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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Electricity producer Summit Power International plans to list on the Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) by April, what is likely the first company from Bangladesh to offer shares...
Women in Saudi Arabia now have the permission to join the military as the kingdom continues to enact reforms granting females more access to a wide range of previously forbidden...
Confidence Power Bogra Unit-2 Limited, a sister concern of Confidence Group has recently signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for their HFO-powered power plant...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as some investors are active on sector-wise stocks. Following the...
Sony's latest top-end smartphone vibrates in time with movie and TV action scenes and video games. The Xperia XZ2's rumble tech adapts a feature originally developed for the firm's PlayStation...
Union Bank Training Institute organised a BAMLCO Conference recently. Mijanur Rahman Joddar, Executive Director of BangladeshBank was present as the Chief Guest while , Hasan Iqbal,Deputy Managing Director & CAMLCO...
Napoli made it 10 league wins in a row as they moved four points clear at the top of Serie A by thumping Cagliari. Juventus had their game against Atalanta...
Asian shares extended their recovery on Tuesday, hitting a three-week high as US borrowing costs eased ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s highly-anticipated first congressional testimony later in the...
Lankan Alliance Finance Limited, a joint venture FI between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh made its formal journey in Bangladesh Monday, said a statement. Bangladesh Bank approved the company's operation few...
New South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his cabinet, making substantial changes to ministerial positions. He reappointed Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister, reversing his sacking by the former President...
China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is set to provide US$ 60 million for constructing a 220-megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant in the southern district of Bhola. The board...
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday the global economy was showing broad-based growth, but the landscape was shifting with heightened risks of trade disputes, monetary policy...
A fierce fire that broke out at a hotel in Russia's western Perm Region on Tuesday, has killed six people including three children. Local investigative committee said in a statement...
Dhaka and New Delhi will review tomorrow (Wednesday) the progress of development projects under Indian credit, aimed at removing obstacles in the process of implementation, officials said Monday. Officials at...
The country's overall imports jumped by more than 28 per cent or US$1.09 billion in January mainly due to higher import of food grains, capital machinery and fuel oils, officials...
Saudi Arabia has sacked its top military commanders, including the chief of staff, in a series of late-night royal decrees. Saudi King Salman also replaced the heads of the ground...
The volume of currency outside the banking system has grown significantly in recent months ahead of the national elections, raising suspicion about the use of such money. The currency outside...
Toymakers are looking to widen their market share at home and abroad through enhancing their capacity with the help of foreign technologies, especially from China, industry-insiders said. They also have...
With coordinated reform, China can achieve more inclusive and sustainable development, according to the World Bank Group's latest Systematic Country Diagnostic for China, reports Xinhua. The report, subtitled "Towards a...
The White House said any talks with North Korea must lead to an end to its nuclear programme after senior officials from Pyongyang visiting South Korea said on Sunday...
As we achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), the city planning should be very realistic in terms of its natural resources and absorption capacity of a huge amount daily waste we...
The Bangladesh Cricket board (BCB) on Monday announced the 16-member squad for the upcoming Nidihas Trophy T20I tri-series naming Shakib Al Hasan as the captain and Mahmudullah Riyad as his...
The developing countries should pursue the technology fusion strategy to improve as well as sustain labour- and raw material-centric productive activities. Moreover, such strategy will create high-paying innovation jobs for...
Russia's President Vladimir Putin Monday has ordered a daily pause in the assault by its ally, the Syrian government, on the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area. It will start on Tuesday,...
Superstar Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor died of accidental drowning, a Dubai post-mortem report has said on Monday. The 54-year-old actress, known simply as Sridevi, drowned in her hotel apartment's bathtub...
Concluding a three-part article titled Ethical culture and financial crime in banks Unethical behaviour seriously affects work environments in banks. Formal internal control hardly prevents unethical behaviour as human...
While Bangladesh has been praised in the media for its success in various socio-economic indicators (e.g. poverty reduction, education and child mortality), mounting non-performing loans (NPLs) arising from financial scandals,...
It almost became a classroom commandment: teach students how and why decision-making reflects rational preferences. Be they in business transactions, or the economic, political, or social market, humans carry the...
The government may decide in favour of two more gas-fired rental power plants allowing them to get another extension by two years. Power Division of the government has moved proposals...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has said that the government might have brought major changes in the district and police administrations as part of an 'evil plan' to hold snap polls....
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has capped pay per use of internet by fixing Tk 5 with a view to protecting the mobile phone customers from bill shock. The telecom...
The disciplinary committee of Dhaka University (DU) has recommended expelling seven students for different terms over assaulting a student at Salimullah Muslim Hall. The body suggested to expel the main...
There is a total deficit of Tk 94.14 billion in seven banks, four government and three private, in the country. Finance Minister AMA Muhith said it at the parliament on...
World Bank has praised Chinese reform in a report subtitled ‘Towards a More Inclusive and Sustainable Development,’ highlighting the country’s rapid economic growth. The second largest economic country of the...
The country's third largest mobile phone operator Banglalink eyes to bring 30 per cent people of 64 districts under its 4G coverage by June this year. The operator, at a...
The `Made in Bangladesh' vision in technology sector will enhance the pace of the country's progress in achieving a middle-income status by 2021. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu made the...
Austrian has expressed its interest to investment in the health sector of Bangladesh. Austrian Ambassador to Bangladesh Brigitte Oppinger Walchshofer made the comment when he met with Health and Family...
President Abdul Hamid is expected to fly to India on March 8 to attend inaugural session of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Summit in Delhi on March 11. According to...
European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council on Monday sought steps against senior military officials of the Myanmar armed forces responsible for serious and systematic human rights violations. The council also sought...
The export volume growth of South Korea hits four months high in January on the strong demand for semiconductors, central bank data showed Monday. According to the Bank of Korea...
Two recently taken decisions provide for beacons of hope filtering through the otherwise murky darkness of things going desperately awry. One of the most controversial tools of democracy-that of pens...
Professor Rehman Sobhan's passion for a just society is very old. We recall as his former students that in the 1960s when he was a Reader at the Economics Department...
At a time the wage board formed by the government at the insistence of ready-made garment (RMG) factory owners is working on a wage structure for workers, the issue of...
The manufacturing output of Singapore grew 17.9 per cent year on year in January, compared to a 3.9 percent decline last December, the Economic Development Board said on Monday. The...
The cabinet has given the final approval to the draft of ‘The Textile Law, 2018’ considering importance of huge apparel exports from Bangladesh. The approval was given at the weekly...
High Court has issued a rule seeking explanation as to why the reappointment of Professor Farzana Islam as Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University won’t be declared illegal. An HC bench comprising...
Amid alarming reports of newborn death rate throughout the world, Bangladesh has significantly managed to reduce its newborn mortality rate. American media organisation National Public Radio (NPR) has published a...
Food prices marked a rise in the first quarter of current fiscal FY18, admitted Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday. He made the statement while placing the report on budget...
A Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) team has left Dhaka for Vietnam to discuss and finalise details of the upcoming ‘Vietnam-Bangladesh Business Forum’. The FBCCI and...
A UN high official described Northern Rakhine in Myanmar as one of the most prolific ‘slaughterhouses’ of humans in recent times. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human...
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