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85401. Langeveldt, Vettori become pace, spin bowling coachesPublished: July 27, 2019 20:41:00

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) appointed Charl Langeveldt of South Africa and Daniel Vettori of New Zealand as the Tigers’ new pace and spin bowling coaches respectively, till ICC Men’s T20...


85402. Number of dengue infected people hits record-highPublished: July 27, 2019 20:27:00

This year dengue situation has taken a severe turn as  the mosquito-borne disease has already infected more people than ever before in a calendar year, and claimed nine lives to...


85403. Hong Kong protesters obstruct international airportPublished: July 27, 2019 20:19:29

Apart from inciting social conflict in Hong Kong and bowing to Western countries, Hong Kong opposition forces on Friday targeted international passengers to spread their accusations about the government and...


85404. Xinjiang letter signatories blast West’s biasPublished: July 27, 2019 20:10:18

Government officials, scholars and religion experts from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region defended the country's counter-terrorism and de-radicalisation policies in the region against groundless accusations from the US and...


85405. Conviction rate in graft cases increases by 4.0pcPublished: July 27, 2019 19:59:46

The conviction rate in graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) increased in the first six months of the current calendar year compared to that of the same period...


85406. BRTC advance bus ticket from July 29Published: July 27, 2019 19:55:26

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will start selling advance bus tickets for Eid-ul-Azha from July 29, while the Eid Special Service will bgin from August 8, said officials. The tickets...


85407. China's potential unreliable entity list emergesPublished: July 27, 2019 19:50:16

A potential Chinese unreliable entity list has emerged. Foreign companies such as FedEx, Flex and HSBC are likely to be first included on the list for their behaviors jeopardizing the...


85408. Record 683 patients diagnosed with dengu on SaturdayPublished: July 27, 2019 19:33:20

The number of reported cases of dengue is increasing continuously across Bangladesh, with the highest number of patients diagnosed with the viral disease in a day. The Directorate General of...


85409. Three college students go missing in Dhaleshwari RiverPublished: July 27, 2019 19:01:36

Three college students from Dhaka went missing while taking bath in Dhaleshwari River in Savar on Saturday. The victims – Mehedi, 17, Rajon, 17, and Akash, 18 – are first-year...


85410. Gareth Bale set for China movePublished: July 27, 2019 17:50:25

Gareth Bale is set to leave Real Madrid to join Chinese club Jiangsu Suning on a three-year deal, according to BBC. Sources close to Wales' record goalscorer confirmed reports in...


85411. Mob beating took away 36 lives in six monthsPublished: July 27, 2019 17:39:53

Mob beating took away 36 lives across the country in the first six months of the current calendar year, according to a report by an independent rights and legal aid...


85412. Over 1,800 microbuses registered in Jan-June: BRTAPublished: July 27, 2019 17:28:09

Microbus registration in the country stood at 1,850 in the first six months of the current calendar year, according to official data. Of them, 1,622 microbuses were registered in Dhaka...


85413. Trump threatens tariffs against 'foolish' MacronPublished: July 27, 2019 17:11:33

US President Donald Trump has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of "foolishness" over a digital services tax, and hinted that he would tax French wine in retaliation. Mr Trump voiced...


85414. Bangladesh in control of Hepatitis B, WHO declaresPublished: July 27, 2019 17:01:55

Bangladesh along with Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand has become the first countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve Hepatitis B control, the UN body has announced, reports bdnews24.com. It...


85415. Govt serious about tackling dengue: QuaderPublished: July 27, 2019 16:51:35

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the government is working sincerely to tackle the prevailing dengue and flood situation. He said this while delivering speech at a...


85416. Don’t harass businessmen during VAT collection: NBR chiefPublished: July 27, 2019 16:50:39

National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan on Saturday asked the officials of the board not to harass businessmen during the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT). “You...


85417. Rescuers evacuate passengers from flood-stuck train near MumbaiPublished: July 27, 2019 16:45:54

Rescuers in India have evacuated more than 500 passengers from a train after it got stuck in Monsoon floodwaters between two stations near Mumbai. A statement by India's disaster management...


