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Slower rates of labour force growth in Singapore are unavoidable, the city-state’s central bank head said on Monday, and any attempt to completely offset it by increasing foreign workers is...
Stocks witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Monday amid slow trend as many investors remained followed cautious stance ahead of monetary policy announcement. Following the previous day’s...
A panda couple has been flown to Finland from China through climate neutral transportation. DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, made the...
In a move that could revolutionise the way people buy groceries, Amazon opens its first supermarket without checkouts - human or self-service - to shoppers on Monday. Amazon Go, in...
Share price of Imam Button Industries Limited is soaring without any price sensitive information (PSI) as the company’s price surged 13.67 per cent within four trading days. In the last...
Despite the growth of sophisticated cyber threats globally, Google has said that less than 10 per cent of active Gmail users have enabled two-factor authentication making the remaining 90 per...
Nine workers, including three Bangladeshis, were killed and six others injured in a road accident in Al-Baha province of Saudi Arabia on Saturday evening. The Bangladeshi nationals were identified as...
Bangladesh Jute Association (BJA) has requested the government to withdraw the restriction on export of raw jute in the name of uncut BTR and BWR to protect their interests. The...
Walton has started its computer production plant, the first-ever computer manufacturing plant in Bangladesh, at its Digi-Tech Industries in Gazipur’s Chandra, recently. Mustafa Jabbar, posts, telecommunications and information technology minister,...
Around 19 per cent of the remittances received by the beneficiaries are invested in real estate, to be precise, purchase of liveable land and flats. The latest report of a...
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) conducted a drive against sales of ‘filtered’ water jars without its approval at Motijheel and Paltan neighbourhoods in Dhaka on Monday. A mobile...
Philippe Coutinho could make his Barcelona debut against former club Espanyol in next week's Copa del Rey second leg at the Nou Camp. Espanyol hold a surprise 1-0 lead from...
Africa's policymakers understand that strong economic and political leadership is essential to growth and stability. For years, African economies have fared better than expected, owing to a commitment to improving...
At least five people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo during demonstrations on Sunday across the country against delayed elections and the continuation of Joseph Kabila’s presidency....
Ten months of the 2017-18 fiscal year marked 13,400 tonnes of rice import from Myanmar through the Maungtaw Trade Zone. Up to January 14, 2017-2018 FY in Myanmar, some 13420...
Bangladesh and other four members of Myanmar are eager to see the progress made so far on the ground in the Rakhine Sate as Rohingya repatriation reaches final stage. Bangladesh...
Five listed companies have displayed mixed performance in October-December, 2017 compared to same period of the previous year. The companies are Alltex Industries, Eastern Housing, CVO Petrochemical Refinery, Delta Spinners...
Oishi of Sunamganj jointly became champion with Sumona of Dhaka in the Channel i Shera Kontho-2017, a musical talent hunt, reports UNB. The grand finale of the 6th session of...
Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez both scored twice as Barcelona thumped Real Betis on Sunday to move 11 points clear at the top of La Liga. The visitors scored all...
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has ordered withdrawal of all baby food items, manufactured by French dairy group Lactalis, from the country's market due to bacterial contamination. BFSA, through a...
The two-day meeting of the Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) in Dhaka last week brought to the fore some bitter truths about the economic scenario of the country. A picture of...
Bangladesh cities are growing at a rapid pace. About one-fourth of the population, as per census of 2011, resides in urban areas. The most recent guesstimates say that urban population...
US stock futures, Asian equities and the dollar pulled back slightly on Monday after the US government was forced to shut down amid a dispute between President Donald Trump and...
At last the admission that the University of Dhaka granted affiliation to seven government colleges in the city without any preparation comes. After what has happened over the mess, there...
ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) would carry out exploration in an offshore block (SS-09) by April this year, after being encouraged by the findings of 2D seismic surveys conducted earlier, said...
Davos conjures images of lofty mountain peaks, snow, ski-slopes, and a holidaying resort with well-managed bungalows. It is an ideal setting to breathing new air or launching society-enhancing projects. Adding...
At least 13 people, including a newborn, were killed on Sunday when a landslide pushed a bus into a ravine in southwest Colombia, the disaster relief agency said. The mountainous...
The Square Pharmaceuticals dominated the premier bourse's transaction chart for the third consecutive session on Sunday as the top 10 traded companies accounted for 36 per cent of the turnover....
Social media is comparatively a new form of communication around the world. This has rapidly grown in importance as a forum for political activism in its diverse forms. Social media...
Three people have been killed and 18 others wounded after a motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in Thailand’s southern Yala province on Monday, said a spokesman for the Internal...
Share price of Beximco Synthetics is soaring without any price sensitive information (PSI) as the company's price surged further by 7.69 per cent Sunday. In the last one month, the...
A US government shutdown will enter its third day on Monday as Senate negotiators failed to reach a deal late on Sunday on Democrats’ demand for legislation protecting “Dreamers,” young...
A business delegation from Nepal has expressed the interest to use the seaport here for exporting their goods to third countries. They wanted to take advantage of the empty containers...
Taxmen have detected a number of forged tax clearance certificates at field-level tax offices that were prepared with the support of vested quarters including tax practitioners and supporting tax officials,...
BOGRA, Jan 22: People of fixed-income group of the district are worried due to high price of all kinds of vegetable. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office source said...
State-appointed defence counsel of BNP's Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman has started presenting its arguments in the August 21 grenade attack case. The lawyer, Abul Kalam Akhtar Hossain, presented arguments...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith urged Norway to invest in Bangladesh’s leather and pharmaceutical sectors. Muhith also said that Bangladesh offering various incentives to foreign investors for attracting Foreign Direct Investment...
Youth Development Department has trained some 2.1 million youths on different trades across the country in last eight years. The information was revealed as State Minister for Youth and Sports...
The United States will open its embassy in Jerusalem before the end of 2019, announced US Vice President Mike Pence on Monday at the Israeli parliament. The US vice president...
Traders of capital's New Market have called off their protests against a second floor expansion at the market after getting the assurances of local lawmaker. Hundreds of traders, under the...
The Digital ICT Fair-2018 is set to begin on February 7 at Multiplan Centre in Dhaka aiming to spread digital literacy among mass people. The 9th edition of this fair,...
In the fiscal 2016-17, import volume from Indonesia was $1.12 billion, while the export volume was only $46.39 million. So in a bid to minimise that deficit, Bangladesh is set...
The country's telecom regulator has at long last cleared the way for introduction of super-fast net service from March next. It has received five applications for licence to roll out...
A Dhaka University student has lost his both legs in an accident while trying to board a moving train in Sirajganj. The DU student, Shafiqul Islam Shanto (22), has been...
The government will take legal steps against the two education ministry officials detained by law enforcers, said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid. “Law enforcers have detained them so there must...
Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) has organised a training course at its Karwan Bazar Training Institute in Dhaka city, recently. The BDBL arranged the five-day training course on ‘SME Financing...
For the last seven days Pabitra Nandi has been micro-managing every detail of their wedding, exactly how he did five decades ago. From finalising the menu to ordering the garland...
Stocks extended the winning streak for the third running session on Monday as optimistic investors showed their buying appetite on sector-wise large-cap issues. Brokers said the market ended higher amid...
Julphar Bangladesh Limited, a pharmaceutical company, has organised its annual conference at Hotel Sea Palace in Cox’s Bazar, recently. The sister concern of the Middle East’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer held...
Defending champion Roger Federer eased through to the Australian Open quarter-finals with a straight-set win over Hungary's Marton Fucsovics. The 19-time Grand Slam winner is yet to lose a set...
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