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A historic corridor to one of Sikhism's holiest shrines is now open, allowing Indian pilgrims rare visa-free access to the site in Pakistan, reports BBC. The Kartarpur corridor leads...
For many Westerners, the cycle rickshaw (also known as the cyclo or pedicab) is an iconically Asian form of transport, according to a report published ob The Economists. In fact,...
KARACHI: Pakistan has received the first onion export order of more than 300 tonnes of onion from Bangladesh after nearly 15 years of recess following an Indian ban on the...
Consumers’ demand for premium and fine quality tea is increasing in Bangladesh and, to meet the demand, global brands are being imported, according to a review report of the central...
Cyclonic storm ‘Bulbul’ over Khulna and adjoining northwestern part of Bangladesh moved slowly northwestwards and weekend further into a deep depression. The depression was lying over Bagerhat, Barishal and Patuakhali...
Operations have resumed at the Chittagong maritime port and the Shah Amanat International Airport, with the cyclone Bulbul already weakening too much to cause any ruins. The airport manager, wing...
The country’s banking sector assets-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) declined marginally in the past fiscal year (FY19), according to a report released by the central bank last week. It showed that...
Two people have died as Cyclone Bulbul struck India and southern Bangladesh on Saturday. One of them was killed by an uprooted tree in West Bengal's Kolkata, and another by...
Energy auditing in big industries will be made mandatory soon to check waste while reducing costs of industrial output. Around 200 industries of different sectors including power plants and textiles,...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a sister concern of the World Bank, is set to float the first-ever Bangladeshi Taka-denominated bond on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The bond will...
Severe cyclonic storm ‘Bulbul’ completed crossing the West Bengal-Khulna coast near the Sundarbans around 5am on Sunday and now lying over Khulna and adjoining southwestern part of the country. A...
A visit by this scribe to Kolkata in 1985 attained a special significance as the work on the city's underground railway had been underway for over a year. Such an...
A recent study on women migrant workers across 22 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America finds them experiencing serious gender-based violence and harassment ranging from insults to intimidation, physical...
Many people who are genuinely concerned about the country's narrow export base might find the projection about agro-processing highly reassuring. A recent USAID report said the agro-processing exports are set...
Lack of necessary infrastructure and skills need to be addressed to develop the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in the country. To this end, ICT R&D (research and development)...
China's economic rise poses significant political and strategic challenges to the existing global order. The emergence of a new superpower in Asia has inevitably produced geopolitical tensions that some have...
Severe cyclonic storm “Bulbul” is likely to cross Khulna-West Bengal coast near the Sundarbans by this mid-night tonight. Maximum sustained wind speed within 74km of the cyclone centre is about...
"Argentina was not invited to the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 that created the IMF, and it did not join until 1956. But it has been making its presence felt...
After liberation in 1971, Bangladesh adopted an industrial policy pursuing an import-substituting industrialisation. Its key objectives were to safeguard the country's infant industries, reduce balance of payments deficit, use scarce...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government will stop providing funds to public universities if the teachers do not stop provocative activities to take their students to a...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called for efforts to fully build the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force into a world-class air force. Xi, also general secretary of the...
The pledges made by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the ongoing second China International Import Expo (CIIE) to promote higher-level opening up are a clear manifestation of China's commitment to...
The fourth death anniversary of Md Abul Kasem, a former first class gazetted officer of Defence Finance (Army), will be observed tomorrow (November 10). Abul Kasem died on November 10, 2015...
Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has suspended all operations of Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport from Saturday 4:00pm until Sunday 6:00am to avert any damage due to the nearing...
The government has taken all the necessary steps to tackle the effects of the impending cyclonic storm ‘Bulbul’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. "We have made preparations to face...
Bangladesh raised the storm danger signal Saturday noon as cyclone ‘Bulbul’ intensified further and may cross West Bengal-Khulna coast(near the Sundarbans) by Saturday evening. Low-lying areas of the coastal districts...
Heavy rain accompanied by high-velocity winds, trigerred by very severe cyclonic storm 'Bulbul', lashed several parts of coastal Odisha on Saturday, uprooting trees and snapping road links. While no casualty...
Two people have died, five are missing and at least 150 homes have been destroyed as bushfires rage across eastern Australia, authorities said on Saturday. The New South Wales Rural...
The government on Saturday said 1,577 medical teams were formed and 4,516 shelters were opened in the coastal districts as cyclone ‘Bulbul’ continued to approach. Health minister Zahid Maleque and...
Taiwan's exports dropped 1.5 per cent year on year to 28.99 billion US dollars in October, falling for two consecutive months, the latest data showed. The decline was mainly due...
China's telecommunication giant Huawei is all set to facilitate Bangladesh with technical support in the implementation of 5G technology. According to a statement received in Dhaka, Huawei's Senior Vice President...
The Qulkhwani of former Dhaka City Corporation mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka will take place on November 15 instead of Sunday at Brothers Union Club grounds in Gopibagh of the city...
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) suspended all activities on Saturday morning after great danger signal number 9 was issued for the port. All the ships were taken away to safe areas...
The government has suspended the Junior School Certificate or JSC and Junior Dakhil Certificate or JDC exams of Nov 11 due to Cyclone Bulbul, a severe storm which is nearing...
A truck driver in Kerala has sought legal aid from the local police station. You know why and against whom? His adversary is not a man but a crow. The...
My first visit to Bangladesh was in 1993. I was shocked but also directly in love with the country and its people. In Falsathia, I met Sayed, a little boy...
Asia-Pacific is on track to become the biggest driver of demand for air travel, with nearly 4 billion passenger journeys expected over the next two decades, according to the International...
Thousands of biographies of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (S) have been written in different languages. Of these, some are comprehensive and analytical, some are brief and some are scattered. Thus, all...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the 12th national conference of Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League (BJSL), the labour wing of Bangladesh Awami League (AL). Sheikh Hasina, also the AL president,...
South Africans have been offering to help a couple have the wedding of their dreams after a video of the proposal at a KFC restaurant went viral on social media....
India's Supreme Court has ordered an alternate land for Muslims, decreeing a disputed religious site to Hindus in the northern town of Ayodhya. A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court,...
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been freed after more than 18 months in prison. The left-wing former leader, known as Lula, was greeted with rapturous applause...
President Donald Trump on Friday said he has not agreed to rollbacks of US tariffs sought by China, sparking fresh doubts about when the world’s two largest economies may end...
A total of 18 listed companies recommended dividend in last week ranging from 1.0 per cent to 100 per cent for the year ended on June 30, 2019. Most the...
Dhaka bourse closed the week with a moderate rise in broad index as optimistic investors took position in sector specific stocks considering the lucrative price level. Many investors created buying...
Bangladesh received more than one per cent of total global LNG production in the first 12 months after entering the LNG import marketplace as the 39th country in 2018, said...
Saudi company Engineering Dimensions wants to build a large cement factory in northeastern Chhatak of Sunamganj district, officials said. A delegation of the company arrives in Dhaka today (Saturday) discuss...
The prices of onion showed a slight decline both in the retail and wholesale markets in Dhaka city on Friday. Traders said the onion prices dropped a bit after the...
The variation of businesses remains very limited for women entrepreneurs in the field of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to a study. Conducted by the Bangladesh Institute of Development...
The cyclonic storm 'Bulbul' is gradually becoming stronger and it is likely to hit the country's coastal regions in the early hours of Sunday, said meteorologists. The storm remained in...
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