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At a time when the government is committed to bring entire Bangladesh including riverine Barisal under railway network, the Bangladesh Railways' (BR) utilization of only ten per cent of this...
The private sector in several discussions with the government has highlighted the issue of allotment of plots for industries to be located in Special Economic Zones (SEZs). The idea of...
An effective Asset Liability Management (ALM) demands adoption of strategic measures to manage the volume, mix, maturity, rate sensitivity, quality & liquidity of assets & liabilities in the right perspective....
Barcelona will sign Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool on a five-and-a-half year contract, the two clubs said on Saturday. British media reported that the Spanish club will pay about...
Iranian government has reportedly arrested the country's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for 'inciting unrest against the government' The former president was detained during a visit to the western city of...
The rapid spread of civil unrest in Iranian towns and cities that began in late December has taken nearly everyone - President Hassan Rouhani's reform-minded government, many citizens, and observers...
The 19th session of the 10th parliament began on Sunday afternoon with the session scheduled to conclude on February 28. President Md Abdul Hamid, while addressing the inaugural session of...
Russian forces have thwarted a drone attack on an airbase in Syria just days after reports that rebel shelling had damaged several planes, activists say. The attempt to bomb the...
Malaysia’s opposition alliance named former premier Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday as its prime ministerial candidate for a general election this year. The 'authoritarian' ran the country for two decades and...
A five-member panel of chairman was nominated by the Speaker for the 19th session of the 10th parliament on Sunday. Members of the panel are - Faruk Khan, Panchanan Biswas,...
France has sought Bangladesh's support to host the World Expo 2025 in Paris. Special envoy of the French government Pascal Lamy, also former Director General of the World Trade Organisation,...
State Minister for Information Tarana Halim has attributed her successes in immediate past assignment to strong direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and PM's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy. "I...
Thirty five policemen were injured as a bus carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch in central bus terminal area of Kushtia on Saturday night. The bus carrying 40 policemen...
A BNP-Jamaat leader who had gone into hiding in Sweden after the January 5 general elections, is behind the cases of disappearances in Bangladesh, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader...
Firefighters have brought under control a blaze that raged for two days at a shopping mall in the central Philippines, with no casualties reported, a regional fire official said on...
Dhaka bourse witnessed a moderate loss in its broad index and turnover amid a declining trend observed throughout the whole session on Sunday. On the first day of the week,...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday the country’s people and security forces had defeated unrest fomented by foreign enemies, as parliament and key security officials met to discuss the boldest...
Hundreds of poor and marginal farmers in Natore district are expecting a bumper lentil output this season. They have cultivated it well on a wider scale this season considering its...
First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) has organised a two-day long Annual Business Conference (ABC) in the city ended on Saturday. Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of FSIBL, presided...
Annual net return of the MSCI Bangladesh Index posted 17.84 per cent growth in the past calendar year. The index, created by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), measures the performance...
Sydney residents sweltered through the city’s second hottest night on record and its hottest December night in 148 years, with many cooling off at beaches long after dark. A minimum...
The securities regulator has asked the trustee of Grameen One : Scheme Two to comply with the directive issued in 2008 setting a tenure of 10 years for all closed-end...
A remote island volcano in Papua New Guinea has begun spewing ash into the air, forcing the evacuation of more than 500 residents, media and non-profit groups have said. Kadovar...
Former minister Nazmul Huda has failed to secure permission from the Appellate Division to challenge a verdict that jailed him for four years on bribery charges. Huda tried to open...
Prime Bank organised an awareness programme on “Integrity & Ethics” for the officials of Chittagong Region at Silver Spoon Hotel, Chittagong recently. Deputy Managing Director & CO-ICC & GB of...
A earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck east of Imphal, capital of India’s northeastern state of Manipur, on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of injuries...
Non-MPO teachers conveyed their gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her intervention to include them into the Monthly Payment Order (MPO) system. The teachers, after ending their five-day hunger...
Drinking alcohol may cause irreversible damage to the DNA of stem cells and increase the risk of developing certain cancers, a new study has revealed. Using genetically modified mice, British...
The cold wave sweeping over the country may continue for the next two days while the chilling condition is likely to improve from January 10. "The severe cold wave is...
Indian shares hit fresh all-time closing highs on Friday buoyed by foreign funds buying for the fourth successive day and encouraged by the overnight strength on Wall Street. Benchmark indices...
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered a monthly payment of 1,000 riyals ($267) to state employees over the next year in compensation for rising cost of living after the government...
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is expected to pay his first a three-day private visit to Bangladesh on January 15. Indian Assistant High Commissioner in Chittagong Anindya Banerjee said the...
That Bangladesh came within a whisker of winning the Country of the Year title is likely to produce a mixed feeling among its people. Mixed feeling because of the near...
We have been harping on a matter relating to the essence of the book's content since long. That is "there is corruption in every nook and cranny of our society...
The Division for Social Policy and Development Ageing of United Nations (2017) has revealed that between 2015 and 2030, the target date for the Sustainable Development Goals, the number of...
Bangladesh is undeniably the world's most disaster - prone country. Repeated disasters destroy the economic resource base of the poor people and drain out economic potentials. Effective humanitarian coordination can...
A restaurant has been fined £50,000 by magistrates for serving food on wooden boards. Birmingham City Council says the wooden plates, used by Ibrahim's Grill and Steak House in Acocks...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said that the port under construction for the coal-based power plant in Cox’s Bazar’s Moheshkhali would be converted into a...
A discord between Bangladesh Bank (BB) and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTMU) over bank-commission payment on the latest ODA loan package may delay the Japanese funding of six more important...
A musician who made a 10-hour long video of continuous white noise - indistinct electronic hissing - has said five copyright infringement claims have been made against him. Sebastian Tomczak,...
United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) and other members of the alliance of indigenous organizations has enforced a daylong road and waterway blockade in Khagrachhari district on Saturday protesting the killing...
A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)died in an accident near Bijoy Sharani Urojahaj crossing under Tejgaon thana in the city on Saturday morning. The accident occurred around 7am when...
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out forming a coalition government after visiting opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday. Zimbabwe is due to hold elections in 2018 in the first...
Pakistan’s prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, has declared himself mystified by US threats to cut off funding, saying that US financial assistance was “very, very insignificant”. In an interview with...
Dhaka North City Corporation has yet to get clearance to use land of other agencies. It has thrown the project to set up 11 U-loops at the key points of...
Financing of the budget deficit in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY18) stood at Tk 208.04 billion, according to the latest statistics of the central bank....
Happy birthday to English actor, comedian and screenwriter, Rowan Sebastian Atkinson. Best known as ‘Mr Bean’, Rowan’s rise to fame began when he starred in BBC’s sketch comedy show ‘Not the...
The country should have an action plan under its trade policy to deal with the Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) as well as Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs), which are increasingly getting prominence in...
Farmers are showing more interest in cultivating high yielding mustard in the district as it fetches them good profits. Less production cost is encouraging the farmers in cultivating mustard cultivation....
Mohammad Nasir Uddin Chowdhury, Director of LankaBangla Investments Limited, has been elected as the chairman of Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA), recently. Newly elected members of the executive committee of...
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