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The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has honoured Managing Director and CEO of Islami Bank Bangladesh Md Abdul Hamid Miah as the highest tax payer in the banking sector. Fazle...
United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) has opened its 171st branch at Balasur in Munshiganj. Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, Chairman of the company’s executive committee, inaugurated the opening ceremony of the branch on...
The International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday handed down death penalty to six Gaibandha war crimes convicts for committing war crimes during the 1971 liberation war. Those convicted are Jamaat's former...
Uber Technologies Inc failed to disclose a massive breach last year that exposed the data of some 57 million users of the ride-sharing service, the company’s new chief executive officer...
Bangladesh and Myanmar on Wednesday began their long-sought two-day talks with high hopes that it will yield outcomes to sign an MoU enabling both the countries to start the repatriation...
Khulna Titans registered the 4th win in their 7th match of the seven-team franchised-based Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Cricket beating lowly Rajshahi Kings by two wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla...
Non-performing loans (NPLs) in Bangladesh's banking sector surged over Tk 800-billion mark for the first time at the end of September last. According to the latest statistics from the central...
A suicide bomber killed at least 50 people in northeastern Nigeria on Tuesday in an attack on a mosque which bore the hallmarks of a faction of the Islamist militant...
Bangladesh requires some 20-30 per cent more new electricity connections every year to achieve the universal access to electricity by the year 2030. The projection has been made in the...
Police arrested four suspected hundi traders along with Tk 3.35 million from Shymlagachi area on Benapole-Jessore Highway on Tuesday night. The arrestees were identified as Anis Sheikh (26), son of Mohammad...
The government has offered separate plots to worship centres in an effort to relocate them from grabbed river shores, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan has said. Khan made the announcement on...
BNP picked its Rangpur city unit BNP president Kausar Zaman Babla as its mayoral candidate in the Rangpur City Corporation polls slated for December 21. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul...
Cristiano Ronaldo broke another Champions League record on Tuesday as holders Real Madrid thrashed Apoel Nicosia to qualify for the last 16. Ronaldo scored twice in the second half to...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained two drug traders along with 20 kilograms of hemps from a paddy field at Benapole on Tuesday night. Lt Col Ariful Haque, commanding...
The signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Myanmar and Bangladesh titled 'Arrangement on Return of Displaced Persons from Rakhine State' is expected on Thursday. Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH...
Dhaka Stocks Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stocks Exchange (CSE) have witnessed rise in early session as optimistic investors went back on the buying spree on Wednesday. DSE prime index DSEX...
The World Health Organisation(WHO) has said 62 per cent of the water drawn from wells at Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar is contaminated with high levels of bacteria, including...
“The flights were suspended because “business was not good”. He declined to comment on when flights might resume, said an official in the company’s Beijing-based press office, who only gave...
Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury on Wednesday said EC has no plan to deploy Army in the upcoming Rangpur City Corporation election. “Regular law enforcing agencies are...
Diabetic patients will be relieved to know that they need not totally remove their favourite foods from their to-eat list.There are a few ways to achieve normal and stable blood...
An aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers crashed into the Pacific Ocean Wednesday while on the way to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the Navy said. The Japan-based 7th...
Dhaka and Chittagong stocks edged higher on Wednesday, the penultimate day of the capital market this week. DSEX, prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) advanced 7.45 points or 0.11...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has started procedure for adding four aircraft to its fleet to increase the domestic flight frequency to all the seven domestic routes of the country. The national...
The government has signed agreements with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for US$300 million in loans to help upgrade the Dhaka-Northwest international trade corridor in Bangladesh. The assistance forms the...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the mystery behind the murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu would be unearthed soon. "CID is investigating into the sensational murder case to unearth...
King Salman bin-Abdul Aziz, the octogenarian ruler of Saudi Arabia, has announced to abdicate the throne in favour of his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin-Salman. It came as a bolt...
The Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations under eight general education boards for the year 2018 are going to start from the 1st of February. The Ministry of Education announced...
Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has been jailed for life for genocide and other atrocities in the 1990s Bosnian war. Known as the "Butcher of Bosnia", Mladic led forces...
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has announced Wednesday to put his resignation at the request of country's President Michel Aoun Hariri's decision eased a crisis that had deepened tensions in...
Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase has approved import of 100,000 metric tons of non-Bashmoti parboil rice from open market. As per the proposal of the Food Ministry, the Food Directorate will...
Chinese ambassador Ma Mingqiang has said that a large inexpensive labour force and geographic location have increased Bangladesh’s possibility of becoming a manufacturing hub. "You (Bangladesh) have big potentials of...
Pope Francis will meet the Myanmar’s army chief and some Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, both late additions to a tour of the two countries next week. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke...
Skype, Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) internet phone call and messaging service, has disappeared from app stores in China including that of Apple Inc (AAPL.O), indicating the latest setback for a foreign...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the authorities of Islamic University to uphold the studentship of 88 deprived students who got enrolled under F unit admission test. A five-member Appellate...
Lebanese PM Saad Hariri has arrived back in Beirut for the first time since announcing his resignation in Saudi Arabia more than two weeks ago. Mr Hariri was greeted at...
US stocks jumped on Tuesday, pushing all three major indexes to record closing highs, led by gains in this year’s top-performing technology sector. Healthcare stocks also rose after bullish results...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that their eyes turned dry after shedding tears during BNP regime. "Our eyes have turned dry after shedding tears as 21,000 leaders and...
An alleged member of a forest robber gang was killed during a 'gunfight' with Police in Vayrar Khal area in Koyra upazila of Khulna on Tuesday night. Officer-in-Charge of Koyra...
Asian shares joined a global rally and scaled a fresh decade peak on Wednesday as strong world growth and rising corporate profits lured hordes of investors into equities, while oil...
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday underscored the need for ensuring five per cent contribution of the blue economy to the GDP to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....
David Cassidy, a singer and actor whose androgynous features and jaunty voice made him a 1970s teen heartthrob on the “The Partridge Family” television show, died on Tuesday at age...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has found inspiration in the downfall of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe. Terming the incumbent Awami League-led government as a 'heavy stone', the BNP...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives rescued 15 people, including six males, six females and three children from Shadipur and Gathipara bordering areas at Benapole on Tuesday...
Bangladesh has reminded China of offering duty and quota-free market access of 17 more products to facilitate exports to the East Asian nation, officials said. The reminder was given on...
Standard Bank Limited signed an agreement recently with BDPEER Limited, a Co-location Service Provider for setting up Standard Bank Limited Disaster Recovery Center, said a statement. SBL Deputy Managing...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has made significant progress in its investigation into money laundering (ML), which will be disclosed in time, said NBR Chairman Md Nojibur Rahman on...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has said the Least Development Countries (LDCs) need to invest at least $12 billion to gain universal access to electricity by 2030. "To achieve...
The People’s University of Bangladesh (PUB) has got new Vice Chancellor recently. President Abdul Hamid appointed Dhaka University's Philosophy Department Professor Dr AKM Salauddin as the vice chancellor of the...
M. I. Cement Factory Ltd (Crown Cement) Wednesday donated Tk 0.5 million to the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) as part of corporate social responsibility activities, said...
Ever since the proclamation of 21st November as the World Television Day by the United Nations in December 1996, the status of the sarcastically called idiot box has plummeted. One...
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