Global stocks markets notched further gains on Monday, while the dollar stayed on the back foot, as investors bet the new head of the US Federal Reserve. MSCI’s index of...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank Training & Research Institute (AIBTRI) has organised a week-long training course on ‘Investment Operation & Management’. The course was started from Monday through a ceremony. Bank's Managing...
President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Monday night on a three-day visit to Bangladesh. During the visit, Nakao will meet...
European shares traded higher at the opening session on Monday as focus gradually shifts from the earnings season to monetary policy and politics with Italy’s election on Sunday. At 0945...
A former regional newspaper editor, Michael McCormack, has been chosen as Australia's new deputy prime minister. He replaces Barnaby Joyce as leader of the Nationals, the governing coalition's junior partner....
A former president and a former director of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) have submitted their applications to vie for the post of a director of the premier bourse. The two...
A total of 1,27,198 Bangladeshi pilgrims will perform the holy hajj this year as the cabinet on Monday approved the drafts of the "National Hajj and Umrah Policy-2018" and the...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Monday asked commercial banks to freeze bank accounts of telecom operator Robi Axiata for next three days alleging evasion of Tk 187 million VAT and...
A young physician allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Amirbagh residential area in Chittagong on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Faisal Emran, son of Emran Hossain of...
Many Readymade Garment (RMG) female workers are deprived of their lawful rights including appointment letter, identify card, pay slip, service book and attendance card, according to a watch report. The...
The Election Commission wants to complete the registration process of new political parties by next month. The commission has received applications from 76 parties seeking registration ahead of the 11th...
The death toll rose to at least five on Sunday after severe thunderstorms swept through the central US, spawning a tornado that flattened homes, gale force winds and widespread flooding...
Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) has organised a job fair, where over 150 persons with disabilities got job. The BBDN, Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) and Access Bangladesh Foundation,...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has got now the only goal of re-establishing democracy by freeing Khaleda Zia. One of the alliance leaders and President of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Dr...
A collision between a bus and a lorry has left at least 10 persons dead and several others wounded in Narayanganj. Narayanganj Superintendent of Police Moinul Haque said the accident...
The chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has emphasised that unity of social organisation is the essence to stop corruption in the country. Iqbal Mahmood on Monday said, "Social organisations of...
Stocks plummeted Monday, extending the bearish trend for the seven days in a row, with key index of the major bourse dipping below 5,800-mark low after nearly eight months. Analysts...
Two men have been sentenced to life term imprisonment on Monday for raping a schoolgirl in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia in 2015. The convicts are: Nazmul (30), and Azam alias...
Turkey has officially requested the extradition of former Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader Saleh Muslim from the Czech Republic, Ankara’s government spokesman said on Monday. A day earlier,...
Two people were killed and at least 30 others injured after a road accident in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon on Monday. The bus and lorry were involved in the accident, which occurred...
A sloth bear strayed into a locality in Bhopal, the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, triggering panic and wounding some 10 people on Sunday morning. Forest officials said the...
Union Bank Limited has arranged Branch Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer (BAMLCO) conference at its training institute recently. Mijanur Rahman Joddar, Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank was present at the...
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of Intraco Refueling Station Limited (IRSL) will begin on March 18, aiming to raise Tk 300 million from the public under the fixed price...
Food Minister Md Qamrul Islam claims the Tk 10-per-kg-rice welfare programme will not cut into Bangladesh’s food reserves. Despite last year’s poor harvest due to natural disasters, this year’s production...
BRAC Bank Limited has organised a four day-long workshop on “Fundamental of Credit Relationship” for its newly recruited Management Trainees (MTs). The objective of the workshop was to impart an...
Michelle Obama's forthcoming memoir, ‘Becoming,’ is set for worldwide release on November 13, at which time the former first lady will embark on a global tour to promote the book....
Three international flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday. BG 126 from Muscat reached the airport at 8:25am, making...
The authority of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia has extended the deadline of registration for MPhil and PhD programme under the academic session 2017-18. Application form for the programme will...
A Dhaka court has set March 13 as the date for the next hearing of arguments in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case and extended BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail...
Four workers were killed and three others injured in a mudslide while they were extracting stones from a quarry in Bholaganj area of Companiganj upazila under Sylhet district on Sunday...
A blast destroyed a convenience store and a home in the central English city of Leicester on Sunday, killing at least four people and leaving four more wounded, British police...
Pep Guardiola claimed his maiden English silverware as his side crushed Arsenal 3-0 in the League Cup final on Sunday. The old guard of Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany and David...
Police, in special drives arrested 23 persons including two activists of BNP and five drug traders from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 8am on Monday...
Walton has set a target of selling 1.8 million pieces of fridges in the local market in the current year. The target is about 27 per cent higher than that...
Paris St-Germain striker Neymar was taken off on a stretcher during their win over Marseille on Sunday night, nine days before their Champions League last-16 second-leg tie against Real Madrid....
Britain's main opposition Labour party is poised for a significant policy change that could increase pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May to deliver a ‘soft’ Brexit that maintains some formal...
Researchers from Princeton University recently identified a drug that could extend egg viability in worms, which may extend women's fertility by three to six years in theory. Coleen Murphy, who...
Jahangir Bin Alam, Secretary and CEO of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, speaks at the February 22-24 Global Economic Summit of the World Trade Center Mumbai on global value...
South Korea said on Monday it hopes for “constructive” talks between North Korea and the United States, a day after a delegation from the North told South Korean President Moon...
Mexico and Canada aim to finish reworking less contentious chapters of the NAFTA trade deal with the United States in new talks that began on Sunday, hoping to clear the...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed a downward trend in the early trade on Monday as investors continued to show their selling binge. Following the...
Nigeria has deployed extra troops and planes to search for 110 schoolgirls believed to have been abducted by Boko Haram militants last week. The girls went missing after jihadists stormed...
Two workers were killed and three others injured in a mudslide while they were extracting stones from a quarry in Bholaganj area of Companiganj upazila under Sylhet district on Sunday...
The 2nd three-day International Sufi Festival ended on Sunday at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy's Nandan Mancha. The concluding day festival began at 5 pm and ended at 10 pm with...
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) has urged the Finance Minister to allow Chartered Secretary profession for Income Tax Practice like Chartered Accountants and Cost & Management Accountants...
Local banking software makers are gradually losing market to the rival foreign companies due to 'poor functionality' of their products although these are cheaper in cost, a BIBM research has...
An Iraqi court has sentenced 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for joining Islamic State, a judiciary spokesman said on Sunday. Iraq is conducting the trials of hundreds of...
China’s new home prices grew in January although major cities saw early signs of softening, as the government continued its efforts to rein in speculative demand to fend off bubble...
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled its flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone with an emphasis on visual applications for social media, hoping to attract tech savvy young consumers to weather a market...
A strong earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale shook Papua New Guinea’s Southern Highlands province early on Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The powerful quake prompted oil...
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