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Amid growing student protests, Barishal University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Imamul Haque has expressed sorrow for his recent 'offensive comment'. In a press statement signed by university public relations officer Faisal...
Stock markets around the world moved higher on Friday following signs of progress in US-China trade talks, while the British pound fell. Improved risk sentiment helped buoy benchmark US yields...
Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Friday, putting them on track to end the final trading day of the first quarter on a strong note, boosted by optimism over trade...
Stocks plummeted for the ninth straight week that ended on Thursday, while turnover continued its downtrend as edgy investors kept dumping financial shares. The ongoing pessimism coupled with lower than...
The overall deposit growth in the country's private commercial banks (PCBs) fell further last year despite allowing the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) to deposit of half their funds with them. The...
Two listed banks and a non-bank financial institution (NBFI) declared dividend last week. BRAC Bank: The board of directors of BRAC Bank has recommended 15 per cent stock dividend for...
The imports of mobile phones slumped by 17 per cent in last year, as increased duty on cellular handsets weighed on the purchase by price-sensitive customers. Even the recent introduction...
RAJUK says it has found dissimilarities between the building plan showed by the Faruque Rupayan Tower authorities and the one kept at the capital’s development authority. The owners of the...
Bangladesh plans a 7.5-per cent hike in gas price for international oil companies to lure global players into hydrocarbon exploration in its untapped offshore blocks in the upcoming bidding. The...
The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has proposed creation of a Tk 50-billion 'market support fund' to help make the stock market stable. Sources said the corporation made an appeal...
A fire that broke out at the Dhaka Norh City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market in Gulshan-1 under has been brought under control. No casualty was reported immediately. Twenty of the firefighting...
A party linked to Thailand's ruling military junta said it will not hold talks to try to form the next government until after the coronation of King Maha Vajiralongkorn in...
The introduction of circular bus service at Dhanmondi area in Dhaka is a welcome move no doubt. Though the concept of circular bus service is simple, it is really difficult...
During the last couple of years, turbulence gripped the banking sector in Bangladesh - largely in the state sector but lately in the private sector also. Loan defaults have historically...
The blazing fire in Banani's FR Tower that claimed lives of at least 25 people and left more than 100 injured Thursday has again brought to the fore flaws in...
Market-oriented structural reforms in Bangladesh--which begun in the late 1980s and intensified since the 1990s--have put the economy on a higher growth path with annual GDP (gross domestic product) growth...
There has always been a fixation on Chinese economic growth. And with good reason. For a large economy, sustaining annual growth rates of 10 per cent over several decades is...
As has been the case with organic vegetables, demand has outstripped supply in fresh water fish resulting in the fish being largely unavailable. On fisheries day dignitaries smile to the...
A stable, sustainable, transparent and business-friendly tax and tariff regime will not only integrate Bangladesh's business with the global value chain, but will also usher in a rational, transparent and...
The wait is over and fans have decided their winner. Trophy for the best goal in Barca's history has been entitled to Lionel Messi for his spectacular goal against Getafe...
The killings of journalists are on the rise globally. Most journalists are being targeted and persecuted for investigating and reporting about organised crimes, corruption and other ills of society. They...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Friday asked Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to identify all faulty and illegal structures in the northern part of the capital. "I've...
Oil prices rose on Friday amid the ongoing OPEC-led supply cuts and US sanctions against Iran and Venezuela, putting crude markets on track for their biggest quarterly rise since 2009,...
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 29: Turkish Airlines, the national flag carrier of Turkey, arranged an award distribution ceremony for its top travel and cargo agents under the banner "Agency Award Night" on...
Proposals to modify London Metal Exchange rules to attract more metal into its system would help boost stocks and revenues for warehousing firms and improve transparency, LME chief executive Matt...
MPs reject Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement by 344 votes to 286, throwing UK’s Brexit plans into more confusion. Mrs May said the vote would have "grave consequences" and the...
A meeting of the Awami League (AL) presidium was held at Ganabhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister, in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh...
A two-day meeting of the customs officials of Bangladesh and India would begin on Sunday, aiming to ease bilateral trade and stop smuggling. National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman M...
India’s trade ministry has proposed that the government delays by a month the imposition of retaliatory tariffs on some US goods that were due to go into effect from April...
The imported tag on the tub-like plastic container of a kilogram of honey declares that its maximum price is Tk 650. Imported from China, the Husein company's honey is imported...
In New Zealand's history, the deadliest attack on two mosques at Christchurch on 15 March 2019, killing 50 and injuring 50 other innocent Muslims during Friday prayer, throws a question...
As a state ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990, the government of Bangladesh should ensure the rights...
Prawn (Galda) production in the country witnessed a sharp rise in the fiscal year 2011-12 (FY12) compared to that in the previous fiscal (FY11), and continued the upward trend till...
The Venezuelan government, led by President Nicolas Maduro, on Thursday said it has barred 'opposition leader' Juan Guaido from holding public office for 15 years, though the National Assembly leader...
British Prime Minister Theresa May puts a stripped-down version of her twice-defeated Brexit divorce deal to a vote in parliament on Friday, in an attempt to break the impasse over...
Around 285 delivery vans were registered in the country in January and February 2019, according to an official data. A total of 2,100 delivery vans were registered in 2018, according...
Tens of thousands of chanting, banner-waving protesters marched though Algiers for the sixth Friday in succession to demand the removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika days after the country’s powerful military...
A total of the 24 victims out of 25, who died in the devastating fire at Banani’s FR Tower on Thursday, have been identified. “Out of the 24 deceased identified...
Cash-strapped Pakistan is likely to secure a bailout package between USD 6 billion and USD 12 billion from the IMF by the middle of May after the two sides significantly...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said Bangladesh and the UK will jointly celebrate 50 years of diplomatic bonhomie in both Dhaka and London. Britain was one of...
Fire service personnel have conducted a final sweep on all the floors of the 22-storey FR Tower in Banani to ensure that there are no risks of another fire outbreak....
Indo-Bangla cruise service with 110 tourists is set to kick off from Narayanganj today aiming to explore a new sphere of tourism between the two neighbouring countries Bangladesh and India....
Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday suggested formation of a national commission to find out whether there is any lack of law in ensuring safe construction of high-rise...
Terming the Awami League-led government a 'puppet', BNP on Friday alleged that bureaucrats are now ruling the country. "We all know who did what in the (December-30) election. Now, the...
Facebook has said it will block "praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism" on Facebook and Instagram from next week. The social media giant also pledged to improve...
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Friday a unified Syrian opposition should emerge before the start of any dialogue with the Syrian government. Ibrahim al-Assaf, speaking at an Arab League...
Pope Francis on Friday enacted sweeping new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse within the Vatican and other Holy See institutions in Rome as well as by its diplomatic...
US officials held 'constructive' talks in Beijing, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday, concluding the latest round of dialogue with China aimed at resolving the bitter trade dispute between...
Airports of Thailand Pcl will hold the auction for its biggest duty-free concession at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport in May, the company said on Friday. The existing duty-free license is set...
In a world first, US doctors have transplanted a kidney from one HIV-positive patient to another. The operation took place at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States,...
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