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Bangladesh Brand Forum will hold the 5th edition of its flagship initiative Leadership Summit on April 7, said a statement. With numbers of exclusive keynotes, this year’s Leadership Summit will...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Wednesday Bangladesh proved its capability through meeting all the three criterions for graduating to the developing countries stage. "We proved that we can achieve....
Shares of Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat-owner Snap fell further on Tuesday as Wall Street fretted over potential regulatory scrutiny that could hobble the business of the social networks. Facebook lost...
At least 19 passengers were killed and more than a dozen wounded after a commuter bus crashed into a ravine south of the Philippine capital, Manila, on Tuesday evening, police...
A sand mining vessel capsized off Malaysia in the Malacca Strait on Wednesday morning, leaving at least 10 crew members missing, Xinhua reported quoting Malaysian maritime officials. More to follow...
An air strike by Turkish warplanes ‘neutralised’ at least 12 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the military said on Twitter on Wednesday. The air...
Two people were killed when a bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Daulatpur in Bahubal upazila early Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as three-wheeler driver...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated BNA Bangabandhu Complex, the first international standard training academy of Bangladesh Navy, at Bangladesh Naval Academy (BNA) in Chittagong. The complex has been built...
Amazon.com became the second most valuable publicly listed US company on Tuesday, surpassing Google parent Alphabet Inc for the first time. Amazon shares finished up 2.69 per cent at $1,586.51,...
A Garo tribal woman and her mother have been found dead at their apartment in Dhaka’s Kalachandpur area under Gulshan Police Station. Inspector Salauddin at the police station told bdnews24...
A sixteen-year-old boy has refused to take the role of deputy commissioner of a regional state in Somalia over security fears. Faysal Abdullahi Omar was to take up the role...
MetLife launched ‘collab 3.0 EMEA, a global open innovation platform inviting entrepreneurs, startups and insurtechs to scale their business with MetLife, while solving some of the insurer’s biggest innovation challenges...
Southeast Asian stock markets mostly rose recovered on Wednesday ahead of the US Federal Reserve's rate decision and outlook, while the Philippines shares extended its losses to six months. Singapore...
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday said the world is now passing an opportune moment to implement reforms to make growth more solid, sustainable, balanced,...
At least 35 civilians were killed in a rocket attack on a busy market in a government-held district of Syria's capital Damascus, state media report. Rebels in the besieged Eastern...
Myanmar's civilian president, Htin Kyaw, has resigned with immediate effect "in order to take rest from the current duties and responsibilities", his office said in a statement posted on Facebook...
A legal attempt by anti-Brexit campaigners to establish that Britain could unilaterally reverse Brexit was given a boost on Tuesday by Scotland’s top court, which said it wants to examine...
SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) March 21—While the improving global economy will help banks in the BRICS countries, S&P Global Ratings addresses the main risks confronting the lenders in the recently...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses saw downturn in early hour of trading Wednesday as investors continued their selling binge amid ongoing dividend declarations. Following the...
A former army man was killed allegedly by muggers in Bogra district town early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Jahan Box, 50, a former warrant officer of Bangladesh Army...
Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is in difficulty to implement its next four-lane highway project than other such projects due to requirement of acquiring a greater extent of land to...
A hush settled over financial markets on Wednesday as investors anticipated a quarter point hike in the Federal Reserve’s policy rate and awaited guidance on how many more to expect...
A young man was crushed to death by a train at Court Railway Station in Netrokona district town on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Mahbub Alam, 25, son...
The board of directors of United Commercial Bank (UCB) has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017. The final approval of the dividend...
Realtors on Tuesday voiced concerns over the price spirals of key construction materials, which, according to them, may harm the country's real estate sector. They also sought the government's intervention...
The securities regulator has formed a five-member committee to make recommendation on the development of OTC (over-the-counter) market of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). The committee was formed on Tuesday at...
The state-run Karma-sangsthan Bank (KB) has requested the government to release a sum of Tk 2.0 billion in paid-up capital for it, aiming to implement its five-year work plan, officials...
At least four people were killed and two others injured when a train hit a covered van at a manned level crossing near Feni Railway Station on Wednesday. Abdul Alim,...
A man was stabbed to death by his rivals on Tuesday night following a dispute over the annual Urs of a shrine in Boalkhali upazila in Chittagong. The deceased, Shah...
The Power Division has sought a budgetary allocation of Tk 316.27 billion for the next fiscal year (FY), up by 47.39 per cent than that of the current fiscal. If...
India and China agreed to consult each other on regional and international issues, the Indian side said after a phone call on Tuesday between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian...
A 17-year-old boy opened fire at a Maryland high school on Tuesday in an attack that left two fellow students wounded, then died after a gunfight with a police officer...
The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based political consultancy’s online campaign played a decisive role in US President...
An official ratings agency says the Bangladesh economy can boast of fostering a 'job-rich growth', with the jobless rate remaining static at only 4.2 per cent last fiscal. Bangladesh Bureau...
Smelling large information gap in the data about registered foreign workers in Bangladesh, the tax authority now takes a wider survey on 40 companies to detect undocumented ones. As per...
PABNA, Mar 20: Fish farming in floating enclosures has turned into a profitable venture in the district. Hundreds of unemployment youth have attained financial solvency by fish cultivation under the...
GOPALGANJ, Mar 20: One Ramzit Pandya of Gandiasur village under Baulatali union in Gopalganj Sadar has become self-reliant by farming okra on commercial basis. The farmer said okra has changed...
Lately two important indices reflecting on living conditions in Dhaka, more precisely, the quality of life it offers, have made us sit up and take note of. Although the megalopolis...
The state-run Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) is again under attack. This time more strongly than before. Being a state agency in charge of dozens of jute mills, there are...
The BBS (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics) finding on the number of unemployed people going up by 0.1 million in the last fiscal year (FY), 2016-17, over the previous one, is...
A truck-pickup van collision has left at least seven people dead, including 3 members of a family, at Bhairabnagar of Satkhira. 10 others were injured in the accident that took...
A student shot and critically wounded two fellow students at a Maryland high school on Tuesday morning before exchanging fire with a campus security officer, who ended the attack by...
The Korean Peninsula has entered into a critical period for dialogue, as a summit will be held between the Republic of Korea (ROK) President Moon Jae-in and the Democratic People's...
Rock and roll legend and Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been knighted on Tuesday for his services to music, reports BBC. The Duke of Cambridge bestowed the honour on the...
One of the benefits of experts gathering to discuss a broad range of inter-related issues, like the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, is the dissemination of multifaceted views of...
A baby, who was born with joined legs in Sirajganj on Monday, died following complication. Lovely Khatun, 22, wife of Yunus Ali of Potazia village in Shahzadpur Upazila, gave birth...
Ashuganj Power Station Company Ltd (APSCL) has signed a deal with a Chinese consortium for a 400 megawatt (MW) gas-fired combined cycle power plant. The state-owned enterprise signed the engineering,...
Bank is the custodian of public deposit. People deposit their hard-earned savings with the bank. Hence, it is the prime responsibility of the deposit taking bank to guarantee the safe...
The death toll from the devastating fire at a colony in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet is now six. Another victim, Babul, of the fire died at the burn unit of...
Bangladesh is progressing fast toward economic emancipation and doing very well in almost all the counts of economic parameters. The economy of Bangladesh is also gradually being opened to the...
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