85418. Trump blames White House air conditioning on ObamaPublished: July 27, 2019 16:32:59

In President Donald Trump’s view, even the inadequate air conditioning at the White House is Barack Obama’s fault. Trump offered the new gripe about his predecessor as he explained in...


85419. Thousands march in Hong Kong defying police warningsPublished: July 27, 2019 16:15:42

Defying police warnings, thousands of protesters were marching Saturday in a Hong Kong neighborhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a train station....


85420. Stop lenient trade treatment of China, Trump urges WTOPublished: July 27, 2019 16:10:35

US President Donald Trump has urged the World Trade Organization on Friday to stop letting China and other economies receive lenient treatment under global trade rules by calling themselves “developing”...


85421. WHO calls for increased global action in fight against tobaccoPublished: July 27, 2019 16:01:00

Many governments in the world are making progress in the fight against tobacco use, but the World Health Organization's latest tobacco report shows more could be done to help people...


85422. Khaleda receives dental care at BSMMUPublished: July 27, 2019 15:31:10

Imprisoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is currently undergoing medical treatment at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, has received dental care. The 74-year-old was taken to another hospital...


85423. Trump congratulates Boris JohnsonPublished: July 27, 2019 14:40:30

US President Donald Trump has congratulated Boris Johnson on becoming British prime minister in a phone call and said work had already begun on a US-British free trade agreement. Trump...


85424. 28 industries to get national productivity awardPublished: July 27, 2019 14:40:14

The industries ministry is going to adorn 28 industries and services oriented organisations with National Productivity and Quality Excellent Award-2018 for their outstanding contribution in increasing productivity and quality development...


85425. China's industrial profits fall 3.1pc in JunePublished: July 27, 2019 14:23:35

The industrial profits in China fell in June, after a brief gain the previous month, fuelling concern that a slowdown in manufacturing from a bruising trade war will drag on...


85426. Shocking results of milk studies drive away consumersPublished: July 27, 2019 14:23:29

Milk producers in Bangladesh have reported plummeting sales after tests showed 11 leading brands of milk contained antibiotics. Earlier this month researchers at Dhaka University found antibiotics, as well as...


85427. Bureau Veritas to use EBL payroll banking servicePublished: July 27, 2019 14:07:52

Bureau Veritas (Bangladesh) Private Limited has signed a Payroll Banking agreement with Eastern Bank Limited for the convenient disbursement of its employees’ salaries. M Khorshed Anowar,  EBL Head of Retail...


85428. LSC in talks to buy Refinitiv for $27bPublished: July 27, 2019 14:05:29

The London Stock Exchange (LSC) Group Plc has said that it was in discussions to acquire financial data analytics provider Refinitiv Holdings Ltd for $27 billion, including debt. The deal...


85429. Mercantile Bank holds half yearly business conferencePublished: July 27, 2019 13:40:36

Mercantile Bank Limited arranged the Half Yearly Business Conference-2019 of at Le Meridien in the capital today (Saturday). The heads of the bank’s 139 branches and Head Office Divisions participated...


85430. Woman dies trying to reach ‘Into the Wild’ bus in AlaskaPublished: July 27, 2019 13:20:32

A Belarusian woman who was trying to hike to an abandoned bus at the edge of Denali National Park in Alaska made famous in the book and movie “Into the...


85431. Hasina wishes Johnson with mangoes, flowersPublished: July 27, 2019 12:58:23

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London on an official visit, has sent Bangladesh's famous mangoes along with flowers to newly appointed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a mark...


85432. Truck hits autorickshaw in Kishoreganj, killing fourPublished: July 27, 2019 12:43:50

At least four people have died in a collision between a truck and an autorickshaw in Kishoreganj. The incident took place in Pakundia Upazila’s Battala area at around 8am on...


85433. India rice exports could hit seven-year lowPublished: July 27, 2019 12:40:15

India’s rice exports are likely to fall to their lowest level in seven years, industry officials say, as weak demand from African countries weighs and shippers absorb the absence of...


