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Oil prices were stable on Thursday, supported by ongoing OPEC-led supply cuts, tensions in the Middle East and lower US production due to hurricane-enforced closures. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were...
The board of directors of Rupali Bank Limited has approved the issuance of 7 years subordinated bond of Tk 5.0 billion under Private Placement, said an official disclosure on Thursday....
A new exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book’s publication is offering ‘muggles’ with an interest in magic the chance to view rare memorabilia, combined with...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has secured bail in the Zia Welfare Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. Khaleda returned to Dhaka from London on Oct 18 after warrants were...
The dollar hit its highest in about two weeks against the yen on Thursday, supported by this week’s rise in US bond yields, with the market’s attention turning to who...
New Zealand is set for a centre-left coalition government led by Labour head Jacinda Ardern. Ms Ardern has been opposition leader for the last three months. At 37, she is...
Thirty years ago, before heading to work at the New York Stock Exchange, Peter Kenny left his home in lower Manhattan and made a detour to the nearby Our Lady...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says not even one taka of the Zia Orphanage Trust was misused or embezzled and that all of the funds are entrusted to banks, reports bdnews24.com....
The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Sylhet has announced the dismissal of its district committee after allegations that several activists were involved in the murder of BCL activist Omor Miad....
Experts have priotised agricultural mechanisation, given the fact that the population of the country is increasing, agrobased labours are migrating to other professions and youths are not interested in this...
Stocks returned to the green zone on Thursday, a day-after losing spell, as some optimistic investors took position on sector-specific issues amid earnings and dividend declarations. Dealers observed that some...
The Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has revealed that the losses caused by two recent spells of flood in the country have been estimated to be Tk 150.1 billion. Crop...
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, in an interview, highlighted the birth of Bangladesh to the "most significant" event in his public life. "To my mind it is Bangladesh, the birth...
Bangladesh Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Masud Bin Momen has urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to take combined and firm steps for a permanent solution to...
The spectrum conversion fee for technology neutrality of mobile phone operators might be reconsidered ahead of introducing 4G (fourth generation) service in the country in ensuing December. "We are mulling...
When Shinzo Abe called his second 'snap' election on September 24, 2017 in only three years, it became clear popularity was not all that it is vaunted to be to...
In a country where letters have virtually ceased to be in wide circulation, school students are ritually reminded of them. Like in the past, the secondary level students still have...
Accord and Alliance, the two western buyers' platforms working to improve workplace safety in the Bangladesh readymade garment (RMG) sector, will leave the country at the end of their tenure...
The PM’s ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said he hoped there would be no more need for hundi or corruption in bringing money into Bangladesh from abroad with the official...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early trading on Thursday as investors are showing their buying appetite on sector-wise issues amid ongoing...
A Canadian man has filed a lawsuit against Sunwing Airlines for promising a champagne service and instead serving sparkling wine. Daniel Macduff booked a holiday to Cuba through Sunwing that...
The government has set a target to import about 5 million metric tonnes of different petroleum fuels for the year 2018 against the country's demand for 5.752 million mts. The...
The board of directors of IFAD Autos Limited has recommended 21 per cent cash dividend (other than sponsors/directors) and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for all shareholders for the year...
A man was found dead in a water body at Khayersuti East Para in Sadar upazila of Pabna district on Wednesday. Local people spotted the body of Nuruzzaman Sheikh, son...
Catalonia’s regional president told a meeting of his party he would formally declare independence if Spain starts the process of suspending the region’s autonomy on Thursday, a Catalan government source...
The new instalment of Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, has been released in Johannesburg. Dare Not Linger tackles his five years as South Africa's president after the collapse...
China’s economy grew at 6.8 per cent in the third quarter year-on-year, down marginally from the previous quarter's 6.9 per cent, government data showed Thursday. The second largest economy of the...
The death toll from California's hepatitis A outbreak has reached 19, one week after the state's governor issued a health state of emergency. More than 500 people in California have...
A case was filed against a man of Magura under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act for allegedly posting the distorted photos of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook....
Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after Wall Street closed at record highs. Data showed that China’s quarterly growth slowed slightly but was in line with expectations. Japan’s Nikkei 225...
Five global-rights groups made a fresh plea to the European Commission (EC) to recheck Bangladesh's GSP status as they alleged continuous denial of core labour rights in the country's apparel...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Thursday said BNP's proposals submitted before the Election Commission (EC) in the dialogue are opposed to public interests. "Awami League gave proposals to the...
Prime Minister's Information and Communication Technology Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy today expressed the hope that the government will provide high speed broadband internet service to every union of the...
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), conducted by the national statistical organisation, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), has revealed nothing new --the old trend of widening income...
Divers could not recover the body of Hridoy, about a four-year-old boy, who fell into the canal full of obnoxiously polluted water in the city's Mugdapara area in three days....
A surge in the consumption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has naturally been witnessed, following the government ban on gas connection to households in 2013. The market has boomed over...
The lack of corporate governance is mainly responsible for backwardness of the insurance sector. A comprehensive definition of corporate governance may be as follows: "Corporate governance is the system of...
LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters): Oil prices slipped on Thursday but held onto most recent gains, supported by OPEC-led supply cuts, tension in the Middle East and lower US production. Brent...
Like in the other countries, 'Education Science' has become an independent discipline in the academic field of Bangladesh. Keen interest in this discipline is growing by the day among the...
Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain has stressed the need for taking initiatives to set up planned housing in rural areas, aiming to protect arable land. "It's learnt that...
In mid-August, President Trump asked US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, a veteran Reagan administration trade hawk, to open an investigation into China's intellectual property (IP) practices. The first public hearing...
Professor AKM Golam Rabbani of Dhaka University’s (DU) Islamic History and Culture Department has been appointed as the new Proctor. The university informed this through a press release on Thursday....
Swiss food and drinks company Nestle says sales have dipped slightly in the first nine months of the year compared with the same period of 2016, citing net divestments and...
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL), on Thursday, inaugurated it’s 105th Branch at Ati Bazar, Keraniganj in Dhaka. The Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank Mr. Khandaker Sakib...
BRAC Bank recently donated Tk 50 million to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund to help the Rohingya refugees. The bank’s Director S. N. Kairy, with other senior officials,...
A Pakistani court on Thursday indicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as well as his daughter and son-in-law on corruption charges stemming from documents leaked from a Panama law firm,...
Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) organised a seminar on Thursday digital financing of the country. The seminar titled “Digital Financial Services: The Bangladesh Story”, organised by the university’s Department of...
Election was held recently in state-owned Sea Blue Textile Limited of Chittagong EPZ to form Executive Council of Workers Welfare Association (WWA). In the election, eligible workers elected 10 members’...
An unidentified young man was found dead floating in a pond at Bhitikalisima village in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Thursday, reports UNB. Local people spotted the body of...
A fire broke out at the ground floor of the Rajarbagh Police Lines Hospital in the city on Thursday. Duty officer of Fire Service Control room, Rashed Shikder said, the...
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