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• Crisis body meet ends sans fixing deadline

• 14 May 2019 20:05

A meeting of the crisis management core committee under labour ministry ended on Monday, without fixing any de...

• MCCI lists banking sector as a major risk to economy

• 14 May 2019 20:05

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka has identified the present situation in the ba...

• Govt borrowing from banks to pick up soon

• 14 May 2019 20:05

The government's bank borrowing is set to pick up significantly in May following revenue target shortfall in r...

• Bangladesh seeks to forge strong economic ties with EEU

• 14 May 2019 20:05

Bangladesh and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) are set to sign an agreement on cooperation in 21 sector...

• 200 garment factories vulnerable to fire in Gazipur

• 13 May 2019 23:05

About 200 readymade garment factories in the district are vulnerable to fire and the buildings they are housed...

• Confident Tigers eyeing tri-series final

• 13 May 2019 23:05

Bangladesh is eying to seal the final of tri-series with a match to go when they take on West Indies today at...

• Sri Lanka blocks social media after worst anti-Muslim unrest since Easter

• 13 May 2019 22:05

Sri Lanka is temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsA...

• Tk 5.3b farm loans lie unrecovered

• 13 May 2019 22:05

A hefty Tk 5.3 billion of six state-owned banks remains stuck against 160,225 cases filed to recover from farm...

• 'All exports to get same incentives in budget'

• 13 May 2019 21:05

All export-oriented sectors will get incentive benefits, similar to ready-made garments (RMG), from the next f...

• Drug dealer dies in Mymensingh ‘gunfight’

• 13 May 2019 21:05

A suspected drug dealer was killed in gunfight with police at Harua in Ishwarganj upazila of Mymensingh on Mon...

• BB asks four SoCBs to focus on SME lending

• 13 May 2019 21:05

The central bank has asked the four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) to focus on SME (small and medium ent...

• Norwegian-US joint venture to conduct Bay hydrocarbon survey

• 13 May 2019 21:05

The government has finally decided to employ the Norwegian-US joint venture (JV) TGS-Schlumberger for carrying...

• Kazi Moniruzzaman new Feni SP

• 13 May 2019 21:05

He took charge on Sunday night after SM Jahangir Alam Sarker was withdrawn for negligence of duty over the mur...

• PM gives financial assistance to ATM Shamsuzzaman

• 13 May 2019 20:05

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday provided financial assistance of Tk 10 lakh to veteran actor ATM Shamsu...

• Govt bets big to boost power generation; 3 hubs in the offing

• 13 May 2019 20:05

The government is setting up three power hubs to boost the country’s power generation capacity over the next t...

• ’Criminal’ killed in Chattogram‘ gunfight’ with cops

• 12 May 2019 21:05

A suspected criminal was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Bakalia here early Sunday hours after ki...

• 35 bodies found buried around Mexican city of Guadalajara

• 12 May 2019 21:05

Gang-fueled violence that produced nearly 29,000 murders in Mexico last year

• Farooki’s ‘Shonibar Bikel’ selected for Sydney Film Festival 2019

• 12 May 2019 21:05

The director and his wife, actress Nusrat Imroze Tisha, will leave Dhaka on June 9. They are scheduled to atte...

• Pakistan falls short as England wins 2nd ODI by 12 runs

• 12 May 2019 21:05

Pakistan's run chase faltered in the last over as England clinched a 12-run victory in the second one-day inte...

• Banners on fire risks at city high-rise bldgs disappear

• 12 May 2019 21:05

The banners hoisted at a number of high-rise buildings in the city warning about their fire hazards have disap...