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The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Wednesday was expected to give final approval to a sweeping tax bill and send it to President Donald Trump to sign into law,...
Zambia's police force has scrapped plans to employ eight Chinese nationals barely 24 hours after it unveiled the scheme, following a public outcry. The new reservists were commissioned in the...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a 10-day unilateral ceasefire with communist rebels to allow Filipinos to celebrate a “stress-free” Christmas season, two weeks after peace talks with the insurgents...
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is visiting Cox's Bazar to meet displaced Rohingyas and see the situation on the ground. A special flight, carrying the Turkish PM, reached Cox's Bazar...
Stocks slipped into the red on Wednesday, with core index of the major bourse dipping below the 6,200-mark, as risk-averse investors were on selling mood. Market insiders said small investors...
Myanmar government has informed UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee that all access to the country has been denied and cooperation withdrawn during her tenure. Lee had been due to visit...
The students of Gono University in Savar are staging demonstration demanding eight departments of the university including the Business Administration Department. The students of the university, chiefly of BBA, started...
Standard Bank Limited (SBL) inaugurated 120th branch at Bhulta area of Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district on Wednesday. S A M Hossain, the Vice Chairman of the Bank, was present...
The government has started the procurement of Aman rice across the Nilphamari district. Sources from the office of the district controller of food (DC) said a total of 6941 tonnes...
The Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said that they cannot confirm the use of new EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) in the polls until Thursday. Talking to the reporters at...
Barrister Nihad Kabir, Senior Partner, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates, has been re-elected as the president of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) for 2018. Members of the chamber’s...
The US government has lifted a three-year ban on making lethal viruses in the lab, saying the potential benefits of disease preparedness outweigh the risks. Labs will now be able...
Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yildirim has called upon the international community to work jointly to send back Rohingya people to their homeland safely with all their facilities in place....
The host of a popular TV crime series has been sentenced to life in jail a New Delhi court for murdering his wife in 2000. Suhaib Ilyasi, who fronted India's...
People in Dhaka will soon be able to legally park their vehicles on designated streets and get relieved from daily parking woes. Traffic Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on...
The death of 10 people in a stampede at the entrance of a community hall where a feast was arranged on the occasion of qulkhwani of former mayor of Chittagong,...
BOGRA, Dec 20: More than 20,000 marginal vegetable growers of all the 12 upazilas in the district are dissatisfied over the low market price this season. According to the Department...
The 193-member United Nations General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the request of Arab and Muslim states on US President Donald Trump’s decision to...
Myanmar authorities have found 10 bodies buried in a mass grave on the edge of a village in Rakhine State, the military-run newspaper Myawady reported on Tuesday. The bodies were...
Gold prices were nearly unchanged early on Wednesday as the dollar held steady on expectations of a US tax overhaul. Spot gold was steady at $1,261.79 an ounce at 0051...
Asian shares were mixed Wednesday in listless trading after US stocks ended marginally lower on Tuesday that reversed the recent gains over the Republican-backed US tax bill. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei...
Hundreds of dead sharks have been found washed up on the shores of Iran's Shif island. Some fishermen catch the sharks for their fins, which are believed to have medicinal...
Stocks on both bourses witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading Wednesday as cautious investors are selling shares on sector-wise stocks ahead of year-closing. Following the previous two days’...
The country's prime seaport Chittagong ought to be turned into one of top 30 seaports in the world, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said, setting a timeline up to 2030. "I...
Government's resource mobilisation from money order, the once-popular public money transfer machinery which now turns into electronic money transfer service, dropped by more than 95 per cent in last six...
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) day is being observed on Wednesday. Several programs have been organized at its Pilkhana headquarters. BGB director general Maj Gen Abul Hossain hoisted regimental flag...
Action has been taken against an alleged Islamist terror plot in the UK that could have happened at Christmas, counter terrorism sources say. Four men were arrested early on Tuesday...
The securities regulator has approved the proposal of rights shares to be issued by Alif Manufacturing Company which was known as CMC Kamal Textile Mills. The approval came at a...
Japanese stocks slipped on Wednesday as construction shares continued to be battered amid a suspected bid-rigging scandal. Japan Display jumped on a media report the firm is discussing an investment...
Oil prices edged up on Wednesday, supported by expectations of a fall in US crude inventories and by the ongoing outage of the North Sea Forties pipeline system. US West...
At least 12 tourists have been killed after a bus carrying them from a cruise ship overturned in south-eastern Mexico, officials say. Another 18 people were injured in the crash...
Although the newly harvested onion has hit the market, the price of the spice still remained much higher, market observers said. Experts held market syndicates responsible for the higher price...
Nahee Aluminum Composite Panel is set to make its share trading debut on Sunday (December 24) on the bourses under "N" category, officials said. Nahee Aluminum will be the 36th...
China has expressed its strong opposition and concern after the Taiwan government began a probe into a tiny but passionately pro-China opposition party for national security reasons, the latest flashpoint...
Gold prices rose for a fourth day on Wednesday as expectations that the US government will enact the country's biggest tax reforms in 30 years held the dollar steady, reports...
The price of bitcoin fell more than 10 per cent on Wednesday to as low as $15,800 at a cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp. It has since pared some of the losses...
Neighbouring India and Myanmar have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Rakhine State Development Programme with an objective to restore normalcy in Rakhine State and enable the repatriation of...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a proposal of Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry to allow Biman Bangladesh Airlines to procure three aircraft from a Canadian firm. The...
Implementation rate of the annual development programme (ADP) during the July-November period of current fiscal year reached 20.11 per cent with an expenditure of Taka 329.97 billion. The rate was...
The latest data revealed by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) shows that the country’s number of total internet users at present stands at 80,166,000. BTRC on Wednesday released its statistics...
Five key challenges should be addressed to effectively implement the projects taken under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Bangladesh, according to a new study of Bangladesh Institute of Bank...
There is no limit to reforms in an economy, but many economies, after having excessive reforms towards free market, had to bring reforms to revert to state control in parts...
In its latest ranking of national brands, London-based Brand Finance, a leading independent brand valuation and strategy consultancy entity, has put Bangladesh's value at $144 billion in 2015. Brand value...
Every country has national problems, such as a dangerous loss of inclusion or a costly loss of growth. We learn that a solution does not happen without society's understanding of...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) leads the global anti-tobacco movement. In a report released on the eve of the World No Tobacco Day 2017, WHO said that smoking and other...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, made profits in the third consecutive fiscal as it registered a gross profit of Taka 1.51 billion in fiscal 2016-17. After clearing default...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu will inaugurate the 30th Industrial India Trade Fair (IITF) at Park Sarkars in Kolkata on Friday. The minister is scheduled to leave Dhaka on Thursday...
The intelligence and political analysts of the US and its Western allies have long been casting doubt on the benefits and costs of their engagement in the Middle East, particularly...
On November 27, 2017, the US Department of Commerce announced its self-initiation of anti-dumping duty and countervailing duty investigations of imports of common alloy aluminium sheet from China. Anti-dumping and...
The 19th session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at 4 pm on January 7, 2018. President Abdul Hamid summoned the session on Wednesday exercising the power bestowed...
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