The board of directors of Apex Spinning has recommended 20 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an official disclosure on Sunday. The final...
America's five living former presidents gathered together for a concert in aid of victims of the hurricanes which ravaged the US this year. Barack Obama, George W Bush, Bill Clinton,...
Long tailbacks have been created at several points on Dhaka-Tangail Highway from Chandra of Gazipur to Elenga in Tangail district due to the dilapidated conditions of the highway triggered by...
A typhoon has been drenching parts of Japan as the country heads to the polls after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called a snap election in the face of the rising...
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, or BIWTA, has lifted restrictions on water travel after weather improved following two days of rains. Ferry services along the Shimulia-Kathalbari water route, from...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has again called on the international community, especially the United Nations, for exerting more pressure on Myanmar to take back the Rohingyas from Bangladesh. She reiterated...
Manchester City moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League as second-placed Manchester United's unbeaten run surprisingly ended at Huddersfield Town on Saturday. City's quality eventually shone...
The new head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is rethinking a plan to appoint Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's original proposal sparked...
Mercantile Bank Limited (MBL) recently organised a get together with the start-up level entrepreneurs under its new product titled ‘UDAYAN’ held at bank’s Training Institute in the city, said a...
Indian army Sunday said it killed a militant in gunfight in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir. The gunfight broke out in Handwara area of frontier Kupwara district, about 90 km northwest of...
Australia will introduce random searches of workers entering and inside its airports as it increases security after a recent foiled terrorism plot, officials said. “These measures strengthen existing controls to...
A personal letter found on the body of a man killed in the sinking of the Titanic sold at auction on Saturday for 126,000 pounds ($166,000), a record price for...
The European Union (EU) will co-host a pledging conference on Rohingya Crisis with Kuwait in Geneva today (Monday) in partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses saw positive trend in early trading on Sunday as investors are showing their buying appetite on sector-wise issues amid ongoing...
Troops in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi killed eight militants during a successful overnight operation, officials said Sunday. Paramilitary troops Rangers and the counter terrorism department of police conducted...
Andres Iniesta on Saturday scored his first goal in over a year as unbeaten La Liga leaders Barcelona saw off winless Malaga. Barcelona led within two minutes as Gerard Deulofeu...
The Dhaka University (DU) result of 'Gha' unit (combined unit for science, business studies and humanities group students) admission test under 2017-2018 academic session has been published as 14.35 per...
The Foreign Minister (FM) of India Sushma Swaraj has arrived in Dhaka on a two-day official visit. FM AH Mahmood Ali received her at the Bangabandhu Air Base as her...
The High Court on Sunday published the full text of its verdict that commuted the death sentence awarded to Oishee Rahman to life term imprisonment for killing her parents in...
Bangladesh's batting collapsed once again in reply to South Africa's mammoth total of 369/6 at Buffalo Park in East Londonon on Sunday. The hapless visitors virtually crumbled throughout their innings...
The government plans to take a Tk 19.11 billion 'Tantpalli' project on 120 acres of land in Madaripur and Shariatpur districts, reports a news agency. "After implementation of the project,...
State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim has blamed Finance Ministry for not releasing money to complete Teletalk’s network improvement project. "The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council...
Visiting Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has said that there should be a permanent solution to the Rohingya crisis, stressing that Myanmar must take back all its nationals. She said...
In order to provide better connectivity to increasing number of customers, US-Bangla Airlines is set to add more flights to both domestic and international routes. The private carrier, on Sunday,...
The admission test for first year honours courses in 2017-18 academic session of Rajshahi University (RU) began on Sunday. According to the RU sources, the test will be continued till...
An international seminar on biotechnology was held at Jahangirnagar University on Sunday. Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, in association with British Council, organised the seminar at the Senate Hall...
As expected, on October 13, US President Donald Trump announced through a combative speech his plan to withdraw the backing of the United States from the multi-party nuclear accord with...
A good number of Rohingya people living in makeshift camps in Cox's Bazar have purchased Bangladeshi subscriber identification modules (SIMs), defying a government ban. Sikandar, 22, a Rohingya refugee resides...
Canada has intended to establish a blue ribbon committee, jointly sponsored by business chambers and private sectors, to propose concrete steps to further enhance the bilateral economic interest with Bangladesh....
Traffic rules need to be followed in order to reach destinations safe and sound, said speakers at a discussion in Narail on Sunday. They also emphasised on the importance of...
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced Saturday it has filed disciplinary charges against disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein. The group said it filed the charges on Oct. 13. Weinstein...
The inflow of remittances is expected to enhance further in the coming days as the global online payment system of PayPal has launched its cross-border service "Xoom" in the country....
Gunmen on pick-up trucks and motorcycles coming from Mali killed 13 gendarmes and wounded five more in an attack on their base in western Niger, security sources said on Saturday....
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia at a meeting with visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has talked about the 'problems' being faced by her party centring over the next...
The country received $566.57 million in remittance in the first 13 days of the current month of October. Bangladesh Bank statistics show maximum remittance came through private commercial banks as...
Last Thursday this city brought the nation face to face with an ugly reality -one that is shocking, disgraceful, outrageous and heart-wrenching too. The incident involves three health facilities' refusal...
Bangladesh faces a dilemma over how to tackle the latest influx of Rohingyas from neighbouring Myanmar. It has allowed nearly 600,000 Rohingyas to enter its land on humanitarian grounds. Now...
It is no secret that the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) that operates under the ministry of planning, has its deficiencies. Last Saturday, this paper carried a report about...
Some unidentified miscreants stabbed a local chotpoti vendor to death in Halishahar area of the port city Chittagong on Saturday night. The victim, M Rasel (19), son of Mojib Mollah...
Omera LPG (OPL), the leading LPG company in Bangladesh recently signed a sponsorship MoU with the BPL defending champions Dhaka Dynamites for BPL 2017. Mr. Shamsul Haque Ahmed - CEO...
Overall deposit growth in the banking sector recorded a falling trend recently while credit growth increased significantly, indicating a strong possibility of a tight liquidity situation in the near future,...
A top official of BRAC is now in the Swiss capital to drum up support from the international community for the forcefully-displaced Rohingya people of Myanmar. According to a press...
National Bank Ltd recently organised a training programme on ‘Prevention of Money Laundering & Combating the Financing of Terrorism’ for nominated officials of all scheduled commercial banks operating in Chittagong....
Britain saw its smallest budget deficit for any September in the last 10 years, according to official figures. Last month's deficit stood at £5.902 billion, down almost 11 per cent...
An idol of Hindu Goddess Kali was vandalised at a temple in Chuadanga’s Muktipara area on Saturday night. Sardae Bhuimali, Chuadanga unit president of Bangladesh Harijon Manabadhiker Foundation, said Liton,...
Hosts South Africa recorded yet another crushing victory against a hapless Bangladesh side in third ODI on Sunday to complete a 3-0 whitewash in the series. Tigers were ultimately tamed...
The viva voce of the admission seekers who came out successfully in the 'B' unit entry test of Dhaka University (DU) will begin from October 29 instead of the previously...
Bernard Mannes Baruch (August 19, 1870 - June 20, 1965) was a self-made US millionaire, financier, philanthropist, statesman, political consultant, stock trader and venture investor. For most of the first...
At the beginning of our banking career, I met one executive from Agrani Bank (apologize for not remembering his name) who came to take classes in our training session at...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson landed in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for the start of his Middle East tour as he looks for a fresh push to end the...
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