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Bangladesh and Bhutan initiated negotiations for free trade and transit under bilateral arrangements to augment paltry business transactions between the two countries. Meanwhile, a four-nation sub-regional connectivity deal has been...
Alarm bells rang louder Saturday from economists' meet for immediate reform to restore discipline in Bangladesh's banking system, seen largely ridden with irregularities. Financial-market analysts made the clarion call for...
The Myanmar military accused of ethnic cleansing against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, has been invited back as an observer in a major multinational military exercise next year led by...
A federal judge in Seattle partially blocked US President Donald Trump’s newest restrictions on refugee admissions on Saturday, the latest legal defeat for his efforts to curtail immigration and travel...
Property market in Beijing held steady in November with second-hand home prices edging for seven consecutive months, according to a government report. The statement was included in a report on...
The Iranian parliament has recognised Jerusalem as "eternal capital of Palestine" and approved a draft legislation in this regard. Iran's State TV said some 187 out of 233 lawmakers in...
Stocks on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading Sunday as optimistic investors are showing their buying appetite on selective issues ahead of year-closing. Following the previous...
The government on Sunday filed a review petition seeking cancellation of the full verdict of the Supreme Court that upheld a High Court judgment scraping the 16th constitutional amendment. The...
Turkey said on Sunday that 2,756 people were dismissed from their jobs in public institutions including soldiers, teachers, and ministry personnel over links to “terror” organisations. The dismissed personnel were...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said her party wants to participate in the general next election under a non-party neutral government. "We want multiparty democracy to be restored in the country...
Stocks on both bourses failed to stay positive trend at midday Sunday as risk-averse investors went on selling spree on sector-wise stocks ahead of year-closing. However, Nahee Aluminum Composite Panel,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed the hope that Bangladesh Navy would turn into a builder force from a buyer one gradually. The government has taken various steps to this end,...
Bangladesh clinched the title of the inaugural edition of SAFF Under-15 Women's Championship beating India on Sunday. The hosts were earlier leading India 1-0 at the end of the first...
China has shut down or revoked the licenses of more than 13,000 illegal websites since 2015. Wang Shengjun, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress disclosed...
Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed retired army boss Constantino Chiwenga and veteran politician Kembo Mohadi as the ruling party’s vice presidents. The appointments paved the way for the...
Jimmy Kimmel has released the first promo for the upcoming Oscar ceremony and the TV host has asked for good ratings and a "jetpack" from the fans. This will be...
Stocks witnessed yet another bearish session Sunday with sluggish trading activities as investors were mostly cautious ahead of year-ending. Brokers said retail investors remained cautious about fresh exposure to the...
The employees of BRAC Bank Limited distributed blankets among the cold-affected people in three districts recently. Senior officials of the bank, in assistance with the local administration, distributed 3,150 blankets...
AB Bank Limited has recently provided financial assistance to 'Dipto Shimanto' - a school for autistic children, run by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). Moshiur Rahman Chowdhury, President & Managing...
The world's largest amphibious aircraft, China's AG600, has made a successful one-hour maiden flight. The plane, roughly the size of a Boeing 737 but with four turboprop engines, lifted off...
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said 73 per cent of Rohingyas are now living in new spontaneous settlements. IOM's newly-released Needs and Population Monitoring (NPM) Round 7 assessed...
A BNP leader living in Sweden is responsible for the recent incidents of enforced disappearances and murders, claimed Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader. The minister also said that...
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the members of Bangladesh Under-15 Women's Football team for achieving victory against India in inaugural edition of the SAFF U-15...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are inherently considered risky financing option for financial institutions (banks and non-bank financial institutions) around the world. This is due to their unstructured and low...
The recent visit of Pope Francis to Bangladesh and the interest taken by the Christian community with regard to the travails being faced by the Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar...
Officers providing security protection to the president and other senior political leaders have been reminded to make sure their security convoys comply with traffic rules, without compromising the safety and...
Javed Ali (55), a pharmacy shop owner has been killed as a pickup van collided head-on with an easy-bike in Hajamtola area of Shalikha upazila on Magura-Jessore road early Sunday....
The latest UN sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade against the country, North Korea’s foreign ministry said on Sunday, threatening...
Train services across the country suffered massive schedule mismatch on Saturday, amid ongoing foggy weather and extra pressure of passengers. The trains of different routes were 3.0 to 8.0 hours...
Venezuela has expelled the Brazilian ambassador to Caracas, Ruy Pereira, and Canadian charge d'affaires Craib Kowalik. The move was announced by the head of Venezuela's powerful Constituent Assembly, Delcy Rodriguez....
The caption of the picture says that many commuters look at the girl calling passengers to get on board a double-decker bus in disbelief. Not only commuters but also readers...
At least 21 garment workers were injured as a bus overturned at Shimrail intersection on Chittagong Road in Narayanganj city early Sunday. Quoting witnesses, police said a bus, carrying mostly...
Real Madrid’s hopes of retaining their La Liga title appeared to be fading fast as goals from Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Aleix Vidal propelled the Catalans to a 3-0...
Members of Department of Narcotics Control arrested a college principal with ten pieces of Yaba tablets from Kharail village in Mohanpur upazila of Rajshahi on Saturday. The detainee was identified...
Bangladesh has recently made inroads into India's readymade garments (RMG) market with the goods and services tax (GST) facility. Bangladesh’s RMG export to India from July to November jumped by...
The signing of the terms of reference (ToR) by Bangladesh and Myanmar, on Tuesday last, to form a joint working group (JWG) in a bid to start the repatriation process...
Construction of a 128-kilometre Dohazari-Ghundum railway line via Cox's Bazar is set to start next month with completion of the land acquisition process in two or three weeks. The land...
The Myanmar leader should be cut from Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, critics insist. It is one of the most popular children’s books of 2017, a collection of stories...
All attention, undeniably, is now focused on the country's banking sector. A large space of newspapers and most part of deliberations made at seminars and symposiums are now spent on...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has intensified security measures in the capital on the Christmas eve. DMP has increased the number of check posts in different city streets besides ensuring strict...
Bad loans and high inflation jacked up bank-interest rates persistently until recently, thus inflating cost of credit and deflating investment and economic growth. A researcher placed such findings in a...
One of the stark realities of life is that the health-related expenditure does contribute to the pauperisation process, perhaps beyond the perception of most people of the country. This is...
Fire swept through a shopping mall in the Philippines killing at least 37 people, most of them workers at a call center, city government officials said on Sunday. The vice...
Al-Qaeda has now urged Bangladeshi Muslims to start 'jihad' against Myanmar army to liberate the Arakan (Rakhine state) for Rohingya population. A 'fighter' of the banned outfit's subcontinent branch Muhammad...
For nearly seven decades of a tumultuous century, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has served as a beacon of hope worldwide. But some of its finely crafted provisions have...
With barely a week to go, some 200,000 more Bangladeshis have been lined up to be sent abroad with employment taking the total tally in this year to 1.1 million....
Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) has awarded scholarship to 3,019 students who passed HSC/Equivalent Examination in 2017 and studying at Graduation level in different universities or colleges of the country. The...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Grameen Bank (GB) has bounced back and it has been doing well now. On Sunday, he said this when...
University of Liberal Arts (ULAB)’s Department of English and Humanities organised a two day conference titled ‘Refugees in the Public Imagination: Discourse on (Dis)location and (Dis)placement’ on Friday and Saturday....
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny says he has gathered enough nominations to challenge Vladimir Putin in March's presidential polls. His supporters met in 20 cities across the country to secure...
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