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Visa's revenue growth continued to wind back to pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter as the post-lockdown travel craze ebbed and consumer spending slowed in a tough economy. The world's...
The Pakistani rupee showed signs of steadying on Friday after steep decline over the previous two days, with hopes raised by an International Monetary Fund team visiting Islamabad in coming...
More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday, as residents described being...
Asian stocks rose on Friday and were poised for their fifth straight week of gains after data highlighted a resilient US economy, boosting investor sentiment ahead of next week's slate...
The United States is entering a third phase of talks with countries to reform the World Trade Organization's (WTO) hobbled trade dispute arbitration system and aims for it to be...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will on Sunday inaugurate 25 development projects completed at a cost of Tk 1317 crore in Rajshahi City and across the district. At the event she...
The forest department officials on Thursday evening detained a man with 20kg venison from the Nilkamal area of the Sundarbans in Khulna. The detainee was identified as Hiru Akon of...
Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr were knocked of the Saudi Super Cup on Thursday after a 3-1 semi-final loss to Al Ittihad in Riyadh. The 37-year-old Portugal international, five-times Ballon D'Or...
Toyota Motor Corp chief Akio Toyoda is set to remain a dominant force inside the world's largest automaker for years to come, and will continue to influence the agenda after...
Russia pounded Ukraine with missiles and drones, killing at least 11 people, according to officials, after Western allies promised to supply tanks to help Ukraine fight Russia's invasion, Reuters reports....
Haitian police officers on Thursday blocked streets and forced their way into the country's main airport to protest the recent killing of officers by armed gangs expanding their grip on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Jan 26) said the government is taking all kinds of preparations to hold the country's next general election in a free and fair manner, BSS...
Japan and the Netherlands will join the United States in implementing export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China soon, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, Reuters reports. The trilateral talks...
South Korea says it will continue to restrict the entry of short-term travelers from China through the end of February over concerns that the spread of COVID-19 in that country...
A court in Thailand sentenced a 27-year-old political activist to 28 years in prison on Thursday for posting messages on Facebook that it said defamed the country’s monarchy, while two...
India's Adani Enterprises Ltd began a record $2.45 billion secondary share sale for retail investors on Friday, days after the Adani conglomerate - controlled by one of the world's richest...
The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite a long list of questions about how to best protect...
জাপানে শতাধিক স্কুল, বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে হত্যা ও বোমা হামলার হুমকি দিয়ে ফ্যাক্স এসেছে। এতে তড়িঘড়ি বন্ধ করা হয় সব শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠান। পুলিশ হুমকিদাতা ব্যক্তির খোঁজ করছে। বিবিসি জানায়, এ সপ্তাহের শুরুর দিকে টোকিওর একটি নম্বর থেকে হাই...
Pakistan's generators produced more power than was required on Monday, causing voltage fluctuations that culminated in a system collapse that plunged 220 million people into darkness, an internal government document...
Titas Gas Transmission & Distribution Company's profit jumped around 29 per cent year-on-year for Q2 of the FY23 ended in December last year, driven mainly by interest income and gas...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has called for maintaining stability in the country's business climate ahead of and during the upcoming national election. To this...
Walton Hi-Tech Industries secured a profit of Tk 604.58 million in the second quarter of the FY23, a significant improvement from the loss incurred in the previous quarter. However, year-on-year...
The government is set to inaugurate the new 12-storey building of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) at the city's Agargoan on February 4. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected...
The Ministry of Shipping will implement 35 projects during the ongoing fiscal year of 2022-23 (FY 23) involving a cost of over Tk 70.75 billion. Of the total projects, 31...
The government for the first time made a provision of keeping a 40-bigha ceiling for non-agricultural land use under the 'Land Ownership and Uses Act 'keeping in mind the scarcity...
The number of convictions for trafficking offences fell by 27 per cent in 2020 globally from the previous year, with sharper decreases in South Asia (56 per cent). In addition,...
The inter-bank call money rate soared to its highest cap at 7.0 per cent -- a rise by nearly 200 per cent in a year since January 2022 -- on...
Nine compliant traders have been given the status of authorised economic operators (AEOs) as they work as trusted businessmen of the customs for export-import trade without interruptions. The National Board...
