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British police warned on Friday that press and social media speculation about the identities of the 39 people found dead in a lorry in Essex may hinder the investigation. "This...
China on Friday expressed strong indignation and firm opposition to a speech by US Vice President Mike Pence that intentionally distorted China's social system, human rights and religious conditions and...
Scientists have named a species after teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg in recognition of her 'outstanding contribution' to raising awareness of climate change, reports bdnews24.com citing The Daily Mail. The...
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller has expressed the hope over reopening Dhaka-New York direct flights bringing more opportunities for both the countries with more exchanges on all fronts....
Local authorities have completed a probe into the violent clashes which left four people dead and over 100 others injured in Bhola's Borhanuddin. A three-strong probe panel, headed by Mamudur...
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Saturday at Islami Bank Tower. Presided over by Professor Md. Nazmul Hassan, Ph.D, Chairman of...
A day long workshop on "Audit Aspects of Foreign Exchange Operation on Export" was held at NCC Bank Training Institute recently. Khondoker Nayeemul Kabir, Deputy Managing Director inaugurated the workshop...
Microsoft Corp. has won the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract, the Defence Department said on Friday, beating out favourite Amazon.com Inc. The contracting process had long been mired in...
The Premier Bank Limited celebrated 2 decades of operations on Saturday. An event titled “Celebrating 20 years of Prosperity” held at the bank’s head office, was inaugurated by the Premier...
Around 952 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics across the country. Among them, 437 patients are taking treatment in Dhaka division and 515 are hospitalised outside...
The death toll from torrential rains that caused flooding and mudslides in Japan climbed to 10 on Saturday, with three others missing, public broadcaster NHK reported, just two weeks after...
Many of the 200 Bangladeshi workers forcibly sent back from Saudi Arabia on Friday night said they were deported despite having legal documents. A flight carrying them landed at Hazrat...
The World Bank announced Friday a package of 150 million US dollars to support the Ghanaian government's project for improving the quality of education. The Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes...
At least 150 people were killed in different incidents of lightening during rains in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh over the past two months, said the latest data released...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hasan Papon said the board is set to take legal action against Test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan for breaching of regulation. Shakib...
The US federal budget deficit reached 984 billion US dollars in the fiscal year 2019, up by 26 per cent year-on-year, and is the highest since 2012, the Treasury Department...
Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad has said his government will continue work to recruit more Bangladeshi workers. Terming Malaysia’s ties with Bangladesh as very deep, he assured that the...
Two motorcyclists were killed in front of a refuelling station in Magura district town on Jhenidah-Magura road on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Hasanuzzaman and his nephew Rashedul...
City Bank and bKash have recently signed an agreement at Bank’s head office in Dhaka. Under the agreement, City Bank will facilitate bKash to make automated payments to its nationwide...
The poultry industry has demanded the withdrawal of a 5.0 per cent advance tax (AT) on raw material imports to save the sector going through a critical condition. Two associations...
Experts fear infringement of consumer rights in the country is much higher than reported. They identified lack of awareness among both the consumers and businesses about their respective rights and...
EBL cardholders will enjoy special privileges while purchasing Crocodile products at retail outlets of Crocodile Bangladesh Ltd, the sole licensee of Singapore based global fashion brand- Crocodile. M Khorshed Anowar,...
The securities regulator has advised the country's premier bourse to form an expert panel to scrutinize the upcoming initial public offerings (IPO) prospectus properly. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
Stocks finished almost flat in the outgoing week that ended on Thursday as investors mostly followed cautious stance amid ongoing volatile market trend. Week on week, DSEX, the prime index...
Three people were killed and hundreds evacuated from their homes as fires spread through forests in northern Mexico near the US border on Friday, officials said. A fire near the...
Actor Misha Sawdagor has been re-elected president of Bangladesh Cholochitro Shilpi Samiti, defeating actress Arifa Pervin Zaman Moushumi in the biennial election. The Misha-Zayed panel won 18 out of 21...
The money loan courts (Artha Rin Adalat), which were created in 2003 to help expeditious resolution of disputes between banks and their clients over loan repayment, are overburdened. These courts...
A US judge on Friday validated the legality of the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump and ordered his administration to hand over an unredacted copy of former special...
A woman has died from suffocation in a fire that ignited in a multi-storey residential building in the capital's Dhanmondi. Two others were injured after the fire broke out on...
The government plans to introduce a system of fixing rational prices of rawhide of sacrificial animals from next Eid-ul-Azha in a bid to prevent repeat of the price debacle seen...
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has sought Tk 147 million in subsidies from the government to make up for the financial loss that it had incurred in the last...
Rainfall in the drought-prone northern region in the country is going to increase significantly in future for the consequence of climate change thus posing serious threat to the agro-ecology. However,...
The Ministry of Textiles and Jute has sought necessary government steps to settle the issue of anti-dumping duty imposed by India on Bangladeshi jute goods, officials said. In a letter,...
The government is set to build Matarbari deep seaport, near Cox's Bazar, with funding from Japan, officials said. The officials said the port will be set up to handle large...
With sales sliding by nearly 60 per cent, the government measures intended to contain transactions of savings instruments have started making an impact. The sales of four popular savings instruments...
Village council elections were held on Thursday across Indian-controlled Kashmir, with the detention of many mainstream local politicians and a boycott by most parties prompting expectations that the polls will...
The Premier Bank Ltd is putting all its efforts to move from a conventional bank with digital transformation, said its managing director M. Reazul Karim on Thursday. In an interview...
An event will be observed across the country to begin the 100-day countdown to ‘Mujib Year’ will begin to mark the celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said that voluntary return displaced Rohingyas to their homes in the Rakhine State through ensuring safety, security and dignity is the only solution to...
The Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has sought nanotechnology support from the senators of the New York State of the United States. The apex trade body sought the...
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 25 (UNB): Young Elephants Football Club of Laos brightened their chances for the semifinal at the third edition Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Football Tournament, eliminating TC Sports...
A United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) report paints a bleak picture for at least 19 million of children in Bangladesh on account of climate change. Notwithstanding the marked improvement in...
This year's Nobel Prize for Economics went to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Dufflo (MIT professors in profession and husband and wife in personal life) and Michael Kremmer of the Harvard University. ...
New information published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows that action taken by just 11 countries - most of them low- or middle-income - has resulted in 20...
Public universities in the country are passing through a critical juncture. There is a growing dismay in society about the conduct of some students and teachers in the country's highest...
Bangladesh is yet to sign any bilateral free trade agreement (BFTA). However, it is believed that a free trade deal with Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has the...
This year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences recognises Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer for their work using randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in developmental studies. This year's selection...
Global trade is slowing down this year and such trend is likely to continue the next year, according to the Wold Trade Organisation (WTO). A slow growth in international trade...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Islam on Friday said they want to send the former prime minister abroad for better medical care as she is ‘seriously sick’, reports UNB....
At a time when baser instincts, brutality at its worst, crimes of the most atrocious types are browbeating society, even the most optimistic souls sink. As the country's premier engineering...
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