Outgoing president of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) has handed over charge of the IBCCI to the newly elected president of the chamber Abdul Matlub Ahmad, recently. He...
Three fortune seeker adolescents, who went to the neighbouring India three years back in search of better jobs, have returned home. The adolescents, aged between 14 and 16, were kept...
A daylong training session entitled “Prevention of Money Laundering and Combating Financing on Terrorism”, organised by Bank Asia was held recently in Chittagong. Participants of the training programme were officials...
India’s benchmark 10-year bond fell to its lowest level in more than 16 months on Wednesday, while shares weakened after unexpectedly high November consumer inflation created the prospect the Reserve...
Stocks backed to the red Wednesday, after a single-day break, as ongoing pessimism weighed on investors’ confidence. Brokers said the market returned to downturn amid lack of direction and persistent...
A Japanese businessman diagnosed with terminal cancer has thrown a huge party to say thank you and goodbye. Satoru Anzaki invited about 1,000 guests including friends, former school mates, business...
The Israeli military says it has carried out airstrikes in Gaza is response to rocket fire toward southern Israel. The military says it struck a Hamas military compound in southern...
Japan’s Panasonic Corp and Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday they will consider jointly developing batteries for electric vehicles. The move could help Panasonic extend its lead as the world’s...
New York bombing suspect Akayed Ullah, gave a leaflet of militant leader Jasim Uddin to his wife and asked her to read it in September last. It indicated that he...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged terrorists along with arms from Namajgram area of Puthia upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday night. The detainees were identified as Mahmudul...
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has sacked four ministers, including those with the foreign affairs and energy portfolios, his office said in a statement late on Tuesday. No reasons were given...
A window fell from a US helicopter onto a school sports field near a US Marines air base on Okinawa on Wednesday, the Marines said, the latest in a series...
Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday following overnight gains on Wall Street as investors looked ahead to a likely US interest rate hike. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.3 per...
President Vladimir Putin sought to save his ally from imminent collapse and break Russia’s international isolation over a crisis in Ukraine at the time of launching a military campaign in...
The Hong Kong share market was firm on Wednesday ahead of a widely expected interest rate hike from the US Federal Reserve. The sub-index of the Hang Seng index tracking...
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School is now accepting applications for its new Master of Science in Management (Master in Management) degree programme says a Media OutReach...
China stocks dipped slightly as financial shares weighed. At 04:05 GMT, the Shanghai Composite index was down 3.98 points or 0.12 per cent at 3,276.83. The blue-chip CSI300 index was down...
Australian shares inched up to a two-week high on Wednesday as financial shares rose in line with their US peers. The real estate sector was bumped up by shopping centre...
Consumer staples and healthcare stocks pulled down New Zealand shares on Wednesday. New Zealand shares clocked their biggest intraday loss in a week. The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.5...
Chris Gayle having his legs slightly apart with the bat over his head in his follow through and watching the ball sail over the long-on fielder was one of the...
An international exhibition centre which was supposed to be completed by November 2018 will now be ready as a permanent venue for trade fair at Purbachal in 2021, officials said....
SIRAJGANJ, Dec 11: A good number of poor people in the district are now self-reliant by rearing duck at their homestead. The district livestock office source said some 1,200 people...
RANGPUR, Dec 11: Johra Begum (30), wife of Sabir Mia at Char Nazirdaho village in Kawnia upazila of the district had been struggling a lot owing to acute poverty even...
PABNA, Dec 11: The farmers of Ishwardi upazila under the district are hopeful of making a good profit from the sale of okra as they are getting satisfactory production this...
LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters): The gap between benchmark German and US 10-year bond yields was close to its widest since April on Monday as the fiscal and policy paths of...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized some 2.5 tonnes of low-quality Indian smuggled tea from Amrakhali area of Benapole on Monday night. Lieutenant Colonel Ariful Hoque, Commanding Officer of...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested five leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) along with 5 bottles of liquor from Daulatpur Patabaja border area in Kasba upazila...
Hidden software that can record every letter typed on a computer keyboard has been discovered pre-installed on hundreds of HP laptop models. Security researcher Michael Myng found the keylogging code...
Japanese stocks rose slightly on Tuesday morning in choppy trade supported by gains in financial stocks, mining shares and shippers, with investors on tenterhooks ahead of Fed policy meeting. The...
Australian shares rose to a near two-week high on Tuesday, supported by materials stocks on the back of higher commodity prices, while financials extended gains into their fifth consecutive session....
Country's export industries enjoyed import-tax benefit worth Tk 348 billion through special bonded warehouse (SBW) facility alone last fiscal year, and RMG took almost all. Such a finding came in...
Farmers Bank Limited (FBL) that saw a management shakeup recently is getting a Tk 5.0-billion bailout to enhance its capital to a universally-accepted benchmark. The central bank gave permission Monday...
The government is contemplating to provide state-run Petrobangla with an initial revolving fund of Tk 54.82 billion to facilitate importing LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) for meeting the country's growing demand...
A would-be suicide bomber’s rush-hour blast in the heart of the New York City subway system failed to cause the bloodshed he intended, authorities said, but it gave new fuel...
The Philippines bank through which $81 million stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank was channelled in February 2016 has accused Dhaka’s monetary authority of covering up its negligence and demanded that...
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka bourse rose 72 per cent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2017, as overseas investors poured more funds into stocks, anticipating positive market...
President Md Abdul Hamid has arrived in Istanbul to attend a special summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the US’s controversial decision to recognise Jerusalem as...
Yidan Prize presents the inaugural Yidan Prize Summit to navigate effective ways to develop education for impelling mankind into an era of human-machine inter reliance to equip the new generation....
The country’s apparel industry, despite emerging as the largest exporting sector, has yet to prove appealing to the graduates. “It is unfortunate that our young generation after completing their graduation...
Nothing moves forward in this country without a tragedy taking the nation off guard. It was only after thousands of workers perished in Rana Plaza collapse and other deadly factory...
Production of rice in Bangladesh may decline marginally this year mainly due to negative impact of flood, according to the latest forecast of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of...
European governments are “complicit” in grave human rights violations in Libya through their support for authorities there that often work with people smugglers and torture refugees and migrants, Amnesty International...
The Bangladeshi man suspected of trying to bomb one of New York City’s busiest commuter hubs had no criminal record in his home country which he last visited in September,...
A special prayer was offered Monday at ZH Sikder University of Science & Technology ground at Kartikpur in the district of Shariatpur on the occasion of the death anniversary of...
The expanded national emergency services through using toll-free hotline number '999' across the country have begun. Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy inaugurated the services at a function...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to extend its support to assist Bangladesh’s effort to be a developed country. “You (ADB) should come forward with higher...
Women were shut out of the directors race at the 2018 Golden Globe nominations on Monday, while Ridley Scott’s scramble to reshoot “All the Money in the World” led to...
The Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) said that the growth of the Southeast Asian country’s garment industry will slow down next year. Concerns about the impact of next year’s...
Both the Dhaka Stocks Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stocks Exchange (CSE) rebounded on Tuesday after four days of declines as optimistic investors went on buying spree. DSEX, the prime...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Tuesday said the Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate exam results will be published on Dec 30, According to convention, the education minister, alongside...
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