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BUSINESS

China defends Belt and Road but vows to battle debt

China launched on Thursday a staunch defence of its Belt and Road global infrastructure project as it opened a summit with a pledge to ease concerns about debt linked to its signature foreign policy.President Xi Jinping’s pet project is a reboot of the ancient Silk Road to connect Asia to Europe and Africa through massive investments in maritime, road and rail projects, agency reports.The initiative offers to bring much-needed modern infrastructure to developing countries, but the United States has dubbed it a “vanity project” and critics warn it is a “debt trap” favouring Chinese companies.Huang Kunming, a member of China’s powerful Politburo, said at the opening of the three-day Belt and Road Forum in Beijing that there have been “some misunderstandings and unfounded rumours” about BRI that they hope to clear up.But in a nod to the concerns over loans, Finance Minister Liu Kun said China would release a framework to “prevent debt ...

8h ago

China defends Belt and Road but vows to battle debt

Asian markets mostly down as global outlook hits sentiment

Asian markets stuttered Thursday after New York equities retreated from record highs, with weak economic data around the world offsetting a forecast-beating earnings season.While the mood on trading floors remains broadly positive after a blockbuster start to the year, there are lingering concerns that growth in most parts of the world is well off the pace of the United States, agency reports.A dive in German business sentiment — the latest soft reading from the European Union — a gr...

8h ago

Stocks close week down

Stocks on thursday finished the week down with falling trend of all major price indices at Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges due to lower demand.The broader DSEX of the DSE finished the week with 55.23 points down at 5,266.18.The blue-chip DS30 and the Shariah DSES also followed the same trend with 33.64 points down at 1,863.94 and with 12.74 points down at 1,214.87 respectively, reports BSS.Out of the 353 issues traded at the DSE today, 96 issues gained against 224 losing issues.During the w...

8h ago

Tourism Industrial Park to be build in Sandwip Island

Bangladesh Small Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) has planned to develop Tourism Industrial Park in the Island upazila Sandwip in Chattogram.BSCIC is planning to develop Tourism Park at Musapur union of the upazila over 100 acres of land.Besides, over 25 acres land will be developed for Salt Industry and 10 acres for Tourism recreation spots, reports BSS.Delwar Hossain, additional deputy commissioner (revenue) of Chattogram told BSS that BSCIC has asked the district administration about th...

8h ago

Speaker for more jobs for marginal women

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury Thursday underscored the need for creating more employment opportunities for marginal women to help them contribute towards the national development.“There were so...

8h ago

Beximco Pharma gets US FDA approval for Cyproheptadine

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited, the fast-growing manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products and active pharmaceutical ingredients in Bangladesh has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for anti-a...

16h ago

CITY

CPD comments are unexpected and unacceptable: Hasan

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said the remarks of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) over the first 100 days of the current government are totally unexpected and unacceptable on Wednesday.“After the passage of 100 days of the government, the CPD gave its reaction, which was unexpected and unacceptable. It has been looking for the faults of the government over the last 10 years as per its nature,” he said while talking to reporters at Jatiya press Club in the capital.The information minister said the purchasing capacity of the country’s people has become double, but it is a matter of regret that the CPD has been looking for the loopholes of the government over the last 10 years.“They (CPD) also try to find out faults of the government before and after each n...

17h ago

8th death anniversary of Fawzia Samad today

Today is the 8th death anniversary of Begum Fawzia Samad, wife of late MA Samad, founder of Bangladesh General Insurance Co Ltd, says a prerss release...

17h ago

8th death anniversary of Fawzia Samad today

Dipu Moni expresses optimism about adequate allocation for education sector

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni expressed hope that the government would provide satisfactory allocation for the education sector in the national budg...

17h ago

Dipu Moni expresses optimism about adequate allocation for education sector

Rich tributes paid to ‘Khapra Ward’ martyrs

The historic ‘Khapra Ward Day’ was observed on Wednesday at Rajshahi Central Jail and in the city paying rich tributes to seven detained a...

17h ago

Rich tributes paid to ‘Khapra Ward’ martyrs

Govt waiting for verdict of Rana Plaza case: Enamur

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Enamur Rahman Wednesday said the government is waiting for verdict of the Rana Plaza case filed over tragic collapse of Rana Plaza building, causin...

17h ago

Govt working to establish non communal Bangladesh: Abdullah

State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Wednesday said that to establish a non-communal Bangladesh the government is working relentlessly, reports BSS.“Bangabandhu knew the...

