Japan’s Nikkei share average edged up on Thursday, lifted by shares backed by strong earnings and shrugging off Wall Street weakness. The Nikkei was 0.2 per cent higher at the...
The British car designed to go 1,000mph (1,610km/h) is set to make its first public runs in Cornwall soon. Bloodhound SSC is conducting initial "slow-speed" trials and should get up...
The board of directors of Libra Infusions Limited has recommended 30 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an official disclosure on Thursday. The...
Hong Kong stocks dipped on Thursday amid concerns of tighter liquidity in global financial markets. The European Central Bank is all but certain to cut back on its bond-buying stimulus...
In recent times, 'big data' and 'analytics' are two of the common terms that regularly pop up in blogs, vlogs, career advices and in stories of organisations coming up with...
Team Recognise of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka won the flagship marketing competition of United International University Business Club (UIUBC), 'Marketing Samurai 2017'. The final round...
The board of directors of Aman Feed Limited has recommended 20 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an...
Department of Finance, University of Dhaka held its signature flagship annual programme on October 14, 2017. Vice-chancellor of Dhaka University Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman inaugurated the event. This much-awaited programme created...
JHENIDAH, Oct 25: Six members of an impoverished family in a village under the district are suffering from incurable neurofibromatosis (causing various pimple-shaped tumors to form literally everywhere, also known...
A man was stabbed dead allegedly by his rivals at Kalabaria village in Narail’s Naragati upazila on Thursday. Tariqul Sheikh, son of Israfil Sheikh, hailing from the same village was...
Twitter has pledged to make advertising more transparent as it attempts to fend off proposed new regulations. It said it would be clearer about who funded ads and to what...
First Security Islami Bank (FSIBL) has launched vigorous campaign to promote SME, agriculture and women entrepreneurship aiming to contribute more in the development of country's home-grown economy. "SME, agriculture and...
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) and Asian University for Women (AUW) have jointly announced the establishment of the "Takeda Chair in Public Health" as the first endowed chair at AUW. ...
Election experts, including former chief election commissioners and former election commissioners, are seen at a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda in the chair at Nirbachan Bhaban in...
LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters): Private sector growth across the euro zone slowed more sharply than predicted this month, a survey showed on Tuesday, but activity remained strong even though firms...
SINGAPORE, Oct 24 (Reuters): Southeast Asian demand for oil will keep growing until at least 2040 as emerging nations there rely on the fossil fuel to transport their rapidly growing...
RANGPUR, Oct 24: Tupi (cap) making has brought a significant change in the financial condition of thousands of village women in different areas under Gangachara upazila of the district. Tariqul...
BOGRA, Oct 24: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Bogra, has taken an initiative to produce some 2,040 tonnes of turmeric this season across the district. The DAE office source...
Australian consumer prices were surprisingly tame last quarter while core inflation stayed below target for almost a second full year, leading investors to pare back the already slim chance of...
Twelve-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic is set to play his first match since Wimbledon at the World Tennis Championship in December. The world number seven, whose season ended early...
Hong Kong stocks rebounded on Wednesday, after Wall Street hit fresh highs overnight as earnings statements from several major US companies lifted investors outlook for the global economy. Hong Kong...
As the crisis in Myanmar reaches unprecedented levels, frustration is at its peak as the international community remains slow to respond and act cohesively. Over 600,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed...
China stocks were on track to rise for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, as the ruling Communist Party revealed its new leadership line-up. China’s blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.3...
The board of directors of S Alam Cold Rolled Steels Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an official disclosure...
Touch screen computer interfaces lead consumers to choose unhealthy food, Chinese University of Hong Kong or CUHK Business School says in a study. It observed the increasing use of technology...
Nine people in Gazipur have got death penalty on Wednesday in a case filed over a murder of college student seven years ago. Gazipur Additional District and Sessions Judge MD...
Police recovered the body of a teenage girl, cut into seven pieces, from a house at Amtali municipality under Barguna on Tuesday. 17-year-old Mala Akhtar, a student of class XI,...
West Indies claimed a comfortable win in the first Test in Bulawayo with a day to spare as leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo cut through Zimbabwe's batsmen for the second time in...
The board of directors of BBS Cables Limited has recommended 5.0 per cent cash and 15 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an...
Bangladesh's financial market runs sans effective benchmark called 'Dhaka Interbank Offered Rate (DIBOR)', leaving parties to quote rates in contracts and other financial instruments impromptu. Such ratings without a formal...
Kenya's Supreme Court is to hold a last-minute hearing to decide whether the re-run of the presidential election can go ahead. The court will hear an urgent petition by human...
China’s Communist Party revealed its new leadership helmed by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, breaking with recent precedent by failing to include a clear successor to the president among the...
Krishibid Institution Bangladesh-KIB in collaboration with Swisscontact–Katalyst is going to conduct road shows in seven universities nationwide to promote a two-day long “Agro Career Expo” to be held in KIB...
Advice on two notes written by Albert Einstein describing his theory for happy living has been sold at an auction house in Jerusalem for $1.56 million. The Nobel Prize-winning German-born...
Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest, hospital sources said. She was 88 and survived...
The board of directors of Samorita Hospital Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an...
The government has declared its Secretariat, the country’s central administrative hub, a smoking-free zone. The cabinet division recently wrote to the secretaries of all ministries to ensure that the announcement...
Jose Arnaiz scored a spectacular debut goal as Barcelona defeated third-tier side Real Murcia in the first leg of their fourth-round Copa del Rey tie. Barcelona, who rested Lionel Messi...
The majority of shares witnessed a positive trend on both bourses in early trading on Wednesday as optimistic investors took position on selective issues amid ongoing earnings and dividend declaration...
Myanmar government is working to take back those who crossed over to Bangladesh from its Rakhine state, says, the country’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. She made the statement...
The students of Pharmacy Department (12th batch) of the World University of Bangladesh (WUB) have visited the Delta Pharma Limited to develop their knowledge about drug production and pharmaceutical technology....
Toyota Motor Corp said its solid-state battery technology under development could be a “game changer” for electric vehicles, but that does not mean it is moving away from hydrogen-powered fuel-cell...
A domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Wednesday with 66 passengers on board. Just after the take-off from...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 21 Bangladeshi nationals, including five children and six women, while they were entering the country through Taluigaccha bordering area in Sadar upazila of...
The Bangladesh Public Service Commission has published the results of 37th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) written examinations. BPSC Chairman Mohammad Sadiq told a local media on Wednesday that a total...
The government will take decision on operation of the ‘sitting bus service’ within a week, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader. The minister made the remarks after emerging...
US senator Ben Cardin has said that the act of violence that Rohingya people are facing is identical to genocide. He also called for an answer from the Trump administration...
At least 227 people with 63 elephants died in human-elephant conflicts over the period of last 13 years in the country, revealed a Forest Department source. The Forest Department data...
Cabinet committee on Economic Affairs has finally given approval to business conglomerate Akij Group for investment of USD 20 million in Malaysia. The approval was given at a meeting on...
The Cabinet Purchase Committee on Wednesday approved nine proposals, including import of 250,000 metric tonnes of rice. The Cabinet body also granted permission to give contracts to set up two...
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