Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) Bogra Zone organised a day-long workshop on Women Entrepreneurship Development in Bogra recently. Mizanur Rahman Jodder, General Manager of Bangladesh Bank, inaugurated the workshop as the chief guest. Presided over by Md Mosharraf Hossain, Executive...
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Tuesday called for reforming the income tax ordinance 1984 for increasing tax revenue. “We must go for reforming the income tax ordinance 1984. I don’t understand why the ordinance has not been made an act...
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd signed a contract in Dhaka on Tuesday with Itron Metering Systems Singapore Pte Ltd to install 8,600 prepaid metres for its residential consumers in the city’s Dhanmondi and Mohammadpur areas. As per the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the need for working together by the South Asian nations to further accelerate the economic development of the region. "The region will further get developed and prosperous if the South Asian nations work...
Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has called for a boycott of the Bengali-language daily ‘Prothom Alo’ for describing Bangladesh’s War of Independence as an ‘India-Pakistan war’. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and her ICT adviser gave the call in his Facebook...
Mombasa and its sandy white coastline beckon vacationers, but on a recent day Harald Kampa watched helplessly as more than 100 guests checked out of his hotel, heeding a British government warning that the coastal region should be avoided because...
The Election Commission (EC) has planned to arrange elections in five more upazila (UZ) parishads at the end of June. The upazilas are Mehendiganj of Barisal, Atpara of Netrakona, Nakla of Sherpur, Madaripur Sadar and Bancharampur of Brahmanbaria. The commission...
Transactions in Bangladesh’s capital market have declined to eight-month low after witnessing some stability at the beginning of the year, just after the general elections. Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday recorded lowest ever transactions in last eight months. Analysts...
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Tuesday refuted the rejoinder issued by Dr Kamal Hossain & Associates Monday, saying it tried to suppress the truth and was a heinous act to distort history. The PMO, in a rejoinder signed by PM’s...
The BNP has demanded withdrawal of military personnel from the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). "There's a conspiracy going on to taint the army's image by using RAB for political purposes," the party's vice-president Sadeque Hossain Khoka told a discussion on...
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities will observe the Dhaka University (DU) Day on July 1 with great enthusiasm and festivity on the campus, marking its 93rd founding anniversary. The theme of this year's day is ‘Higher education for economic development...
India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel beat a Bangladeshi youth to death at Benapole border under Sharsha upazila in Jessore district on Monday. The dead is Sirajul Islam, 25, a cattle trader and son of Akbar Ali, a resident of...
At least 10 people were injured, may of them seriously, as a nor’wester lashed several union parishads in Magura’s Shalikha and Sadar upazilas on Sunday night. Of the 10, seven were injured as houses and trees collapsed on them during...
British newspaper Mirror, quoting a new book, said in a report that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 may have been accidentally shot down during a US-Thai joint military exercise in February. Mirror reports, the book 'Flight MH370: The Mystery' makes the...
Asian markets broadly fell on Monday despite an uptick on Wall Street, while traders keep an eye on the release of key indicators out of China and Japan later in the week. Tokyo lost 0.64 per cent, or 90.15 points,...
A petition has sought to stop duty-free import of cars for members of the parliament (MP). Lawyer Md Yunus Ali Akhand filed the petition at the Supreme Court on Monday. It also sought a rule on why the decision to...
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Stocks extended the losing streak for the seventh running sessions on Monday as investors remained reluctant to make fresh investments. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) came down below 4,400 points mark after five months and...
A local Jubo Dal activist, who was shot and injured over a triffling matter, was has died at a private clinic at Noakhali Sadar upazila. The dead is Jahangir Alam, 22, an activist of Laxmipur upazila unit of Jubo Dal,...
The cabinet has approved a draft of ‘The Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank Act, 2014’ aimed at bringing more people under the services of the bank through expanding its activities. The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the...
Voting in two polling centres in Sadar upazila of Comilla district was postponed following ballot paper snatching and bomb explosion on Monday. Locals said a group of miscreants snatched a huge number of ballot papers from Chhayabithi Government Primary School...
Police claim to have injured three bandits during a ‘gun battle’ at Satkhira’s Chhaygharia on Monday. The men were reportedly robbing a good-laden truck after stopping it by felling trees on Satkhira-Jessore road when police turned up, Satkhira Sadar OC...
A Nepali student has been found dead in Kurigram district, 2-day after he drowned in Teesta River in neighbouring Rangpur district. The deceased was identified as Paban Kechi Khetri, 20, a first-year MBBS student of Rangpur Community Medical College. College...
A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League was killed and five other people were injured in a clash over playing a cricket match at Lakshmipur Sadar upazila on Sunday night. The dead is Abu Noman, vice-president of Chandraganj union unit...
Shahid Hamid, FIH, Chairman, PATA Bangladesh Chapter and Executive Director, Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort has been elected as a Member of the PATA Board of Directors for two years in the 63rd PATA Annual General Meeting held on May...
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya has set off for Thailand amidst growing demands for his resignation. Maya has faced much criticism since his claim that none of his family were involved in Narayanganj 7-murder. His son-in-law...
A young girl was slaughtered allegedly by her boyfriend in a room of a residential hotel in Station Road area of Chittagong city on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Joytsna Begum, 21. Police arrested her boyfriend Zakir, a...
British drugmaker AstraZeneca on Monday rejected a final $117-billion takeover bid from US rival Pfizer, appearing to put an end to the saga. Pfizer had lodged a fourth and final offer worth 85 billion euros or £69 billion on Sunday,...
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops near Ukraine’s border to withdraw, the Kremlin says. Units in the Rostov, Belgorod and Bryansk regions should return to their permanent bases, a statement said. Russia has made similar statements in the past,...
Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from a river at Satkhira’s Ashashuni upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was wearing a half shirt and pants. Officer-in-charge of Ashashuni Police Station Ahsan Habib said local people spotted the man’s...
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