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While handing over the office of the president to Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto on December 19, only three days after his army surrendered to the joint command in Dhaka, Yahya Khan...
At least 20 people died of cold-related Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) disease, while some 34 others lost their lives due to other diseases across the country in this winter since...
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court (HC) on Thursday challenging the legality of Election Commission’s decision to use electronic voting machine (EVM) at the Dhaka City...
A fire that broke out at the venue of Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) at Sher-e-Banglanagar in the city on Thursday evening has been brought under control. Lima Khanom, duty...
The government has approved a proposal to pump around Tk 30 billion in additional funding into the project to build the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge on the Jamuna River....
A fire broke out at the venue of Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) at Sher-e-Banglanagar in the city on Thursday evening. Sources at the Fire Service and Civil Defence control...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is unlikely to expand or shuffle cabinet before the upcoming elections to the two Dhaka city corporations, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader. The road...
The countdown to the observance of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary will begin tomorrow (Friday) at the Tejgaon Old Airport in the city where Bangabandhu...
Amari Dhaka is bringing a variety of flavors straight from the sea to Amaya Food Gallery from Jan 19 to 23. The hotel's newly appointed Executive Chef Hassan Koubaissi will...
The historic Homecoming Day of the greatest Bangalee of all the times Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed tomorrow (Friday) in a befitting manner. Bangabandhu,...
Crippled with drought and ravaged by fire, it's no surprise that 2019 will go down as Australia's warmest and driest year on record. The official figures in the Annual Climate...
The 2021 Club World Cup has been proposed to kick off on June 17 and its final to be held on July 4, Chinese Football Association (CFA) source told Xinhua...
The government on Thursday confirmed that 164 people died of mosquito-borne disease dengue in 2019. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) received 266 reports of dengue-related deaths....
Global economic growth is projected to recover to 2.5 per cent in 2020, up slightly from the post-crisis low of 2.4 per cent registered in 2019, but downside risks persist,...
The Philippines on Wednesday expressed "deep concern over the events in Iraq" and the impacts they will have on peace and the stability of the Middle East region. "The Department...
The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has filed two separate cases against the wife and two daughters of former BNP minister Nazmul Huda for allegedly laundering nearly Tk 64.5 million to...
US crude oil imports increased while exports decreased during the week ending Jan. 3, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday. US crude oil imports averaged 6.73 million...
A suspect was put on a seven-day remand by a Dhaka court on Thursday for allegedly raping and torturing a Dhaka University student. Majnu, described as a serial rapist, drug...
At least 19 people were killed and 24 others injured as a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in north of Iran on Thursday, official IRNA news agency reported. The...
Police have recovered the bodies of a woman and her minor son, presumed murdered, from a home in Manikganj's Saturia Upazila. Parveen Akhter, 26, the wife of Monjur Rahman, a...
Three policemen were among at least four people killed in Vietnam on Thursday when protesters attacked soldiers building a wall near a military airport, the Ministry of Public Security said....
The number of pickup truck (double/single cabin) registration in the country witnessed a significant fall in 2019 compared to that of 2018. A total of 11,952 pickups were registered with...
The first phase of the Biswa Ijtema, billed as the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, will begin Friday in Tongi. The two-day first phase will take place at...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was “standing down” after it fired missiles at US forces in Iraq, as both sides looked to...
Mercantile Bank Training Institute recently organized a day-long workshop titled “International Commercial Terms (Incoterms)-2020”. A total of 55 Officers & Executives of Foreign Exchange Desk from different branches of the...
The country is going to conduct the sixth 'Population Census and Household Listing 2021' aiming to get most authentic data. For the first time, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited handed over prize money to Shadab Khan, Player of the Match held between Dhaka Platoon and Rangpur Rangers in Bangabandhu BPL on Wednesday at Sher-E-Bangla National...
Incidents of violence along the country's borders increased drastically in 2019 compared to that of 2018, according to a report of a local independent rights body. The Ain o Salish...
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon all concerned, including the textile sector entrepreneurs, to diversify products and expand markets to boost the country’s export income. “I think it’s very...
Oracle has been named a Leader in Gartner’s 2019 “Magic Quadrant for Manufacturing Execution Systems1” report. Out of 16 companies evaluated, Oracle is positioned as a Leader based on its...
Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos scored directly from a corner as his side booked their place in the final of the revamped Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia by outclassing...
Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services (MIDAS) signed an agreement with CFLI, Government of Canada, at High Commission of Canada in Bangladesh for the implementation of a project entitled Creating...
Temperature may drop further as a light rain or drizzle are likely in parts of the country today (Thursday), according to a Met office forecast. Moderate to thick fog may...
Ten most traded stocks accounted for 35.51 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Wednesday, with Standard Ceramic Industries generating the highest turnover. The total turnover...
The central bank of Bangladesh issued a circular on Wednesday pertaining to e-KYC (know your customer) applied to the country's financial institutions. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) released an e-KYC guideline...
Australian authorities issued new warnings and evacuation notices across the country’s heavily populated southeast on Thursday as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires threatening several towns and communities....
Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber has revealed he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease. "It's been a rough couple years," the 25-year-old wrote on Instagram, adding that he was also...
Emerging economies like Bangladesh can benefit to a great extent from the rapid global changes against backdrop of information technology (IT)-based services, Italian economist Nicolo Andreula has observed. "Bangladesh's people...
Bangladesh will request India to notify it at least six months before it slaps ban on any commodity export, officials said. They said the urging will be made at the...
India imposed restrictions on imports of refined palm oil and palmolein on Wednesday, a move sources said was retaliation against top supplier Malaysia after its criticism of India’s actions in...
Three people, including a woman, were killed and three others were injured in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Kumira and Salimpur area of Sitakunda upazila on Wednesday night....
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will step back as "senior" royals and work to become financially independent. In a statement, Prince Harry and Meghan also said...
Corporate governance is a trending topic nowadays. Chartered secretaries are working with the establishment of good governance in an organisation. For this reason, chartered secretaries are known today as an...
Asian stocks rebounded on Thursday and oil edged up as the United States and Iran backed away from the brink of further conflict in the Middle East and investors unwound...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is reassessing the cost of the Padma Rail Link Project (PRLP) estimating an increase of Tk 10 billion for land acquisition (LA) to the government agencies for...
The government is working on a proposal to ban frozen meat import for promoting local production and saving foreign currency, sources said. "A meeting is scheduled to be held on...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has relaxed conditions for availing VAT waiver by the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) industries. From now on, the API industries will be able to...
After a lapse of three years into signing a deal with China for executing $20 billion worth of 27 projects, only six has got going as of December 2019. Even...
HandyMama is an enterprise that started out in 2015 and since then, being an on-demand platform for maintenance and handyman services it has revolutionised the household service industry of Bangladesh....
The world surely has come a long way since women first entered the workforce. There have been multiple and significant examples of women leading multimillion-dollar companies, breaking glass ceilings, achieving...
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