Bangladesh Bank (BB) Sunday asked the Mobile Financial Service (MFS) providers to keep the transactions of MFS accounts under supervision during the HSC examination. "MFS providers will have to inform...
Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) recently organised a workshop on "Benefits and Potentials of Interest Rate Hedging: Bangladesh Perspective". Some core areas of banking came up for discussion in...
In the spring season of rebirth and renewal, Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un, who recently paid his first...
With the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Cold War had come to an end. But President Vladimir Putin's aggressive policy of expanding Russian territories and increasing its...
A month long book festival of English books began Sunday at Pathak Shamabesh Centre in the city's Shahbagh area with the aim to encourage Bangladeshi writers to write in English....
President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have congratulated the Bangladesh U-15 women's football team for clinching the title of Jockey CGI Youth Football Tournament in Hong Kong....
As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin has demonstrated to the rest of the world that his following has continued to grow in his country. Having joined the KGB in 1975,...
Customs officials on Sunday arrested a man along with 13 kg gold at Shah Amanat International Airport, reports UNB. The arrestee was identified as Swapan Kumar Nath. Assistant Commissioner at...
Khagrachhari district is being connected with national grid through a newly built high voltage transmission line of 132 kv capacity. Officials said the 80-km new line, built from Chandraghona to...
A Dhaka court has sent seven people including six trade union leaders to jail in a case filed over attack on Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) officials. Dhaka...
The government has decided to introduce 'Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Good Practice Award' for the apparel industries from this year. The decision was taken at a meeting held at...
Twenty-seven members of three forest robber gangs along with their arms and ammunition surrendered to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal at Swadhinata Uddyan in Bagerhat on Sunday. The members of...
Appollo Ispat Complex, a subsidiary of Apollo Group, launched an environment friendly galvanising factory in Narayanganj on Sunday. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu inaugurated the plant as the chief guest...
With films such as 'Rangeela', 'Daud' and 'Judaai', Urmila Matondkar became one of the most popular mainstream actors in the '90s but she soon decided to shift her focus to...
Standing committee members and senior leaders of BNP on Sunday distributed leaflets among pedestrians across the capital demanding its chairperson's release from jail. The leaflet also carried massage which urged...
At least 10 per cent people in the country are victims of autism, said Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Sunday. The minister came up with the remarks...
Tanvir Rahman, who committed suicide on the Dhaka University campus, was frustrated as he could not secure a government job for some corrupt practices. Tanvir had shared his frustration with...
The price of hilsa fish in Dhaka markets has begun to rise due to increased demand for the fish to celebrate Pahela Baishakh. The first day of Bangla new year...
Bangladesh Under-15 Women’s Football Team have clinched the title of Jockey Club Girls' International Youth Football tournament beating Hong Kong by 6-0 goals. Midfielder Tohura Khatun scored a hat trick,...
Debris from a defunct Chinese space station is seen crashing to Earth on Monday, scientists monitoring it say. China's space agency said the station will re-enter the atmosphere in the...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has assured that the prices of daily commodities will not rise during Ramadan as there are sufficient reserves. The commerce minister made the remarks during a...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education on Sunday suggested the authorities concerned to discard the multiple choice question (MCQ) answering system in the examinations...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought support from the countrymen to see Bangladesh in a dignified position by 2021. Seeking vote in favour of Awami League, she expressed her desire...
The High Court (HC) on Sunday issued a rule asking officials concerned to explain in two weeks as to why 20 people, who recently lost eyesight after surgery at a...
Russia’s embassy in London is warning that Russians travelling to the United Kingdom could face provocations, including the insertion of foreign objects into their luggage. The warning, posted on the...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will repair the damaged roads to make those suitable for vehicular movement before the rainy season. "The repair of the dilapidated roads will take time...
Zlatan Ibrahimovic marked his LA Galaxy debut on Saturday with a match-winning cameo as his side came from 3-0 down to beat new boys Los Angeles FC. The 36-year-old, stealing...
Sadharan Bima Corporation handed over US$ 0.7 million, equivalent to Tk 57.0 million on Sunday as part of the insurance money claimed by US-Bangla Airlines. Chairman of Sadharan Bima Corporation...
Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company (Pvt) Ltd (BIFPCL), which is carrying out the installation of a much-talked-about coal-powered power plant at Rampal near the Sundarbans, has taken a move to...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Sunday urged the businesses concerned not to seek tax reduction in a wholesale scale as the government needs to mobilise more resources to finance...
A mother and her son were found dead at a house in Mirabazar area of Sylhet on Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Rokeya Begum, 40, and her son...
The central bank of Bangladesh will slash the Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) by 1.0 percentage point to 5.5 per cent from the existing level of 6.50 per cent to help...
Botswana’s new president, sworn in on Sunday as the landlocked country’s fifth post-colonial leader, said he would give priority to tackling youth unemployment and diversifying its economy. Retired teacher Mokgweetsi...
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange soared 2.67 per cent, the biggest single-day gain reported in the last three years as investors took position on stocks encouraged by...
Police have found a man with his throat slit in Moulvibazar’s Sadar Upazila. Twenty-year-old Ripon Mia, a local businessman, was found dead in his shop in the Akhailkura neighbourhood around...
South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank Limited has kicked off a five-day training progamme on “Credit Management”. Md Golam Faruq, Managing Director & CEO of SBAC Bank inaugurated the...
Israel’s defence minister rejected on Sunday calls for an inquiry into the killing of 15 Palestinians by the military during a Palestinian demonstration that turned violent on Friday at the...
Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured in a collision between a human hauler and a motorbike on Khalshia village road in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district on Sunday...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the ministries and divisions concerned to increase infrastructural facilities for the expansion, development and strengthening the monitoring of scouting in every district. The Prime...
A British passenger ship that sank after it was bombed in a Japanese air strike in World War Two has been raised off the Sri Lanka coast after 75 years....
A small group will be assigned within two months to make an efficient capital market conducive to long-term financing, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said. He, however, did not elaborate...
The farmers have intensified the process of sowing jute seeds following rainfalls during the past couple of days almost everywhere in all five districts under Rangpur agriculture region this season....
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations of 2018 under 10 education boards will begin across the country Monday amid tough measures taken to check question paper leakage...
Dhaka CXO Summit 2018 Saturday brought together senior executives from top local and multinational companies in a bid to uphold the importance of organisational and personal excellence for economic sustainability....
Treble-chasing Bayern Munich demolished hapless Borussia Dortmund 6-0 with Robert Lewandowski scoring a hat-trick on Saturday but they will have to wait another week to clinch the Bundesliga title. In...
A seminar on ‘Building Awareness about ‘Chartered Accountancy: Career Excellence’ was held at Govt. BM College, Barisal on Saturday, said a statement. BM College Principal Professor Md. Shafiqur Rahman Sikder, ...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on the movement of anyone except Higher Secondary Certificate students and exam officials, within 200 yards of test centres. The DMP...
German scientists have identified the physical mechanism that enables a widespread bacterial pathogen to adhere tightly to the tissues of its human host, laying foundation for developing novel therapies for...
The governor of Russia’s Kemerovo region resigned on Sunday over a mall fire that killed more than 60 people after a litany of violations in safety procedures left shoppers and...
The number of unpaid family workers has been declining for the last several years. The Labour Force Survey 2016-17 (LFS 2017), released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), unveiled...
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