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129301. Things to consider before posting onlinePublished: November 28, 2017 16:21:11

The number of internet users has incresed rapidly. Therefore, it is essential to make people aware of the dangers associated with posting things online. Here are the top 5 things...


129302. Pigeon racing in BangladeshPublished: November 28, 2017 16:14:41

The oldest domestic bird pigeons, once used as message conveyers, are now being used in racing filed in Bangladesh. "Pigeon racing is the sport with a single starting gate and...


129303. Quader urges partymen to get united ahead of electionsPublished: November 28, 2017 16:00:38

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged the party leaders and activists to get united ahead of the election and solve internal problems. The main focus of...


129304. DSEX dips below 6,300-markPublished: November 28, 2017 15:27:37

Stocks extended the losing streak for the second running session on Tuesday, with key index of the major bourse dipping below 6,300-mark, as cautious investors continued their profit booking mood....


129305. Mideast stocks mixed, Saudi firmPublished: November 28, 2017 15:19:51

Gulf stock markets were narrowly mixed in early trade on Tuesday with Saudi Arabia edging up for a fifth straight day as it was boosted by the petrochemical sector. The...


129306. Oil prices slip on OPEC uncertaintyPublished: November 28, 2017 15:05:35

Oil prices slipped in Asian trade on Tuesday amid uncertainty over a possible extension of output cuts by major crude producers. Brent futures had fallen to $63.72 a barrel by...


129307. DScE arranges pre-workshop on social transformationPublished: November 28, 2017 15:03:27

Dhaka School of Economics (DScE) has arranged a pre-workshop on “Social Transformation through Women Empowerment and Mitigate of Climate Change” recently. Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad presided over the programme.  Prof...


129308. Asian shares slide after Wall Street fallPublished: November 28, 2017 14:53:47

Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday following a sluggish post-Thanksgiving trading sessionon Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.1 per cent to 22,461.10. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost less than...


129309. ‘Afghan Taliban engage in gunfight with IS’Published: November 28, 2017 14:45:21

An Afghan official says an intense gun battle has erupted between Taliban and Islamic State affiliate insurgents in eastern Nangarhar province. Attahullah Khogyani, provincial governor's spokesman, said Tuesday that hundreds...


129310. Marcel brings home appliances for winterPublished: November 28, 2017 14:44:35

Marcel Electronics has brought new models of various sorts of home appliances to meet the extra demands of the imminent winter season. Marcel, one of the leading electronics and electrical...


129311. Four steps for financial security of womenPublished: November 28, 2017 14:42:47

Four pieces of advice can help for ensuring financial security of women . Financial Health Review Women tending to live longer than men, and years of research has proven that...


129312. Jamuna Bank inaugurates Jamalpur branchPublished: November 28, 2017 14:38:36

Jamuna Bank Limited has opened its 114th Branch in Jamalpur recently. Golam Dastagir Gazi, Bir Protik, Member of Parliament (MP), inaugurated the branch. Chairman of Jamuna Bank Foundation, Al-Haj Nur...


129313. Dictionaries to include 6 year-old boy’s proposed wordPublished: November 28, 2017 14:30:37

Oxford Dictionaries says a six-year-old Victoria boy is on his way to getting his new word added to its Oxford English Dictionary. Levi Budd, a Grade 2 student at St....


129314. No “Padmavati” ban: Indian Supreme CourtPublished: November 28, 2017 13:56:24

For the third time this month, the Supreme Court turned down a request to ban “Padmavati”. The Indian supreme court said, in a rebuke to Chief Ministers and others who...


129315. BRAC Bank signs deal with United FinancePublished: November 28, 2017 13:47:36

BRAC Bank Limited recently signed an Employee Banking Service Agreement with United Finance Limited.   Under this agreement, BRAC Bank will provide salary disbursement and all sort of retail loan...


129316. Ashwin’s record-breaking spell helps India down SLPublished: November 28, 2017 13:40:48

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin polished off Sri Lanka’s tail in the second test to help India equal their biggest victory margin and go 1-0 up in the three-match series in Nagpur...


129317. Muggers kill bike ownerPublished: November 28, 2017 13:20:59

Miscreants snatched away a motorcycle killing its owner in Nathpara Boropukur Kanda of Sadar upazila of Satkhira district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Iman Ali (55), son of...


