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Fourteen people were killed and 19 wounded when a bus carrying students ran over an improvised explosive device on Saturday in northern Burkina Faso, the government said. It was not...
German automaker Daimler AG said on Saturday it will recall 744,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the United States from the 2001 through 2011 model years because the sunroof glass panel could...
US president Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or US assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander...
Bangladesh Jute Mills Association (BJMA) has urged the government to launch drive against the hoarders of raw jute and strengthen vigilance in the border areas to stop cross-border smuggling of...
An elderly woman who suffered burns while basking in fire died at the General Hospital in Jashore on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Shukurunnesa, 60, wife of late...
The Rural Electrification Board (REB) has planned to overhaul its entire distribution system at a cost of about US$4.0 billion (400 crore) for ensuring smooth power supply across the country,...
The number of active BO (beneficiary owner's) accounts declined 7.25 per cent in the just concluded calendar year from the number of accounts observed at the end of previous year....
Concrete areas in Dhaka have increased to around 82 per cent while water bodies and open space have shrunk by more than two-thirds during the last two decades, according to...
The government has made a time-bound commitment to address the European Union (EU)'s concerns over labour rights issues aimed at retaining the GSP (Generalised Scheme of Preferences) facility, officials said....
The new VAT (Value Added Tax) law has mostly been transformed into its 1991 version because of myriad changes made during the past six months, critics have said. Economists were...
MYMENSINGH, Jan 04: Barbel (shing) fish farming in Madihati Para village of Mymensingh Sadar Upazila has received a boost following implementation of the intensive cultivation technique that is set to...
CUMILLA, Jan 04: Cumilla has long been known as a district with a rich history and heritage. The tourist attractions of this district, rich in tourism sector, attract everyone. This...
The blind fans of Arthur Conan Doyl's fictitious sleuth Sherlock Holmes or those of Prince of Darkness --- Dracula, created by Bram Stoker, are still found waiting patiently on long...
The ocean contributes more than $6.0 billion annually to the Bangladesh economy and has the potential to generate much more. The gross value addition (GVA) of Bangladesh's ocean economy was...
Some suspicions notwithstanding, businesses will have reasons to cheer the private commercial banks' latest decision to bring down their all lending rates, barring that on credit card advances, to 9.0...
Financial trading companies operating in Bangladesh used to deal with transactions relating to foreign trade without any explicit law or policy on legality of transfer of right over invoice. The...
The economy of Bangladesh is now thriving with a very promising GDP (gross domestic product) growth of 8.1 per cent. After liberation and especially after 1990, development in many spheres...
If the global economy were a chess game, few pieces would be left on the board. Most would be relegated to the role of bystanders, observing a concentration of power...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged leaders and activists of Chhatra League to dignify their organisation through gaining confidence and trust of the countrymen. Sheikh Hasina made the remarks while...
In a world shaken by so many problems, it is difficult to look at 2020 and not make some kind of holistic analysis. While enormous progress has been made on...
Gold prices have crossed Tk 60,000 per Bhori for the first time in six years, according to bdnews24.com. Jewellers have cited a volatile global market after the death of Iranian...
More than 70 companies from Bangladesh will showcase a wide-range of exportable products and services in the three-day exhibition on ‘Made in Bangladesh’ to be held from January 28 at...
Awami League chief and Prime Mnister Sheikh Hasina has named Al-Nahean Khan Joy and Lekhak Bhattacharjee as the president and the general secretary of its student affiliate Bangladesh Chhatra League...
The Election Commission (EC) has chalked out a series of plans to ensure that the city corporation polls are conducted in an orderly manner and has urged the candidates to...
Microbus registration in the country stood at 3,377 from January to November of 2019. Of them, 2,982 microbuses were registered in Dhaka during the period, according to the statistics provided...
Microbus registration in the country stood at 3,377 in the first 11 months of 2019. Of those, 2,982 microbuses were registered in Dhaka during the period, according to the statistics...
Nearly 175,000 people remain displaced in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and nearby towns, after flash floods and landslides killed at least 53 people, amid some of the heaviest rain since records...
At least 5,227 people were killed and some 6,953 others were injured in 4,702 road accidents across the country in 2019, multiplying the number of victims compared to last two...
The US-led coalition, fighting the Islamic State (IS) militant group, and the Iraqi military on Saturday denied any airstrike north of Baghdad. "The coalition did not conduct airstrikes near Camp...
Terming vegetable farming as a potential sector of the country, Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque has said vegetable can expedite the current pace of the country’s economic progress. “Vegetable...
The conviction rate in corruption cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) increased slightly in 11 months from January to November in 2019 compared to the corresponding period of the...
Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) has decided to hold general elections on May 3, the court's vice President said on Friday. "The first Sunday in May," the official told reporters...
Buckingham Palace, the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom, has issued a new photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth, her son Prince Charles, her grandson...
Malaysian police have detained 474 illegal immigrants, including 78 Bangladeshis, in New Year campaigns across the country. The immigration police carried out 124 raids in the first two days of...
Robbers looted gold ornaments from a house killing an elderly woman at Navy-gate area in Khulna on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Kali Rani Sen, 70. The incident...
Thousands of mourners gathered in Baghdad on Saturday ahead of a funeral procession for Iran’s slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others killed in...
Forty-three dengue patients, including 36 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country for dengue. Twenty-one new dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till...
Various cold-related diseases have affected 5,432 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Saturday. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control...
The Armed Police Battalion arrested three cleaning staff with gold weighing around 2.3 kilograms from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Md Sumon Sikder, 34,...
US citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday, the Oil Ministry said, after a US air strike...
The top economic policymaking body has revised a good number of projects in the first year of the government, or one-fourth of the total approved in its second term, officials...
The US Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of president Donald Trump, as the chamber’s leaders wrangled over whether White House...
EBL cardholders will now enjoy special privileges on different healthcare services of Praava Health. A customer benefit agreement in this regard has been signed by Syed Zulkar Nayen, Head of...
Two men who featured in a documentary alleging sexual abuse by the singer Michael Jackson can pursue legal claims against two of his companies, a court has ruled. Wade Robson...
As many as 4,356 people were killed and more than 5,000 others injured in road accidents across the country last year, according to a road safety advocacy group. Apart from...
Shortages of raw materials , low prices of finished goods and availability of cheaper alternatives are pushing the once-thriving ‘mele’ mat industry of Satkhira towards extinction. “The demand for ‘mele’...
Workers of state-owned jute mills in Khulna returned to factories on Saturday after halting their five days of continuous protests that cost the government millions of taka. They resumed work...
Transaction on over-the-counter (OTC) market on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) slumped 68 per cent year-on-year in 2019, hitting two-year low amid gloomy market outlook. The shares of the companies,...
Stocks posted a modest gain last week, snapping a four-week losing streak as bargain hunters showed their appetite on sector-wise issues. Week-on-week, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock...
Greta Thunberg has changed her name to Sharon on Twitter, in honour of a game show contestant who appeared to have no idea who she was. While appearing on BBC's...
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