem to be more sceptics than believers of the official...
The water flow in the Teesta River has increased suddenly at the barrage point in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat. The level of water in the river near Teesta Barrage area...
BOGURA, Apr 18: A good number Boro paddy growers of the district are worried due to massive attack of bacterial leaf blast disease. Unfavourable weather is the main reason of...
The one common factor to all budget discussions between the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and collective trade and business forums as well as individual companies is the demand for...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) reduced the number of national cricketers under its central contract to 10 from exiting 16, excluding six national cricketers from their contract. The six cricketers are...
Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase has approved some 10 proposals including import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Oman on government-to-government basis deal. The Cabinet body, with Industries Minister Amir...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the road management is not responsible for the death of Titumir College student Rajib Hasan. The minister made the remarks on Wednesday...
The Cox’s Bazar Development Authority started a drive to demolish buildings, constructed without following the building code, in the district town. Local executive magistrate Sheikh Sadek said they demolished three...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today placed a seven-point proposal to promote intra-Commonwealth trade, investment and innovation and urged the grouping to keep the trade regime open and transparent. "We should...
Bangladesh and the UAE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for recruiting manpower from the former in 19 categories, paving the way for opening up the much awaiting job...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought collective efforts to ensure proper connectivity and greater people-to-people exchanges for a more peaceful and stable Asian region. The Prime Minister made the call...
To materialise the government's plan for ensuring quality power supply for the consumers, several power plant projects, especially coal and LNG-fired power plants, are being built at the coastal areas...
What do we know about the Bangladesh economy: gross domestic product (GDP) is growing rapidly at 7.65 per cent; there is full employment by the usual measures; inflation remains high...
The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) on Wednesday withdrew the expulsion order on Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall unit president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Iffat Jahan Isha. The decision was...
Renewed action and boosted funding to fight malaria could prevent 350 million cases of the disease in the next five years and save 650,000 lives across commonwealth countries, health experts...
Detective Branch of police arrested seven suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Godagari of Rajshahi on Wednesday. The identities of the arrestees could not be...
Better Buying and Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) are going to collaborate in Bangladesh to support and promote responsible buying practices within the garment industry supply chains. Through the partnership, an...
Forty-eight per cent of women-owned businesses in Bangladesh experience difficulty in making connections to corporate buyers, according to a survey. During interviews, they noted that establishing networks in the sourcing...
An estimated US$1.2 billion would be required for remediating the safety hazards in the readymade garment factories left out of the safety inspection and remediation process so far, according to...
A court in Lakshmipur has sentenced 14 people to life term imprisonment each in a case filed over killing a college student during robbery in a house in 2011. Laxmipur...
Police in special drives arrested 45 people from the different parts of Satkhira from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning. The drives were conducted against terrorism, subversive activities and drug abuse...
US-Bangla Airlines has announced to special discount offers in both international and domestic routes on the occasion of Bangladesh Travels and Tourism Fair. Customer can enjoy 10 per cent discount...
BNP on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now devising a new roadmap to take political revenge on its acting chairman Tarique Rahman. “She (Hasina) has now made...
Around 30 Bangladesh missions abroad out of 57 have successfully achieved their respective export targets in the first eight months (July-February) period of the current fiscal (FY18). The key Bangladesh...
The government will bear the educational expenses of the two younger brothers of Rajib Hasan who died following a tragic road accident in the capital. Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan...
Twelve organisations, covering all the major categories of industrial unites, on Wednesday received the National Productivity and Quality Excellence Award-2016' for their significant contributions to the industrial sector by maintaining...
The South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank Limited has organised a training programme at its head office in the capital. The Training Institute of the SBAC Bank organised the...
A Natore court on Wednesday sentenced two young men to death for killing a schoolgirl after rape in Naldanga upazila in 2015. The condemned convicts are - Mobarak Hossain Kalu...
The country's realtors proposed that the government should reduce registration charges to 7.0 per cent from existing 14-16 per cent to help ease housing crisis being faced by middle and...
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) last week approved the release of Tk 13.11 billion to construct rehabilitation centres at Bhasan Char Island in Noakhali to accommodate 0.1 million Rohingyas, sources...
Striking French rail workers disrupted train services for the seventh day this month on Wednesday, spurning government calls to end the industrial action over reforms at the state-owned SNCF railway...
The world’s airlines are backing the development of a United Nations-led global registry for drones, as a rise in near collisions by unmanned aircraft and commercial jets fuels safety concerns,...
A total of 281 houses of Jamsha union under Singair upazila of the district have been brought under rural electrification network by Manikganj Palli Bidyut Samity (MPDS) on Tuesday. Popular...
NetLeaders, the community of empowerment, has recently achieved a significant milestone with the sale of its 100,000th DasCoin Licence. DasCoin licence holders are provided with Cycles that represent network capacity...
The revenue authority will provide necessary trade facilitation for local electrical and electronic manufacturers and information technology companies in the next budget. National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Md Mosharraf...
Farmers of nine upazilas in the district are worried of getting poor yield of Boro crops due to fungal disease blast attack during the harvesting season. The fungal attack has...
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq has said that the government planned to provide three more allowances to the freedom fighters from July next. The Minister came up with...
China’s construction, hi-tech and industrial output helped drive the second largest economy in the first quarter (Q1), while a slowdown in the services and agriculture sectors dragged on growth. The...
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