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European Union (EU) is sending a high-powered parliamentary delegation to Bangladesh in the second week of February to assess Rohingya situation on the ground and discuss other important issues. EU’s...
Net foreign investment in stocks marked a staggering 200 per cent rise month-on-month in January as overseas investors injected fresh funds in Bangladesh’s capital market. Analysts said the net portfolio...
The BNP does not recognise those who attacked on police outside the High Court on Tuesday, saying they were infiltrators not its activists. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that a huge number of police, including plainclothes ones, have been deployed in front of its chairperson's Gulshan residence. Senior joint secretary general of...
There is no denying that the state of environment in Bangladesh is not at all praiseworthy. Severe air, water and noise pollution are threatening human health, ecosystems and economic growth....
The stock market regulator, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) published on December 21, 2017 new corporate governance guidelines soliciting public opinion, as required under the law. The draft...
Increased use of plastic goods and materials is a fact of modern life. Whether it is indicative of socio-economic development is, however, yet to be clear. Apparently, though, it signifies...
Compared to Bangladesh's $4.5b planned investment in developing coal-fired power generation with Japanese assistance at the shore of Bay of Bengal, the move by the Dutch power grid to build...
At this year's World Economic Forum (WEF), under the theme, "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World", Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau warned world's business leaders and his fellow...
In Bangladesh, incidents of fire become frequent during winter. But unlike other natural disasters like flood and cyclone, it can easily be thwarted by taking precautionary measures. Victims of fire...
As global economic growth picks up practically everywhere, oil producers are becoming increasingly hopeful that the recent impressive price recovery will continue. But, if those hopes are to be fulfilled,...
When the World Economic Forum (WEF) concluded in Davos, Switzerland last week, the outcome of the annual talk-fest was seemingly predictable-plenty of unrestrained platitudes but, surprisingly, less of the American...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has temporarily suspended two of its engineers over their alleged irregularities in the ‘Newly Connected Four Union Development Project’. One contractor was also blacklisted in...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that the BNP has given a clear sign of choosing violent path through launching an attack on police in a militant style....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the size of the cabinet will get smaller during the next general election. Sheikh Hasina also reiterated her government's stance that there will be...
The government has no plan right now to raise further the age limit for entering into government service. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came up with the statement at the parliament...
The number of voters in the country has now increased to 104.1 million from 101.4 million in 2017, according to the Election Commission's updated electoral roll published Wednesday. "The number...
The sitting of the Jatiya Sangsad resumed at 4.30 pm on Tuesday with Deputy Speaker M Fazley Rabbi Miah in the chair. BSS said the day's proceedings began with recitation...
BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government is making a chaotic situation in the country ahead of verdict on a graft case of its chairperson Khaleda Zia. “The government's main...
A Habiganj court has sentenced 10 people to death for killing a farmer at Baghjur village under Baniachong upazila of the district in 2001. Ali and his accomplices later hacked...
Stocks suffered a notable correction Wednesday as cautious investors continued their selling spree following the news of slashing the limit of banks’ advance-deposit ratio (ADR). The Bangladesh Bank (BB) slashed...
A four-day exposition on yarn, fabric, denim, dyes and chemicals kicked off on Wednesday in the city's International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) aiming to give an impetus to the country’s...
Police in the western Indian state of Goa have arrested a motorcycle taxi driver for allegedly molesting an American tourist on Saturday last. Isidore Fernandes was detained after the woman...
Japan’s industrial output grew in December at the fastest pace in eight months, in a sign that its humming factories have likely driven economic expansion for an eighth consecutive quarter....
A sessions court in Mumbai on Tuesday framed charges against Bollywood actor Sooraj Pancholi for allegedly abetting actress Jiah Khan’s suicide. Judge K D Shirbhate framed charges against the 27-year-...
Distinguished Nazrul Geeti exponent Shamshy Faruque Shimky kept the near-packed Dipanpur Book Cafe audience spell-bound with her Raga and melody for sometime in a wintry evening in the capital on...
