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Elderly care has been a growing issue across the world. Due to the lack of interest of having children, promotional activities in favour of taking few children, and even regulation...
Bangladesh will achieve 7.4 per cent GDP growth in the current fiscal year (2017-2018), says the finance minister. “Every year, the World Bank estimates GDP growth lower than what happens....
Chaotic scenes broke out in Uganda's parliament as MPs debated the contentious removal of the presidential age limit. Tempers flared and lawmakers were filmed brawling after it was alleged an...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will hold policy steady at its Oct. 4 meeting, and well past next year, amid weak economic growth and signs inflation may soon overshoot...
Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday as investors awaited the outlines of US tax overhaul plans by President Donald Trump. Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.3 per cent to 20,270.97 and...
Social media site Twitter is trialling longer character limits to help users "easily express themselves". Twitter currently limits tweets to 140 characters, but has doubled that to 280 characters for...
A Singaporean teenager has been released from jail after a government appeal against him being granted asylum was dismissed. Amos Yee, known for his political and religious criticism, sought refuge...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all scheduled banks to keep one per cent general provision instead of the existing 2.5 per cent against all unclassified short-term agricultural and micro credits....
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Wednesday urged the authorities concerned to take proper steps for ending visa complications faced by potential foreign tourists, along with other...
Asking all to stand by Rohingyas, President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday stressed the need for putting constant pressure on the Myanmar government to force it to repatriate their displaced people...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday initiated a probe against the hoarders responsible for the recent price hike of food grains, particularly rice. The Commission has already formed a...
There are reports of unease among a large section of the fixed-income groups in the country who rely on savings certificates for their very survival. The economic rationale from a...
The next German government will face economic-policy challenges in five key areas: digitalisation and automation, demographic change, globalisation, climate change, and European integration. With respect to digitalisation, Germany tends to...
Both the government-run hospitals and private sector-operated healthcare facilities have often come under fire for the high costs and indifferent quality of services. In such an avalanche of criticism, an...
Disciplining the harmful subsidies on fishing will be an important deliverable agenda in the 11th ministerial conference (MC11) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Member countries of the organisation have...
It seems the government is feeling nervy in managing the rice market as it is often found to blame the rice mill owners and hoarders in the trading chain for...
Three cheers for central banks! That may sound strange coming from someone who has long been critical of the world's monetary authorities. But I applaud the US Federal Reserve's long-overdue...
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim urged the medical admission seekers and their guardians not to pay any heed to any rumour of question paper leakage. The minister came up with...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is unsure about sending back Rohingya refugees to their homeland, Myanmar, from Bangladesh. He called for the plight of up to 800,000...
Thailand’s ousted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was handed a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday after the country’s highest court found her guilty of negligence in the management of a...
The economy of Bangladesh is expected to grow by 6.4 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY18) driven by industry and services, said the World Bank in its latest...
Chinese stocks held steady on Wednesday, bolstered by strong gains in resources shares after upbeat industrial profit data helped to ease worries about slowing economic growth. Investor confidence was also...
Japanese stocks fell to 1-1/2-week lows on Wednesday as ex-dividend share price adjustments dented high yielders. The Nikkei dropped 0.3 per cent, or 63.14 points, to 20,267.05, the weakest level...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested four Myanmar nationals along with 0.80 million pieces of yaba pills from a fishing trawler in Cox’s Bazar coastal area...
UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame launched a new round of talks on an action plan on Tuesday in order to solve the political crisis in Libya. The...
Gold prices were steady early Wednesday after falling over 1.0 per cent in the previous session on hawkish comments from US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Spot gold rose 0.1...
Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc said on Tuesday it will stop operating in the Canadian province of Quebec next month, pulling out to avoid following tough new regulations announced last...
The Board of directors of IBN Sina Pharmaceutical Industry Limited has recommended 25 per cent cash dividend and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30,...
The UN refugee agency said on Monday both the origin of the Rohingya crisis and its solution lie in Myanmar.The statement came when the United Nations (UN) warned of growing...
LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters): Oil prices rose on Monday to their highest in eight months after major producers said at a meeting in Vienna the global market was well on...
Prices of gold have been revised downward further in a week to keep it compatible with those of international market, jewellers said. In a statement, the Bangladesh Jewellers Samity (BAJUS)...
The US has dismissed a statement by North Korea accusing Washington of declaring war on the country, calling the idea "absurd". The White House on Monday also warned Pyongyang to...
A schoolboy died from electrocution at Kholsi village of Benapole on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Alif Hossain (11), son of Alim Morol, a resident of the village,...
The relationship between productivity and sustainable development is a two-way traffic. Investing in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can also foster productivity. Higher productivity and higher consumption are necessary for sustainable...
Most critics said positive things about Netflix’s "Star Trek: Discovery," the latest iteration of the franchise, as per a report on CBS News. The series had an 89 per...
A man has been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Kushtia’s Daulatpur. The gunfight took place at the Pipulbaria-Baliadanga field around 3:45am on Wednesday, said Daulatpur Police Station...
Myanmar's UN ambassador insisted Monday that there is no "ethnic cleansing" or genocide taking place against Muslims and objected "in the strongest terms" to countries that used those words to...
JOYPURHAT, Sep 25: Hundreds of marginal farmers are making handsome profit by cultivating bitter gourd in all the five upazilas of the district. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) official...
RANGPUR, Sept 25: An excellent growth of different varieties of short duration Aman paddy across the Rangpur agriculture region has made the growers optimistic of achieving a good yield of...
Business bodies, rights groups and left political parties Monday demanded cuts, not any hike, in electricity tariff by increasing the efficiency level and decreasing generation from cost-intensive plants. At a...
The Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018 (GCR 2017-18) and the findings of the Bangladesh Business Environment Study 2017 will be presented by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Wednesday. The Global...
The Bangladesh round of Telenor Youth Forum (TYF) selected Myat Moe Khaing and Rakib Rahman Shawon, students of Dhaka University at the TYF Grand Finale held at GP House. The...
Revenue authorities made a decisive move to realise Tk 1.1 billion in back taxes from eight large insurance companies who have defaulted on the payment for long, officials said. The...
A Palestinian attacker opened fire early on Tuesday at the entrance to a settlement outside Jerusalem, killing three Israeli men and critically wounding a fourth, Israeli police and medical services...
Meenabazar, country’s one of the largest grocery store, has celebrated its 15th anniversary at Dhanmondi outlet of the grocery shop recently. CEO of Gemcon Food & Agricultural Products Limited Shaheen...
Dhaka bourse displayed flat movement amid mixed performance of the major sectors. Price correction was also observed in the stocks of banks as like previous three sessions. The market started...
The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule seeking explanation that why the function of the current Board of Directors committee of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will not be declared...
'Foo Fighters' scored the top spot on the Billboard 200 album charts with “Concrete and Gold,” while South Korean boy band BTS made the best entry ever by a K-Pop...
Three pedestrians were crushed under a bus when it plunged into a roadside ditch in Bhobokdia area of Nagarkanda upazila on Dhaka-Barisal highway on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at many places over Chittagong division, at a few places over Khulna, Barisal, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours...
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