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• 3 newly appointed Appellate Division judges sworn in

• 10 October 2018 01:10

The new judges are Justice Zinat Ara, the second female judge at the Appellate Division, Justice Abu Bakar Sid...

• IMF forecasts 7.1pc growth for BD in 2019

• 10 October 2018 01:10

Economic growth may accelerate 7.0 per cent in 2023, IMF said in its World Economic Outlook 2018, which was re...

• UK announces $22.25m fund for Rohingyas

• 10 October 2018 01:10

The United Kingdom has announced a new contribution of $22.25 million US dollar to help meet the immediate foo...

• Exports make robust growth in September

• 10 October 2018 00:10

The export earnings reached $3.14 billion in September, the third month of current fiscal (2018-19). The count...

• Why foreign investors leaving, PMO asks NBR

• 10 October 2018 00:10

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to find reasons behind the dep...

• Banks can now lend more as BB relaxes rules

• 10 October 2018 00:10

Banks are allowed to maintain both CRR and SLR with the Bangladesh Bank (BB) only for net investment in subord...

• Truck strike leads to price hike

• 10 October 2018 00:10

The truckers, under the platform of Bangladesh Goods Transport Owners Workers United Association, went on stop...

• Two Americans win Nobel Prize in Economics

• 09 October 2018 04:10

Two American economists, William Nordhaus and Paul Romer, won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for in...

• Cabinet approves the draft of Narcotics Control Act 2018

• 09 October 2018 04:10

The draft of Narcotics Control Act 2018 has kept provisions of death penalty for production, trafficking, dist...

• Staying at night in St Martin to be banned from March 1

• 09 October 2018 03:10

Tourists will be barred from staying at nights in Saint Martin from March 1 next. They will be permitted to vi...

• PRAN achieves BRC Certificate

• 09 October 2018 02:10

PRAN Agro Limited and Natore Agro Limited, two sister concerns of PRAN Group, received the recognition from th...

• PGCB moves to transmit power from Payra, Rampal to Dhaka

• 09 October 2018 00:10

Both the 1320 MW coal-fired Payra power plant and 1320 MW Rampal power plant are now being constructed with a...

• President Hamid approves Digital Security Bill

• 09 October 2018 00:10

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Tuesday signed the Bill recently passed by parliament. And with the presid...

• BB sells $45m to banks to steady forex market

• 08 October 2018 23:10

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) sold $45 million to different commercial banks in the week to meet the growing demand...

• Capital market is a tool to boost investment: Muhith

• 08 October 2018 23:10

Finance Minister A M A Muhith has expressed the hope that the country's capital market would flourish in near...

• Shipping lines turn gearless as Ctg port gets gantry cranes

• 08 October 2018 22:10

Operating costs of gearless vessels are also less than those of geared vessels as the later involves cost of o...

• Canada keen to boost trade ties with Bangladesh

• 08 October 2018 22:10

Bangladesh exported goods worth US$1118.72 million to Canada and imported goods amounting to $498.20 million d...

• 8th Five-Year Plan formulation: Govt won't seek donors' help

• 08 October 2018 22:10

Bangladesh is currently in the middle of implementing its Seventh Five-Year Plan which spans from fiscal year...

• BD girls win U-18 SAAF football championship

• 08 October 2018 22:10

Bangladesh U-18 women’s team have edged Nepal a 1-0 defeat in the final to become unbeaten champions of the fi...

• China confirms detention of Interpol chief

• 08 October 2018 21:10

Meng is the latest high-profile disappearance in China, where a number of top government officials, billionair...