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Researchers have discovered the oldest figurative tattoos in the world on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. The illustrations are of a wild bull and a Barbary sheep on the upper-arm...
The rejection rate of applications seeking registration to form trade unions in the country's readymade garment sector increased in Chittagong zone and decreased in Dhaka zone during last three years,...
Two major US retailers have announced new restrictions on gun sales following the shooting at a Florida school where 17 people died. Dick’s Sporting Goods, which has more than 600...
Members of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday arrested two people, including an official of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB), for taking bribe from a loan customer at Begumganj upazila in...
Actress Emma Stone is being considered to essay the character of Cheetah in 'Wonder Woman 2'. According to source, the sequel to 'Wonder Woman' will introduce the clawed supervillain as...
Paris St Germain forward Neymar will undergo surgery in Brazil this week after he suffered a fractured metatarsal and a sprained ankle, the French club said. “After tests, and with...
Bangladesh and Morocco have signed an agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation and a Protocol on Foreign Office Consultations. The two instruments were signed by Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood...
Stocks witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Thursday as investors are active on sector-wise stocks. Following the previous two days’ marginal gain, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)...
A worker was killed and four others were injured when a truck hit a trolley in Sirajganj sadar upazila on Wednesday. Mohammad Daud, officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge West Police Station,...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has lashed out at Japan, describing its use of ‘comfort women’ during wartime as a ‘crime against humanity’. This is one of his strongest comments...
India regained its status as the world’s fastest growing major economy in the October-December quarter, surpassing China for the first time in a year as government spending, manufacturing and services...
Measuring inflation by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) has remained suspended over the past one decade by the statistical office, leaving the people and policymakers uninformed about a gap between...
From now on National Board of Revenue (NBR) will focus on framing consistent fiscal policies to attract more investment and collect more revenue, said its chief on Wednesday. "I hope...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) board of directors has asked its management to give reply 'professionally' to the regulator's queries on the Chinese consortium's proposal to be the bourse's strategic...
Germany is investigating a security breach to its defence and interior ministries' private networks, a government spokesman has confirmed. A notorious Russian hacking group known as Fancy Bear, or APT28,...
The businesses and industries in Chittagong will get supply of LNG from the first week of May this year. The liquefied natural gas (LNG) will start arriving from April 25....
A joint committee of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Bangladesh Bank (BB) will be formed to realise Tk 96.69 billion from 25 top default companies. The main tasks...
Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and one of President Trump's longest-serving advisers, is to step down, the administration says. The 29-year-old former model and ex-Trump Organization employee has...
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) is struggling with contract package-7 of the metro rail project due to having only one firm out of four short-listed ones for holding financial...
Four Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers were killed and as many others injured in an explosion in central Mali on Wednesday. An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded at Douentza in the West...
Sugarcane farming is on the rise in Sylhet region although the crop was not popular in the division years ago. Some growers of Sunamganj and Habiganj districts have started farming...
Farmers of Mahespur union under Muksudpur upazila are excepting a bumper production of BARI wheat-28 variety this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj, official sources said...
Noel Quinn, the Chief Executive of HSBC Global Commercial Banking, outlines six trends that will have the greatest impact on the businesses. He is currently visiting Bangladesh. "Every year, leaders...
The Spartans' Communication Club (SCC), the flagship business club of Faculty of Business Studies (FBS), University of Dhaka has recently organised a month-long event named 'Freshmen Glory 2018'. It was...
Young Sustainable Impact (YSI) is launching its signature event 'Megapreneurs 2018' in March to select topmost talented entrepreneurs of Bangladesh. YSI is an international organisation that brings together the best...
BRAC University Economics Club (BUEC) and Department of Economics and Social Sciences are all set to host a nationwide inter-university urban policy contest, EconPodium 1.0. The primary objective of BRAC...
Jahangirnagar University Model United Nations Association (JUMUNA) has been organising Model United Nations (MUN) conference in Jahangirnagar University (JU) since 2015. This year, for the fourth time, JUMUNA organised a...
A unit of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has invested $150 million in Zomato, valuing the Indian food search and delivery service at more than $1 billion, the companies said...
The final registration process of the Hajj pilgrims for 2018 under the government management is set to begin today (Thursday). The process will continue till March 11, said a press...
Nigeria's security forces have been ordered to defend all schools in "liberated areas" of the country's northeast to avoid further mass abductions from schools by Boko Haram extremists, the president's...
Illegal stone extraction in Sylhet's border region goes on unabated but this makes news only when workers hired for collecting stones from quarries are killed and injured under the falling...
Finally, after much waiting and searching, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's prime bourse, is going to have, hopefully, a strategic investor as its shareholder. The Shanghai Stock Exchange...
After a long period of lull, a joint survey is now underway to discover hydrocarbon in the offshore areas. This will be the first-ever joint survey in the country by...
Arafin Hossain is a strapping young man who takes his 56-year-old father every year to Singapore for a comprehensive medical checkup. Ayesha Alam often accompanies her aunt to India to...
Modern banking offers different modes of transactions that include ATM payment, mobile banking, internet banking etc. Among these, Though ATM and mobile banking have gained enormous popularity among all types...
Bus services of 11 northern districts with the capital via Bogra resumed on Wednesday evening after a suspension of around 12 hours over a dispute between bus workers and owners....
President Md Abdul Hamid hosted a dinner in honour of the Prime Minister, Speaker, Cabinet members and lawmakers at Bangabhaban on Wednesday evening. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Jatiya Sangsad Speaker...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government has resorted to various 'evil tricks' to delay bail for Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust...
During the 1992 US Presidential campaign one of the chief strategist of Bill Clinton, James Carville, coined the phrase "The Economy, Stupid" to emphasise one of the principal agenda of...
The practice of frequent question paper leaks can be stopped if the government wants to do. Opposition leader Raushon Ershad made the comment while delivering her speech in Parliament on...
Tigers may miss leading all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in the upcoming Twenty20 tournament against Sri Lanka and India. The Bangladesh squad is leaving for Colombo on March 4 to play...
The various actions that were started in the early 1990s with the Financial Sector Reforms Programme (FSRP) to improve loan recovery were successful for some time but their efficacy has...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday sharply criticise d BNP for dropping section 7 from its charter and making a convict its head. "What will the party that accepts corruption...
Luna Shamsuddoha joined Janata Bank Limited as Chairman on Wednesday. She was a member of the Board of the Bank since June 2016. Shamsuddoha is a software entrepreneur, Chairman of...
Three months ago, I argued that rising stock markets around the world were a consequence of improving economic conditions, not a sign of "irrational exuberance." Since that commentary was published,...
There is no possibility of any bank in our country to collapse in near future due to high advance deposit ratio (ADR) because there is no proper bankruptcy act and...
The Alternative Dispute Regulation (ADR) is essential in the commercial sector, including banks, to settle a large number of pending disputes and reduce a huge amount of Non-Performing Loan (NPL)....
Bangladesh does not need Generalised System of Preference (GSP) facility from the United States as the country will soon be elevated to the group of developing nations. Commerce Minister Tofail...
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 300,000 pieces of Yaba tablets and arrested six Myanmar nationals from the southeastern side of Chhera dwip near Saint Martin's Island of Teknaf in...
The Information Ministry on Thursday will start a drive to create social awareness against drug abuse through disseminating information. As part of the drive, a video titled 'Love your life,...
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