Dhaka stocks plunge 0.37%
DSEX, the benchmark index of Dhaka Stock exchange (DSE), went down by over 18 points to close the day at 4923.65.22:02 8 November 2020
Power Grid declares 20% cash dividend
The Board of Directors of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Ltd has recommended a 20 percent cash dividend for the 2019-20 fiscal year21:48 8 November 2020
PM declares BGB ‘three-dimensional force’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today declared Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) a three-dimensional force after the induction of two helicopters, Bir Shreshtha Nur Mohammad and Bir Shreshtha Abdur Rouf, into it.21:22 8 November 2020
Medical, dental students block Shahbagh
Several hundred students from different medical and dental colleges today blocked the key Shahbagh intersection to press home demands including introduction of online classes and session-jam free academic years.20:44 8 November 2020
Kohinoor Chemicals declares 45% dividends, invest Tk 2.20cr for overhauling
The board of directors at the Kohinoor Chemicals Company (Bangladesh) Ltd has recommended 35 percent cash and 10 percent stock dividend for 2019-20 fiscal year19:58 8 November 2020
Legacy Footwear`s earnings nosedive, declares no dividends
The Board of Directors at Legacy Footwear Ltd has recommended no dividend for the 2019-20 fiscal year19:34 8 November 2020
BNP congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
BNP, a de-facto opposition political party in Bangladesh, today congratulated Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris as they have become the President and Vice President of the United States respectively.19:20 8 November 2020
Kamala Harris: A woman of many firsts
She was also the first Indian American to serve as a US senator as well as the second African American woman senator.18:29 8 November 2020
Suu Kyi party set to win Myanmar vote with weak opposition
Voting was underway in Myanmar’s elections today, with the party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi heavily favored to retain power it had wrestled from the powerful military five years ago.18:25 8 November 2020
How Biden navigated pandemic politics to win the White House
Joe Biden was fresh off winning the Michigan primary and effectively capturing the Democratic presidential nomination, a prize he’d sought for the better part of three decades. Instead of plotting a strategy to build momentum, he was contemplating an abrupt halt.18:00 8 November 2020
Harris pays tribute to Black women in 1st speech as VP-elect
Vice president-elect Kamala Harris today paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose shoulders she stands on as she shatters barriers that have kept mostly white men entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.17:45 8 November 2020
PM foresees ties with US reaching higher heights in coming days
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, saying she foresees the bilateral relationship reaching higher heights in the coming days.17:36 8 November 2020
Fund crunch to impact free Covid-19 vaccination for all
The government might need more than Tk14,000 crore for providing free vaccines to the 16.5 crore people of Bangladesh06:06 8 November 2020
US gets first female, black and South Asian vice president
Harris and President-elect Joe Biden`s victory, as projected by several international media outlets, arrives days after a prolonged vote count reflecting a deeply divided electorate.05:24 8 November 2020
BREAKING: Biden takes Pennsylvania and the presidency
The BBC projects that he has reached 273 electoral college votes, meaning that he’ll become the president in January, pending the outcome of any legal challenges.05:06 8 November 2020
JS special session on Mujib Barsha begins tomorrow
A special session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin at 6:00pm tomorrow on the occasion of the Mujib Barsha.02:05 8 November 2020
India successfully launches 10 satellites
Indian today successfully launched into space as many as 10 satellites in one go, including its latest earth observation satellite (EOS-01) and nine more satellites from foreign nations, the first such mission during the Covid-19 pandemic.01:43 8 November 2020
British envoy inspects impact of community toilets at Kalyanpur s
British High Commissioner to Dhaka Robert Chatterton Dickson paid a visit to Kalyanpur slum in the city on Saturday, where British-Dutch multinational FMCG company Unilever has set up a community toilet -- WASH Centre -- for the 8,000-odd residents in collaboration with an NGO.00:33 8 November 2020
Jamuna Bank gets new Deputy Managing Director
Noor Mohammed has been appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of Jamuna Bank Ltd on November 100:05 8 November 2020
British High Commissioner visits Unilever-supported facilities
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson visited the Unilever supported Kalyanpur WASH Centre and other Covid-19 initiatives in the capital’s Kalyanpur slum on Saturday23:56 7 November 2020
Bangladesh reports 1,289 new cases, 13 deaths
Bangladesh has reported 1,289 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the total number of reported positive cases to 418,76423:36 7 November 2020
Motorola re-enters Bangladeshi smartphone market after a decade
Motorola, one of the leading global companies in the smartphone business, has announced its re-entry into the Bangladeshi smartphone market after almost a decade with the launch of the Moto G8 Power Lite22:58 7 November 2020
72% firms yet to get stimulus loans: SANEM
SANEM, a local think-tank, found this in a survey conducted among 502 firms, 252 of which were from the manufacturing sector and 250 from the service sector22:36 7 November 2020
UK appoints Champion to support developing countries to deal with
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed the former Secretary of State for International Development, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, as the UK’s International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency.22:06 7 November 2020
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