17h ago

POLITICS

BNP’s Jahidur Rahman takes oath

BNP-Jamaat changes its war strategy

Niko Graft Case

Indictment hearing adjourned till May 6

AL govt’s popularity increases, says PM

PM receives treatment at NIOH

SPORTS

Rhodes confident on top order batsmen

Bangladesh cricket team head coach Steve Rhodes yesterday emphasized on the importance of good top order foundation. Speaking of top order, Bangladesh have always lacked a solid consistent partner alongside southpaw left handed opener Tamim Iqbal.Tigers’ search for a stable partner in the opening slot alongside Tamim Iqbal is something team management has struggled to identify throughout the years. Tamim rarely had a consistent partner in both ODI’s and Tests. With World Cup on the doorstep, inform left-handed Soumya Sarkar and right-handed Liton Das remain as the likely partner alongside stalwart like Tamim. Rhodes, however said he would prefer left-hand, right-hand combination to the reporters during a press conference in Mirpur yesterday.“You’ve seen recently we have gone left-hand and right-hand combination for the opening slot with Liton and Tamim. I personally like left-hand and right-hand combination,"The head coach also mentioned that he tipped Soumya before he went on to smash a superlative double-ton that helped Abahani Limited to clinch the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) title last Tuesday.“I loved what Soumya has done in the last two games, getting a hundred and then scoring a double-century. It was interesting that it was not down to me. However, once I did tell him that ‘you are not going to get lots of chances to score a two-hundred. If you get to hundred then do not throw it away’. But I think that was not down to me but I did mentioned it to him. So he is in wonderful form,”Rhodes however did not want to...

9h ago

Girls face Kyrgyzstan in battle of group supremacy today

The Bangladesh U-19 women’s football team take on tournament favorite Kyrgyzstan in their seco...

9h ago

Injury rules Steyn out of IPL

South Africa face an anxious wait over the fitness of experienced seamer Dale Steyn after a flare-up...

9h ago

Russell in Windies WC squad; Pollard, Narine omitted

All-rounders Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine failed to make the cut as West Indies announced their 1...

9h ago

City take giant leap towards title with derby win

Manchester City took a big step towards retaining the Premier League title with a 2-0 win over Manch...

11h ago

Nadal advances in Barcelona Open

World number two Rafael Nadal dropped a set at the Barcelona Open for the first time in four years b...

11h ago

EDITORIAL

Keep footpaths, foot over-bridges free

Mayors’ attention needed

It is unfortunate that most of the footpaths and footbridges of the city remain unusable because of many reasons. Firstly, beggars and vendors occupy most of the footbridge space during day time and a...

9h ago

Delta Plan 2100

A tool to alleviate poverty

For many years, Bangladesh has been facing a number of delta related challenges in the form of frequent natural hazards, salinity intrusion, sea level rise, and so on. Thus already Bangladesh has gone...

10h ago

Legacy of violence in the subcontinent

Reconciliation needed to heal old wounds

Past few decades has seen a systematic rise of attacks against civilian populations and law enforcers across the world. The recent series of bombings in Sri Lanka, the attack on Indian security ...

Apr. 24

Tannery waste in animal feed

A potential threat to public health

In a bid to save the River Buriganga from severe pollution, tanneries were relocated to Savar from Hazaribagh amidst huge public outcry and growing protests from the green campaigners. The consequence...

Apr. 24

Six years of Rana Plaza Tragedy

Emphasise secure work environment

April 24 is a mourning day in the history of garments industry of Bangladesh. Just six years back, the world’s third largest industrial accident, and unique of its kind, took place on this very day in 2013. The Savar Rana Plaza collapse caused ...

Apr. 23

Foolproof security needed in Bangladesh

Good job by law enforcers so far

The world in general, Asian countries in particular, have become doubly concerned at the series of bomb attacks in Sri Lanka on Sunday last. The ghastly attack on civilian targets are interpreted as the work of some militant outfits having least qual...

Apr. 23

BANK & INSURANCE

BD starts TV export to Germany

The Bangladeshi multinational electronics brand Walton has started export of ‘Made in Bangladesh’ labelled LED televisions to Germany, a n...

Apr. 22

Shohoz holds tech seminar

Ravi Garikipati joins Shohoz

Shohoz, the fastest growing technology startup in Bangladesh, has organised a seminar to encourage local developers and software engineers. The s...

Apr. 22

Samsung launches EDGE campus programme

Samsung Mobile Bangladesh has launched ‘Samsung EDGE’ (Empowering Dreams, Gaining Excellence) campus programme recently. Six universi...

Apr. 22

StanChart launches Swadeshi Banking for expatriates

Standard Chartered Swadeshi Banking has recently announced the launch of Swadeshi Banking, a one-stop suite of banking solutions for Non-Resident Bang...

