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The Election Commission will conduct the next general election under the incumbent Awami League (AL) government as constitutional directive. Law Minister Anisul Huq said it on Friday while addressing a...
Many listed companies are allegedly hiding 'significant deviation' in any parameter in their respective quarterly financials through information holdback, thereby deceiving stock investors. Market-insiders said these publicly listed companies were...
The phenomenon of climate change is taking its toll in terms of salinity intrusion in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. As an inevitable consequence, it will gradually extend towards inland...
A group of researchers from The Center for Development Research (ZEEF), Bonn, throws interesting insights into small farms, poverty and productivity. However, they base their arguments on the basis of...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has started 'tracking' the taxpayers' money to find out the process of its expenditure, said NBR chairman Md Nojibur Rahman on Thursday. The board...
The decision of the government to build permanent markets at the upazilas is quite a pragmatic one, especially as a starter to address the poor marketing mechanism at the grassroots...
The programme to enlist expatriate Bangladeshis in an official database has been held back by a lack of skilled personnel at overseas missions, officials familiar with the situation said. The...
A United Nations General Assembly committee on Thursday called on Myanmar to end military operations that have “led to the systematic violation and abuse of human rights” of Rohingya Muslims...
International Organization of Migration on Friday said is planning to set up a 24-hour health care system in its health posts in makeshift Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar's Kutupalong and...
At least 20 shops were gutted in a fire at Kongso Nagar Bazar in Burichang upazila of Comilla on Friday afternoon. Deputy Assistant Director of Comilla Fire Service Farid Ahmed...
In mid-August, President Trump asked US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to open an investigation into China's intellectual property (IP) practices. "This is just the beginning," Trump told reporters. In turn,...
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting last week, making it his first international multilateral engagement since the 19th...
Over the last 500 years, there have been four major industrial transformations in the global production landscape, creating discontinuities. The first industrial transformation spanning from 1760 to 1840 is epitomised...
Cameroon's main parliament building in its capital Yaoundé was badly damaged by fire which ripped through four floors. Firefighters managed to put out the blaze before it could reach the...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has identified 77 suspected gamblers, including 12 foreigners, from stadiums since beginning of Bangladesh Premier League on November 4 this year. BPL Governing Council Member Secretary...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) is putting emphasis on disposing of long-pending cases through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) method to boost the revenue collection. The country's revenue collecting authority is...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader Friday said the party’s citizens' gathering on Saturday (tomorrow) at Suhrawardy Udyan is not to counter BNP’s programme. "Tomorrow's citizen gathering is not...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Bangladesh and Myanmar soon amid a crisis over Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims. Wang would meet his counterparts and exchange views on bilateral...
An Indian aircraft has caught fire while taking off at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) today. All the 74 passengers, pilots, and crews of Indian SpiceJet aircraft were evacuated safely...
According to Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report, 2017, only 8.6 per cent of the global population owns 85.6 per cent of global wealth. On the other hand, more than 70...
American fashion model Gigi Hadid has pulled out of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show to be held in Shanghai this month. The supermodel revealed the decision months after she was...
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has appeared in first public appearance since a military seizure of power in the country. Mugabe was present at a university graduation ceremony in Harare on...
King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia plans to step down and announce his son Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as his successor next week. British tabloid newspaper Daily Mail...
The dollar slipped to a four-week low against the yen on Friday, after a newspaper report of possible Russian interference in the US election. The report overshadowed any support for...
Police arrested Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) General Secretary Akramul Hasan from Paltan area of the capital on Friday. JCD General Secretary Akramul Hasan was held around 12pm on Friday from...
Gold price edged higher on Friday as the dollar weakened as investigators looking into possible Russian interference in the US presidential election. Spot gold was up 0.2 per cent at...
Oil prices were steady on Friday but on track for the first weekly fall in six weeks, under pressure from surging US supplies and creeping doubts over Russian support for...
European shares steadied on Friday with disappointing company updates and broker downgrades weighing on the broader market, while pay-TV firm Sky rose on speculation of takeover interest. Elior fell 18...
Asian shares were mostly higher Friday, extending global gains after Wall Street reported a round of healthy earnings and US politicians took a step forward on President Donald Trump's tax...
Japan’s Nikkei share average rose to a one-week high on Friday, but it has broken a nine-week winning streak. The Nikkei ended 0.2 per cent higher to 22,396.80, the...
Australian shares closed firmer on Friday, but they posted their worst week in five months dampened by sliding commodities and financial shares. The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.2 per cent,...
New Zealand shares edged up on Friday, tracking strength in Wall Street which main indexes rose sharply on Thursday. The US stocks boosted by earnings optimism and after the US...
China has managed to grow economy and improve energy efficiency at the same time, the country’s special representative on climate change affairs Xie Zhenhua said. He said the economic growth,...
Pakistan offspinner Mohammad Hafeez has decided to skip the Bangladesh Premier League and work on his faulty bowling action after the ICC suspended him from bowling with immediate effect. "I...
George Clooney will make his return to television in a serialized adaptation of “Catch-22,” Paramount Television said on Thursday, nearly 20 years after he left hit show “ER” to become...
Hong Kong stocks rose on Friday as IT sector gained more than 1.0 per cent. The Hang Seng index added 0.8 per cent, to 29,250.09 points. The Hong Kong China...
Congressional Republicans took important steps on Thursday toward the biggest US tax-code overhaul since the 1980s, with the House of Representatives approving a broad package of tax cuts, and a...
Police in Rangpur have detained two local elected representatives over the arson of Hindus’ homes in a village near Rangpur district town. Maminpur Union Council members Zoynal Abedin and Fazlul...
British economic growth will remain tepid over the coming few years, lagging well behind its peers, and could even be worse than economists polled by Reuters currently predict. Rather than...
The Azimpur neighbourhood in Old Dhaka turned into a battleground on Thursday morning as violent clashes broke out there between followers of two Awami League leaders, reports bdnews24.com. The clashes...
A three-day exposition on leather, leather goods and footwear sector titled 'LEATHERTECH Bangladesh 2017' began in the city on Thursday aiming to bring global technologies to the doorstep of the...
Eminent economist Prof Rehman Sobhan observed on Thursday that larger members of the South Asia are losing faith in the regional entity and looking for alternative groupings. "The very idea...
To celebrate the Global Entrepreneurs Week, Begum, a project of Preneur Lab, observed Women Entrepreneurs Day on November 11, 2017 at EMK Centre, Dhanmondi. Global Entrepreneurs Week is being celebrated...
To excel in the field of of finance, it is essential to have strong hold over analysis and smart decision making, combined with a blend of financial know-how. Students of...
Oil prices fell by 1.0 per cent on Wednesday, continuing Tuesday's slide after the International Energy Agency cast doubts over the past few months' narrative of tightening fuel markets, reports...
Italy have sacked coach Giampiero Ventura after the four-time champions failed to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958. The Azzurri lost a play-off with Sweden 1-0...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, flanked by other dignitaries, poses for a photograph during the inauguration of the 36th International Footwear Conference (IFC) 2017 of the Confederation of International Footwear Associations...
The Philippine economy grew at a faster than expected 6.9 per cent annual pace in the third quarter, helped by increased public spending on pay hikes for government personnel, officials...
Twenty years after Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet fell in love on that doomed ship, “Titanic” is sailing back into theatres for one week in AMC Cinemas of America. Dolby...
A man was killed as a train collided with a covered-van at Baropukuria coalmine level crossing in Dinajpur district early Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Biplob, 22, helper...
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