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Many fast-food shops, bakeries, restaurants and retail outlets in Dhaka avoid issuing electronic cash register (ECR)-generated pay-slips to evade VAT payment, as monitors look on, sources said. Lack of awareness...
The party of Zimbabwe's embattled President Robert Mugabe is to begin moves to impeach him. A Zanu-PF official said a motion to strip him of the presidency would be presented...
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tueday paid their tribute to members of the Armed Forces, who made their supreme sacrifices in the War of Liberation, by...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has said that former cricketer and one of its directors Khaled Mahmud Sujon is likely to serve as the interim coach of Bangladesh national team. Nazmul...
Remarkable progress has been made on HIV treatment over the past 15 years, with about 57 percent of all the people worldwide living with HIV currently on treatment, according to...
, The European Union has called for steps to ensure voluntary, safe and dignified return of Rohingyas to their places of origin in Rakhine State. The High Representative of the...
A three-month-old baby girl went missing from a ward under medicine department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early Tuesday. “Some unidentified miscreants stole the baby girl, Zim, from her...
Stocks witnessed positive trend in early trading on Tuesday as investors are active on sector specific issues, after DSEX, and DSES hit all time high on Monday. The key index...
Humanitarian organisation World Vision on Monday stressed the need for more assistance of food, shelters and healthcare for thousands of Rohingya children who are taking refuge in Bangladesh fleeing violence...
SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Nov. 21, 2017--S&P Global Ratings today assigned its preliminary 'B' long-term foreign currency rating to the planned U.S. dollar-denominated sukuk (trust certificates) issuance by The Third...
Bangladesh has participated in the International Finance Forum 2017 Annual conference in China, said a statement. The International Finance Forum (IFF) is an independent, non-profit and nongovernmental international organization, founded...
Former Australian speedster Jason Gillespie has been named as the new head coach of the English county side Sussex. The 42-year-old, who coached Yorkshire to the County Championship title in...
Beyonce’s hit album “Lemonade” and world tour made her the highest-paid woman in music in 2017, according to an annual Forbes list on Monday, edging out Britain’s Adele and pop...
A leader of Feni district Awami League has blamed lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari for recent attack on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's convoy last month. Azharul Haque Arzu, a leaders of...
A man was killed as a truck hit his locally made vehicle in Jadovpur road area in Meherpur district town on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Akbar Ali...
An uncommon sighting of a mature white crocodile has excited tourism operators in Australia's Northern Territory. The reptile, nicknamed Pearl, was spotted on the Adelaide River near Darwin on Sunday....
A prominent human rights lawyer in China was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison on the vague charge of inciting subversion of state power, the latest verdict was handed...
The Dhaka stock exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stocks Exchange (CSE) ended lower on Tuesday, as cautious investors booked profit on sector-wise stocks. Market insiders said the risk-averse investors booked...
The University of Development Alternative (UODA) has organised a seminar on ‘Stress Management at Workplace’ recently. Prof Dr Iffat Chowdhury, Registrar of UODA, joined the seminar as the chief guest. Prof...
At least 20 people are feared dead after a young suicide bomber detonated his explosives while mingling among the worshippers at a mosque in the northeast Nigerian town of Mubi...
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said that the law ministry forwarded a draft on the disciplinary rules for lower court judges for the consideration of Supreme Court. The ministry...
Winter is one of the most favourite seasons for most of the Bangladeshis as the weather during this time remains rather soothing. In this period, hundreds of thousands birds from...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that the 1971 war veterans will get allowance from January next. She made the announcement at a reception organised at the Army Multipurpose Complex in...
The fuel and power sector was flat in Dhaka Stock exchange in the last six months, failing to generate any total return to the shareholders. Price performance of the three...
Thousands of Rohingyas who have taken refuge in the villages of Shamlapur, Leda and Unchiprang in the southern part of Cox’s Bazar district are at 'risk of being left out’...
An article published in the November 09, 2017 issue of the Financial Express titled 'The Role of the FRC in the Economy' gives an outline of FRC's journey, leading to...
Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza led Rangpur Riders upset title aspirant Shakib Al Hasan led Dhaka Dynamites Dhaka by three runs in Bangladesh Premiere League (BPL) Cricket at the...
Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday she hopes talks with Bangladesh this week will result in a memorandum of understanding on the “safe return” of...
Samiullah, brother of the deceased Al leader Solaiman, filed the case against 15 people in connection with Awami League leader murder at Asasuni upazila in SatkhiraTthe case was filed against...
One person was killed and nearly 300 buildings were damaged when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia on weekend, said Indonesian disaster management agency on Tuesday. Spokesperson of the...
President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, a designation that allows the United States to impose more sanctions and risks...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) core inflation measure in October likely rose 1.5 per cent from a year earlier, unchanged from September, a Reuters poll showed. “The MAS core...
Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him. Mugabe’s resignation means end of four decades of rule...
Two alleged members of a pirate gang, including its ringleader, were killed during a ‘gunfight’ with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Sutlar Ghat area in Hatia upazila...
The power board has yet to start even spadework for converting the Shahjibazar 75-megawatt (mw) power plant to a 105MW one although nearly five years have elapsed since the project...
Quality of policy formulation by the government is being increasingly questioned as those, many tend to believe, are not based on hard facts, credible data and thus evidence, on most...
The government is going to set up an university in Netrokona district after the name of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid placed the bill; titled Sheikh...
Is tipping a thing of the past? With robots serving foods in restaurants, the tipping culture may be on the way out. Many people consider tipping as a courtesy for...
Cooperative societies are believed to cater for the poor who, due to fund-constraint, cannot be expected to operate in any worthwhile income generating scheme on their own in any productive...
Sector-wise priorities have been identified in the national policies, especially in the industrial policy, export policy, 7th FYP but sector-specific constraints along with specific strategies have not been pinpointed so...
The law-enforcers have stepped up raids to crack down on the gamblers for acts of betting inside cricket stadiums during Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) matches. A series of police raids...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has expressed his optimism over signing a deal with Myanmar within this week on Rohingya repatriation. "Chances look good. Let's see," he told the journalists...
The government of Thailand will train primary students in Bangladesh on growing vegetables and flowers for promoting sound health and nutrition. Ambassador of Thailand in Dhaka Panpimon Suwannapongse expressed his...
Few British budgets have mattered as much as the one that Philip Hammond will deliver to the House of Commons on November 22. The chancellor of the exchequer must shore...
An international expert has warned that all diabetics are vulnerable to blindness. They also noted that seven to 10 per cent of Bangladesh's population are currently suffering from diabetes. "Now...
Last week, Zimbabwe's generals took President Robert Mugabe into custody in an effective coup (though they insist on not calling it that). Days later, the country's ruling party, the Zimbabwe...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday cleared Comilla City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Monirul Haque Sakku of graft charges in connection with a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Judge of...
The Election Commission (EC) will begin distribution of smart card at district level from the first week of the next month. "In the first phase, the distribution of smart cards...
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday said the upcoming Rangpur city polls will determine whether the people can rely on the Election Comission (EC) or not. "The Rangpur...
Policy making in the public domain is not centralised but diffused over a diverse area giving powers to various functionaries as policy makers. They are all state actors of varying...
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