A team of police in a drive arrested two alleged robbers along with a pipe gun and three rounds of bullets from Sreepur village in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district...
The board of director of newly listed Aamra Technologies Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017. The final approval of dividend...
Mr. X is a very smart senior officer in a company. His room is well decorated, air conditioned, brightly lit, and glass windows are covered by expensive blinders. The air...
At least one suicide car bomber and a number of gunmen attacked a provincial police headquarters in Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility. An exact casualty toll...
There is ample opportunity to bridge the nation's gas crisis with alternate fuels. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is the greenest form of alternate fuel as LPG produces low carbon footprint...
The board of director of newly listed Aamra Networks Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, according to official disclosure on...
Demand for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) risen significantly in Bangladesh with growth of over 42 per cent to 45 per cent. Eleven private sector companies are working in the LPG...
The beginning, in the year of 1999, Bashundhara LP Gas Limited, started off as the First Private LP Gas importing, bottling and marketing company in Bangladesh.The company has a state-of-the-art...
An independent think tank Unnayan Onneshan (UO) depicted the country's economic scenario in its monthly publication, "Bangladesh Economic Update" September 2017. The UO has said that persistently increasing outstanding debt...
The board of directors of Square Textile Limited has recommended 20 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an...
At least 36 people died in wildfires raging through parched farmlands and forests in Portugal and another three in neighbouring northwestern Spain on Sunday and Monday. Firefighters were battling 50...
A high level policy workshop, held in Dhaka recently urged for greater support for fisheries and aquaculture sector in Bangladesh. The workshop was held in connection with the dissemination of...
MAGURA, Oct 16: Onion price has soared to sky high in Magura. Imported onion is being sold in the local market at Tk 50 per kg while local onion at...
TANGAIL, Oct 16: Prices of green chilli have shot up at the local kitchen market in the district. A kg of green chilli is being sold at Tk 200 to...
The central bank has strengthened its foreign currency support to the commercial banks for settling import payment obligations, particularly of food grains and fuel oils. As part of the move,...
Deposits with the commercial banks' school banking accounts have marked an increase by 28.20 per cent at the end of June 2017 compared to the corresponding period of the preceding...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an Indian citizen along with 18 gold bars from Ghiba border area of Benapole in early Tuesday. The arrestee was identified as Srabon...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed positive trend in early trading on Tuesday as investors are active on sector-wise issues. Following the previous day’s marginal...
The board of directors of Square Pharmaceuticals has recommended 35 per cent cash and 7.50 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an official...
Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta’s best-known investigative journalist, was killed on Monday when a powerful bomb blew up her car, police said, in a case that stunned the small Mediterranean island....
Irish stand-up star and BBC quiz show panellist Sean Hughes has died aged 51. Richard Bucknall, his former agent and promoter, said the "formidable" comic died in hospital on Monday...
The First Security Islami Bank (FSIB) has opened a new branch at Baratakia in Chittagong to provide shariah based modern banking services to its clients. Syed Waseque Md Ali, managing...
The rate of inflation in the month of September has witnessed a rise by 0.59 percentage point, according to the latest data of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). As per...
The first-year honors admission test of Dhaka University (DU) ‘Gha-unit’ (combined unit for science, business studies and humanities group students) under academic session 2017-2018 will begin on October 20, reports...
China has bolstered efforts in its nationwide anti-corruption drive over the past five years and major achievements have been made. Before the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of...
The Egyptian capital Cairo has been described as the ‘most dangerous’ megacity for women. The finding comes from the first international poll on how women fare in cities with over...
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Migration Agency, in a press statement on Tuesday night cancelled the scheduled press meet of its visiting top official on Rohingya crisis...
The UN refugee agency has urged Bangladesh to speed up vetting of upto 15,000 Rohingya refugees "stranded" near the border after crossing into the country from Myanmar and move them...
At least 11 people were killed in a series of gunbattles in the northern Mexico border state of Tamauilpas, authorities said. Officials said the shootouts in the border city of...
More than 260 lawmakers in Pakistan, including ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's son- in-law, were on Monday suspended by the country's election commission for not providing details of their assets...
A suspect in a rape case was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Kurushkul area of Sadar upazila of Cox's Bazar district on...
Leicester City have sacked manager Craig Shakespeare just four months after he signed a three-year deal to take the job on a permanent basis. The Foxes are third from bottom...
Experts called for making Regulatory Impact Assessment Policy to reduce unpredictability of rules and regulations that stymies investment and innovations in the country. Conducting a regulatory impact assessment before introducing...
Income tax collection from the large corporate taxpayers posted 20.55 per cent growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (FY) largely because of higher financial contribution of...
The US Department of Homeland Security on Monday warned of cyber risks associated with a widely used system for securing Wi-Fi communications after Belgian researchers discovered a flaw that could...
China has agreed take a 70 per cent stake in a strategically important sea port in Myanmar at the lower end of a proposed range amid local concerns about Beijing's...
A Bangladeshi woman and her four children have been killed in a fire in Kuwait. The victims have been named as Rokeya Begum, her sons 'Ema' and 'Fahad', and daughters...
United Commercial Bank (UCB) Limited has launched its state-of-the-art digital banking platform ‘Upay’ for both consumers and corporate customers. According to a statement, the launching ceremony was held on Tuesday...
The results of written and drawing test for admission into first-year honours courses under Ka' (science group) and 'Cha' unit of Dhaka University (DU) for 2017-2018 academic session will be...
SIBL Hospital on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pubali Bank Limited. SIBL Hospital’s Managing Director Dr. Lily Amin and Pubali Bank Limited’s General Manager and Head of...
Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) Tuesday signed Term-Sheet for LNG Terminal Use Agreement with Hongkong Shanghai Manjala Power Limited (HSMPL) and Petronas LNG Limited (Petronas) of Malaysia to...
In the context of developing countries, sustainable finance initiatives vary in terms of approaches where different stakeholders play the key roles: Regulatory Approach, Industry-led Voluntary Approach and Collaborative Approach. Regulatory...
BLUE whale is the name of a game that sends cold shivers down our spines. Also known as the Blue Whale Suicide Game, it is actually an internet online game....
WOMEN and girls in our country are being increasingly subjected to rape and sexual harassment. Finding no other alternative to fight the crime, the victims ultimately commit suicide. Recently an...
Years ago the popular Indian cartoonist Laxman drew an image of a politician striding his way towards a constituent. His comment was 'how time flies, it must be time for...
THANKS to Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for delaying the announcement of date for admission test which was carried by media recently and will apply to only those...
After having ranked one of the most stressful cities in the world (the margin of difference between them being in percentage points), Dhaka now figures globally, according to The Economist...
It feels good to learn that the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is set to move ahead with some momentum - as the latest developments...
PayPal Holdings Inc said more than two million U.S. retailers will be able to accept payments through its mobile app Venmo starting this week. The online payment system is seeking...
A Chinese space station will crash into Earth in a matter of months - and it could kill anyone who is standing beneath. The 8.5-ton Tiangong-1, or ‘Heavenly Palace’, satellite...
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