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Japanese government officials are bracing for Donald Trump to get tough in trade talks, and are particularly anxious that the US president could target Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s weak-yen policies....
Prime Minister Najib Razak promised on Wednesday 1.46 billion ringgit ($378.04 million) in salary hikes to Malaysia’s civil servants, a key vote bank for the ruling coalition in a looming...
A head-on collision between a car and a lorry on a bypass intersection in Mymensingh has left a married couple dead and two others injured. The accident took place around...
City Bank has recently donated BDT 1.0 million as contribution towards the education scholarship for meritorious and financially insolvent children of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) members. Sohail R. K. Hussain,...
Prime Minister of Nepal K.P.Sharma Oli has expressed hope that his forthcoming visit to India will further strengthen age old, multidimensional friendship between India and Nepal, according to a...
NEW DELHI: With elections looming in Bangladesh, Dhaka has taken centre-stage in India's neighbourhood strategy. While national security adviser Ajit Doval travelled to Bangladesh last week to participate in a...
The prime accused in a case filed over an attack on a police officer was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives at Jailkhana intersection of Gauripur upazila early Wednesday....
An ambitious project undertaken by Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to ensure uninterrupted supply of jet fuel to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) through an underground pipeline is facing a...
Asian shares were mixed in early trading Wednesday as investors pondered the latest volley of tariff measures and threats between the US and China. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 0.1...
The ministry of road transport and bridges has sought Tk 430.48 billion in the next development budget, up 74 per cent it received in the last fiscal year. In the...
A college student was slaughtered and another suffered bullet wounds in a house at Racecourse Kathepool of the city on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Sagar Dutta, 19,...
A trial run of the container train coming from Kolkata is scheduled to start for Dhaka Wednesday morning. The freight train from India entered into Bangladesh Tuesday and reached Darshana...
Japanese stocks slipped slightly on Wednesday morning in choppy trade as the stronger yen soured sentiment, offsetting gains in some automakers after their strong US sales numbers. The Nikkei dropped...
The central bank of Bangladesh slashed on Tuesday the cash reserve requirement (CRR) by 1.0 percentage point to 5.50 per cent, enabling all the scheduled banks to use Tk 101...
Clifton Group, a leading RMG company has recently signed a corporate agreement with Robi. Under the agreement, Clifton Group will be taking pre-paid corporate connections for its workers; all the...
The prices of most of the stocks saw upward trend in early trading Wednesday, as investors are active on specific stocks encouraged by the government’s steps to ease the ongoing...
The ongoing chaos in the country's financial market is the manifestation of inefficiency in managing the macro-economy, economists said. They warned that measures taken lately to shore up liquidity in...
A woman and her minor daughter were killed when a bus hit a rickshaw at Khalishpur in Khulna city on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Shimul Akhter, 35,...
National Finance Limited (NFL), a new generation financial institution, has appointed AFM Barkatullah as its Managing Director. Mr. Barkatullah brings with him 16 years of financial industry experience in...
The government is willing to reduce the corporate tax rates in line with the proposals coming from various quarters. "The government wants to slash the corporate tax rates, but it's...
A woman shot and wounded three people at YouTube’s headquarters in Northern California before killing herself, police say. US media have named the suspect as Nasim Aghdam and said the...
The board of directors Takaful Insurance has recommended 5.0 per cent cash and 6.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said an official disclosure...
Cristiano Ronaldo scored with a bicycle kick which was outrageous even by his standards to lead Real Madrid to an emphatic 3-0 win away to Juventus in their Champions League...
The country's export earnings in March dropped by 1.38 per cent to $3.05 billion, compared to the corresponding month of last calendar year, according to officials data released on Tuesday....
CHATTOGRAM, Apr 3: Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers in Bangladesh, has officially launched 4G in Chattogram today. Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation AJM Nasir Uddin made...
As the repatriation of Rohingyas looks a long way off, the host country Bangladesh is poised to face a tough challenge in ensuring their safety in the temporary camps during...
Following the settlement of maritime disputes with Myanmar and India in December 2013 and in July 2014 respectively, the government has been in merriment for too long a time as...
With the monsoon lurking round the corner, the issue of water-logging has, quite expectedly come to the fore, again, for public discussions. The Dhakaites are more worried than any time...
Fiji's prime minister has said the Pacific island nation is in "a fight for survival" as climate change brings "almost constant" deadly cyclones. Frank Bainimarama said Fiji had entered a...
Tigers ODI side captain Mashrafe Bin Moratza has become the most wicket getter in one session of the List 'A' cricket in Bangladesh, reports UNB. He captured 38 wickets in...
Former India cricket captain MS Dhoni was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, the country's third-highest civilian award, on Monday, reports PTI. As his name was announced, Dhoni marched past the...
Malaysia has intercepted a boat carrying 56 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar off its northern island of Langkawi, authorities said on Tuesday, with rights groups expecting further perilous journeys by sea...
The US' "strategic decision", based on trade protectionism, is not at all wise. The decisions will hurt others, injure the US, and disturb the international trade order. "While it's more...
In recent times loan default has emerged as a topic of frequent discussions both in academic circles and the media. The issue is of great importance in view of the...
A Pakistan political party linked to the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks blasted Washington on Tuesday for violating the country's "sovereignty and constitution", hours after the United States (US)...
Speakers at a roundtable urged the government to enact a law in light of the High Court verdict to prevent sexual harassment as it has turned out to be a...
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy was released from jail on bail on Tuesday, over three months after his arrest. He walked out of the Keraniganj Central Jail around...
BNP will sell nomination forms on Thursday among people willing to contest the upcoming elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations with its tickets. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul...
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will sell five daily essentials at least 7 to 10 days before the starting of upcoming Ramadan like previous years. The daily essentials are...
The country’s overseas employment declined by more than 25 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of this calendar year over its corresponding period as employment opportunities shrunk at its...
Two probe bodies formed to look into a faulty cesarean operation when doctors cut the baby's head off on March 18 here have submitted their respective reports. A four-member probe...
Venezuela’s chief prosecutor said Monday that investigators believe prisoners started the blaze that killed 68 people in one of the worst jail fires in the nation’s history by lighting some...
Police on Tuesday arrested the headmaster of a Karnaphuli primary school from the capital for 'sexually harassing' students. Tipped off, a team of Karnaphuli Police Station with the help of...
A Chandpur court on Tuesday convicted a young man of killing his grandmother in 2014 and sentenced him to death. The convict is Mokhlesur Rahman, 26, son of Abdur Rashid...
The Zambian government on Sunday has issued a seven day ultimatum to Cuban ambassador Nelson Pages Vilas to leave the country. Mr Vilas angered the government after attending the launch...
Students at the school in Florida where 17 people were killed in a shooting in February have returned to class for the first time with transparent bags. The new measures...
Academicians at a foundation training programme in Rangpur on Tuesday called upon the university teachers to acquire adequate knowledge on the better teaching methodologies being followed by the country's renowned...
Banks in recent times were not very happy with their profit. In order to sustain profit growth, many of the banks violated Bangladesh Bank's (BB) asset management guideline issued on...
The cricket world is now talking about little else but the ball tampering incident of three Australian players -- Captain Steve Smith, Vice Captain David Warner and opening batsman Cameron...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has fixed fees against credit or lease for all financial institutions (FIs). As per a circular issued by the central bank on Monday, the fees for all...
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