HONG KONG, Aug 11: - Hong Kong police fired tear gas at protesters on Sunday as a tenth straight weekend of anti-government demonstrations intensified amid an increasingly aggressive response from...
Shokalia is all set to host one of the largest Eid-ul-Azha congregations on Monday. Preparations have already been completed for smoothly holding the 192nd Eid-ul-Azha jamaat, said Deputy Commissioner of...
Top-seeded defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain advanced to the Rogers Cup final Saturday night when Gael Monfils of France withdrew before their semifinal, reports AP. Nadal will face eighth-seeded...
A Lalmonirhat-bound Eid special train service has been cancelled amid an ongoing scheduling fiasco hampering operations on the northern and south-western rail routes, reports bdnews24.com.Passengers of the cancelled Lalmoni Express...
A worker fell into the Dhaleswari River and went missing after two launches collided at Munshiganj Ghat of the Munshiganj district on Sunday, reports UNB. Safiul Islam, senior station officer...
The price-earnings (P/E) ratio of Samata Leather Complex Ltd is hitting the highest level among listed companies on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in June 2019, meaning the stock is...
Two more people died of dengue in Noakhali and Mymensingh districts on Sunday, reports UNB. In Noakhali, a sexagenarian man succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease at Noakhali General Hospital in...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11: The number of dengue fever cases in Malaysia reached an all-time high for the period from January to Aug 3, hitting nearly 80,000 cases and 113...
Two more people died of dengue in Noakhali and Mymensingh districts on Sunday, reports UNB. In Noakhali, a sexagenarian man succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease at Noakhali General Hospital in...
A 30-km tailback has been created on the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in Sirajganj, causing immense suffering to home-bound people, reports UNB. Officer-in-charge of Bangabandhu Bridge West Police Station Syed Sahid Alam...
China will push to attract more high-tech manufacturers to set up in the world’s No.2 economy, the nation’s commerce ministry said late on Friday, without giving further details, reports Reuters....
Israeli soldiers fired at a Palestinian militant on the Gaza border on Sunday, the military said, and a Palestinian medic said the man was killed, reports Reuters. It was the...
MINA: At the dawn of the first day of Eid al-Adha – the third day of Hajj - hundreds of thousands of Hajj pilgrims walked together to Jamarat Al-Aqaba in...
NEW DELHI, Aug 11: Authorities enforcing a strict curfew in Indian-administered Kashmir will bring in trucks of essential supplies for an Islamic festival next week, as the divided Himalayan region...
A local journalist and his wife were killed while their two children injured after being run over by a speedy bus in Raiganj Upazila early Sunday, reports UNB. The deceased...
COLOMBO: Sri Lankans, angered by the government’s inability to prevent the Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed more than 250 people, want a strongman back in power who can guarantee...
Al-Haj Textile Ltd has further extended their factory lay-off period for another 15 days until August 23, 2019, said an official disclosure. This is the third time the company has...
Britannia Industries Ltd said recently it is evaluating opportunities to set up overseas manufacturing units, including in Bangladesh and other South East Asian nations. Britannia Industries is one of India’s...
A wealthier China is a boon to the United States, an economist has said, amid an escalating trade tensions between the two nations that has set the world's nerves on...
A housewife has reportedly been gang-raped confining her husband to an eatery in Sadar upazila of Netrokona district. Police arrested four accused on Saturday over the incident after the victim...
A bomb-laden vehicle exploded Saturday outside a shopping mall in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least three UN staff members, a spokesman for the United Nations secretary-general said....
Traders in the capital’s cattle markets reported buoyant sales on Saturday as the prices were relatively low in some places, just two days before Eid-ul-Azha, reports UNB. An embargo...
Earnings per share (EPS) of most of the listed non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) fell in January-June period of this year compared to the same period of the previous year. EPS...
FARIDPUR, Aug 11: Two persons were shot dead and seven others injured in a clash this evening in Kaichail village under Nagarkanda upazila of the district Saturday, police said, reports...
The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country tomorrow Monday with due solemnity and religious fervor, reports BSS. The Eid-ul-Azha...
A powerful typhoon left at least 28 people dead in China, after a landslide backed up a river that broke through debris and inundated homes, state media reported on...
NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi will be the new Congress interim president, the party's top decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee, revealed this on Saturday after a meeting to choose...
For the first time in six days, India eased travel restrictions in some parts of Srinagar on Saturday, and people flooded the streets of Kashmir's summer capital to buy...
Dhaka used to celebrate its Eid-ul-Azha with mass-level solemn festivity even during its days as a provincial capital. Unlike the present days, the festive mood would begin from the handful...
In a serious drive to access domestic resources the government has of late undertaken a move to frame a maiden policy to expedite countrywide hydrocarbon explorations with the intention of...
Like in the previous years, Eid-ul-Azha this year, too, is set to be celebrated with traditional fervour. It will be observed tomorrow. Since its observance originates in the episode of...
RANGPUR, Aug 10: With only one day left for holy Eid-ul-Azha, the sale of sacrificial animals is gaining momentum at different cattle markets under Rangpur division.According to sources, the cattle...
The Met Office has forecast moderate rain in some parts of Bangladesh on Eid-ul-Azha morning on Monday, reports bdnews24.com. It does not see any good chance of heavy rainfall when...
China's currency, the renminbi, weakened slightly against the dollar at the start of this week. Around the world, the immediate response was panic. Financial markets tumbled, US President Donald Trump's...
President Donald Trump has now taken the US trade war to a new height with the threat to impose 10 per cent tariffs on an additional US$300 billion worth of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will exchange greetings with people from all walks of life on Monday on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims....
The basis for the Eid-ul Azha comes from the 196th verse of the second Surah, Al Baqara (The Cow), in the Quran. The word "Eid" appears in the fifth Sura...
With the upcoming Eid-ul Azha and the cattle madness that sweeps the nation, there will be the usual flurry of media coverage regarding the by-product that is the aftermath of...
The World Bank claims poverty is decreasing around the world but UN research shows it depends on what you measure. If we are serious about reducing poverty, we need to...
2,176 new patients have been hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours since Saturday morning. On top of that, two people, including a minor, have added up to...
Scientists in China and the United States developed a thin film that can shine brightly and change color at night, which could be used to make road signs to benefit...
An article published in Financial Times Chinese on July 29 said that US, Japan and South Korea are acting increasingly independently, while a trend of joint action is being frequently...
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday called for a humanitarian truce between the rival parties in Libya, as the armed conflict in the capital Tripoli continues...
The demand for spices, mainly used in meat dishes, usually soars during religious festivals like Eid-ul-Azha when Muslims across the country sacrifice millions of animals and there is no exception...
BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy said it is not possible to force the government to free their leader Khaleda Zia from jail with soft and indoor political programmes. “Social...
Hong Kong netizens recently exposed a photo of a US diplomat meeting with several radical opposition figures including Joshua Wong during a sensitive period. Hong Kong media further reported that...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has alleged that BNP is trying to politicise their leader Khaled Zia’s health issue turning it a matter of “cruel farce”. “I want to urge...
A 10-year-old girl died of dengue at Sher-e Bangla Medical College in Barishal on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Rusha Akter, daughter of Ruhul Amin of Jhalakathi, according...
Is China an ideological rival? Is the country challenging Western ideology by exporting its values, political system and development ideas? With China's rise, these issues have increasingly raised concerns from...
A fuel tanker exploded in eastern Tanzania on Saturday killing at least 60 people as flames ripped through a crowd that had gathered to siphon petrol from it. Video clips...
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