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A Syrian government air strike aiming to stop a Turkish convoy reaching a rebel-held town in northern Syria has killed three civilians, Turkey alleges. Another 12 people were injured in...
Wholesale traders have hiked the onion price by Tk 10-11 per kg in Dinajpur on the excuse of short supply following the closure of Hili port for eight days on...
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the National School Meal Policy 2019, aiming to bring all the government primary schools under the midday-meal programme by 2023. The approval...
The number of truck registration in the country stood at 5,698 in the first seven months of the current calendar year alone, according to an official data. Of the total,...
A mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) conducted drives at city’s Mohakhali area on Monday aiming to curb dengue mosquito breeding grounds in the capital. The court also...
Magic Las Vegas World Apparel Trade Fair 2019 was held in Las Vegas city of the United States. The weeklong fair-- held in the South Hall of the Convention Centre...
Bayern Munich have signed attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona on a season-long loan deal which includes an option to buy. Barcelona say the German side will pay 8.5 million...
Somali special forces (Danab) killed 20 al-Shabab militants in counter-offensive in southern Somali region of Lower Shabelle on Sunday night, officials said on Monday. Odawa Yusuf Rage, the commander of...
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday warned against any attempt by the United States to seize the Iranian oil tanker released on Auguest 15 by the order of Gibraltar Supreme Court...
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on Monday vowed to eliminate all safe havens of the Islamic State group as the country marked a subdued 100th Independence Day after a horrific wedding...
New Delhi has been rewriting its policy on India-controlled Kashmir, but it seems to forget that economic support is urgently needed to safeguard regional stability. India has been following the...
China Sunday released a guideline to build Shenzhen as a pilot demonstration area for socialism with Chinese characteristics, a move analysts believe will upgrade the city to a better place...
A youth was electrocuted in a shop at Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Jashim, 18, son of Hazrat Ali of Mohammadpur Joibattola village...
Stocks posted a marginal gain for the third straight session on Monday as optimistic investors continued their buying binge on June-closing shares. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock...
Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar will arrive in Dhaka on Monday night on a three-day official visit, aiming to strengthen the relations between Bangladesh and India further. Foreign Minister Dr...
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed Tuesday for passing an order on publication of gazette notification on the 9th wage board for journalists. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division...
Chinese animated film ‘Ne Zha’ continued leading Chinese mainland box office Sunday, grossing a total of 4.11 billion yuan (about 585 million US dollars) in the 24 days since its...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested engineer SMHI Faruk, one of the owners of fire-ravaged FR Tower of Banani in Dhaka, in a case over design forgery charges. A team of...
South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region saw its foreign trade volume reach 264.14 billion yuan ($37.51 billion) in the first seven months of the year, up 23.8 per cent year...
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has announced a so-called ‘combing operation’ aiming to terminate the dengue-inducing Aedes mosquitoes. The programme is set to begin on Tuesday at Dhaka North...
A mobile court led by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Sunday inspected the under-construction building of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and found presence of larvae of Aedes mosquitoes,...
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has expressed grave concern over the humanitarian conditions of Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar camps. Tens of thousands of...
Three more people died while undergoing treatment for dengue fever in the districts of Khulna, Mymensingh and Faridpur on Monday. The latest numbers have taken the death toll from the...
Greenland is not for sale and the idea of selling it to the United States is absurd, Denmark’s prime minister said on Sunday after an economic adviser to President Donald...
Turkish police have detained 418 people in 29 provinces in an investigation targeting suspects with links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, the Interior Ministry said on Monday,...
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he did not want the United States to do business with China’s Huawei even as the administration weighs whether to extend a grace...
Export through Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria remained halted since Saturday morning as Agartala land port officials are unable to handle the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) installed recently by Indian...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-3) arrested four suspected members of a militant group named ‘Allah'r Dal’ from Hatirjheel area in the capital early Monday. The identities of the arrestees...
At least 10 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded in flames after losing control and ramming into three cars in western Uganda on Sunday, police said in a...
Heavy rain pummelled several parts of north India on Sunday, leaving at least 30 people dead and 22 missing in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab. At least 24 people, including...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed an upward trend in early hour of trading on Monday as investors were showing their buying appetite on sector-wise...
Gibraltar has rejected a request by the US to again seize an Iranian tanker that it has been holding since July on suspicion of transporting oil to Syria. The US...
The government may allow US company Chevron to carry out exploration study in some onshore blocks to find out new natural gas prospects. "We are considering Chevron's proposal positively. A...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken up a rehabilitation project for 100 metre-gauge train coaches in its second phase, even as 388 coaches or 42 per cent of total coaches...
US President Donald Trump and top White House officials dismissed concerns that economic growth may be faltering, saying on Sunday (local time) they saw little risk of recession despite a...
Pay packages including fringe benefits abound for the civil servants in Bangladesh with experts questioning the efficacy of the spending spree at the cost of taxpayers' money. The remuneration including...
Scores of posh hotels, motels and resorts have skipped star ratings from the ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism to avoid duty, taxes and other 'hassles'. However, many of these...
An army member was killed in a gun attack by terrorists in Rajasthali upazila of Rangamati district on Sunday morning. The victim was identified as Nasim, 19, a sepoy, reports...
Rare are the people who do not enjoy holidays. The longer are holidays, the more inviting are they. Usually, longer national holidays are reserved for celebration of religious occasions all...
Put together a couple of news reports, published in two financial dailies with a gap of a single day, did highlight the high level of erosion in cash liquidity in...
For nearly two decades dengue, an aedes mosquito-borne seasonal disease, has been a health problem in Bangladesh. Its intensity has increased over time. Until last year the disease, barring one...
BOGURA, Aug 18: A total of 85 new dengue patients have been admitted to different hospitals in six districts of Rajshahi division during the last 24 hours. August, September and...
Human trafficking and illegal migration have reached unacceptable proportions. The osmotic effect of this equation is proving to be a menace for those trying to gain from this exercise. This...
Argentina´s Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne has resigned, saying in a letter that he believed the government needed 'significant renewal' in its economic team amid a crisis which saw the peso...
A milad and doa mahfil was held at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Sunday, marking the 44th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and...
Merchants have agreed to resume the sales of rawhides of sacrificed animals to tanners from Sunday backing off from its Saturday’s announcement. President of the Bangladesh Hide and Skin Merchants...
At least 55 women were tortured to death for dowry alone in the first seven months of the calendar year, according to a local legal aid and rights body. The...
The number of registered motorised vehicles in the country stood at 309,454 in January to July 2019, as per official data. Of the total, a total of 99,577 motorcycles were...
Christine Lagarde, the departing Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has recently argued that developing 'countries need a seat at the table' to design rules governing international corporate...
Some 1,706 new dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till Sunday morning with the report of one death, according to government sources. The new number of...
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