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R&B artist Bruno Mars stole the show, and most of the awards, at the 2018 Grammy Awards. This is another victory for pop-driven music over rap which is now the...
United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) signed an agreement with Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club on launching of co-branded UCB Platinum Mastercard recently. A E Abdul Muhaimen, Managing Director of UCB...
Fourteen more listed companies disclosed their un-audited second quarter (Q2) earnings for October-December period of 2017, according to separate official disclosure on Monday. Of them, earnings per share (EPS) of...
Sylhet Agricultural University authority changed the schedule of the first ever convocation of the university, pushing it back to February 15 instead of February 4. The schedule was changed for...
The board of directors of RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said...
Stocks on both bourses witnessed downturn in early hour of trading Monday as investors followed cautious stance on the day of monetary policy announcement. Brokers said many investors followed “wait-and-see”...
Chubb announced the appointment of Edward Ler on Monday as the new Country President for its general insurance business in Korea. Mr. Ler replaces Edward Kopp, who was recently appointed...
Three people have been killed during a retaliatory tribal fighting in the southern Libyan city of Sabha, said a source of the Security Directorate of Sabha. The source told Xinhua...
President Donald Trump’s national security team is looking at options to counter the threat of China spying on US phone calls that include the government building a super-fast 5G wireless...
Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Colorado have developed a superconducting switch that "learns" like its biological counterpart. The switch, called a synapse, could...
Finland's President Sauli Niinisto has comfortably won a second six-year term in office. He secured 62.7% of the vote in Sunday's poll, easily beating his Green party rival (12.4%), according...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was detained by police at a Moscow rally in support of a presidential election boycott, has been released. His lawyer told the press that...
Lionel Messi scored a sumptuous free kick to give Barcelona a 2-1 win over lowly Alaves on Sunday while Luis Suarez was also on target as the Catalans battled back...
Alif Industries has been placed in ‘A’ category from existing ‘Z’ category with effect from today (Monday) as the company has reported disbursement of 10 per cent cash and 25...
A collapse of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which US President Donald Trump has threatened to scrap, could create the most profound disruption for US farmers who produce...
Top 10 traded companies accounted for more than 33 per cent transactions of the premier bourse Sunday while Square Pharmaceuticals topped the chart again after one-session break. Brokers said the...
The Wage Board has drafted its proposal recommending Tk 5,710 as minimum monthly wage for workers of the country's cotton textile sector, officials said. A gazette notification was issued on...
Digitisation of VAT process remains almost stalled due to delay in getting amendment proposals to the existing VAT rules from the business community. The process remained shelved for the last...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has convened her party's national executive committee's first-ever meeting on Saturday next as a Dhaka court is set to deliver verdict on February 8 in a...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 28: a good numbers of age-old, large trees worth millions of Taka have been cut off and taken away from Railway Officers' Colony of Sreerampore area under the...
SYLHET, Jan 28: Cultivation of all kinds of vegetable is on the rise in Sylhet region this year. A report prepared by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) shows so...
SIRAJGANJ, Jan 28: Tomato cultivation creates a noticeable income generation for the poor and marginal peasants of the district this season. A total of 700 hectares of land have been...
The 49th annual general meeting (AGM) of Eastern Lubricants Blenders Ltd (ELBL) was held at a motel in Chittagong on Saturday, says press release. ELBL board Chairman Abu Hena Md...
Veteran spinner Abdur Razzak is likely to be recalled in the Bangladesh Test squad after a three-year break to play the Test series against touring Sri Lanka beginning on Wednesday...
State-sponsored internet will filter out 'Western' content and to crackdown on what Iranians can and cannot see. In an effort to 'de-Westernise' and maintain control over internet users and the...
Hundreds of poor families of the district have been attaining financial solvency by farming banana. Sources said banana cultivation is increasing gradually in the area. High land or semi sandy...
A good yield of Baukul, a plum variety, has made the cultivators of the district jubilant during the current season. Because of huge demand its cultivation is on the rise...
Asian shares extended their bull run on Monday amid upbeat corporate earnings and strong global economic growth, while the dollar tried to bounce even as the White House continued to...
Militants have attacked an army base near a military academy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 11 soldiers. 16 other Afghan soldiers were injured in the attack, a...
Proceedings of the filed cases under Section 57 will continue although the cabinet has approved in principle the draft of Digital Security Bill repealing the section in question. Inspector General...
Restriction on direct cargo flight to the UK may go within next 15 days as fruitful discussions were held between the authorities of the two countries. Chairman of the parliamentary...
Economists suggest the forthcoming monetary policy should be "contractionary" to manage impact of election-time splurge on the economy and multifarious tensions persisting on the money market. However, some key targets...
China’s economic growth will likely slow to 6.5-6.8 per cent this year, a senior official at the country’s top economic planner wrote in the Beijing Daily on Monday. The official...
Leftist students have sealed off the main entrance of the Arts Building at Dhaka University as part of their protests against ‘attacks’ by the ruling party’s student wing. They took...
The import and export activities through Benapole Land Port remained halted for four days since Thursday following an indefinite strike enforced by Indian traders at Petrapole, causing a loss of...
An MoU was signed recently between Standard Chartered Bank and Gazi Satellite Television Limited to partner on a project titled “Shopno Dekhe Chokh.” With technical support from Sightsavers, this project...
Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Communication Club recently announces ‘Team Trix’ of IBA, DU as the champion team and ‘Team Submarines’ of BUP & ‘Brains of Castemere’ of IBA, Dhaka...
A pub worker has been paid at least £10,000 for his "job" at Nottingham Prison - despite never working there. The man accepted a prison officer job but did not...
As many as 112 people have been arrested in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP); two days after clashes between two communities took the life of a teenage boy....
A four-day International Plastic Fair-2018 will kick off on Wednesday at the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Dhaka city, aiming to help promote the sector. Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufactures...
With the coming verdict on the graft trial against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, the party is facing its ‘third major crisis,’ BNP Joint Secretary General Mahbub Uddin Khokon said. It...
The High Court has exempted four government officials from their personal appearance before it upon their unconditional apology over the jailing of a man staying in custody in October 2017....
The cabinet has approved a draft of the Digital Security Act 2018, which amends parts of the ICT Act, including the section 57. The approval was given at a cabinet...
The central bank of Bangladesh has unveiled cautious and growth-supportive monetary policy aiming to curb inflation through discoursing credit flow to the less productive sectors. “The monetary policy targets employment-focused...
Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Debenhams, Next and Sainsbury’s are among a group of British retailers yet to join international rivals in renewing their commitment to a factory safety deal in...
Bangladesh is set to become the seventh country to send technical interns to Japan. To this effect, Dhaka and Tokyo inked a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Monday, said a...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has spent a total of Tk 12.07 billion solely for hosting cricket events in the last eight fiscal years (FYs). The money came from the...
The Swedish founder of the Ikea furniture chain, Ingvar Kamprad, has died at the age of 91, the company has announced. Mr Kamprad - who pioneered flat-pack furniture - died...
Traffic congestion in the capital city has continued to aggravate causing serious sufferings to the city commuters. This happens despite the construction of several flyovers, allowing people to park their...
Dhaka is going to host an infrastructure exposition titled 'The International Bangladesh Infrastructure Innovation and Development Expo and Dialogue-2018 (BIID) from March 1. The Sustainable & Renewable Energy Development Authority...
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