People continued to suffer in the capital and elsewhere across the country as bus owners on Friday stopped operating long-route buses in different districts protesting vandalism during the ongoing demonstrations of students demanding justice for their two fellows who were…
Dhaka, Aug 2 – The students’ movement on Thursday marked another dimension of checking licences of the drivers and papers of the vehicles including the police transports that were plying in different streets of the capital.
The ongoing student protests took a new dimension on Thursday as students took the responsibility of traffic management and examining driving licences and papers of vehicles in the capital apart from blocking roads.
Dubai saw relatively little growth in overnight international tourist visitors in the first half of the year, according to figures from the emirate’s tourism body. Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) said there were 8.10 million visitors…
An off-duty Emirati pilot appeared in court on Wednesday on charges of drunkenness, behaving rowdily on an aircraft and threatening its safety after issuing bomb threats on a flight from Madrid to Dubai, according to reports. A newspaper said that…
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday got stuck for a while amid student protests as the agitators stopped his car for driving on the ‘wrong side’ of a road near Shahbagh in the city.
In the wake of fierce student protests against the killing of their two fellows in a road crash in the capital, BNP on Wednesday branded Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan as the ‘instigator of the transport sector chaos’ and demanded his…
Dhaka, Aug 1– Commuters in different parts of the capital are facing serious trouble in reaching their destinations on Wednesday as public transports have gone off the streets apprehending agitations by students.
The US is considering 25% tariffs on $200bn (£152bn) of Chinese goods, much higher than the 10% it previously indicated it might impose, reports say.
Manila, Philippines (26 July 2018) — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a new long-term corporate strategy, Strategy 2030, that sets out the institution’s broad vision and strategic response to the evolving needs of Asia and…
Dhaka, July 31 – In a major development, the High Court yesterday directed the government to constitute a national independent inquiry committee including at least 15 experts to conduct a survey on the fitness of the public motor vehicles in…
Dhaka, July 31 – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Patiya Branch organized a conference of the Centre Leaders and Deputy Center Leaders of Rural Development Scheme of the Bank on 31 July Tuesday at a local community centre.
Agitating students set fire to two buses in Uttara and City College areas of the capital on Tuesday during their agitations seeking punishment of the driver responsible for Sunday’s accident that killed two of their fellows.
Bangladesh must halt the industrialisation of the Sundarbans Reserved Forest, the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world, says UN expert John H Knox on Tuesday.
Dhaka, July 31 – Students blocked Farmgate, Mirpur and ECB Chattar intersections on Tuesday again demanding punishment of the driver responsible for Sunday’s accident that killed two college students in the city and apology from the Shipping Minister for his…
Dhaka, July 30 – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its ' Hajj Kafela 2018' for the intending Hajj Pilgrim officials of the bank on 28 July 2018 Saturday at Islami Bank Tower.
Dhaka, July 30 – Traffic on Airport road came to a halt on Monday morning as students of different schools and colleges blocked the road protesting the death of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin School and College in a…
Dhaka, July 29 -The Rajshahi branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized a view exchange meeting with the Center Leaders and Deputy Center Leaders of Rural Development Scheme of the Bank at Islamic Foundation Auditorium, Rajshahi on 25 July 2018.
All UAE residents will now be able to obtain a tourist visa on arrival in Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan embassy in the UAE confirmed. The new ruling has been in place since July 26, a statement said. Previously visitors from the…
by Lili Fuhr, Hannah McKinnon Berlin – Since the Paris climate agreement was signed in 2015, too many policymakers have fallen for the oil and gas industry’s rhetoric about how it can help to reduce greenhouse-gas em issions. Tall tales…
Tour operators for introducing visa on arrival in land, seaports Dhaka, July 28 – The government has planned to further ease the visa system for tourists and activate visa on arrival effectively in land and seaports to give foreign tourists…
Dhaka, Jul 28 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said initiatives have been taken to construct underground rail lines, elevated ring roads and waterways around the capital, aiming to ensure better transport services. “We’ve already started a feasibility study to…
In the 80s, a young Honda engineer – Michimasa Fujino – began doodling the silhouette of a small private jet. Apparently, the inspiration came from a Ferragamo stiletto that was playing on his mind. Back then, Honda was primarily a…
Dhaka, July 27 – GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical giant has proposed the closure of its ‘commercially unstable’ pharmaceutical business in Bangladesh.
Readymade garment (RMG) workers will observe a two-hour hunger strike in front of the office of the minimum wage board for the RMG sector on July 31 to press home their demand for fixing Tk 16,000 as minimum wage.
Dhaka, July 26 – The Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its 338 th Branch at Birganj of Dinajpur on 26 July 2018, Thursday.
Saudi Arabia’s Food and Drugs Authority (SFDA) has announced plans to launch what is claimed to be the world’s largest centre for Halal food and products. The organisation’s executive chairman, Hisham bin Saad Al Jedaie said plans for the centre…
By Martin Kh or Penang, Malaysia, Jul 24 2018 (IPS) – The escalating trade war initiated by United States President Donald Trump is a major threat to world trade and the global economy. The developing countries will be among those…
Dubai airlines Emirates and flydubai have announced that they will jointly operate flights between Dubai and Croatia’s Zagreb as part of their partnership. Flydubai launched three-times weekly flights to Zagreb in 2014, but suspended the route in 2016. Emirates launched…
Dhaka, July 24 – Professor Dr Md. Salim Uddin, FCA, FCMA, Chairman, Executive Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Chairman, Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation attended the workshop on “Sustainability Reporting and Green Banking – A Conceptual Framework” as…