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Waste management, these days, has become essential but difficult at the same time. All kinds of wastes including e-waste, hospital and medical wastes are in a shambles. These are putting...
After days of an overcast sky and cold weather, the day of January 1 was amazingly different. It was sunny and the bright day appeared to have reflected the mood...
Lots of people in the South Asia used to eke out a living by hunting birds. Few objected to their profession. But after the faint start of wildlife protection movements...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged bank owners not to go back on their promise this time as in the past to bring down the interest rate to single...
Before US President Donald Trump decided to withdraw his country from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in May 2018, Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister and the nuclear agreement's...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has unveiled multiple-entry five-year visa system for tourists for the first time. The country took the decision in the first meeting of its cabinet of...
As 2019 sinks in the abyss and 2020 makes its appearance on the not-so-distant-any more future, it may be appropriate to take stock what wounds we must treat and how...
A court in Dhaka has asked the authorities concerned to freeze 194 bank accounts of Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim in a money laundering case. Dhaka Senior Special Judge...
The rape victim, a second-year student of Dhaka University (DU), on Monday informed police that the perpetrator, who violated her in the city’s Kurmitola area, worked on his own. “We...
"Right now, I don't want to get married. I have a long life and a dream in front of me", a 14-year-old young girl from Bangladesh told her parents as...
The Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) has finalised a draft policy guideline for purchasing idle electricity from solar power plants now being used for running irrigation pumps. SREDA...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday said legal actions will be taken soon against those involved in the rape of Dhaka University (DU) student. The Home Minister said this...
Keeping in mind patients’ financial ability and improvement of health care, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday said beds of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) will be doubled...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on Tuesday evening marking the first anniversary of her current government formed through the December-30, 2018 general election. State-owned Bangladesh Betar and...
After a little respite for couple of days, severity of the season’s second spell of cold wave worsened on Monday affecting normal life in northern districts of the country. According...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is not authorised to arrest any suspect directly. She also urged public organisations and statutory bodies, including the ACC, to...
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) will further strengthen its monitoring to keep price of onion stable. The ministry will go for strong monitoring to examine any manipulation and syndication in...
In their quest to making real estate transactions smoother and easier for the people, BProperty Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Lifestyle Group for a project that will...
A writ petition was filed on Monday with the High Court seeking its directive to bring change in the election schedule of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South...
The physicians of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital have found evidence of rape on the second-year student of Dhaka University. The student was raped in the capital’s Kurmitola area on...
Dozens of illegal brick kilns, set up in arable land near schools and colleges, have formed a powerful clique who are removing the fertile topsoil for making bricks, rendering the...
Weeping amid wails from a crowd of hundreds of thousands of mourners, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday prayed over the remains of a top Iranian general killed...
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire on Monday warned the United States against any retaliation to France’s new digital services tax. “If the Americans decide to go ahead and impose...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Russia on January 11 to discuss the Middle East crisis with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader’s press service gave the information...
Forty five dengue patients, including 35 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country. Ten new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am...
US-Bangla Airlines, a privately owned Bangladeshi airline, on Monday celebrated its 2,000 days of successful operations in the country. In press statement, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, Managing Director of the...
Taiwan’s exports likely grew at a slower pace in December, after beating expectations with a 3.3 per cent on-year increase in the prior month, according to a Reuters poll. Taiwan...
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has said the central bank would conduct monetary policy “carefully” while scrutinising overseas economic risks, such as escalating tensions between the United States...
A man and his daughter were killed after a truck hit his motorcycle in Rajarampur area of sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Golam...
Dhaka University (DU) protesters blocked the key Shahbagh intersection on Monday demanding punishment of people involved in the rape of a female student of the university in the capital's Kurmitola...
Some 195 women were murdered by their husbands across the country as an outcome of domestic violence alone in January to November 2019, according to a report of a local...
Auto-rickshaw registration in the country witnessed a significant rise in 2019 compared to that of 2018. A total of 30,967 auto-rickshaws were registered in 2019 while it was 21,638 in...
Delhi police are investigating how masked men burst into a premier university and attacked a student protest with sticks and rods, an officer said on Monday, the latest incident to...
The High Court on Monday directed the concerned bodies of the government to ban the carrying, selling, use and marketing of the single-use plastics in the coastal areas and in...
A case has been filed against an unidentified man on charges of picking up and raping a girl student of Dhaka University in the capital's Kurmitola on Sunday night. The...
Under the initiative and financing of Jamuna Bank Foundation, free medical services were provided at Kewachhara Tea Garden, Airport Road, Sylhet. Engr. Md. Atiqur Rahman, Chairman, Jamuna Bank Limited, was...
A mild cold wave is sweeping over Rajshahi, Pabna, Kurigram, Jashore and Chuadanga districts following two days of drizzle. The country’s lowest temperature was recorded at 8.8 degrees Celsius in...
Japan on Monday said it could still press Lebanon to extradite Carlos Ghosn, after the former Nissan Motor boss skipped bail to become a fugitive in a country that normally...
As part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, Mr. A. Rouf Chowdhury, Chairman, Bank Asia Ltd. & Bank Asia Foundation distributed blankets among cold-affected people at Malkhanagar, Munshiganj. Mr. Aminul...
A gauge of Asian shares was toppled from an 18-month top on Monday as heightened Middle East tensions sent investors scurrying for the safety of gold, which hit a near...
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) has recently inaugurated an Agent Banking Outlet at East Chandraganj of Begumganj in Noakhali. M Khorshed Anowar, Head of Retail and SME Banking of EBL inaugurated...
As Australia’s deadly bushfires rage, many companies are reporting hits to business with resorts shutting their doors, cheesemakers struggling to secure milk supplies and insurance claims on the rise. As...
Professor Md. Helal Uddin Nizami, a commissioner of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), has been awarded a fellowship by New York-based Chartered Global Investment Analyst (CGIA) Institute. Mr....
Top 10 traded stocks contributed 29 per cent in market turnover featured by Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Sunday. On the day, the turnover on the DSE declined 24 per...
Trading of the shares of ADN Telecom has started today (Monday) on both the bourses under 'N' category. The ADN Telecom, which raised a capital worth Tk 570 million through...
Croatia's former Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, candidate of the top opposition party the Social Democrats, will be the country's next president, the results of the presidential election showed on Sunday....
There is no ‘swine flu’ influenza virus in the country as the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the virus as seasonal influenza in 2011 after the 2009 flu pandemic. Officials...
Police detained eight people, including a girl, in connection with the murder of a Rajshahi Science and Technology University (RSTU) student in Nabinkinchapur village of Natore Sadar upazila early Monday....
A $10-million financial grant, Export Readiness Fund (ERF), was launched on Sunday to rev up export earnings of the country's four target sectors. The fund is rolling out under the...
A second-year student of Dhaka University (DU) was allegedly raped in Dhaka city’s Kurmitola area on Sunday night. The victim is now undergoing treatment at the One-Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC)...
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