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The boss of Indonesia's national airline will be dismissed on suspicion of smuggling a motorbike into the country on a new plane. Indonesia's State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir announced the...
Terming the behaviour of pro-BNP lawyers at a courtroom of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court an unpardonable offence, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said they...
Bangladesh will honour more than 380 Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the 1971 Liberation War. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen gave the information while addressing a discussion...
Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organization...
Indian police shot dead four men on Friday who were suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian in the city of Hyderabad, a police official told Reuters news agency,...
The government wants to rejuvenate its foreign missions abroad across the globe to help boost export earnings, officials have said. To this end, they said, an inter-ministerial committee will hold...
The Election Commission (EC) has gathered the data of more than 9.0 million citizens to update the voter list. The commission registered the prospective voters aged between 15 and 18...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an emergency loan of 1.0 billion US dollar for Pakistan to provide immediate support to the country's finances and help strengthen a slumping...
Deen Dyal, who runs a tea stall on the outskirts of New Delhi, was beaming when he walked out of a community hall where Punjab National Bank was disbursing loans...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of 160 million US dollars to support Mongolian government's efforts to improve the air quality and health in Mongolia's capital Ulan...
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is alerting the public to what appears to be an automated phone call scam randomly targeting members of the public, according to a...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from city’s Pallabi area on Thursday night. The arrestees are Manjurul Islam...
Noted cinematographer Mahfuzur Rahman Khan passed away at a hospital in Dhaka early Friday. He was 70. Mahfuzur Rahman breathed his last at the United Hospital around 12:26 am, said...
China will waive imports tariffs for some soybeans and pork originating from the United States, China’s finance ministry said on Friday citing a decision by the country’s cabinet. The ministry...
The demand-supply mismatch in labour market and job cuts due to automation are creating unemployment problem and affecting the country's economy, speakers said at a function on Thursday. Besides, a...
The 21st annual general meeting (AGM) of MJL Bangladesh Limited was held on Thursday at the auditorium of Krishibid Institution in the city. High officials of the company and a...
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) has revised its CSE30 and CSE Shariah indices on the basis of half-yearly performance of the listed companies. Eight new companies were added to the...
Ten most traded companies accounted for more than 22 per cent transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday, with SK Trims & Industries generating the highest turnover. Market...
The Bangladesh Bank has drawn flaks for asking married female job applicants to mention their husband’s permanent address as their own in a circular. The central bank’s human resource department...
The High Court on Thursday directed the government to bring an amendment in six months to the Organ Transplantation Act-1999 (amended in 2018) keeping a provision so that the emotional...
Bangladesh Krishi Bank has lost more than Tk 1.1 million to an act of theft recently committed by breaking the vault in a branch in Cumilla. The theft happened at...
Uber said it received almost 6,000 reports of sexual assault in the United States in 2017 and 2018. While the number of cases rose in 2018, the rate of incidents...
Two Bangladeshi fishermen were reportedly picked up by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from Farhadpur Nirmalchar in Godagari upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Thursday. The victims were identified as Abdur...
Importers have been exempted from payment of all import taxes on different types of seeds of spices and pulses including pepper and coriander. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has...
Three people, including two women, were killed and two others injured when a microbus hit a covered van at Golchattar in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail district on Friday morning. The...
CHATTOGRAM: Despite import of a large quantity of onion from different countries and release of thousands of tonnes of the cooking spice from Chattogram Port at that time, onion price...
The central bank has relaxed regulations, allowing foreign nationals, employed in branch offices or liaison offices of foreign companies, to receive remuneration in their foreign currency (FC) accounts from the...
In a wood-panelled hall of the ornate Peace Palace at The Hague, lawyers pressing a case against Myanmar for alleged genocide against its Muslim Rohingya minority will next week ask...
The last time Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi travelled to western Europe, she was feted as the freshly elected civilian ruler of a fledgling democracy who had brought an...
Australian oil and gas exploration company Santos has planned to wind up its Bangladesh operations after a decade-long involvement in the country's energy sector. The relinquishment move of Santos came...
Md. Ataur Rahman Prodhan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Sonali Bank Limited has been elected Chairman of Primary Dealers Bangladesh Limited (PDBL). He was elected PDBL...
The University of Dhaka, the oldest and largest one in the present Bangladesh, started its journey on the first day of July, 1921. Its role in nation formation and the...
We live in an age when people are alienated from each other thanks to the fast increase in the use of intercommunication gadgets. They include online networks comprising mindboggling apps....
No private bank has reduced the lending rates to single digits as yet, despite getting privileges from the government, which is having a negative impact on businesses. Commerce Minister Tipu...
KURIGRAM, Dec 05 (UNB): Although three years have elapsed since the formal inauguration of Chilmari River Port, it is yet to see any activities, causing frustration to local people. Sources...
It is quite obvious that the decision to develop sufficient vehicle parking facilities in the capital came following the failure of the newly introduced transport law. In fact, it is...
As high as 57 per cent of Dhaka residents have expressed in no uncertain terms that they do not live here for the love of the city. They would have...
Imagine Bangladesh as a sprawling megapolis. It may very well be the answer to the accumulating problems afflicting the country, or headed this way with certainty: the scrambles to produce...
The government appears to be in a catch-22 situation as far as resource mobilisation is concerned. Its tax revenue programme is off the track. The sale of savings tools that...
Department of Disaster Management (DDM) of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) of the government of Bangladesh and CARE Bangladesh jointly organised a workshop on Thursday with the...
Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the government will take legal action against those who created chaos in the courtroom during the hearing of Khaleda Zia’s bail appeal in a...
A five-kilometre long tailback was created on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Thursday after law enforcers set up check posts at different points of the highway, causing immense sufferings to passengers. Following...
A nationwide strike has severely disrupted schools and public transport across France. Workers are angry at being forced to retire later or face reduced pensions, reports BBC. School and transport...
Changing climate has started to take its toll on Bangladeshi shrimp farmers. Shrimp farmers in southern district of the South Asian country, which lies in the tropical zone of Earth,...
The government has set a target to send 5.0 million skilled workers abroad for decent jobs by 2024. It has also planned to develop 500,000 entrepreneurships including 100,000 digital rural...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) Deepak Raj Joshi has underscored the need for strengthening cooperation among the concerned tourism boards in this region for mutual...
China warned Wednesday if the United States continues to play with double standards on anti-terrorism or even try to infringe upon other countries' sovereignty and security, it will end up...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called for an end to the 'negative' outlook on people with disabilities and said her government has been working to ensure equal rights for all citizens...
Robbers looted four cows after killing its owner at Daspurkur in Rajshahi early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Majid, son of Abdul Aziz of the area. Mehedi Hasan,...
The US House of Representatives passed the so-called Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019 on Wednesday morning Beijing time. The bill requires the Trump administration to publicly denounce China's...
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