Bangladesh has managed to partly avert a penalty on delayed payment against LNG imports thanks to a good gesture by Oman Trading International (OTI), a long-term supplier for the country....
Difficulty in getting access to finance and land, policy unpredictability and taxes emerge as most business-hurting areas in Bangladesh, chambers and investors said Thursday while unveiling an index suggesting a...
The Bangla Academy is set to publish an autobiography of the incumbent President Abdul Hamid at the Ekushey Book Fair detailing how he paved his way from a quiet Haor...
The holy month of Ramadan is less than a couple of months away. Usually, prices of most essentials go up ahead of this holy occasion and consumers are also familiar...
The apprehension was there all right. What was however not known is the enormity of the problem of dropout and learning losses arising out of the prolonged closure of educational...
Among the many modes of money laundering, a less talked-about method that seemingly has the potential to cause massive money flight from a host country is transfer pricing. In Bangladesh,...
Residents of the Dhaka metropolis are not used to seeing wide-angle photographs of the like published recently in this daily. The aerial view catches the sprawling city in a rare...
It is passé to say, inequality is as old as civilisation but critique and attempts at resisting and alleviating it is recent. While the beginning of inequality with the rise...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) called on PVH to buy more high-end apparel from the country. PVH is one of the world’s largest and most renowned fashion companies...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday asked the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to get ready to ensure a fair and acceptable national election expected to be held early next year, reports...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has invited the World Bank (WB) to invest further in climate-smart infrastructures, especially for widening and heightening embankments along Bangladesh’s coastal belt. He made...
A global climate campaign titled ‘Generation Hope’ was launched in Dhaka on Thursday to raise the voice for urgent actions on climate inequality. The campaign aims to tackle economic inequality...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday said his ministry will continue its advocacy with other ministries to simplify the process of obtaining certificates and registration, including five-year trade licences to...
The government has raised sugar price again by Tk 5 per kg with effect from February 1, 2023. Bangladesh Sugar Refiners Association issued a circular in this regard on Thursday...
চিনির দাম কেজিতে পাঁচ টাকা বাড়ানোর ঘোষণা দিয়েছে পরিশোধন কোম্পানিগুলো। বাংলাদেশ সুগার রিফাইনার্স অ্যাসোসিয়েশন বৃহস্পতিবার বাণিজ্য সচিবের কাছে চিঠি দিয়ে চিনির নতুন দাম জানিয়েছে। তাতে প্রতি কেজি খোলা চিনির দাম...
Opium cultivation in military-ruled Myanmar jumped 33 per cent last year, reversing a six-year downward trend in the strife-torn country, a United Nations report said on Thursday. The growth was...
The suspect in a machete attack on two churches in southern Spain in which one clergyman was killed and another seriously injured is a 25-year-old Moroccan man who was due...
ভ্রমণপিপাসুদের ঘোরাঘুরির অভিজ্ঞতা উন্নত করতে প্রতিনিয়ত নানা ধরনের ধারাবাহিক প্রচেষ্টার স্বীকৃতি হিসেবে টানা দ্বিতীয়বারের মত টপ পারফর্মার হয়ে নভোএয়ারের প্ল্যাটিনাম অ্যাওয়ার্ড জিতে নিয়েছে অনলাইন ট্রাভেল এজেন্সি (ওটিএ) শেয়ারট্রিপ। সম্প্রতি রাজধানীর...
ShareTrip receives Platinum Award from Novoair as top performer for two consecutive years Country’s leading Online Travel Agency (OTA), ShareTrip has been recognised as the top performer with a Platinum...
Pakistan has sought support from Washington to unlock a stalled International Monetary Fund programme that would release $1.1 billion to its strained economy as the country rebuilds after last year's...
আবহাওয়া অফিস জানিয়েছে, দক্ষিণপূর্ব বঙ্গোপসাগর ও এর কাছাকাছি এলাকায় একটি লঘুচাপ সৃষ্টি হতে পারে। পরবর্তী তিন দিনে এ লঘুচাপ সৃষ্টির সম্ভাবনা রয়েছে। আজ সারাদেশে রাতের তাপমাত্রা সামান্য বাড়তে এবং দিনের...
Bangladesh has recorded 16 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,494. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,441 over...
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