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British ministers are making plans aimed at targeting Iran with sanctions in the aftermath of the Iranian seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf, Reuters reported citing a...
Britain has denounced Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a “hostile act” and rejected Tehran’s explanation that it seized the vessel because it had been...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Bangladesh envoys in European countries to pursue the economic diplomacy alongside the political one as she joined the first-ever Bangladeshi envoys conference in...
The office responsible for handling drawback facility is finding it exceedingly difficult to function legally due to the absence of relevant rules regarding tax refund, officials said. With the implementation...
Chinese energy exploration firm Sinopec has found onshore natural gas prospect at Shariatpur in central Bangladesh after a 2D seismic survey, a senior official said. The Sinopec has carried out...
A staggering 4,749 physicians are posted as attachment (OSD) in Dhaka against only 783 sanctioned posts, causing a dearth of doctors at district level and below. According to statistics available...
Apart from homesteads, crop fields and different rural structures, there's another set-up which bears the brunt of prolonged floods. They are the rural schools. Both print and electronic media are...
Following the decline in manpower recruitment by Middle Eastern nations, the country's overseas employment dropped by 18 per cent in the first six months of the current year. Countries like...
The Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA), these days, often hit the news headlines for the proverbial neglect of its remit and apathy towards public sufferings on account of poor...
Malaysia will start recruiting Bangladeshi workers from August, said Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed on Saturday. “The decision of returning illegal workers to the country from Malaysia...
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Bretton Woods agreement, which established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. For the IMF, it...
BOGURA, July 20: More than 50,000 people in Dhunot, Sariakandi and Sonatola upazilas in the district are worried over the possible collapse of village protection embankment due to onrush of...
The July 07 election in Greece saw the centre-right opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis leading his New Democracy (ND) Party to victory. He secured 39.9 per cent of the vote which...
Education and human development are tied together as an international agenda, at least since 2000. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which follow the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have become the code...
The death toll in monsoon flooding in South Asia has risen to 152 as millions of people and animals continue to face the brunt in Nepal, India and Bangladesh. At...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said Bangladesh is now hunger-free and the poverty rate will be reduced to 10 per cent before the next parliament election. “Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime...
A man, accused of raping and killing a class X student, was arrested on Saturday morning from the Sadar upazila's Charnachana village of Madaripur. "A RAB team raided the area...
Bangladesh National Cricket Team left Dhaka for Sri Lanka on Saturday to play a three-match ODI series against the hosts in Colombo. The Tigers departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
Overall flood situation in chars and Brahmaputra river basin under four upazilas in the district is improving since Thursday night as floodwater started receding from affected areas. The officials of...
WHO acting Country Representative for Bangladesh Dr Edwin Salvador on Saturday said dengue situation in Bangladesh is alarming but under control unlike many countries in South-East Asia. Dr Salvador made...
Pakistan has agreed on a plan to overhaul instruction at madrasas or religious schools to bring the institutions closer into line with conventional schools and curb extremist teaching, Education Minister...
Three people, including a woman, were beaten to death by angry mobs in Dhaka and Narayanganj on Saturday after they were suspected to be child lifters. In Dhaka, an unknown...
Road communications between Sherpur and Jamalpur have been disrupted after the roads near Porar Dokan and Shimultali areas were submerged by flash floods. Bus services from Sherpur to Jamalpur along...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said Bangladeshi citizen Priya Saha, who made 'absolutely false' allegations about Bangladesh during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, will be sued...
Himalayan Airlines, one of the private carrier of Nepal is going to commence Kathmandu-Dhaka-Kathmandu direct flight from Monday, reports BSS. The airline will operate three weekly flights by its A320-214...
The overall flood situation in Kurigram district remained unchanged as Brahmaputra, Dharala, Dudkumar and other major rivers in the district have been flowing above the danger level for the last...
The government today termed as ‘blatant lies’ complaints made by Bangladeshi national Priya Saha to US President Donald Trump claiming that minority communities in the country are exposed to persecution....
Lebanon’s parliament passed a “reforming” 2019 state budget on Friday, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said. However, the Prime Minister did not give any details on its deficit target as his...
A gauge of global stocks climbed on Friday as investors looked for a strongly dovish US Federal Reserve at its next meeting and as early returns on earnings season have...
Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Friday following a report that the Federal Reserve plans to cut interest rates by only a quarter-percentage point at the end of the month....
Two people were killed and three others injured as a lorry fell into a ditch at Shibrampur in sadar upazila of Faridpur district on Dhaka-Khulna highway on Saturday morning. The...
Despite having huge prospects, Chilahati landport is yet to start its operation even after eight years of announcement to do so. The announcement for making the landport, which was shut...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested two alleged drug traders along with 915 yaba tablets from Baliachanda village in Porsha upazila of Naogaon district on Friday night. The arrestees are...
A young man was stabbed to death by a group over a trivial matter in Lalbagh area of Dhaka city on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Shamim Hossain,...
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday that Mexico has followed through on its commitment to the United States to reduce migration from Central America, as a deadline in...
A man suspected of torching an animation studio and killing 33 people in Japan's worst mass killing in two decades had been convicted of robbery and carried out the attack...
An alleged drug trader was killed in a 'gunfight' in Harra area of Sadar upazila of Kushtia district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Rafikul Islam, 40, son of...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam has strongly condemned the false allegation made by a Bangladeshi to US President Donald Trump. The minister on Friday said that the...
An association of minorities in Bangladesh has refused to take responsibilities for allegations of persecution raised by one of its leaders in a meeting with US President Donald Trump. Priya...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend a conference of Bangladesh envoys in Europe, the first of its kind, in the British capital of London today. “The prime minister will join...
The Ministry of Industries (MoI) has prepared a draft of the Industrial Biotechnology Policy Guidelines 2019 with an objective to explore and utilise biotechnological knowledge for ensuring due contribution of...
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would talk to the United Kingdom after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it had seized a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf. Trump...
Stocks witnessed yet another bearish week that ended on Thursday, extending the losing streak for the third straight week, as most investors moved to the sidelines, demonstrating low level of...
The newly-appointed liquidator for the People's Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFSL) is expected to take over the responsibility of the trouble-torn non-banking financial institution (NBFI) soon. "We've received the...
Ten most traded companies accounted for 24 per cent transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the outgoing week, with the Fortune Shoes making it to the top of...
Britain said Iran seized two oil tankers in the Gulf on Friday and told Tehran to return the vessels or face consequences in the latest confrontation to ratchet up tension...
A fresh move is underway to upgrade the Dhaka-Sylhet highway to a four-lane one at a cost of Tk 132.480 billion. The 226-kilometre highway is a vital part of the...
With Bangladesh heading towards achieving the middle-income country status, local enterprises must find alternative path to stay competitive in the global market, the Planning Commission said. "In the unfolding industrial...
Information Minister and Awami League Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud said on Friday the then caretaker government had arrested Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to stop the progress...
To keep functioning properly, a car needs fuel. Similarly, if we imagine our body as a car and our brain as its engine, we can understand that to keep our...
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