129318. 0.49m tonnes wheat production target in Rangpur divisionPublished: November 28, 2017 13:10:22

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing over o.49 million tonnes of wheat from Rangpur division during this Rabi season. The DAE officials said the...


129319. Iraq plans to build new pipeline to export oil from Kirkuk to TurkeyPublished: November 27, 2017 00:53:28

Iraq plans to build a new pipeline that will ship oil from Kirkuk's oilfields to the Ceyhan port in Turkey, the oil ministry said on Sunday, reports Reuters. The new...


129320. Saudi Aramco, SABIC plan to build $20b oil-to-chemicals complexPublished: November 27, 2017 00:51:53

State oil giant Saudi Aramco and petrochemical producer Saudi Basic Industries Corp signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday to build a $20 billion complex converting crude oil to chemicals...


129321. Pubali Bank inaugurates 458th branch in JamalpurPublished: November 27, 2017 00:49:02

Pubali Bank Limited inaugurated the 458th branch of the bank at Melandaha Bazar in Jamalpur recently. State Minister for Textile and Jute Mirza Azam MP was present as the chief...


129322. Joypurhat, Nilphamari potato growers happy over market price as harvest startsPublished: November 27, 2017 00:47:27

JOYPURHAT, Nov 26:  The potato growers of the district are delighted for good market price this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the marginal farmers of the...


129323. Impressive profit lures peasants to grow tomato on larger scalePublished: November 27, 2017 00:46:31

RANGPUR, Nov 26: The tomato growers of Rangpur district are expecting an abundant yield of the vegetable during the current season owing to favourable weather condition. Visiting some areas of...


129324. Zaheen Spinning installs electric substationPublished: November 27, 2017 12:46:05

The board of directors of Zaheen Spinning Limited has informed that they have successfully set up electric substation which will reduce the risk of interruption in production. The board of...


129325. China city blast claims two livesPublished: November 27, 2017 00:44:58

A powerful blast on Sunday morning in China's eastern Zhejiang province brought down buildings and killed two people while injuring many others, state media reported, while police said the cause...


129326. Thousands gather in Yangon for Pope’s tripPublished: November 27, 2017 12:40:16

Thousands of Catholics gathered in Yangon on Monday after journeys by train and bus, excited to get a glimpse of Pope Francis, who begins a trip to Myanmar fraught with...


129327. Man in Dhaka ‘hacks’ mother deadPublished: November 27, 2017 12:36:23

A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her son in Dhaka’s at Dakhshin Khan on Sunday night.   The deceased was identified as Momtaj Begum (56), wife of late...


129328. NBL training course on forex endsPublished: November 27, 2017 12:35:57

An 11-day long training course titled “Foreign Exchange Risk Management & Financing in International Trade” (17th Batch) ended at National Bank Training Institute recently. A total of 40 officers from...


129329. Rajshahi housewife ‘kills self’Published: November 27, 2017 12:35:44

Anjuara Begum, wife of Mansur Rahman, hailing from Mokhmoil village of Rajshahi’s Bagmara upazila, allegedly killed herself by taking poison at her own residence in the village early Monday. Family...


129330. StanChart launches new signature lounge at HSIAPublished: November 27, 2017 12:27:46

                                                                                                                                    Standard Chartered has launched a new Signature Lounge at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka recently, said a statement. This is the Bank’s first dedicated airport lounge facility for its...


129331. China's industrial profits surge in first 10 monthsPublished: November 27, 2017 12:22:11

China's major industrial firms saw stronger profit growth, rose 23.3-per cent from one year earlier, in the first 10 months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said...


129332. Samsung Electronics shares dropPublished: November 27, 2017 12:16:52

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s shares fell more than 4 per cent to a one-month low on Monday after Morgan Stanley cut its recommendation on the South Korean tech giant, citing...


129333. Linnex receives global brand excellence awardPublished: November 27, 2017 13:13:32

Linnex, a sister concern of Bengal Group of Industries, has received the ‘Global Brand Excellence Award 2017’ in electrical durable sector as an emerging brand in world brand congress, recently....


