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Stocks close week down
07:53 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayStocks finished the week down on Thursday with falling trend of all major price indices at Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges despite the daily transaction rise...
Exports witness 5.81pc growth in FY18
07:50 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayCountry’s overall exports grew by 5.81 percent in the outgoing fiscal year (FY18) to $36.67 billion from $34.65 billion of the fiscal year 2016-17 riding on the higher shipment of garment products, according to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB)...
JU, BITS sign MoU
07:34 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayDepartment of Marketing of Jahangirnagar University (JU) and BRAC IT Services Limited (BITS)
More than 5m tourists visit FIFA World Cup host cities in Russia
06:31 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayMore than 5 million tourists, including 2.9 million foreigners, have visited the cities hosting the
HSC results on July 19
05:50 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayThe results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations including Dakhil of the madrasa education board of the year of 2018 will be published on July 19. Education ministry Public Relations Officer Afrazur Rahman confirmed...
PM for chain of command in armed forces to achieve goals
05:49 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid importance on chain of command at all levels in the...
Asian markets slip ahead of US-China tariff deadline
05:11 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayAsian stocks edged down Thursday as investors fretted over US-China tariffs which are due to kick in within hours and threaten to trigger a trade war between the world’s top two economies...
Heat wave kills 19 in Canada
05:01 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayA heatwave in Quebec has killed at least 19 people in the past week as high summer...
Trump trade war to become reality as China tariffs hit
04:48 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayAfter months of threats and dwindling hopes the two sides would pull back from the brink of all-out trade war, steep US tariffs on tens of billions in Chinese goods are due to take effect at midnight Thursday...
AL joint meeting Friday
03:57 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayA joint meeting of Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) and its Advisory Council will be held at the party’s newly built central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the city at 5 pm on Friday...
PM assures EU envoy of free, fair election
02:28 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today assured new ambassador of European Union (EU) of a free, fair and credible general election to be held at the end of this year. “The Awami League had to struggle for protection of the democratic rights of the people when the state power was confined in the cantonment.”
Khaleda Zia denied bail in 2 cases
01:25 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayTwo Dhaka courts rejected bail petitions of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases filed on charges of observing “fake” birthday and “demeaning” the national flag...
Menon hospitalised after breaking his leg
12:52 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdaySocial Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon was hospitalised after breaking his left leg during early morning walk on Thursday. The incident took place in front of his residence on Minto road in the capital. He was admitted to Square Hospital in Dhaka around 8am...
KCC mayor, councilors take oath
12:17 PM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayNewly elected mayor of Khulna City Corporation and councilors took oath at a function at Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath of Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleq while the councilors took oath from Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Engineer Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain...
Rohingya still fleeing violence in Myanmar: UN rights chief
11:17 AM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayMuslim Rohingya continue to flee Myanmar’s Rakhine state, many testifying about violence, persecution, killings and burning of their homes by soldiers and Buddhists, the United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday...
Netflix turns to Bollywood to script India growth story
10:04 AM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayNetflix Inc premiered its first original series in India in a sheen of Bollywood glitter on Wednesday, upping the stakes in its battle with streaming rival Amazon Prime for a chunk of the country’s more than 1 billion potential viewers...
2 killed in ‘gunfight’ with detectives in Dhaka
09:55 AM, 05 Jul 2018 ThursdayTwo alleged terrorists were killed in a reported gunfight with the detectives in Satarkul area of Badda in the capital early Thursday. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Md. Abdul Mannaf, Sub Inspector of Badda Police Station, said tipped off a gang of terrorists were staying in front of a under construction building...
Rain may continue for two more days
09:02 PM, 04 Jul 2018 WednesdayThe ongoing light to moderate rain may continue over the country’s northern part for two...
Windies invite Tigers to bat first
08:24 PM, 04 Jul 2018 WednesdayWest Indies captain Jason Holder chose to field first against Bangladesh in the first Test in...
IU appoints new Dean
07:44 PM, 04 Jul 2018 WednesdayThe authority of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia appointed Professor Dr Arabinda Saha as the...