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The four-day housing fair in the port city, organised by REHAB Chittagong region, saw a record Tk 3.63 billion worth of spot orders for flats. A huge number of visitors,...
Senior officials of India and Bangladesh held detailed discussions in Dhaka on ways to boost bilateral trade and investments. The commerce secretary level talks were held on February 7-8. "The...
The government will establish Bangladesh's third railway workshop in Rajbari to provide backward-linkage service to cross-border train communications through Padma Bridge. Officials said Monday passenger coaches and wagons of trains...
Power division has sought finance authorities' intervention to realise some Tk 13.83 billion in unpaid electricity bills from state entities, officials said, as recovery efforts failed. Officials said in a...
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has got 'much-expected' waiver from paying duties against import of furnace oil for electricity generation. The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will purchase the duty-waived...
Probe-body chief Khondoker Ibrahim Khaled said Monday a "powerful vested quarter", consisting of 200 persons, were behind the collapse of the stock-market and they still dictate terms. There is a...
The 1st phase of the 3rd round of Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League will be held at three separate venues today (Tuesday), reports UNB. The top slot holders of List...
Pahela Falgun, the first day of spring of Bengali month Falgun (spring), will be celebrated on Tuesday with flowers, poems, songs and dances. Nature took a colourful turn to welcome...
ADN Edu Services Limited on Monday has partnered with Aptech to announce the grand inauguration of its four power brands. The inauguration took place at KIB Auditorium (Level-1), Krishibid Institution...
Entrepreneurs are borrowing money from banks due the lengthy process of fixed pricing and book building in Initial Public Offering (IPO) system for withdrawing money from the share market. Researchers...
Once the telecommunication sector used to be a risk-free investment area. Upon making investment in state-monopoly, basically all the governments across the world used to get attractive returns. Developing countries...
If one was to find one main reason amongst many others to point to for the 1-0 defeat of the Bangladesh Test team to Sri Lanka, it must be the...
Government data reveal that mobile phone operators are facing various allegations, including frequent call drops, network unavailability and slow internet speed, which deprive some 145.111 million users of quality services....
The government is yet to reduce the rates of savings certificates fearing public backlash ahead of the general election. Earlier, it announced a plan to reduce the interest rates of...
The poverty trend in the country, revealed by various documents, tends to show that income-poverty level has declined over time. This has amply been established by quantitative as well as...
Long beset with atrocious irregularities, Dhaka's traffic movement scenario has lately begun witnessing a new malady. The city's motorbikes have already provoked a lot of trepidation among the road users....
Income tax collection marked a 12.6 per cent growth in the first seven months of the current fiscal (FY18). Revenue authorities collected Tk 327.55 billion in FY18 some Tk 35.95...
This was not what the Founding Fathers envisioned: the United States turning into a religiously-driven, if not religiously-institutionalised country. Yet, it is drifting in that direction, in part through public...
Bangladesh has come a long way since its independence in 1971. Its infrastructure has developed significantly from its primitive and dilapidated state; its per capita income has grown; and its...
Jail authorities on Monday received two production warrants in two cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Contacted, Inspector General (IG) (Prisons) Syed Iftekhar Uddin confirmed the production warrants, reports...
South Africa’s ruling ANC party is expected to order President Jacob Zuma to resign as president on Monday or face a no-confidence vote in parliament that he would almost certainly...
It was 1960 when she left her motherland and travelled to Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) to pursue humanitarian work as a Catholic Sister. The then 30-year-old British woman Lucy Helen...
Government has brought 3.5 million people under the scheme of old-age allowance across the country as part of its safety net campaign during the current financial year. Social Welfare Minister...
Comments by US Vice President Mike Pence suggest the United States may be looking more favourably at diplomatic engagement with North Korea Pence’s comments came amid South Korea’s interest in...
BOGRA, Feb 12: Flower growers of the district are expecting to make a profit of Tk 45 million this season. Sources said more than 400 people are directly and indirectly...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a meeting with Pope Francis on Monday in Vatican City. PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said the Prime Minister visited Vatican City in the morning...
A student of Psychology department at Dhaka University (DU), Shaheduzzaman was watching an Iranian movie during a film fest at the National Museum in the capital city on Monday. Titled...
Cambodia has deported seven out of a group of 10 foreigners who were charged with producing pornography in connection with a party in the tourist town of Siem Reap, a...
A female student is suspected to have eloped from a study tour as she went missing at Sonamasjid area in the Chapainawabganj District Sadar on Sunday afternoon. The missing girl...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide US$20 million loan to the country’s private sector in a bid to support textile and clothing industries. The Manila-based lender on Monday signed...
Former chairman of Farmers Bank Ltd Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir has dismissed all allegations brought against him by three newspapers of irregularities in the bank. The lawmaker described reports as...
Future-proof technology policies are key to the Asia Pacific region harnessing the future of work, says the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA). According to a release of Media OutReach, releasing...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader put the blame of February 7’s attack on Bangladesh High Commission in London on BNP senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman. "Staying in London, Tarique...
Government has taken initiatives to ensure safety and security for attracting more foreign tourists from different countries including the European Union (EU) nations. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Shahjahan Kamal...
Bitopi Advertising Limited started its affiliation with international advertising firm Foote Cone& Belding (FCB) with the screening of a powerful documentary. “Saints of Sin”, directed by advertising professional and filmmaker...
This year’s congress of international publishers began on Saturday in the Indian capital of New Delhi with over 300 delegates from India and across the world. The International Publishers Congress...
Bourses broke two-day gaining streak on Monday as cautious investors sold shares to bag profit on quick gaining stocks. Market operators said investors booked quick-profit on large-cap sectors - especially...
Government has slapped an embargo on carrying mobile phones near the exam centres in a desperate bid to plug question leaks of the school-leaving SSC and equivalent exams. Education ministry...
The capital market will remain moderately bullish in 2018, but local political instability will be the risk factor for the capital market this year, according to a recent survey of...
The impending cyclone and monsoon season mean the Rohingya refugees now face more life-threatening dangers from the weather and environmental conditions in Bangladesh. UN migration agency on Monday said most...
A school student was killed as a trolley hit his motorbike at Nagar mohammadpur in Sadar upazila of Kushtia on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Ashif Hossain (15),...
Australian researchers said that they have developed the first virtual platform of its kind for storing 3D copies of human cancer tissues, providing what they say is a novel way...
The pro BNP-Jamaat lawyers’ panel has won the Chittagong Bar Association election. Among the 19 posts, the panel backed by BNP and Jamaat, bagged 12 posts including that of the...
Rahim Muddinn watched, amazed, for four straight days last month, as Myanmar's state-run newspapers published special supplements showing Rohingya Muslims accused of being terrorists - nearly 250 photos each day....
Future-proof technology policies are the key to the Asia Pacific region harnessing the future of work, says Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA). Releasing an industry statement on the future of...
Takata Corp’s US unit reached a settlement with its creditors, lawyers for those injured by its deadly air bags and automakers that smoothes the way to end its Chapter 11...
A large number of farmers in Rajshahi are passing a busy time in farming flowers on a commercial basis as they are getting a good yield and price. The farming...
UN Security Council will meet on Wednesday (New York time Tuesday) to discuss Rohingya issue and situation in Rakhine Sate, according to a provisional programme of the Security Council, report...
Southeast University (SEU) has organised the “Literature Award Giving Ceremony 2017” on Sunday at its Tejgaon campus. Asaduzzaman Noor, Minister of Cultural Affairs, was the chief guest at the ceremony...
China created more than 66 million urban jobs over the past five years, official data showed. Over the five years, 90 per cent of college graduates found jobs and more...
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