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Compared to men, women face a 20 per cent increased risk of developing heart failure or dying within five years after their first severe heart attack, according to new research....
A father facing acute financial problems threw his five children into the Jamber canal in Pattoki on Sunday, causing the death of two children while the other three went missing....
The law enforcement agencies have arrested four people in connection with vandalism of a sculpture of Bangabandhu in Kushtia. “We have already arrested four people in this connection,” Home Minister...
JERA Co., Inc. has established the ‘JERA Asia Scholarship’ and now receiving applications from Asian countries i.e. Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam from Master’s students at...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 48 people for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs during its ongoing anti-narcotics drive in the capital in the last 24 hours till...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,666 new cases of coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 477,545. The death toll surged to 6,838 after 31...
Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip may "let it be known" once they have received a vaccine against COVID-19, The Times newspaper reported, citing unnamed royal aides. The...
A total of 43 people were placed under quarantine after a frozen-food sample in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province tested positive for novel coronavirus, local authorities said Saturday. Authorities in Harbin,...
Lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim has preemptively torn down an illegal structure which he himself had built on the banks of the Buriganga ahead of an eviction drive by the Bangladesh...
Workers of 15 state-owned sugar mills and sugarcane farmers have announced protests against the closure of six of the mills amid the threshing season. They will demonstrate by staging a...
Designed to kick in when intensive care units in any of five regions have little remaining capacity, the order affecting Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley will close bars,...
Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp will close a factory in Malaysia next year to consolidate its operations in its other plant in the state for efficiency, the company said on...
Police have identified from CCTV footage two men who defaced a statue of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman under the cover of night in Kushtia amid a clamour from Islamic groups...
Venezuelans on Sunday choose a new congress in an election that the opposition is boycotting and most Western nations call a fraud by President Nicolas Maduro to retake the last...
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed the ‘psychological’ threshold of 5,000-mark after two months as optimistic investors continued their buying spree on large-cap issues. DSEX, the...
Sylhet's rail communication with other parts of the country remained suspended since Sunday noon after the derailment of three containers of an oil-laden tanker at Shahjibazar Rail Station in Sayestaganj...
A group of leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League on Sunday demonstrated on the Dhaka University campus protesting against the vandalism of an under-construction sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen instructed their negotiators to resume trade talks on Sunday in a last ditch attempt to bridge significant...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said stronger regional and international cooperation is necessary in the coming days for mitigating the impact of Covid-19 pandemic and for the rebuilding phase....
An activist of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) was shot dead by some miscreants at Pakuijjachhari in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati district on Sunday. The deceased was identified...
Leaseholders of Birisiri Ferry Ghat (wharf) in Netrokona’s Durgapur are building a new wooden bridge with bamboo poles nearby there over the Someswari River, which locals say will ease their...
Stakeholders at a seminar on Saturday demanded a separate national light engineering policy for the sector's expansion with quality and sustainability. They urged the government to set up light engineering...
Bangladesh on Sunday signed its maiden Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Bhutan to boost bilateral trade between the two countries. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi and Bhutanese Economic Affairs Minister Lyonpo...
Three men riding a motorcycle were killed on early Sunday after the two-wheeler fell into a road side ditch at Duaria in Lalpur upazila of Natore. The deceased were identified...
Stocks witnessed an upward trend in the early trading on Sunday as optimistic investors continued their buying appetite on large-cap issues amid optimism. Following the previous week’s upward trend, the Dhaka...
Cristiano Ronaldo, the man from Madeira, has established himself as one of the finest footballers to ever grace the game. To avid football fans, Ronaldo’s heroics in big games and...
Pfizer has applied for emergency use authorisation of its coronavirus vaccine in India, media said on Sunday, the first to do so in a country with the world’s second-highest number...
Dense fog forced the suspension of ferry services on the key Paturia-Daulatdia route on Sunday morning. More than 400 vehicles are stuck on both ends waiting to traverse the river,...
International NGOs are apparently softening their stance after the successful shifting of the Rohingya from Cox's Bazar to Bhasanchar island, said local volunteers. Initially, they were very rigid but now...
Experts at a webinar on Saturday said policymakers should put extra emphasis on education, youth employment, poverty, and gender issues in the 8th five-year plan considering changes in the sectors...
Investors willing to invest in the capital market will be able to open BO (beneficiary owner's) accounts online in near future without going to the firms. As part of the...
US President Donald Trump has pressed the Republican governor of Georgia to help overturn Joe Biden's election victory in the state. In a series of tweets, he urged governor Brian...
Maintaining biodiversity of soil is a must to ensure future food security, experts observed at a seminar on Saturday. To raise food output for a growing population, maintaining good health...
The interest rate spread dropped slightly in October last as the banks slashed the lending rates more than that of the deposit rates. The interest on the loans and advances...
A feasibility study has proposed building a national highway in the city's eastern fringe area, keeping the scope for both bus and train-based mass transit services due to a faster...
Though belated and partial, the decision to close down six state-owned sugar mills is justified. The closure of all the sugar mills under the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation...
The policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic are having a significant impact on the cost of trading goods across borders. Despite measures taken by many countries to keep goods moving...
Declaring "America is back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it", president elect Joe Biden introduced his cabinet further emphasising it's a team that reflects this spirit. Biden's...
UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Mia Seppo on Saturday said the UN and other related agencies recognise the enormous investment that the government of Bangladesh has made in preparing Bhasan...
Across the world, poor neighbourhoods have experienced more Covid-19 infections and deaths than wealthier ones. The pandemic and the efforts to control it have disproportionately hurt the poor, both within...
India's ambitious plan to modernise old and important colonial-era government buildings in Delhi will kick off next week. To start with, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation...
Muktijuddho Mancha has announced to file a sedition case against Hifazat-e Islam’s joint secretary general Mamunul Haque and Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Sayed Faizul Karim on charges of defaming Bangabandhu...
This has been a brutal year, with the Covid-19 pandemic forcing governments around the world to close down many aspects of normal everyday life while supporting workers and businesses with...
Daredevil women driving easy-bikes are now common views in smaller towns in Bangladesh. Most of them are found to have reached their tether's end in terms of economic hardship. But...
The capital city appears to have turned into a bus station. The buses allegedly stop anywhere at the drivers' wish now. Even the passengers, in many cases, are forced to...
United States President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of most American troops from Somalia, the US Department of Defence said on Friday. The decision is a part of a...
Some 100 Bangladeshi products would get duty-free access to the Bhutanese market under a preferential trade agreement (PTA), which is scheduled to be signed on Sunday. Meanwhile, 34 Bhutanese items...
A team of policemen left for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali on a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Friday night. The 140-member strong contingent flew to Mali's...
Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V COVID-19 shot via 70 clinics on Saturday, marking Russia's first mass vaccination against the disease, the city's coronavirus task force said. The task force...
Kuwaitis voted in legislative polls on Saturday with the Gulf state mired in its worst economic crisis in decades, which poses a challenge for the government’s often stormy relationship with...
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