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New Zealand shares were little changed on Wednesday, dragged by the drop of Fletcher Building Ltd. The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell, dropping 0.75 points to 8,129.35 at 0042 GMT,...
The board of directors of GBB Power Limited has recommended 5.0 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an...
Australian shares pushed higher on Wednesday, led by miners, which rallied on robust metal prices, though a retreat of banking stocks’ early gains and a slide in conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd...
A research firm has been appointed by the government to carry out a survey on labour markets in 52 countries, including 20 new ones, across the world. The revelation came...
The High Court on Wednesday stayed seven cases filed against BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed for instigation violence during strikes and blockades sponsored by the BNP-led alliance, reports a local...
Leaders of trade bodies of rod and steel industries on Wednesday demanded that the government do not increase the power tariff for the sector to save them from losses. Bangladesh...
North Korea's ambassador is calling on the UN Security Council to urgently discuss the recent joint US naval exercise near the Korean peninsula, calling it part of preparations for a...
A new vaccine that could prevent up to nine-in-10 cases of typhoid fever has been recommended by the World Health Organization. Experts say it could have a "huge impact" on...
Former US President George Bush Senior has apologised for any distress caused after an actress accused him of sexual assault. Heather Lind said the 93-year-old former president had "touched me...
Oil prices were largely steady in Asian trade on Wednesday, hovering near a four-week high hit a day earlier after Saudi Arabia said it was determined to end a supply...
Two people were killed and two others sustained injuries in a road crash on Subarnachar-Sonapur road in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali district on Tuesday midnight. The deceased were Abul Kalam...
A top official in Dhaka has said that China wants to see a peaceful and bilateral solution to Rohingya crisis and send the Muslim-minority people back to Myanmar. After a...
A man was beaten to death allegedly by an angry mob at Sahapur High School playground in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali district on Tuesday evening. The deceased was identified as...
Tragic accidents from leaking gas pipe or faulty gas stove burner are on the rise in recent times. In the latest such incident eight members of a family sustained burn...
Road accidents are quite frequent in Bangladesh than any other countries in the world. Over 3,100 crashes, 2,700 fatalities and 2,400 injuries occurred on roads and highways last year, according...
The government is readying domestic consumers for feeding imported and expensive re-gasified LNG (liquefied natural gas) as it aims to start importing the fuel for the first time in the...
The capitalistic societies are unequal in almost every respect, but the inequality in income draws most of the attention of the concerned quarters. In fact, the inequality of income among...
Asian shares edged higher on Wednesday, while US Treasury yields and the dollar got a lift following a report that Republican senators were leaning towards John Taylor to be the...
Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir has said that the entire amount of stolen reserve money of the central bank will be recovered after conclusion of the judicial case in this...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed recently between Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) and City Bank Capital Resources Limited, said a statement. The objective of the MoU is to...
The United States administration under President Donald Trump appears determined to create trade problems for all, including its closest allies, and in the process has been isolating itself without really...
Almost every country follows a development policy that forms part of the general economic policy. Where the development policy is comprehensive embracing all sectors, the latter is subsumed under it,...
The State Department is considering formally declaring the crackdown on Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims to be ethnic cleansing, US officials said on Tuesday, as lawmakers called for sanctions against the Southeast...
The leaders of BIMSTEC have urged FBCCI President Md. Shafiul Islam to take necessary steps for arranging a 'Trade and Investment Forum' of the member countries. BIMSTEC (The Bay of...
The gold policy of Bangladesh is in a very primitive stage. As per Chapter 6(4) of Regulation of Bangladesh Bank, there are no restrictions under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act...
The Lancet Medical Journal's published report on October 20, 2017 hit the headlines of the world media. The report claims that in 2015, one in every six people's deaths (nearly...
Saudi Arabia plans to build a business and industrial zone extending into Jordan and Egypt – thereby seeking to free itself from dependency on oil exports. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed...
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) will add 12 more beds at the Incentive Care Unit (ICU) next week to provide critical treatment to a larger number of patients. At present,...
South Korea, the United States and Japan started a two-day missile tracking drill jointly in preparation for any missile or nuclear threats from North Korea. The exercises are going on...
The government, following a tunnel under Karnaphuli river, is now working on a plan to construct a tunnel under the mighty Jamuna river. The plan has been chalked out with...
Onion and eggs became pricier in the middle of this week, compounding woes of the consumers already battered by the high prices of essentials. Local onion reached Tk 65 -...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to ogranise weeklong Income Tax Fair throughout the country from November 1. In Dhaka, the NBR will organise the fair in its...
The prices of the most shares on the country’s both bourses increased on Wednesday, shrugging off the last two days’ downtrend. Brokers said the market rebounded as some optimistic investors...
Saudi Arabian stocks opened largely flat on Wednesday as gains by Saudi Electricity Co (SEC) were offset by declines for Zain Saudi and Middle East Healthcare. SEC was one of...
A new strain of malicious software has paralysed computers at some prominent Russian media outlets, a Ukrainian airport, and the Ukrainian capital's subway. The Odessa international airport in Ukraine's south,...
Sterling climbed almost half a cent against the dollar on Wednesday, while Britain’s main FTSE 100 stock index slipped, after data showed the economy picked up speed unexpectedly in the...
A man has allegedly committed suicide by drinking poison at his own residence in Bayazid Bostami thana road in Chittagong on early Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Md...
A New Zealand political party has been ordered to pay NZ$600,000 ($412,000) in compensation in a breach of copyright suit filed by US rapper Eminem. The National Party used a...
The UK's economy had higher than expected growth in the three months to September - increasing the chances of a rise in interest rates in November. Gross domestic product (GDP)...
Comilla police arrested four leaders of district unit of BNP and its associate bodies on Tuesday night in a case filed for 'carrying out attack on the law enforcers'. The...
Members of customs intelligence seized eight gold bars from a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Wednesday. On information, customs officials stopped the man while he was...
Faridpur Sadar Upazila vice chairman Benjir Ahmed Tabrij has been arrested on charge of attack on police during a protest programme on Tuesday night. A team of police arrested Tabrij,...
Tensions among Republicans about President Donald Trump boiled over on Tuesday as two senators accused Trump of debasing U.S. politics and the country’s standing abroad, a rebellion that could portend...
Big crowds are gathering for a five-day funeral ceremony for Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last October aged 88. The monarch will be cremated in Bangkok on Thursday,...
An Australian woman was brutally mauled to death by her own dog at her residence in Australia’s Canberra. The animal was shot dead by police officers after it attacked them...
An intruder forced his way into the offices of Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy and stabbed one of the station’s anchors in the neck, the broadcaster said on its Internet...
Fast bowler Usman Shinwari dominated Sri Lanka's top order with 5-34 as Pakistan whitewashed the tourists 5-0 for another convincing nine-wicket victory in the fifth and final one-day international on...
The board of directors of HR Textile Mills Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an official disclosure on Tuesday....
Stocks witnessed mixed trend in early trading on Tuesday as investors are active on both sides of the trading session amid ongoing earnings and dividend declaration session. Following the previous...
BNP standing committee member and former minister MK Anwar has died at his Elephant Road residence in the capital Dhaka. He was 85. Anwar, a bureaucrat-turned politician, breathed his last...
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