Chinese onions have been solely sustaining the demand of both the Nepali market and households, following the export ban on onions by India, according to the authorities. Nepal has remained...
The prime index of Dhaka bourse tumbled to 42 months low on Tuesday as panic-driven investors dumped their holdings to prevent further losses. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka...
Sport-utility vehicles (SUV) in hard/soft category registration in the country stood at 5,156 from January to November 2019. Of the total, the number of SUV registration was 4,601 during the...
Customs officials arrested a man along with 22 gold bars, weighing 2.5 kg, at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Tuesday. The arrestee is Momin Uddin Mamun of Goainghat upazila...
The government on Tuesday handed over a cheque of Tk 1 billion (100 crore) to Maksudur Alam, the owner of Moon cinema hall through the Appellate Division. A four-member bench...
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the Razakars list was not verified as per a note from his ministry. The liberation war affairs ministry was asked in a note...
Liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque has apologised for naming freedom fighters (FFs) in the list of Razakars. Speaking at a programme in the city's Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday,...
A special court in Islamabad on Tuesday found former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf guilty of high treason and handed him death sentence — a first in Pakistan's history....
Bangladesh has topped the list of gender-neutral countries in South Asia bringing down gender gap the most, the World Economic Forum said in its latest report. It is ahead of...
China has protested against Malaysia filing a submission with the United Nations last week seeking to establish the limits of Malaysia's continental shelf in the northern part of the disputed...
The surrounding area of the Secretariat in Dhaka has come under ‘Silent Zone’ or ‘No Horn Zone’ today (Tuesday) as vehicles will have to suffer punishment for flouting the ban...
Names of at least seven freedom fighters have appeared on the official list of Razakars the government published on Sunday. Even astonishing as it may seem, Ghulam Arieff Tipoo, the...
The Appellate Division on Tuesday rejected the bail petitions filed by Destiny Group managing director Rafiqul Amin and Destiny-2000 chairman Mohammad Hossain in two money-laundering cases filed by the Anti-Corruption...
UK Visas and Immigration made the UK visa process for Bangladeshis safer, more modern and efficient by introducing the option to use card and online transactions to pay for a...
Stocks witnessed a slight loss in early hours of trading on Tuesday as investors mostly cautious amid growing concern over the country’s macroeconomic situation. Following the previous session’s slump, the...
November 2019 was the second-hottest November in the 140-year global climate record, according to scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The NOAA monthly global climate report...
Estonia's president has apologised after the country's interior minister described Finland's new prime minister as "a sales girl". President Kersti Kaljulaid said she was "embarrassed" by the comments of Mart...
Dhaka ranked the second worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning. The capital city had a score of 210 at 10:17am, which means the air quality was ‘very...
Two motorcyclists, including a girl, were killed as a truck crashed into their vehicle at Manikpur in Zakiganj upazila headquarters in Sylhet on Monday. The deceased were identified as Russel...
An alleged robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Moheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Khokon, 30, reports UNB. Tipped off that...
Even though the deadline already expired, no visible progress has been made to bring non-listed insurance companies into the capital market, officials said. As a result, Insurance Development and Regulatory...
Protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses on Monday as critics said the Hindu nationalist government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict...
A fan factory in Gazipur, which was ravaged by a devastating fire, had been operating without proper authorisation. The authorities made the disclosure after inspecting the site yesterday (Monday), a...
Amazon.com Inc is temporarily blocking third-party sellers from using FedEx Corp’s ground delivery network to handle Prime shipments as it strives to hit accelerated delivery deadlines this holiday season. This...
Boeing Co is temporarily halting 737 production in January for the first time in more than 20 years as the grounding of the planemaker's best-selling MAX after two fatal crashes...
The Transfer Pricing Cell (TPC) would put some 921 foreign companies, operating in Bangladesh in various forms, under its close scrutiny to find out the level of their tax compliance...
Bangladeshis at home and abroad celebrated Bangladesh’s 49th Victory Day on Monday paying deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during the Liberation War....
Canada’s Equinox Gold Corp will buy rival Leagold Mining Corp for C$769.3 million ($578.38 million), the company said on Monday, the latest consolidation in the industry that has seen deals...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday greeted all freedom fighters of the country on the occasion of the 49th Victory Day. Like the previous years, the premier sent flowers, fruits...
Hong Kong has faced its “grimmest and most complex year” since the former British colony was returned to China, President Xi Jinping said on Monday, before reiterating his support for...
Former US President Barack Obama has said if women ran every country in the world there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes. Speaking in Singapore, he...
Even before Donald Trump is impeached, the partisanship of his looming Senate trial is casting doubt on whether polarised Washington can hold a President to account—now and in the future,...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has described her bail denial by the apex court in Zia Charitable Trust graft case as ‘unprecedented’, said her sister on Monday. The BNP chief made...
More than half of the population of the city of Brindisi, southern Italy, were evacuated from their homes on Sunday due to an unexploded World War II bomb, according to...
Turkey has dispatched a surveillance and reconnaissance drone to the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus amid tensions over offshore oil and gas exploration, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency said...
President M Abdul Hamid and his spouse Rashida Khanom hosted a reception on Monday at Bangabhaban in Dhaka marking 49th Victory Day of Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the...
A fan factory in Gazipur, which was ravaged by a devastating fire, had been operating without proper permission. The authorities made the disclosure after inspecting the site on Monday, a...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s challenger for the post of ruling Likud party leader is picking up more endorsements ahead of the official launch of his primary campaign on Monday,...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday commended the progress Bangladesh has made in every sector under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Indian prime minister’s praise came...
The security forces have stormed a Taliban militants’ hideout in Shahidi Hasas district of Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province and rescued 12 detainees, all civilians, said an army statement released on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday released a commemorative postage stamp, a first-day cover and a data card, marking the 49th Victory Day. The premier released the stamp and the...
Flights have been canceled and bus routes adjusted in Beijing as moderate snow hit the capital Monday morning, according to Beijing Daily. As of 7.0 am Monday, 42 flights had...
European shares hit an all-time high on Monday as a “totally done” initial trade deal between the United States and China kept the momentum rolling after a rally last week...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson needs to “focus on reality” and recognize that the Scottish National Party (SNP) has been given a mandate for a second independence referendum, Scottish First...
Authorities in Australia have issued fresh warnings about a “mega blaze” after it spread beyond containment lines and razed 20 houses near Sydney. The fire, burning over about 400,000 hectares,...
The bodies of 10 victims of the Gazipur factory fire were handed over to their families on Monday after collecting DNA samples. Additional Deputy Commissioner Shahinur Islam, head of an...
US special envoy Stephen Biegun has urged North Korea to come to the negotiating table, saying: “We are here, let’s get this done.” His comments in Seoul come days after...
Police fired tear gas against protesters in Hong Kong (HK) before meetings Monday between the territory’s leader and Communist Party officials in Beijing, ending a lull in what have become...
Miscreants attacked the Victory Day programme at the Brahmanbaria zilla parishad premises on Monday and vandalised photos of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Witnesses said a...
Police have clashed with protesters in several Indian cities as demonstrations against new law on illegal migrants entered a fifth day. There are large protests in the capital Delhi as...
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