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A couple was found dead at a house at Baniatari in Nageshwari upaizla of Kurigram district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Nazrul Islam, 45 and Rumi Begum, 40...
Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Hinla Jaliapara in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Friday. The...
Britain and France all but begged Iran to jump into the waters of a negotiation with the United States this week. Neither antagonist, however, showed much desire to discuss the...
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive arrested two robbers and rescued three kidnapped fishermen from a den of robbers in Dakatia canal area in Mongla upazila of Bagerhat...
The first-year honours admission test of ‘Gha’ unit under the Social Science faculty of 2019-20 academic session of Dhaka University was held on Friday. The one and half hour test...
European shares rose on Friday while hopes of a quick resolution to the US-China trade war offset worries of slowing economic growth and rising political risks. The pan-European STOXX 600...
People's Bank of China (PBOC) drained 10 billion yuan (about 1.41 billion US dollars) from the financial system on Friday, with more reverse repos maturing than conducted. The central bank...
Germany’s BMW has no interest in settling an investigations by the European Union antitrust authorities against the company and other German carmakers, German magazine WirtschaftsWoche reported on Friday, citing company...
China will further encourage industrial development and entrepreneurship in rural areas in a bid to alleviate poverty, officials have said. Poverty-stricken areas will be supported to develop featured industries by...
Noting Bangladesh national cricket team is going through a transition process, its captain Shakib Al Hasan has expressed firm confidence that team’s bad time will be over soon and they...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought more US investment and engagement for Bangladesh’s further development, saying that it is a “win-win option” for both the countries. “I’m happy to see...
Broiler chicken and egg, the two key protein sources for the common people, became costlier last week increasing their sufferings further. Prices of onion, one of the main cooking indredients,...
Jamalpur’s Deputy Commissioner Ahmed Kabir has been suspended as a leaked video showing him in a compromising situation with a female colleague went viral on social media. Additional Secretary (Discipline...
The British-flagged Stena Impero tanker, which was detained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in July, has started moving and exited the Bandar Abbas port on Friday, Reuters reported citing Refinitiv ship-tracking...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received an award titled ‘Champion of Skill Development for Youth’ for Bangladesh’s great success in youth skill development. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) conferred...
Ten most traded companies accounted for nearly 27 per cent of transactions on the prime bourse on Thursday, with the National Tubes bagging the top spot of the turnover chart....
China’s growing military might has replaced North Korean belligerence as the main security threat to Japan, Tokyo’s annual defence review indicated on Thursday, despite signs that Pyongyang could have nuclear-tipped...
A whistleblower report released on Thursday said President Donald Trump not only abused his office in attempting to solicit Ukraine’s interference in the 2020 US election for his political benefit,...
The government on Thursday requested the World Bank to finance eight projects, promising those to implement in time, officials said. They said most of the projects are at the take-off...
Envoys of the USA, Canada and European Union (EU), and representatives of INGOs (international non-government organisations) have expressed their concern over the government measures to tighten monitoring in the Rohingya...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) instructed on Thursday all its customs houses not to release any casino materials from ports. "We have verbally asked all of the customs houses...
The export-oriented sectors will get full exemption from payment of value-added tax (VAT) on utility services like gas, water and electricity bills only for the units manufacturing exportables. The facility...
Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the authorities concerned to hand over lease deeds on plots in the Savar tannery estate to tanners urgently to help them get bank loans...
European shares moved higher on Thursday, with technology shares leading the charge after encouraging comments from China on trade with the United States soothed sentiment that was rattled by growth...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 26: Buffalo rearers in the char areas under Lalpur of Natore district are in great difficulties due to shortage of fodder. According to sources, for more than five...
Dichotomy between government policies and actions is nothing unusual. In fact, this factor, on occasions, does create problems in day-to-day operations of government agencies. The latest case in point is...
The observance of the World Rivers Day, as customary on the 4th Sunday of September, last Sunday could not get over the ritualistic and archetypal. Banners, festoons, street marches and...
The Financial Express headlined on the front-page last Wednesday an item that says that under the guise of games-related imports, much-maligned casino and gambling materials have been brought into the...
Since digitalisation has entered so much into our vocabulary and vocation, the obvious challenges have also bred counter-strategies. As noted in the previous Scopus (September 24, 2019), Farnam Jahanian mentioned...
In its 400-year-old survival, the growth of urban Dhaka has occurred at a faltering and leisurely pace. Older than many of world's highly advanced cities, the city has started experiencing...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to make an official visit to New Delhi from October 3-6. This will be her first visit since assuming office for the third consecutive...
Education is a basic human right as well as a catalyst for social change. All around the world, it is seen as the key to a better future, providing the...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Manmohan Parkash has said faster and better-quality project implementation could further accelerate the pace of development and spread benefits "more equitably" in Bangladesh. “Faster...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) sealed off Fu Wang Club early Thursday after a large amount of illegal liquor was seized from it. The elite force also arrested three people in...
A landslide at an illegal gold mine in Chad has killed about 30 people, a government minister said on Thursday, reports Reuters. The mine in the Tibesti region near the...
Amari Dhaka is going to launch a new concept of brunch from October 5. Dubbed Disney Brunch, the combination of breakfast and lunch will be available on Saturdays, from 11:30am...
Radisson Blu Chattogram Bay View hotel on Thursday has distributed personal computers to the school and madrasa authorities of needy children. The computers were distributed through a ceremony at the...
People hardly get benefits of the Right to Information Act 2009 (RTI) as some 75 per cent of them do not know about the law, according to a report. Although...
President Xi Jinping on Wednesday inaugurated a state-of-art airport in Beijing, marking a monumental moment that highlighted both the country's prowess in building massive infrastructure and its ambition to further...
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is set to start open market sale (OMS) of essential commodities in Khulna city on Monday ahead of Durga Puja. will sell sugar, soybean oil...
A young man was stabbed to death at Bagmara village of Rupsha upazila in Khulna on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Sharjil Islam Shongram, 26, son of MujiburRahman...
Two policemen have been suspended on charges of helping foreigners involved in illicit gambling in casinos escape from Bangladesh following a raid by the Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka, reports...
A painter died after falling from two storied Madrasa building at Padua village under Lohagara upazila of in Chattogram on Thursday. The victim was identified as Mohammad Saber, 35, son...
The World Bank (WB) will provide $100 million to increase access to improved water supply and sanitation system in selected 30 municipalities in Bangladesh as well as to help build...
As Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan prepares to deliver another appeal to the world to address the situation in Kashmir, he faces the risk that rising anger in his country's...
The Dhaka North City Corporation or DNCC has launched a drive to remove illegal structures occupying streets and pavements in the capital's Karwan Bazar. The crackdown led by executive magistrates...
US lawmakers are preparing to question President Trump's top intelligence official over a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry, reports BBC. Acting national intelligence director Joseph Maguire initially refused...
Jacques Chirac, the former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86. Mr Chirac served two terms as French president and took his country...
Stocks edged higher on Thursday, snapping a two days losing streak, as some investors showed their appetite on selective large-cap shares. The market opened on positive note and key index...
Russia is projected to overtake the US and other non-OPEC exporters in crude production in around three decades, according to Energy Information Administration (EIA) report. The EIA analysis said that...
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