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• Robust financial sector can be fourth driver of BD economy: ADB

• 18 July 2019 21:07

Bangladesh needs to be serious to get the fourth pillar for its growing economy giving much importance to fina...

• Flawed corporate guarantee results in defaulted loans

• 18 July 2019 20:07

Bankers and academics at a discussion stressed the need for distinguishing rightly 'corporation' and the 'busi...

• South Korea's central bank lowers rate amid Japan trade row

• 18 July 2019 20:07

South Korea's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the first time in three years to combat a falte...

• New areas submerged as Sherpur’s flood situation worsens

• 18 July 2019 20:07

The sudden swelling of the Old Brahmaputra River has led to the inundation of new Char areas, croplands and ho...

• Power plant fined Tk 20 lakh for polluting Halda River

• 18 July 2019 20:07

The Department of Environment  here on Wednesday suspend production of Picking power plant in Hathazari upazil...

• Asylum ban may further strain immigrant detention facilities

• 18 July 2019 20:07

A new policy to deny asylum to anyone who shows up on the Mexican border after traveling through another count...

• Rifat’s wife Minni put on 5-day remand

• 18 July 2019 20:07

A court here on Wednesday placed Aysha Siddika Minni, who was arrested on Tuesday night, on a 5-day remand for...

• Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency

• 18 July 2019 20:07

The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization ann...

• US kicking NATO ally Turkey out of fighter program

• 18 July 2019 20:07

In a major break with a longtime ally, the Trump administration on Wednesday said Turkey is being kicked out o...

• Old Dhaka building collapse: Another body recovered

• 18 July 2019 20:07

Rescuers recovered the body of another man from the rubble of a two-storied building that caved in on Wednesda...

• Govt plans to introduce electric, high-speed trains: PM

• 18 July 2019 02:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government has a plan to introduce electric and high-speed...

• Armed forces ready to help: Army Chief

• 17 July 2019 23:07

Bangladesh Army chief General Aziz Ahmed on Wednesday said the armed forces are ready to help if the flood sit...

• Confusion grips small traders over VAT exemption

• 17 July 2019 23:07

Small businesses that were enjoying package VAT (value-added tax) system until June 30 are in confusion over t...

• Exclusive hotel rates for Emirates passengers across UAE

• 17 July 2019 23:07

Airline giant Emirates has come up with lucrative offers for its passengers travelling to and through Dubai —...

• PM flags off ‘Benapole Express’

• 17 July 2019 23:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated ‘Benapole Express’, an intercity train that will plying...

• Leading milk brands contain ‘excessive lead’, BSTI claims

• 17 July 2019 22:07

Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Tuesday claimed to have found excessive amount of lead...

• Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later

• 17 July 2019 22:07

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago...

• US sanctions Myanmar generals over killings of Rohingya

• 17 July 2019 22:07

The United States is hitting four top Myanmar generals, including the country's commander in chief and his dep...

• DSE, CSE rise amid low turnover at opening

• 17 July 2019 22:07

Stocks witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday as investors showed their buying spree...

• BSEC approves draft prospectus of new mutual fund

• 17 July 2019 22:07

The securities regulator has approved the draft prospectus of an open-ended mutual fund, Capitec Popular Life...