British car production fell 3.0 per cent at 1.67 million vehicles in 2017, falling to a 9-year low, an industry body said on Wednesday. The car production fell last year...
The High Court has barred former AB Bank chairman M Wahidul Haque and ex-official Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal and issued a rule asking why their bails will not be scrapped....
ONE Bank Limited has opened its 93rd branch at Tanbazar area in Narayangonj district, recently. Sayeed H Chowdhury, chairman of the ONE Bank, inaugurated the branch on Sunday, according to...
Thailand’s annual industrial output rose for a second straight month in December, helped by higher production of rubber, cars and car engines and petroleum, but missed expectations. The manufacturing production...
Fujifilm Holdings Corporation is cutting 10,000 jobs globally at its joint venture with Xerox Corp, to overhaul the photocopying business amid a tough market environment. The Japanese company said it...
Arsenal suffered another painful Premier League defeat as Swansea City capitalised on some glaring errors to win 3-1 on Tuesday, boosting their survival hopes and denting the visitors’ top four...
Robi’s senior management team has greeted Mustafa Jabbar, newly-appointed Posts, Telecommunications, Information and Communication Technology Minister, at his office. Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, Robi’s managing director and CEO, led the team,...
SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Jan. 31--S&P Global Ratings said today that its rating and outlook on PTT Global Chemical Public Co. Ltd. (PTTGC: BBB/Stable/--) are not affected by the company's...
The board of directors of Intech Limited has taken a decision to subscribe 40 per cent of the ordinary share capital of China-BD Tech Ltd (proposed), said an official disclosure...
Two top civilian officials from Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency have resigned over the sending of a false incoming missile alert. The 13 January message led to widespread panic and the...
Mexico is in talks with the United States on whether to allow US federal air marshals to travel with Taser stun guns on cross-border flights with US airlines. National Security...
Mahbubul Alam, President of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has taken over as the Chairman of the Trustee Board of Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) for the year 2018-19....
The board of directors of Confidence Cement Limited has agreed to invest in the new Power Plant Projects located at Bogra, Rangpur and Chittagong, said an official disclosure on Wednesday....
The therapist who started the project is among 3,500 who won health quality service awards. Outside Ang Mo Kio-Thye Hua Kwan Hospital in Singapore, patients play with dogs or groom...
The Taliban are openly active in 70 per cent of Afghanistan’s districts, fully controlling 4.0 per cent of the country and demonstrating an open physical presence in another 66 per...
Hyundai Motors Bangladesh Ltd. organised a car display programme at the Head Office of BRAC Bank Limited recently. Hyundai Motors Bangladesh displayed two of their most prominent South Korean brands:...
Japanese stocks fell to a four-week low on Wednesday morning in choppy trade after falling for five straight days, with most sectors in negative territory. Real estate firms, mining companies...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is going to arrange a fifteen-day training programme on ‘Financial Statement Analysis’ from February 11. According to DSE website, the programme will be held between 3:00...
Britain is seeking a free trade agreement with China, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday as she flew to the country for talks with Chinese leaders. She added that...
Branding North Korea’s leadership “depraved,” US President Donald Trump on Tuesday told its citizens that Pyongyang’s pursuit of nuclear missiles could “very soon threaten our homeland” and vowed a continued...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses saw sharp decline in early hour of trading Wednesday as the central bank slashed the limit of advance-deposit ratio (ADR)....
South Korea will begin a joint training program at the Masikryong ski resort in North Korea on Wednesday as had been initially planned, the South’s Ministry of Unification said, with...
US actor Mark Salling, known for his role Noah "Puck" Puckerman in the TV series Glee, has reportedly killed himself. Salling has committed suicide by hanging, according to TMZ, which...
Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route in the Padma River disrupted since early Wednesday due to thick fog. Shah Newaz Khaled, assistant general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation...
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