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• $515m WB loan to improve fisheries, roads, forests

• 07 October 2018 03:10

The World Bank (WB) has approved $515 million US dollar for three projects in Bangladesh to improve coastal an...

• Interpol chief reported missing after trip to China

• 06 October 2018 23:10

The 64-year-old Meng Hongwei was elected president of Interpol in November 2016. His term is due to run until...

• 51st DU convocation begins

• 06 October 2018 23:10

96 students will get gold medals from the President while Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Philosophy...

• SWIFT looks to train BD bankers on cyber-crimes

• 06 October 2018 22:10

The SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is the global provider of secure finan...

• Digital technologies to cut trade costs significantly: WTO

• 06 October 2018 22:10

Four type of technologies — the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, 3D printing and Blockchain will...

• India imposes import ban on edible oil

• 06 October 2018 22:10

DRI instructed the commissioner of customs (preventive), Kolkata on September 25 last, saying that soybean, pa...

• 70pc banks don’t have budget for compliance units

• 06 October 2018 22:10

The findings were revealed at a roundtable discussion on 'Costs for Compliance with Regulations in Banks' orga...

• India and Russia ink deal on S-400 missile system

• 06 October 2018 22:10

The $5.4 billion (around Rs 40,000 crore) deal was concluded during the 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Sum...

• US, China look on as Putin seeks India arms deals

• 05 October 2018 01:10

Putin and Modi, who appear to enjoy a personal rapport, are also likely to discuss a deal for four Krivak-clas...

• US to end Treaty of Amity with Iran

• 05 October 2018 01:10

Iran took the US to court after it re-imposed sanctions on the back of abandoning a nuclear deal in May

• PM opens 3-day 4th ‘National Development Fair’

• 05 October 2018 01:10

Various government offices, agencies, banks, and insurance and other financial institutions joined the distric...

• FFs’ children block Shahbagh intersection

• 05 October 2018 00:10

Traffic from Jatiya Press Club to Science Laboratory, and from TSC intersection to Karwan Bazar remained suspe...

• Newly-installed gantry cranes begin operations at NCT

• 04 October 2018 23:10

The three cranes are part of the six that the port authority purchased at Tk 3.44 billion in 2017 from Chinese...

• EU mulls trade sanctions on Myanmar

• 04 October 2018 23:10

The sanctions, under discussion at the European Commission, would include Myanmar’s lucrative textile industry...

• Dhaka, KL working to amend G2G deal

• 04 October 2018 23:10

The two countries have started scrutinising ways to delete rules from the deal that they deem unnecessary and...

• Gold Policy approved aiming ornaments export

• 04 October 2018 23:10

Main goals of the policy are to ease the gold import process to fulfill the demand for commercial use of gold...

• Govt aims to cut poverty by 1.8pc per year: Muhith

• 04 October 2018 23:10

The government's policy of poverty elimination is to reduce poverty rate 1.6 to 1.8 per cent every year. We ha...

• Saudi co to set up oil refinery plant in Ctg with $6.0b investment

• 04 October 2018 23:10

According to the proposal approved by BIDA, the refinery will produce 2632500 MT of Octane, 661500MT of LPG, 5...

• Ban on hilsa fishing from Oct 7 to 28

• 04 October 2018 23:10

Any fisherman violating this instruction will land in jail for one to two years or pay Tk 5,000 fine. The puni...

• BPC to propose oil price hike

• 04 October 2018 22:10

It aims to avoid losses in oil trading due to the sky-rocketing oil prices in the international market. The st...