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Country's literacy rate has increased to 71 per cent from the earlier figure of 46 per cent in 2009. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal revealed the statistics in parliament on...
Bangladesh's woven garments are losing competitiveness on the global market mainly for longer lead time, poor backward linkage, and insufficient gas and port facilities, businesspeople said. Woven-wear exports to the...
Depreciating trend of the local currency against the US dollar is continuing despite the central bank's foreign currency support to the commercial banks. The exchange rate of Bangladesh Taka (BDT)...
Launching 2018 with a cover story on "The Culture Factor," the Harvard Business Review (HBR) could not have touched a more loaded concurrent issue than this. To be sure, the...
In sports specially in cricket or football, technical reasons to postpone or stay a game is always favoured by the team with higher losing probability. It is a good excuse...
Creative pursuits are activities that most of the artists prefer to carry out in private. Be one is an author, a painter or a composer, he or she prefers solitude...
UN warns more than one-half million Rohingya refugee children in Cox’s Bazar are at risk of disease outbreaks leading to many deaths during the upcoming cyclone and monsoon season. Bangladesh...
The district's Custom House has introduced a smart system in the management to facilitate import-export and goods delivery, thus give a boost to revenue earnings. Dubbed as 'folder system', the...
Djokovic won his second round match against Gael Monfils 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 in two hours and 45 minutes as the temperature hit 39C. Monfils took the first set...
India's Supreme Court has cleared the release of controversial Bollywood film Padmavat, and overturned the decision by four states to ban its screening. It has been approved by the Central...
Home Minster Asaduzzaman Khan has said action will be taken against those who were seen carrying firearms during Tuesday's clash in Narayanganj. The minister said this after inaugurating a revamped...
India has successfully tested a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), said the country's Defence Ministry on Thursday. The nuclear-capable Agni-V is believed to be India's most advanced ICBM. It was...
Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy fell sick with a low blood pressure today and was immediately taken to a hospital in Dhaka. Ivy's personal secretary Abul Hossain told...
The two-day Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) in the capital ended Thursday seeking higher assistance from the overseas development partners to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). The government of Bangladesh, development...
Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is exploring a business collaboration in the textile sector with Bangladesh. A meeting was held between senior GCCI officials and Bangladesh deputy high...
A Canadian woman has been convicted of killing her friend after police discovered the murder weapon used in a picture of the pair on social media. Cheyenne Rose Antoine, 21,...
A power sector project of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is considered a transformative milestone for rural Bangladesh. Millions of people who live in areas without any access to...
Stocks rebounded Thursday, after one-day break, as some optimistic investors went on buying spree on sector-wise large-cap stocks. Analysts said the market backed to green as investors showed their buying...
Experts have suggested Bangladesh needs to improve internal domestic efficiency, existing labour force and financial sector to cope with the challenges they might face once it gets out of the...
BRAC Bank Limited has organised a sale convention to celebrate its outstanding achievement in retail assets and liability sales in 2017. In recognition of extraordinary performance, the privately-owned bank also...
Neymar netted four goals and Edinson Cavani became Paris St Germain’s joint top scorer ever as the runaway League 1 leaders demolished visitors Dijon 8-0 on Wednesday. Brazilian forward Neymar,...
Detectives have arrested three suspected muggers from the city’s Badda and Jatrabari areas in connection with mugging of Tk 4.00 million from a garment employee of Uttara. The arrestees are...
Infor, a leading provider of industry-specific cloud applications, Thursday announced that SBS Logistics Singapore Pte Ltd achieved significant improvement in operational efficiencies, cost savings and quality assurance with the implementation...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday received donation and blankets for her Relief and Welfare Fund at a simple ceremony held in the capital. Twenty government and private organisations and...
A Palestinian man has been killed in a clash that broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Palestine’s’ north West Bank city Jenin, sources said Thursday. The operation, including...
