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121151. RAKUB holds performance evaluation meetingPublished: March 05, 2018 12:14:37

Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has organised a performance evaluation meeting of Pabna and Natore zone at Zilla Porishod’s hall room in Pabna. Muhmmad Nazrul Islam, chairman of the board...


121152. IBBL arranges client get together in Cox's BazarPublished: March 05, 2018 12:13:21

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised a client get together on the occasion of Cash Waqf Campaign at a local hotel of Cox’s Bazar recently, said a statement. Md. Mahbub ul...


121153. Processed meat responsible for SA listeria outbreakPublished: March 05, 2018 12:11:33

South Africans have been advised not to consume ready-to-eat processed meat after the government identified the source of a listeria outbreak that has killed 180 people as a cold meat...


121154. NBL course endsPublished: March 05, 2018 12:06:32

A 10-day long course on “Credit Operation & Risk Management” (17th Batch) of National Bank Limited was held at National Bank Training Institute recently where a total of 51 Officers...


121155. B’baria gunfight leaves ‘robber’ deadPublished: March 05, 2018 12:00:32

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Kaitola village in Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria on early Monday. The deceased was identified as Jabed Miah (45),...


121156. CDA to launch one-stop-service to expedite REHAB dev projectsPublished: March 05, 2018 12:00:07

Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) will launch one-stop-service to expedite the implementation of projects submitted by Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB). The CDA assurance came in a meeting...


121157. School teacher dies in Magura road mishapPublished: March 05, 2018 11:58:31

A school teacher was killed in a road accident at Ketapur in Magura sadar upazila on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Abdus Samad Sheikh, 65, a teacher of...


121158. Asian shares falter to near three-week lowsPublished: March 05, 2018 11:54:58

Asian shares stumbled to near three-week lows on Monday amid fears of a global trade war, while the euro was unsteady in currency markets due to worries that an anti-establishment...


121159. 'Shape of Water' wins best picture OscarPublished: March 05, 2018 11:32:01

Fantastical romance “The Shape of Water” won best picture, the film industry’s most prestigious honour, at Sunday’s Oscar ceremony. The Fox Searchlight movie’s Mexican filmmaker, Guillermo del Toro, took home...


121160. PM holds talks with Vietnam PresidentPublished: March 05, 2018 11:23:54

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina began bilateral talks with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at her office in Dhaka on Monday morning. "The two leaders had a tete-a-tete and then the...


121161. Florida Senate backs arming teachers rejecting weapon banPublished: March 05, 2018 11:16:11

The Florida Senate has rejected a proposal to ban assault weapons and moved forward with a voluntary plan to arm teachers in schools. The proposal came following the deadliest high...


121162. China adds Brunei to new silk roadPublished: March 05, 2018 11:12:10

On a tiny island off Brunei’s northern tip on the South China Sea, thousands of Chinese workers are building a refinery and petrochemical complex, along with a bridge connecting it...


121163. Share price of Savar Refractories soaring sans PSIPublished: March 05, 2018 10:58:24

Share price of Savar Refractories is soaring without any price sensitive information (PSI). The company's price surged further by 8.17 per cent on Sunday. In the last five trading days,...


121164. Security threat forces closure of US embassy in TurkeyPublished: March 05, 2018 10:41:02

The US Embassy in Turkey will be closed on Monday due to an unspecified security threat. A statement posted on the embassy’s web page on Sunday urged US citizens to...


121165. BGMEA, BKMEA yet to finish workers' databasePublished: March 05, 2018 10:37:43

Both the apparel apex trade-bodies - BGMEA and BKMEA - are yet to complete preparing a biometric database of the workers under their respective member factories, keeping the actual number...


121166. Investigators find no lead in Zafar Iqbal attackPublished: March 05, 2018 10:26:47

Apart from his ‘belief in militancy’, investigators have not got any major lead from the suspect arrested over the knife attack on Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal. The celebrated writer and...


121167. Full-scale OMS programme starts todayPublished: March 05, 2018 10:26:46

Without any prior announcement, the government has deferred its decision on the resumption of open market sale (OMS) of food-grains. The OMS programme was scheduled to be launched in the...


