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Rohingya refugees accused former Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi of lying to the International Court of Justice in testimony Wednesday in which she denied that her country’s armed...
A couple was found dead at a building in Fakirapool area of Dhaka city on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Shahid Ahmed, 27, and Marzina, 21, reports UNB....
Democrats in the US House of Representatives moved closer on Wednesday to impeaching President Donald Trump as a key House committee began debating formal articles of impeachment that are expected...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to hear BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case today (Thursday). On December 5, the...
Twitter Inc plans to set up an independent research group to create an “open and decentralised” system for social networks, CEO Jack Dorsey said on Wednesday, which could relieve pressure...
India moved thousands of troops into the northeastern state of Assam on Thursday as violent protests erupted against a new law that would make it easier for non-Muslim minorities from...
Pursuing music as a full-time profession seems like a challenge to many. However, discarding music altogether does not work for them either. Surprisingly, there are tons of musicians in our...
IUB Ascension 2019, one of the biggest debating tournament in Asia, began on December 11 and will continue till December 14, 2019. It is hosting more than 120 teams including...
North South University Human Resources Club (NSU HR) club has organised and launched their signature event, 'HR Calibration 3.0', for the third time on November 24, 2019. This competition is...
Senior bankers and policymakers have stressed the need for boosting financial inclusion using fintech to bring more unbanked people under the banking network for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). They...
The death toll from a fire that gutted a plastics factory in Keraniganj has risen to 11, police say. Another 23 people are taking treatment for injuries at the burns...
With its health sector still remaining in the doldrums, Bangladesh, along with other countries of the world, will today (December 12) celebrate the Universal Health Coverage Day. The day is...
Never before did the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) launch a demolition drive on a scale it has embarked on this time. Now it has a plan to go...
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two of this year's recipients of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, are the latest among leading economists to remind us that gross domestic...
Unemployment situation in Bangladesh has become a challenge for the government. The country has failed to create adequate jobs despite higher economic growth in recent years. A large number of...
Informal part of an economy is a reality, but difficult to measure. There are also some overlaps between the formal and informal parts that render the task of devising a...
Bangladesh has much to celebrate on this day, December 12, which is International Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. It is an occasion to draw attention to the aspiration for a...
Greta Thunberg, the teen activist from Sweden who has urged immediate action to address a global climate crisis, was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019 on Wednesday....
At least one person was killed and 32 others suffered burn injuries in a plastic factory fire at Keraniganj, on the outskirts of capital, on Wednesday. Victims said the fire...
The University Grant Commission (UGC) has asked the authorities of public universities to shut down evening courses as it is damaging the image of the universities. The regulatory body gave...
Nirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa) founder Ilias Kanchan on Wednesday gave Shajahan Khan 24 hours to apologise for accusing him of embezzling foreign funds for his road safety movement. He also...
Policymakers and experts on Tuesday stressed the effective mechanism to ensure inclusive financing so that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) could be attained in Asia and the Pacific region. They...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide US$333.26 million loans for expansion of power transmission lines and designing the Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line. In this regard, the government...
A fire has broken out at a plastics factory in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of capital. Fire Service and Civil Defence's official Md Azad said the factory in Keraniganj's Chunkutia...
A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced former Chhatra Shibir leader Md Abdus Sattar alias Tipu Sultan to death over war crimes in Rajshahi. A three-member panel of the International Crimes Tribunal...
Human Rights Day fell on Tuesday this year, in which the US-led Western world has unprecedentedly attacked China on its human rights record. They have let values dominate their perceptions...
The migratory birds, huge in number, are arriving from the colder northern hemisphere in the water bodies giving those a pleasant look in the northern region now. Local people, officials,...
The government in collaboration with the World Bank on Wednesday launched two climate smart plan and projects to address impacts of climate change on farming in the country. Agriculture Minister...
President Md Abdul Hamid said on Tuesday the main challenge for Bangladesh as well as other developing countries is to fill the financing gap before achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....
A woman and her four-year-old son were killed after they fell off a running bus at Shimultali area of Araihazar upazila in Narayanganj on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified...
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said the case brought against her country at the World Court was “incomplete and misleading” as she began her defence to accusations of genocide...
A number of protesting workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore started falling sick on Wednesday, the second day of their hunger strike. They are trying to...
Turkey and Britain have agreed to speed up work on a project to build fighter jets, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told broadcaster A Haber on Wednesday. The two countries...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has awarded death penalty to former Chhatra Shibir leader Md Abdus Sattar alias Tipu Sultan to death over war crimes in Rajshahi. The Tribunal on Wednesday...
Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL) and Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on certain SDGs with Ready Made Garments (RMG)...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to eliminate leprosy from the country before the target of 2030, urging local pharmaceutical companies to produce medicines for the leprosy patients. She also...
Top officials from Canada, Mexico, and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold...
The 18th span of the much-hyped Padma Bridge was installed on Wednesday afternoon, making some 2.7 km of the bridge out of 6.15-km visible. The 150-metre 3-E span was successfully...
Agent Banking Outlet of First Security Islami Bank Ltd. started its operation on December 9 at Munshi Bazar, Kamolgonj, Moulvibazar. Mr. Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of the bank,...
Inter Milan crashed out of the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday after 17-year-old Ansu Fati became the youngest scorer in the competition’s history by firing in a late winner to...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will lead Myanmar’s defence at the World Court on Wednesday, where her country faces accusations of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority....
Stocks witnessed marginal gain in early hours of trading on Wednesday as bargain hunters showed their buying appetite on sector specific issues after sharp correction. Following the last four days’...
Somali security forces shot dead five Al Shabaab gunmen, who had killed three civilians and two soldiers during an attack on a hotel near the presidential residence in Mogadishu on...
A US federal judge on Tuesday (local time) issued a permanent injunction barring President Donald Trump’s attempt to transfer $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a wall on...
Facebook Inc dropped to the 23rd spot in Glassdoor’s list of ‘Best Places to Work’ in 2020 from the seventh it secured last year, amid heightened regulatory scrutiny of the...
Bangladesh has moved one place up in the UN Human Development Index (HDI) in 2018 to rank 135th out of 189 countries. Placed among Medium Development countries in the 2019...
A non-government organisation (NGO) named Small Traders Cooperative (STC) Bank Limited has been engaged in illegal banking activities in Rajshahi. According to sources, the STC procured registration as a cooperative...
The Pentagon announced on Tuesday it was halting operational training of all Saudi Arabian military personnel in the United States until further notice after a Saudi Air Force lieutenant shot...
Mario Pzzini, a global scholar, has said the GDP (gross domestic product)-related indicators do not adequately reflect people's living standards, although (increasing) it is in the core action policy of...
Trading of the shares of Ring Shine Textiles Ltd will commence on Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange from tomorrow (Thursday) under 'N' category, officials said. The Ring Shine...
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