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A farmer was electrocuted at Parla village in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, 22, son of Ohid Mia of the...
A man suffering from the mosquito-borne dengue fever has died at the Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal. The 65-year-old Abdul Khaleq, a resident of Bhola Sadar Upazila's Chorgazi village,...
Two suspected drug peddlers, including a Rohingya man, have died in a so-called gunfight with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district. The incident occurred in the Sadar Union's...
The telecom regulator has asked all Internet service providers to make available 'parental guidance' features at the users' end to limit the children's access to Internet. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory...
The acting head of US Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan, has resigned after six months in the post. In a tweet, President Donald Trump said Mr McAleenan wanted to spend more...
Dhaka bourse continued declining trend in all sessions executed in last week following investors' panic-driven sales amid their lack of 'confidence'. The week witnessed four trading sessions instead of five...
Production of eggs in the country has increased steadily over the last decade, thanks to the expansion of poultry industry that came close to meeting the domestic demand. The annual...
The Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) has suggested imposing duty on the import of onion during its harvesting time to ensure fair price for the farmers. Duty should be imposed during...
The Padma Rail Link Project (PRLP) is fated to be delayed in the absence of confirmation of design and loss of time in land acquisition, sources said. Both the cost...
The securities regulator has asked the trustee of DBH 1st Mutual Fund to convene a meeting of the unit holders in line with the rules. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange...
The proposed amendment to the Companies Act allowing formation of a company by a single person is facing the first hurdle as the finance ministry is in favour of making...
The government is actively considering waiving port dues and charges for LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminals and vessels at Moheshkhali, Cox's Bazar. Officials concerned said the authorities are thinking of...
The government is going to take out US$1.87 billion in costlier loans from the World Bank (WB) to implement six projects, officials said. The decision on securing the hard-term loans...
Ragging in the country's colleges and universities has gone up to an ominous level. Though only a few of the ragging incidents have been reported, these are enough to expose...
The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) conducted a research titled "Tracer Study of Graduates of Universities in Bangladesh". The purpose was to look at the nexus between labour market...
The European Union envoys in Dhaka on Wednesday participated in a novel initiative by coming out in the open with gunny bags in their hands. The ostensible aim of the...
Pakistan's Prime Minister has offered rare backing for Turkey's invasion of Syria, a deadly cross-border incursion that started this week and has already displaced tens of thousands, according to AP....
The fourth industrial revolution is underway and is bringing with it a series of upheavals. Robotics, automation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence are gradually making their way into the production...
Since 2010, economic growth in low-and middle-income countries has been two to three times faster than in high-income countries. The ten economies with the highest projected growth rates for the...
President Trump, in multiple interviews, underscored that he would not be deploying the US troops in any conflict abroad. He questioned why the American soldiers should lay down their lives...
In Mohammed Hanif's novel Red Birds, an American bomber pilot crashes his plane in the Arabian desert and is stranded among the locals in a nearby refugee camp. He finds...
Currently 36 per cent of the total population of Bangladesh are youths. In future these young people will be the main driving force for sustainable development of the country. The...
Awami League led 14-party Alliance on Friday demanded holding the trial of BUET student Abrar Fahad murder case in a speedy trial tribunal. “Trial of the killers of Abrar Fahad...
BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed on Friday the agreement on withdrawal of 1.82 cusec water from the Feni River by India for a water supply scheme in India's Sabroom...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday condemned BNP’s political approach and said any attempt to take BUET student Abrar Fahad’s murder to a different direction will be thwarted. “BNP...
Turkey stepped up its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Friday, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of humanitarian catastrophe and turned Republican lawmakers...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has seized fixed deposit receipt (FDR) savings worth Tk 10 million in a raid at the house of controversial Awami League (AL) leader and ward...
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has imposed a ban on political activities following the murder of its second-year student Abrar Fahad. BUET Vice-Chancellor Saiful Islam made the...
The country is going to be self-sufficient in egg production this financial year (FY20) with an expected output of 17.81 billion eggs, according to the government.The egg sector’s turnover is...
Chinese President Xi Jinping and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to agree new security measures along their unsettled border during a summit on Friday, officials said, in an...
SpaceX's new Crew Dragon astronaut capsule will be ready for its first manned flight into orbit in the first quarter of next year provided "everything goes according to plan" in...
Police have been granted five days to grill Chhatra League leader Amit Saha and Hossain Mohammed Toha over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad. Amit, who resides in the...
The phrase "Asian century" has been hotly debated for some time. Quite a few Asian leaders and strategists believe that the world was Europeanised in the 19th century, Americanised in...
An international team of researchers found prehistoric humans some 400,000 years ago were able to store bone marrow for later consumption, which is believed to be the earliest evidence of...
When China and India first jointly pioneered the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence in a 1954 statement, they might not have imagined that their concerted advocacy efforts have helped breed...
China's musical instrument sector is witnessing a rapid growth, authorities said, with its market value accounting for nearly one-third of the world's total. Last year, the value of the market...
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. He was awarded the prize for his efforts to "achieve peace and international cooperation". Ethiopia reached...
Disgruntled students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology have resumed their protests over the murder of their peer Abrar Fahad for a fifth day. Student protesters gathered in...
An Iranian-owned oil tanker was struck by two missiles off the Saudi port of Jeddah on Friday, Iranian state television reported, quoting the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) which owns...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested controversial Dhaka North City Corporation Councillor Habibur Rahman Mizan as part of the ongoing crackdown on corruption. He was nabbed in Sreemangal while...
The vice-chancellor of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) will hold a meeting with students protesting against the murder of their peer Abrar Fahad in a residential hall....
Police have arrested another accused in the case over the murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad in Sylhet. The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police apprehended Majedul Islam in...
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested four members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from the city’s Jatrabari area on Thursday. The identities...
The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank of China, drained 30 billion yuan (4.24 billion US dollars) from the financial system Friday. The PBOC did not conduct any...
The government has again extended the deadline by up to six months for fixing the flaws of readymade garment (RMG) factories inspected under the national initiative to avoid punitive measures...
Pakistani authorities on Thursday arrested four aides of Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, the suspected mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on terrorism...
Top US and Chinese negotiators wrapped up a first day of trade talks in more than two months on Thursday as business groups expressed optimism the two sides might be...
Asian share markets followed Wall Street higher Friday on optimism about US-Chinese talks on ending a tariff war. Benchmarks in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul advanced, while Shanghai edged lower...
Three people were killed and three others injured as a truck overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Garzaria Masterbari area in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Thursday night. Two of...
The securities regulator has decided to issue registration to the IDLC Venture Capital Fund, an alternative investment fund. The decision came at a meeting of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange...
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