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After busting illegal casinos inside three sport clubs in Dhaka, RAB raided three clubs in Chattogram and found gambling equipments there. These are Mohammedan Sporting Club in Sadarghat area, Abahani...
The residents of the capital have long reached their tethers' end watching the cat-and-mouse between the law enforcers and the footpath encroaching small traders. On occasions, the face-off turns violent,...
Bangladesh is losing 2.7 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) each year due to environmental degradation mostly in urban areas, according to the findings of a recent World...
The long-drawn dispute over arrear dues between the two top telecom operators and the telecom sector regulator, hopefully, is heading towards an amicable solution. The disagreement turned nasty lately as...
A Dhaka court on Saturday placed Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim on 10 days’ remand in two cases filed under the narcotics control and arm acts....
Two dengue-infected people, including a college student, died in Kushtia and Mymensingh districts while a total of 408 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country. The new...
DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT: Bangladesh has shown strong resilience and dynamism by rising rapidly from the ruins of a war-devasted economy in 1972 that was characterised by high incidence of poverty (around...
Iran is ready to destroy any country that launches an attack on its territory, a senior military official has said, after the US announced it was sending troops to support...
Two students of Haji Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University and another of Dinajpur Govt Women's College drowned as a boat capsized in Ashura Beel in Nababganj upazila of Dinajpur...
Food may be a universal language - but in these record-breaking hot days, so too is climate change. With July clocking in as the hottest month on Earth in recorded...
The fear is growing that the global economy is moving towards further slowdown if not into recession. The key areas of the global economy are contracting. The British and German...
A Dhaka court on Saturday put Kalabagan Krira Chakra president Safiqul Alam Firoz on a 10-day remand -- five-day each in two cases filed under narcotics control and arms acts,...
Speedy Int'l Limited, a concern of Sheltech, has been appointed as the General Sales Agent (GSA) for Malaysia Airlines recently. A programme was arranged at a city hotel on September...
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson on Saturday said the United Kingdom (UK) would be spending some £6 billion to help Bangladesh and other vulnerable countries combat climate...
Some 32 people were killed and 1,709 injured in 144 incidents of political violence in the first eight months of current calendar year, according to a local independent rights body....
After severing ties with China's island of Taiwan earlier this week, Solomon Islands established formally diplomatic relations with the Chinese mainland in Beijing on Saturday, a decision that acknowledges the...
19,916 auto-rickshaws were registered with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) across the country in the first eight months of the current calendar year. Of them, 6,684 got registration during January-August...
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez announced on Friday that Havana would make an appropriate and timely response to recent US actions, including the expulsion of two Cuban diplomats to the...
The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has started three cases against SM Golam Kibria Shamim, who has made a fortune as a contractor and identifies himself as a Jubo League...
Police arrested a marriage registrar for allegedly conducting the marriage of a rape victim with the rapist from Buzir Bazar area under sadar upazila of Lalmonirhat on Friday night. The...
A single room with damp and cracked walls for a family of six to ten; inadequate water supply; unhygienic sanitation and cramped passageways -- this scenario is replicated in every...
Having an iron-rich diet may be an effective way to control dengue virus as mosquitoes are more likely to acquire the virus when they feed on iron-deficient blood, according to...
Britain said on Friday a Brexit deal with the European Union could be reached at a summit next month, but EU member Ireland said the sides were far from agreement...
Hundreds protested in central Cairo and several other Egyptian cities late on Friday against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, responding to an online call for a demonstration against government corruption, witnesses...
The Kha Unit (Arts Faculty) admission test for Dhaka University’s 2019-20 academic session was held on Saturday. The one-and-half-hour examination was held from 10:00am to 11:30am at 72 centres on...
Prodded by worries about the worst global economic outlook in a decade and electorates still smarting from years of austerity, euro zone governments are starting to loosen their budgetary purse...
Students of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) in Gopalganj continued demonstration on Saturday, defying an order to vacate the residential halls. A notice signed by Registrar...
A policeman has been withdrawn from duty after allegations tying him to the rape of a widow emerged in Sonagazi upazila of Feni district. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Sujon Kumar Das...
A woman diagnosed with the mosquito-borne dengue virus has died in Mymensingh. Fatema Akhter, 65, passed away during treatment at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) early on Saturday morning, said...
Two cases under narcotics control and arms acts were filed against Kalabagan Krira Chakra President Safiqul Alam Firoz and four of his office staff on Saturday. Md Abdul Latif, officer-in-charge...
A total of 408 new dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours till Saturday morning. Of them, 135 were hospitalised in Dhaka and 273 in...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently signed an agreement with Well Food and Beverages Company Limited for Nationwide Bill Collection Services at the Well Group’s Corporate Office, RAOWA Complex,...
ONE Bank Limited’s Benapole Banking Booth and ATM Booth have recently started operation at the international passenger terminal premises of Benapole Land Port. M Fakhrul Alam, Managing Director of ONE...
NRB Commercial Bank Limited launched its full phase banking services with collection of registration fee at the Registration Complex premises in the capital's Tejgaon. Inspector General of Registration, Bangladesh (IGR)...
To support its customers around the world, Oracle recently announced that it plans to launch 20 new Oracle Cloud regions by the end of 2020, for a total of 36...
Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government has agreed to set a price on carbon emissions in a bid to meet a 2030 climate target of cutting greenhouse gases by 55.0 per...
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia on Saturday imposed a one-day ban on processions and meetings on the campus. The university made the announcement in a press release, signed...
Emirates passengers traveling from Dhaka to Europe, Americas or Africa will now enjoy an exciting stopover in Dubai with the airline’s complimentary hotel stay offer valid from October 1 to...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will continue its support towards infrastructure and social development sectors in Bangladesh, says Director of JICA South Asia Division Takahashi Akito. He said, “JICA...
The United States on Friday imposed another round of sanctions on Tehran, including on Iran’s central bank and a development fund, following last week’s attacks on oil facilities in Saudi...
Police arrested two leaders of Jubo League’s Kushtia Sadar upazila unit in an extortion case on Friday night. The men were identified as Jubo League General Secretary Mijanur Rahman Miju,...
At least four Chinese speaking tourists were confirmed dead in a tour bus crash near Bryce Canyon National Park in US state of Utah on Friday, according to Utah Highway...
The US has announced plans to send forces to Saudi Arabia in the wake of attacks against the country's oil infrastructure. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told reporters the deployment...
A suspected robber was killed in an alleged infighting between two gangs at Shakchar in Laxmipur Sadar upazila on early Saturday. The identity of the deceased could not be known...
Police arrested the owner of a club, suspected of running illegal gambling operations, and his son from Kazir Deuri area of Chattogram city on Friday night for interrogation. The man...
The European Parliament (EP) has reiterated its call on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to impose a “global comprehensive arms embargo” on Myanmar. It also called for suspending all direct...
A US-China trade deal appeared elusive on Friday after Chinese officials unexpectedly cancelled a visit to farms in Montana and Nebraska as deputy trade negotiators wrapped up two days of...
Stocks continued to plummet in the outgoing week, extending the losing streak for the fourth consecutive week, as investor sentiment remained grim despite the government's move to prop up the...
Three more listed companies -- Apex Footwear Limited, The IBN Sina Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Eastern Housing Ltd. -- have declared dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2019. Apex...
A bus has slammed into a parked truck in Gopalganj, killing four passengers, including a policeman. The crash on the Dhaka-Khulna highway early Saturday left another 15 people injured, police...
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