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Dhaka Stock Exchange together with IFC, UN Women and CSR Centre jointly urged businesses everywhere to take action to boost women empowerment and gender equality. They made the...
SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) March 17, 2018--S&P Global Ratings Friday said that it raised its issue ratings on the hybrid capital instruments issued by State Bank of India (BBB-/Stable/A-3). "We...
A young man was held on charge of harassing a female student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) sexually on Saturday night. The victim, a third year student...
Britain, France and Germany have proposed fresh EU sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missiles and its role in Syria’s war, according to a confidential document, in a bid to...
About 65,000 people have attended anti-government protests held in Slovakia for the third consecutive week. Outrage over the killing of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova prompted Prime...
China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament on Saturday unanimously re-elected Xi Jinping as the country’s president. The vote was witnessed by journalists inside central Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. According to...
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has fired FBI official Andrew McCabe, who had been accused of political bias by President Donald Trump. In January McCabe resigned as deputy director and...
PM pays tribute to Bangabandhu on his birthday Portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, Photo: Collected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid tributes to Father of...
After one and a half years, export of five vegetable items from Bangladesh is finally going to resume next week. The sector insiders see it as a big boost in...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the fourth straight week that ended Thursday as investors continued their selling binge amid persistent liquidity crisis. Brokers said the market saw yet another...
The government will build a transmission grid for electricity distribution from Rooppur nuclear power plant under a US$1.41 billion project, mostly financed from an Indian credit line. Officials said Friday...
The government expects to start supplying imported re-gasified LNG (liquefied natural gas) to consumers from early May. The country's first FSRU (floating, storage, re-gasification unit) is expected to reach the...
The country's budget deficit likely to remain below the level projected for the current financial year (FY) 2017-18 due to less-than-expected development and revenue spending. The budget deficit in the...
The country is set to celebrate the 99th birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today (Saturday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS. Since re-assumption of state...
The government rethinks the continuation of tax rebate facility against investment in savings tools as a section of people are allegedly misusing such opportunity, officials said. The National Board of...
A mobile court magistrate now serving at the Shahjalal International Airport for three years has come up with an ingenious punishment for petty offences by airport employees. Euphemistically called speed...
The fourth edition of the Joy Bangla Concert, the biggest rock music event of the country, stirred the young generation with the Liberation War spirit on the historic occasion of...
Russia will expand its own "blacklist" of Americans in response to new US sanctions announced by the Trump administration, a Russian minister said Friday, according to a report by CNN....
Special Correspondent Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) Friday stressed the need for incorporating the provisions of Bangladesh Secretarial Standards (BSS:1, BSS:2, BSS:3 and BSS:4) in the new Companies...
Bangladesh have earned a scintillating win over Sri Lanka beating the host by 2 wickets to reach the final of Nidahas Trophy at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday....
Unicef will provide $113 million to meet the needs of 720,000 Bangladeshi and Rohngya children through 2018. The "extraordinary efforts" of the Bangladesh government, with support from the humanitarian community,...
New Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Islam does not belong to Germany and set out hardline immigration policies in an interview published on Friday, as he sought to see off...
British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned on Friday against rushing into a new Cold War with Russia before full evidence of Moscow's culpability in a military-grade nerve toxin attack on...
Russian air strikes and Turkish shelling killed at least 49 in Syria on Friday, report agencies. As many as 50,000 people have fled separate offensives against rebel forces in northern...
Royal Dutch Shell is close to bagging a deal to supply Hong Kong with liquefied natural gas (LNG), beating out major competitors for the right to be the first company...
Kobe Steel's new president on Friday said he may seek mergers or alliances outside the company for one or more of its business divisions, as he battles to repair damage...
One of the most asked questions in interviews and such is 'what do you bring to the table'? The common answer is a mix of experience and enthusiasm or just...
Singapore Airlines has an open mind about making an initial bid for a stake in state-run Air India, the head of the Singaporean carrier's India business told Reuters on Thursday....
Abu Dhabi state investor Mubadala Investment Company is considering a partial or total sale of Spanish oil and gas company Cepsa and would use proceeds for expansion, a Mubadala spokesman...
M. Niaz Asadullah is a prolific researcher in the realm of education and social issues research. Coming from the Centre for Poverty and Development Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,...
At least it is heartening to note that India is aiming to be among the top 30 countries in the world in terms of ease of doing business. India -...
The practice of dialogue and consultation is important for participatory and inclusive policymaking in a democratic culture. The Bangladesh government has developed a culture of consultation in the policymaking process...
It takes only three months for a business to get electricity connection in Ethiopia, while it takes one year in Bangladesh. Bangladesh takes four times more than Ethiopia to register...
Host Sri Lanka have posted a commanding score of 159 for 7 wickets in stipulated 20 overs in the sixth match of Nidahas Trophy at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo...
Anti-quota protesters on Friday demanded withdrawal of the case filed against 700 unidentified demonstrators by Saturday. They also threatened to initiate a stronger movement if their demand is not met...
With March 14 regularly observed as International Day of Action for Rivers since 1997, the significance of the day has grown in dimension and spread across the world. The slogan...
Having reached the lower middle-income country status in 2014, Bangladesh is now firmly poised to receive global recognition as an upper middle-income country by 2021. This in turn will lead...
Some 385 mentally challenged persons serving imprisonment for different period of time in different jails in the country until June 30 of 2016. The Prison Population Statistics, 2017; published by...
The graduation for Bangladesh from the least developed countries' (LDCs) league to that of the developing nations, as the latest indicators show, is not far away. Its graduation will be...
Former South African president Jacob Zuma was charged with corruption on Friday over a $2.5 billion state arms deal, a stunning judicial ruling on a continent where political ‘Big Men’...
A Malaysian man who became famous for his snake-handling skills has died after being bitten by a cobra. Abu Zarin Hussin, a firefighter, first shot to fame after British tabloids...
Platypus milk can help combat one of humanity's looming problems, antibiotic resistance, say scientists. The creatures have a duck's beak, venomous feet, one of only two mammals able to lay...
Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to field first in their 'virtual semi-final' of the NIDAHAS Trophy tri-nation T20 series on Friday. Shakib Al Hasan is back in the...
The UEFA Champion’s League draw has thrown up an all-Premier League tie with Manchester City drawn against Liverpool. Barcelona and Real Madrid go to Italy to play against Roma and...
Bangladesh has met all three criteria to consider for graduation from the least developed country (LDC) to a developing one. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam said the...
Three survivors of US-Bangla Airlines aircraft crash were admitted to burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital after their arrival from Kathmandu of Nepal. The survivors; Mehedi Hasan, his wife...
President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Tungipara of Gopalganj on Saturday. They will pay homage to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
The United Kingdom has reiterated its pledge to continue tariff-free access for Bangladeshi goods to its market after leaving the European Union. "I repeat the UK's commitment to continue tariff-free...
Indian pop star, Daler Mehndi, has been sentenced to two years in prison for smuggling migrants abroad. Mehndi and six others were accused in 2003 of cheating people of large...
NASA plans to build a huge nuclear spacecraft that is capable of blowing up dangerous space rocks and safeguarding life on Earth. The US space agency is drawing up the...
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