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Academic activities of 20 educational institutions in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar remain suspended due to prolonged floods and water stagnancy. Some of the institutions located on the Hakaluki haor...
European car bosses gathering for the Frankfurt auto show are beginning to address the realities of mass vehicle electrification, and its consequences for jobs and profit, their minds focused by...
Net income of all banks after provisioning and tax dropped by nearly 33 per cent or Tk 8.96 billion as of June 30 of the current calendar year. According...
Two international rights groups are putting pressure on global garment brands to join the second phase of Accord by October 05 next amid strong opposition from local apparel-makers. IndustriALL...
Thousands of people in capital Dhaka have rallied in protests against the violence like killings and arsons against Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine state of Myanmar. Islami Andolon Bangladesh,...
Myanmar's national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming UN General...
Customs intelligence officials arrested a Bangladeshi national along with 80,000 pieces of banned Indian injections from Benapole customs checkpost on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Hossain Mintu (45),...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested an alleged drug trader along with Indian liquor and Phensedyl syrup from Benapole area of Sharsha upazila early Wednesday. The arrestee...
EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides, has announced additional aid as more and more refugees arrive in Bangladesh from Myanmar. The European Commission announced €3...
Police in Cox’s Bazar have recovered the bodies of seven more Rohingyas from the Naf River, raising the total number of refugees killed during the crossing to over 100. ...
A mesmeric Lionel Messi scored twice and inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Juventus as the Catalans got off to a flying start in Champions League Group D on...
An establishment figure has been named Singapore's first female president after a "walkover" election that saw no vote after no other contenders ran for the position. Halimah Yacob, a...
Stocks rebounded strongly on Wednesday, snapping two-day losing streak with three indices and market of the major bourse hitting a record high. Brokers said the market returned to higher...
The government is investigating the alleged money-laundering by the members of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina revealed the information on Wednesday while replying to a...
Bangladesh stock market is again on a bull run - possibly, of a mild nature. In the last few days price index crossed the psychological level of 6000 points; it...
Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi-Chowdhury said the country will not have to experience any gas shortage from the first half of the next year. “Every day, the country...
A Members' Conference on 'Changes in Income Tax brought by the Finance Act 2017 of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh(ICAB) will be held Thursday at 5.00 pm at the...
Development of civilisation through centuries is marked by countless inventions and innovations and without them the world would not have been what it is now. History of development is actually...
Some recent media reports suggest that Bangladesh is doing very well in fisheries sector in last decade. A report claimed that Bangladesh would be the top among other four fish...
Bangladesh and India are in advanced stages of finalizing a project deal on product pipeline. Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) is in talks with the Bangladesh government to set up...
Australian actor Rebel Wilson has been awarded A$4.5million (£2.7m; $3.6m) payout in a defamation case against a series of magazine articles that had wrongly portrayed her as a serial liar....
OPEC on Tuesday forecast higher demand for its oil in 2018 and pointed to signs of a tighter global market, indicating its production-cutting deal with non-member countries is helping to...
Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, now owned by Facebook Inc, will leave the messaging service company to start a new foundation, he said in a Facebook post on Tuesday. ...
Most Asian stock markets were higher Wednesday after US shares rose on encouraging jobs data while worries about North Korea and twin hurricane disasters eased. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose...
The country's outbound workers are forced to pay three times more than the officially-fixed migration rates for securing jobs abroad due to an active nexus between middlemen and a...
Four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) received Tuesday directives for largely lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), particularly manufacturing ones, rather than disbursing large loans. Officials said the redirection...
President of France-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCIFB) and members of the Executive Committee of CCIFB hosted a dinner reception to bid farewell to French Ambassador to Bangladesh Sophie...
The last barrier to foreign direct investment (FDI) in apparel sector beyond the export processing zones (EPZs) is now removed as the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has expressed its readiness...
In the UN sustainable development agenda, 'Zero Hunger' is the 2nd most important goal. Among the global 800 million undernourished people, South Asia faces the greatest hunger burden with about...
It is a distress signal about the state of the country's banking sector. That is the impression that one does invariably get from the recent reports in a large segment...
The government has, in its latest drive, taken back eight jute and textiles mills from the private entrepreneurs as they had allegedly breached the key terms and conditions of privatisation,...
Twelve Nobel laureates and 18 other eminent global citizens have sent an open letter to the president and member states of UN Security Council urging them to intervene immediately to...
The Kingdom of Bhutan a destination for seeking spirituality and exotica and for economists to learn all about Gross Domestic Happiness, has become a testing ground for its realpolitik also....
The government has endorsed import of 50,000 tonnes of sugar through international tender at a cost of Tk 2.11 billion. The Cabinet committee on government purchase cleared the proposal to...
For citizens of poor countries, migration often is a highly appealing option. The journey to a new country is often perilous, but it promises far greater economic opportunity: average per...
A suicide bomber struck outside a cricket stadium during a match in Afghanistan's capital Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding seven others, officials said, reports AP. Kabul...
The government has undertaken initiatives to set up Hi-Tech Park, Software Technology Park and IT Village in the country aimed at creating employment for over 0.236 million (2,36,500) people. Prime...
The United Nations (UN) urged the international community to help Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh, who fled violence in Myanmar seeking safety, regardless of politics. “I think the entire...
The Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) will sit to discuss the 16th amendment verdict and possible legal steps regarding some of its observations. Chittagong-8 Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal MP Moin Uddin Khan Badal...
Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Netrokona on Tuesday night on charge of raping a teenage girl and provoking her to commit suicide. Koushik...
A sewer worker, who went missing after entering a manhole to clean the sewerage line in Mirpur area of Dhaka on Tuesday, was found dead nearly after 24 hours on...
The government plans development, renovation and extension of some 10,000 universal social infrastructures in all upazilas except the city corporation areas by June 2020. The Executive Committee of the...
The White House says the massive displacement and victimisation of people, including large numbers of the ethnic Rohingya community and other minorities, shows that Burmese security forces are not protecting...
Saudi Arabia does not want independent international inquiry into human rights violations in Yemen, as demanded by the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights. The time is not right...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump to broadly implement a ban on refugees entering the country from around the world. The justices granted a request...
Gold price held steady on Wednesday amid firmer equities and a softer dollar, with safe-haven demand for the metal supported after US President Donald Trump urged tougher measures against North...
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to the 22nd General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which opened Wednesday, saying he hoped for greater development...
Al Qaeda militants have called for support for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, who are facing a security crackdown that has sent about 400,000 of them fleeing to Bangladesh, warning that Myanmar...
Police have recovered the bodies of two women with their throats slit from a shrine in Munshiganj. The two found at the Hazrat Shah Sulaiman Nangta Shrine in Bhitikandi...
RANGPUR, Sept 12: The local people of Morneya union under Gangachara upazila in Rangpur district have set an example by constructing a bamboo-made bridge (Sako) with their own initiative over...
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