121168. Gazipur spinning mill catches firePublished: March 05, 2018 10:24:17

A fire broke out at a spinning mill in BSCIC area of Konabari in Gazipur city early Monday. Akhterzuzzaman Liton, deputy director of Gazipur Fire Service, said the fire broke...


121169. Poland building collapse claims four livesPublished: March 05, 2018 10:12:03

Four people have been killed and 24 others injured after an apartment building collapsed Sunday in Poland's western city of Poznan, said officials. The building contained 18 apartments and housed...


121170. Banking system 'trails economic growth pace'Published: March 05, 2018 10:03:49

Bangladesh's banking system, especially the central bank, falls behind the country's growth, creating a mismatch, says an expert. "If you look at the major indicators of Bangladesh's economy, including GDP...


121171. ACC provides recipe for RHD to curb corruptionPublished: March 05, 2018 09:55:36

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) sent a 21-point recommendation to Cabinet Division on Sunday for taking effective steps to check corruption at Roads and Highways Department (RHD). The set of recommendations was...


121172. Exit polls in Italy election point to hung parliamentPublished: March 05, 2018 09:44:30

Italy is on course for a hung parliament after voters backed right-leaning and populist parties, exit polls suggest. Initial projections say ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition is set to win...


121173. Chinese consortium agrees to go by binding BD rulesPublished: March 05, 2018 09:38:05

The bid-winning Chinese consortium agreed to exclude and relax their conditions set to be strategic partner of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), trying to address a few issues. Having received consent...


121174. Case against RCBC by April this yearPublished: March 05, 2018 09:08:13

Finance Minister AMA Muhith unveiled Sunday a government plan to sue Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) of the Philippines by April to recover the reserves stolen through cyber-heist. He said...


121175. Bharathanatyam festival at IUBPublished: March 05, 2018 00:39:07

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in association with Shadhona, a centre for the advancement of South Asian culture, hosted a two-day festival of Bharathanatyam, the supreme...


121176. Businesses seek preservation tech to set up cold storagePublished: March 05, 2018 00:37:58

Local businesses Sunday sought Indian cooperation in food processing with technical support to set up cold storage for preservation of agro-products in Bangladesh. They made the call at the inaugural...


121177. UK business growth gauge rises to two-year high: CBIPublished: March 05, 2018 00:36:22

British businesses grew at the fastest rate in more than two years in the three months to February, despite uncertainty about Britain's prospects as it prepares to leave the European...


121178. ArcelorMittal stands by $1.0 billion Mexico pledge despite trade threatsPublished: March 05, 2018 00:35:01

ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, has not changed its plan to invest $1 billion dollars in a new production line in Mexico, a spokesman said on Friday, despite uncertainty around...


121179. Dhaka wins S Asia Procurement Innovation AwardPublished: March 05, 2018 00:33:22

The Roads and Highways Department of the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry of Bangladesh won South Asia Procurement Innovation Award in the fifth South Asia Regional Public Procurement Conference in...


121180. Tigers off to Sri Lanka to play tri-nation trophyPublished: March 05, 2018 00:31:22

  A 16-member Bangladesh team, led by stand-in captain Mahmudullah Riyad, left Dhaka for Sri Lanka on Sunday afternoon to participate in the Nidahas Trophy Tri-nation T20I Tournament beginning on...


121181. One-minute blackout on March 25 to honour genocide victimsPublished: March 04, 2018 22:46:14

On the night of March 25, Bangladesh will plunge into darkness for a minute to remember the victims of one of the worst atrocities in human history carried out by...


121182. Science for jobs and wealth creationPublished: March 04, 2018 22:21:21

With the aspiration of reaching higher income status, academics and politicians alike in many developing countries are urging for investment in the expansion of science and technology education and research....


121183. Tradeau neutralises India's anxietiesPublished: March 04, 2018 22:14:41

This was Canadian Justin Trudeau's first trip to India (in the second half of February) as Prime Minister and it started off by making headlines for all the wrong reasons....