129334. HC confirms death for 139 in BDR casePublished: November 27, 2017 17:00:09

The High Court has upheld death sentence for 139 convicts over the murders during the 2009 mutiny at the border guards’ headquarters in Dhaka. The court also confirmed life sentence...


129335. Indonesia raises Bali volcano alert to highest levelPublished: November 27, 2017 09:40:01

Fears of an imminent major eruption of Bali's Mount Agung have increased and the evacuation zone around the volcano has been widened. The Indonesian authorities have raised the state of...


129336. Government’s tax receipts fall Tk 33.55b short of Q1 targetPublished: November 27, 2017 09:46:45

Tax-revenue collection fell short of the target by Tk 33.55 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (FY). All of the three wings of the revenue board...


129337. Pope sets off for Myanmar tripPublished: November 27, 2017 09:55:19

Pope Francis has departed the Vatican for Myanmar on the first papal visit to the country that has this year been widely accused of ethnic cleansing. Focus will be likely...


129338. Barca draw at Mestalla after goal-line controversyPublished: November 27, 2017 10:05:16

Barca were denied the opener at The Mestalla as Lionel Messi’s tame shot after half an hour was spilt by goalkeeper Neto and bounced over the line before the Brazilian...


129339. Airstrikes kill dozens in SyriaPublished: November 27, 2017 10:39:30

Government airstrikes and shelling outside the Syrian capital killed at least 23 civilians, activists reported Sunday, as fighting in the area showed no signs of letting up ahead of the...


129340. Australia claim first blood in AshesPublished: November 27, 2017 10:50:24

Australia sealed a dominant 10-wicket victory before lunch on day five of the series-opening Ashes test on Monday, having chased 170 runs without loss in a blow to England’s pride....


129341. National Tubes to set up galvanising plantPublished: November 27, 2017 11:27:26

The Board of Directors of National Tubes Limited has decided to establish galvanising plant to provide service for different types of towers. The state-run engineering companies will establish galvanising plant...


129342. Bourses rise on bullish trendPublished: November 27, 2017 11:36:06

The prices of most of the shares on both bourses saw upward trend in early trading Monday, after two indexes of the main bourse hits new all-time record high on...


129343. 709 Bangladeshi students awarded in EdexcelPublished: November 27, 2017 11:49:24

Pearson’s largest qualification brand ‘Edexcel’, in collaboration with the British Council, conducted its sixth Academic Award Ceremony recently for students in Bangladesh who achieved outstanding results in their International GCSE...


129344. Mosquito coil triggers fire, killing youthPublished: November 27, 2017 11:50:10

A young man who suffered serious burn injuries in a fire at his Debarpar home in Khulshi area of Chittagong on Sunday died at a hospital on Monday morning. Police...


129345. Doubts over meeting Padma Bridge construction deadlinePublished: November 27, 2017 12:48:58

The construction work of the Padma Bridge may not be complete by the extended deadline of November 2018, according to a recent government monitoring report. In the report, the Implementation...


129346. Bangladesh slips by one notch to 147Published: November 27, 2017 12:55:23

Bangladesh has gone one notch down in the latest ICT Development Index (IDI) of International Telecommu-nications Union (ITU). It secured 147th place in this year's IDI index, one step down...


129347. Rural tourism brings fortunes for China’s less-fortunate onesPublished: November 27, 2017 13:04:08

Rural or agriculture tourism has emerged as China's most effective weapon to fight out poverty by the target-year 2020, helping myriad people out of the vicious circle of misfortune. Not...


129348. 4th Agrow Award winners honouredPublished: November 27, 2017 13:05:57

Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh honoured individuals and institutions who served as outstanding examples in the agriculture sector of Bangladesh in recent time through the fourth Agrow Award. An award giving...


129349. NSU arranges Annual Cultural EveningPublished: November 27, 2017 14:13:59

North South University Shangskritik Shangathan (NSUSS) has organised 21st Annual Cultural Evening (ACE) at North South University (NSU) central auditorium recently. They organised the event based on a theme, ‘Deyal’,...


129350. ICB’s open-ended funds do the best last weekPublished: November 27, 2017 14:20:28

In the last week ended on 23 November 2017, the best performing open-ended fund was Fourth ICB Unit Fund, which generated 1.8 per cent return in that period. The fund...