South Korean policymakers joined the global chorus of virtual-coin critics on Thursday, saying Seoul is considering shutting down domestic virtual currency exchanges as the new breed of market exposes users...
Bangladesh Thai Aluminium, which raised Tk 523.34 million through rights shares, installed machinery to enhance production capacity. The company has successfully installed the 4th extrusion press, anodization plant-2, substation and...
Qatar Airways announced that it has extended its global sales campaign for an additional three days until tomorrow (Friday) offering passengers amazing deals on fares across all classes to more...
Newly elected Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation Mostafizar Rahman has taken oath of office. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at her office on Thursday. LGRD and Cooperatives Minister...
The Department of Patent, Design and Trademark (DPDT) has launched its online application service. Industry Minister Amir Hossain Amu inaugurated the service on Thursday at a ceremony at BIAM Foundation...
Oil prices rose on Thursday on a reported decline in US crude inventories, and as rebels in Nigeria threatened to attack the country’s petroleum infrastructure. However, prices stayed below recent...
WhatsApp has finally rolled out a new feature for iOS users where they can play YouTube videos right within the instant messaging app. Beginning Thursday, when a friend sends a...
The High Court (HC) on Thursday stayed for four weeks the elections to Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) ward councilor posts and reserved seats in 18 new wards. A two-member...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denied influencing a regulator’s decision to revoke the license of a news website known for challenging his government, but lashed out strongly at what he called...
Stakeholders in a meeting Monday sought incentives for leather goods to expand country's export-base. The meeting was held between BUILD (Business Initiative Leading Development and LFMEAB (Leathergoods and Footwear Manufacturers...
Brent crude oil prices held near $70 a barrel on Tuesday, a level not seen since 2014's dramatic market slump. Prices have been driven up by production curbs in OPEC...
A new analysis denies the popular beliefs that large earthquakes tend to happen during certain phases of the moon or at certain times during the year. The study, published in...
The launching ceremony of Financial Inclusion Network-Bangladesh (FIN-B) will be held Thursday at 9.00 am at PKSF Auditorium, PKSF Bhaban, Agargaon, Dhaka. FIN-B will develop, share and disseminate knowledge and expertise...
Three people have been killed and more than 50 injured Wednesday morning when a coach bus hit a freight truck on Guangzhou-Kunming Highway in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,...
A new minister has been appointed in the UK to help tackle the loneliness endured by an estimated nine million adults. Tracey Crouch, the minister for sport and civil society,...
Southeast Asian stock markets were mostly muted on Wednesday in line with broader Asia as Wall Street took a breather after its record-setting run. Broader Asian stocks came off an...
A three-day winter festival titled ‘Him Utshob’ will begin at Jahangirnagar University on Thursday. “Poromporay Amra”, a cultural organisation, will arrange the festival to be held at Cafateria and Zahir...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) will be barred from getting work in Bangladesh in future as it bribed some government officials here. "No, they cannot,"...
A good number of beekeepers from different villages of the district are making good profit from the sale of honey this season. The price of their produced fresh honey is...
Farmers of the district are passing busy time as Boro cultivation is going on in full swing. According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, around 1,59,000 hectares of...
Big entrepreneurs shy away from reinvesting their profit in new ventures or limiting necessary expansions in fear of huge monetary losses under Bangladesh's 'complex' multilayered dividend-taxation system. Such a revelation...
The outflow of Bangladeshi skilled workers surged by more than 36 per cent last year compared with a year ago helped by the government efforts, officials said. A total of...
The High Court has stayed the Dhaka North City Corporation by- polls scheduled for February 26, that will be held to fill the seat of deceased mayor Annisul Huq. The...
Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho has retired from football, although he has not played an official game since 2015. Ronaldinho, 37, was part of the triumphant Brazil 2002 World Cup...
The country’s trade deficit with India stood at $5.47 billion in the past fiscal year (FY17) mainly due to a surge in imports from the next door neighbour. Merchandise import...
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