Apr. 22

Dhaka Bank, AIUB sign deal to ease tuition fee payment

American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) have signed an agreement with Dhaka Bank recently to facilitate tuition fee payment of their students.To this end, a signing ceremony was held on the AIUB Campus.Emranul Huq, acting managing director of the Dhaka Bank Limited, and Khondaker Sabbir Mohammad Kabir, director (Accounts and Audit of AIUB) signed the deal on behalf of their respective sides. Under this agreement, AIUB students will be able to pay their tuition fees against a system-generated reference ID from all branches of Dhaka Bank across the country.There are many benefits of this payment solution, for instance, students will not be require...

Apr. 22

Global entrepreneurship congress held in Bahrain

Daffodil wins ‘Rookie of the Year’ Award

Department of Innovation & Entrepreneurship of Daffodil International University has won the ‘Rookie of the year’ Award for its outstanding performance in promoting GEN Entrepreneurial effort countrywide. The award has been conferred in a colorful ceremony held in Manama, Bahrain recently during Global Entrepreneurship Congress and Dr Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, DIU received this recognition for the University. A total of 2500 delegates from 200 countries and 50 ministers including Zunaid Ahmed Palak, state minister of ICT Division of Bangladesh were present in the programme.Developing entrepreneurs is the core focus of...

Apr. 22

EDUCATION & CULTURL

CUB chairman accompanies prime minister in Brunei visit

Chairman of Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB), Dr Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat, accompanied Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her historic three-day official visit to Brunei, a South East Asian nation.Apart of joining her in important ...

Apr. 24

Be united against militancy: PM

FDI rebounds

Land development of Bay Terminal starts

PM opens nonstop ‘Bonolota Express’

Be united against militancy: PM

FDI rebounds

PM to address press conference on Brunei visit today

Law enforcers intensify vigilance

Bangladesh sees new record in power generation

Priyanka not to contest against Modi

Kim, Putin vow closer ties at first talks

In defence of hung House

Japan creates first artificial crater on asteroid

France’s Macron to unveil long-awaited reform plan

Iran denounces US talks with Taliban

Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn to walk free

Iran's Zarif believes Trump does not want war

Building a better Belt and Road

Putin’s art of the purge

Commitment to the people a must for ensuring good governance

Why foreign awards are like pick-up lines

Economic expectations of China

Rebuilding Notre Dame more than a vanity project

Despicable terrorist attack on church

Shomi Kaiser says sorry to reporters

Shah Rukh Khan turns rapper

Kidnap: Rukmini’s dream come true experience

Parineeti to star in Hindi remake of The Girl on the Train

Shruti Haasan’s Power

Rajib Rahman releases new music video

BPO SUMMIT BANGLADESH 2019

Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh Hasina Speaks at a Joint Meeting

Of late, awareness among the city residents has depleted to a level worth concerning.

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China defends Belt and Road but vows to battle debt

Asian markets mostly down as global outlook hits sentiment

Stocks close week down

Tourism Industrial Park to be build in Sandwip Island

Speaker for more jobs for marginal women

Beximco Pharma gets US FDA approval for Cyproheptadine

CPD comments are unexpected and unacceptable: Hasan

8th death anniversary of Fawzia Samad today

Dipu Moni expresses optimism about adequate allocation for education sector

Rich tributes paid to ‘Khapra Ward’ martyrs

Govt waiting for verdict of Rana Plaza case: Enamur

Govt working to establish non communal Bangladesh: Abdullah

BNP’s Jahidur Rahman takes oath

BNP-Jamaat changes its war strategy

Indictment hearing adjourned till May 6

AL govt’s popularity increases, says PM

PM receives treatment at NIOH

Rhodes confident on top order batsmen

Girls face Kyrgyzstan in battle of group supremacy today

Injury rules Steyn out of IPL

Russell in Windies WC squad; Pollard, Narine omitted

City take giant leap towards title with derby win

Nadal advances in Barcelona Open

Keep footpaths, foot over-bridges free

Delta Plan 2100

Legacy of violence in the subcontinent

Tannery waste in animal feed

Six years of Rana Plaza Tragedy

Foolproof security needed in Bangladesh

BD starts TV export to Germany

Shohoz holds tech seminar

Samsung launches EDGE campus programme

StanChart launches Swadeshi Banking for expatriates

Dhaka Bank, AIUB sign deal to ease tuition fee payment

Global entrepreneurship congress held in Bahrain

CUB chairman accompanies prime minister in Brunei visit

Pharma Fest held at NSU

Robinson Crusoe published

Help students beat test anxiety

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Oil & Energy

Tk 13,000cr electricity and gas bill due with public, private sectors