121184. Differently-abled people in Bangladesh: Their prospects and problemsPublished: March 04, 2018 22:01:21

There is little discussion in general on the wellbeing of differently-abled people in our society that usually ignores them. But there are numerous examples that show if these people are...


121185. Bangladesh to seek Vietnam investment in economic zonesPublished: March 04, 2018 21:55:33

Bangladesh will focus on attracting investments in its special economic zones during talks with Vietnam's businesspeople accompanying visiting Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang. Vietnamese President arrived in Dhaka on a...


121186. Robi launches IoT-based smart factory solution  Published: March 04, 2018 21:54:48

Leading digital services provider, Robi, has recently launched an Internet of Things (IoT) based on smart factory solution for the country's RMG sector in association with nCinga, a start-up company...


121187. US for participatory polls in BangladeshPublished: March 04, 2018 21:42:43

The United States has laid emphasis on multiple-party participation in the next general election in Bangladesh. Deputy Assistant to the US President and Senior Director for South and Central Asia...


121188. SUST plans to bring entire campus under CCTV coveragePublished: March 04, 2018 21:31:04

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) authority plans to bring whole campus area under vigilance of close circuit television (CCTV). SUST Vice-Chancellor Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed said at a...


121189. LDC graduation calls for accelerated developmentPublished: March 04, 2018 21:27:54

The United Nations (UN) has divided the countries into three categories: developed, developing and the least developed country (LDC) on the basis of economic and social indicators. The level of...


121190. Why no sculpture marking 7th March Speech, asks HCPublished: March 04, 2018 21:21:52

The High Court has issued a rule asking the government to explain why directives should not be given to set up a Bangabandhu's speech-mode sculpture at the place where he...


121191. BD wants to send trained IT engineers to Japan: PalakPublished: March 04, 2018 21:21:40

State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Sunday said Bangladesh wants to send trained IT engineers to Japan, the third most attractive IT market in the world, as the...


121192. 9th wage board award in September: InuPublished: March 04, 2018 20:34:22

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said the 9th Wage Board Award would be announced in September this year. "It would synchronies with the five-year cycle of the earlier Wage...


121193. Street foods are a measure of living standard too  Published: March 04, 2018 20:05:56

Street foods have their special attraction. With delectable taste, most of the street foods cast an irresistible spell on their customers. One of the draws is definitely their low price....


121194. Medicine price: Is sky the limit?  Published: March 04, 2018 20:04:34

A sort of anarchic situation has been prevailing in pricing of pharmaceutical products in the country. The domestic producers of drugs are enjoying a freehand in fixing prices of their...


121195. Elevated expressway hits yet another snag  Published: March 04, 2018 20:01:34

The much vaunted elevated expressway project for the capital has been hitting one snag after another ever since its recommendation. One of the reasons is the lack of local expertise...


121196. Trial begins against 11 Mymensingh war crimes suspectsPublished: March 04, 2018 20:00:40

The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday framed charges against 11 suspects of Mymensingh for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Shahinur Islam,...


121197. Govt eyes ‘moving road’ concept to solve Dhaka trafficPublished: March 04, 2018 19:34:48

A decade ago average traffic speed was 21 kilometres per hour (kmph) in Dhaka city.  But now the speed has dropped to 7.0 kmph, slightly above the average human walking...


121198. 232 indicted for killing police in GaibandhaPublished: March 04, 2018 19:33:45

A Gaibandha court on Sunday framed charges against 232 people, including former Jamaat lawmaker and convicted war criminal Abdul Aziz alias 'Ghoramara Aziz', in a case filed over killing of...


121199. India wants to invest in Bagerhat, Saidpur airports: EnvoyPublished: March 04, 2018 19:18:46

India has expressed interest to invest in building Bagerhat's Khan Jahan Ali Khan airport and modernising Saidpur airport in Nilphamari. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla conveyed the...


121200. Government to distribute digital certificates, IDs among freedom fightersPublished: March 04, 2018 19:16:33

The government is set to distribute permanent certificates and identity (ID) cards among freedom fighters. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said this on Sunday addressing the reception of...