85434. US stocks rebound on strong earningsPublished: July 27, 2019 12:35:21

US stocks pushed to record heights Friday following strong profit reports from Google’s parent company, Twitter and other big corporations. Companies are nearly midway through earnings reporting season, and results...


85435. Five of a family held in city over ‘militant link’Published: July 27, 2019 12:05:42

A special team of the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) arrested five members of a family at Rupnagar in Dhaka's Mirpur following an exchange of gunfire early Saturday for their suspected involvement...


85436. US top court rules for Trump in wall funds disputePublished: July 27, 2019 11:58:10

The US Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build...


85437. DU student dies of denguePublished: July 27, 2019 11:51:53

A student of  Dhaka University (DU)  died of dengue fever at a private hospital in the city on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Firoz Kabir, a finance department...


85438. Child-lifting rumour: Ctg youth escapes death in mass beatingPublished: July 27, 2019 11:33:50

A youth escaped death in mass beating as he managed to flee after local people caught him suspecting him to be a child-lifter in Hathajari in Chattogram on Friday night. ...


85439. US, Guatemala sign migration deal days after Trump threatsPublished: July 27, 2019 11:11:29

The US and Guatemala have signed a migration agreement, days after US President Donald Trump threatened the Central American country with tariffs. Under the deal, migrants from Honduras and El...


85440. Fortune Shoes shines bright on weekly turnover chartPublished: July 27, 2019 10:53:17

Ten most traded companies accounted for 23 per cent transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the outgoing week, with the Fortune Shoes making it to the top of...


85441. Dengue patients stretch Dhaka hospitalsPublished: July 27, 2019 10:44:08

Hospitals in Dhaka are packed with dengue patients so much amid an outbreak of the disease that the relatives have to rush from one hospital to another to get their...


85442. Two die after nightclub floor collapses in South KoreaPublished: July 27, 2019 10:37:32

An upper floor of a nightclub collapsed on top of dancing revelers in South Korea on Saturday, killing two South Koreans and injuring several foreign athletes competing at the World...


85443. Stocks crawl back into green on regulatory interventionsPublished: July 27, 2019 10:23:33

Stocks inched up in the outgoing week, snapping a three-week losing streak, as institutional investors came forward to stop the big declines. Week on week, DSEX, the prime index of...


85444. Eight dead as earthquake, aftershocks hit PhilippinesPublished: July 27, 2019 10:18:27

An earthquake and aftershocks struck islands off the north of the Philippines on Saturday killing eight people and injuring 60, disaster officials said. An initial quake of magnitude 5.4 that...


85445. Downtrend in hilsa pricesPublished: July 27, 2019 10:06:46

The prices of hilsa showed a downward trend from last week, thanks to the end of a two-month fishing ban in the Bay of Bengal. However, the prices are still...


85446. Repatriation: Myanmar team due todayPublished: July 27, 2019 09:51:37

A high level Myanmar delegation, led by Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary U Myint Thu, is scheduled to visit the Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps today (Saturday) to encourage them to go...


85447. PC okays new metro-rail projectsPublished: July 27, 2019 09:47:55

The Project Evaluation Committee (PEC) of the Planning Commission (PC) has approved two new metro-rail projects at a combined cost of Tk 931.62 billion, officials said. Presided over by the...


85448. BIDA's tax-reform recipe to NBRPublished: July 27, 2019 09:40:39

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has requested the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to initiate some tax reforms as suggested in an action plan, prepared to help improve the...


85449. Horn of Africa drought threatens re-run of famines  Published: July 26, 2019 22:11:42

Humanitarian groups and the United Nations are warning of another drought in the Horn of Africa, threatening a repeat of the deadly dry spell and famine that claimed lives in...


85450. Getting remittance incentive right    Published: July 26, 2019 22:08:39

More than three weeks have passed since the national budget for the current fiscal years (FY20) got approval. The authorities concerned are yet to devise any mechanism to provide the...