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Humanitarian agencies operating in Cox’s Bazar urgently need US $77 million to assist the people who have fled violence in Myanmar, the United Nations says. “The rapid movement of people...
The ministry of food owes the people an explanation as to why the prices of rice, their main daily consumption item, are going up despite a substantial cut in the...
Leaders in Qatar and Saudi Arabia spoke by telephone early Saturday in their first high-level contact since an Arab diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha three months ago, but now even terms...
The S&P 500 ended slightly lower on Friday as investors braced for potential damage from Hurricane Irma as it drove toward Florida. The Dow eked out a gain, helped...
Hurricane Irma strengthened and made landfall in Cuba on Friday as a Category 5 storm, as millions of Florida residents were ordered to evacuate after the storm killed 21 people...
India says it remains ‘deeply concerned’ about the situation in Rakhine State and the outflow of refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh. In a statement on Saturday, the Indian government said...
Six people died and at least 25 were injured after a truck and a Pirojpur-bound bus collided head-on in Gopalganj, police have said. Two women were among the dead...
Bangladesh has emerged as the sixth largest importer of textiles across the globe. According to the latest statistics of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the country’s share in global...
The government eyes disbursement of nearly US$7.0-billion concessional foreign assistance this financial year, an ambitious 35 per cent rise over last fiscal, to meet huge fund needs. Even, officials said...
Consumer financing by the banking sector saw a significant rise during the last year thanks to falling lending rates and rising purchasing power of the country's middle-class. Consumer credit rose...
BUYER'S credit facility has been gaining popularity in the country. Bangladesh Bank statistics shows that it has worked as a great leap forward. Under the facility, importers get short-term loans...
MEDICARE sector of Bangladesh is yet to be developed as we see thousands of patients going abroad particularly to India for better treatment. We see foreign hospitals erecting attractive billboards...
ROHINGYAS of Myanmar are fleeing their homes and taking refuge in Bangladesh following extreme persecution unleashed by the military of the country. Myanmar has seemingly overstepped all limits of humanity...
No matter into which level the insensitivity of a society deteriorates, there are few reasons for losing hope. Since the early days of civilisations, many human communities have been found...
The US-based Brookings Institution ranked Bangladesh 19th in its recent global financial inclusion report. The country scored 66 in the ratings among 26 countries. Although the ranking is the same...
Law Minister Anisul Huq has said that development of the country is not possible without educating its women and that is why Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasised on women...
National Professor Dr Muhammed Ibrahim, a great and successful physician, a gifted teacher, a talented organiser and a great reformer was born on December 31, 1911 and died on September...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu Saturday said the Myanmar government would have to face the international court for killing Rohingya population. "They (Myanmar government) have been committing crimes against...
Humanitarian agencies operating in Cox’s Bazar urgently need US$77 million to assist people who have fled violence in Rakhine, Myanmar as Rohingya refugees in the district tripled in the last...
Uddin thought he was tapping into a financial lifeline for his future and his family back in Bangladesh when he migrated to Singapore for construction work. He was promised a...
An unprecedented ethnic-cleansing campaign, almost akin to a pogrom, has been unleashed against Rohingya people in Myanmar. According to corroborated reports published in newspapers all over the world and according...
A total of 11,933 pilgrims returned home in 30 return hajj flights in the last three days after performing hajj in Saudi Arabia. According to a bulletin issued by...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday urged BNP to stop hatching ‘conspiracies’ over Rohingya issue. “BNP has been engaged in a dirty game. They don’t criticise the...
A much-changed Real Madrid dropped points for the second La Liga home game in a row as Levante held them to a 1-1 draw on Saturday. Lucas Vazquez cancelled...
The physical condition of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Anisul Haque, who is now staying in London, is recovering gradually, reports BSS. "We were informed that the physical...
The 17th session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at 5pm tomorrow (Sunday). President Abdul Hamid summoned the session exercising the power bestowed upon him according to clause...
Passengers were suffering immensely on Dhaka-Tangail highway as vehicles are moving slowly due to 20-km tailback stretching from Mirzapur of Tangail to Chandra of Gazipur. The tailback was...
Kylian Mbappe scored on his Paris Saint-Germain debut as Metz were left to rue Benoit Assou-Ekotto's controversial second-half dismissal in a 5-1 victory for the Ligue 1 title favourites, reports...
Japan Exchange Group, the operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, said on Friday it had approved the listing of three socially responsible exchange-traded funds - the first of their kind...
South Korean shares fell on Friday, as automakers led by market heavyweight Hyundai Motor dropped on worries its Chinese joint venture partner may pull out following the deployment of an...
Thai shares climbed to a more than four-year high on Friday, while most other Southeast Asian stock markets traded range-bound. Robust Chinese trade data lent support to broader Asian shares,...
China stocks edged up on Friday, poised for a fourth straight week of gains, amid signs investors are pumping fresh money into a market buoyed by solid economic growth and...
A schoolboy was found dead in a farmland at Gulisha village in Chandpur district on Friday night, a day after going missing. The deceased was identified as Fahim, 13,...
Top seed Rafael Nadal swept past Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in brilliant style to set up a US Open final against Kevin Anderson. The Spaniard won nine games...
Police recovered a hanging body of a young man and a floating body of an unidentified youth from two spots of Raipur and Sadar upazilas of Laxmipur district on Saturday....
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in a drive arrested an activist of the banned Islamic outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir from Mohammadpur area of Dhaka city on Friday afternoon. The arrestee was...
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested two members of Neo-JMB from Nikunjo in Khilkhet area of Dhaka city on Friday night. ...
Apple Inc’s new iPhone had hit production glitches early in its manufacturing process and could lead to supply shortfalls and shipping delays following its launch next week, the Wall Street...
A man was killed as a fish-laden pickup van hit a stationed truck at Shahbari on Bagerhat-Pirojpur road in Morelganj upazila on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Monir...
At least fourteen people were killed as Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, smashed a string of Caribbean islands on its way to Florida...
A big cut in import duty on rice has hardly made any impact on the prices of the major staple in the city markets. Market observers said big importers...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has waived 25 per cent tax on export of tobacco products by factories located in the country's Export Processing Zones (EPZs). The customs...
An earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck off the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings in the capital city. People in...
Retired South African cleric and anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu urged Myanmar leader and fellow Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday to intervene to help Rohingya Muslims fleeing...
Philippine prosecutors have recommended the filing of charges against a former bank manager for her part in laundering tens of millions of dollars stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank last year,...
Eli Lilly and Co said on Thursday it would lay off about 8 per cent of its employees as the drugmaker, which has suffered setbacks over the past year in...
Net inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 32.76 per cent in the past fiscal year (FY17), according to the latest statistics of the central bank. It showed...
Qatar is donating $30 million to help people in Texas recover from Harvey, its ambassador said Thursday, amid a diplomatic crisis with its neighbours. The contribution appears to be...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to pay special attention on collecting tax from foreigners working in the country. NBR chairman M Nojibur Rahman gave the...
London-based "The Economist" has found Bangladesh's GDP per person better than that of Pakistan's, in its latest report published on Thursday. Following is the full text of the report:...
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