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About 170 women and children were raped in Cumilla between January and June of the current calendar year, as per register book reports. In January, 21 women and children...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) to remain alert to tackle floods. “From now on, we’ve to remain alert all time for disaster management. We’re very...
PM issues 31-point directives to DCs Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued 31- point directives to the deputy commissioners (DCs). The prime minister gave the directives while inaugurating the five-day...
BRAC Bank Limited has recently opened its 100th agent banking outlet in Jashore. Syed Abdul Momen, Head of SME Banking; Nazmur Rahim, Head of Retail Banking; BRAC Bank Limited, along...
After four funeral prayers, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will be laid to eternal rest at the army graveyard in Dhaka on Tuesday. Party Secretary General Moshiur Rahman Ranga briefed...
Iran will continue its oil exports under any conditions, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told his British counterpart Jeremy Hunt in a telephone call on Saturday, according to a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the importance of establishing good governance for overall development of the country. "For the overall development, good governance is urgently needed. Law and...
The board of directors of Paramount Textile has decided to purchase some brand new capital machinery from abroad worth nearly Tk 117 million, said an official disclosure on Sunday. The...
Parts of a mega infrastructure project adjacent to the Bay of Bengal caved in on Saturday, prompting people to raise allegations of irregularities and corruption. The embankment and outer ring...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) and ActionAid International Bangladesh (AAIB) have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bear the expenses for education and vocational training of vulnerable girls...
An armed man who attacked an immigration detention centre in the US city of Tacoma died after police officers opened fire, authorities say. Police said they received reports that a...
A 75-year-old Florida man says he kicked an alligator in the snout after it attacked his dog. Buddy Ackerman says the 8-foot (2.44-metre) gator came from a retention pond near...
Stocks witnessed a downward trend in early hours of trading on Sunday as most investors went on the selling spree amid lack of confidence in the market. Market analysts said...
President Abdul Hamid has expressed his deep shock and condolences over the death of Leader of Opposition in Parliament and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad. In a condolence message, the...
A Canadian citizen has been detained in the Chinese city of Yantai, a Canadian government spokesman said on Saturday, an incident that comes amid chilly diplomatic relations between the two...
Flash floods and landslides in Nepal triggered by monsoon rains killed 15 people and injured 12 overnight while another 18 have gone missing, officials said on Saturday. The latest deaths...
The board of directors of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has suspended the trading of shares of People’s Leasing and Financial Services from Sunday. The prime bourse has decided to suspend...
The number of outbound women workers has increased by more than 10 per cent in the first six months of the current calendar year amid allegation of different types of...
Prices of vegetables, particularly green chilli, increased significantly on Saturday in what traders ascribed to days of rain that hits many districts. Heavy downpour was lashing over the country for...
The flood situation worsened in 15 districts of the country on Saturday as most of the rivers continued swelling amid incessant rain in both downstream and upstream areas. The districts...
The number of bodies recovered by Tunisia after a ship packed with migrants sank off its coast last week has risen to 82, in one of the worst disasters in...
A wide swath of New York’s Manhattan borough was plunged into darkness Saturday after a transformer explosion knocked out power to subways, stores and Broadway theaters, but the city’s main...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of leader of the opposition in parliament and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad. In a condolence...
The prospect of building the country's largest urea fertilizer factory at Ghorashal has become somewhat uncertain following an objection raised by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has taken disciplinary actions against some auditors and CA (Chartered Accountant) firms for professional 'misconducts'. The council of the ICAB has taken...
The country's premier bourse witnessed a significant rise in share transactions through DSE mobile app in the just concluded fiscal year (FY) compared to previous FY. The number of orders...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has introduced a country-neutral minimum value for customs assessment from the current fiscal year (FY) with an upward revision for the majority of products....
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who has been on life support for the last 10 days, has passed away. Ershad breathed his last at the Combined Medical Hospital in Dhaka...
The worldwide pharmaceutical sector is at present passing through an edgy time. It's true the breaking of new ground in therapeutic inventions continues to marvel people. The ailing millions experience...
It's a good piece of news that the country's export earnings hit an all-time high in the just concluded fiscal year (FY). The amount of earnings is US$ 40.53 billion...
The signs are rather strong that the floods that have engulfed some parts of at least 10 districts of the country could turn both nasty and devastating. A number of...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in New Delhi on June 25 on a three-day visit. While he was there, he publicly declared that the Indo-US "strategic global partnership''...
The global financial crisis that erupted in 2008 transformed the role of central bankers and the scale and scope of their policy toolkit. Today, financial stability is once again at...
Time was when members of the blue-ribbon committee of central banks sat in wood-panelled meeting rooms and decided monetary policy framework on quarterly basis. Basking in independence from political pressure,...
China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Friday assured Bangladesh of providing all-out support to the country's development. The assurance came when finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal met president of...
Import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet growing energy demand has sharply increased the energy cost in Bangladesh. To reduce this cost, the government is likely to spend more...
No government wants to raise utility prices. It is politically destructive. But on July 01, the government did just that. The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) raised natural gas prices...
Monday, July 15, marks the World Youth Skills Day proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in December 2014. The theme of the day this year, as declared by...
Bangladesh will seek Korean investment for producing new and diverse products in the country as South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon on a three-day...
Simona Halep won her first Wimbledon title and crushed Serena Williams' latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title with a devastating 56-minute display of athleticism. The Romanian won...
Imran Ahmad and Fazilatunnesa Indira took oath of office as minister and state minister respectively on Saturday. Before taking the oath Imran was the state minister for expatriates' welfare and...
Four eminent journalists of the country have died in a span of only five days, dealing a big blow to the media industry. Muhammad Jahangir, a noted media personality and...
One of the most significant Russian space missions in the post-Soviet era has launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Spektrum-SG telescope is a joint venture with Germany that will map X-rays...
A total of 16,368 auto rickshaws were registered across the country from January to June of this calendar year, as per official data. Of them, 6,301 got registered in Dhaka,...
New Zealanders have started handing over their semi-automatic weapons on Saturday as part of a buyback scheme following a ban after the Christchurch attacks. Gun reforms were enacted after a...
Water levels at 79 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rises while 11 stations recorded fall. Among the 93 monitored stations, water levels at...
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a three-day official visit. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen received the South Korean Prime Minister upon his...
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday urged President Abdul Hamid to take steps for holding a national dialogue to get rid of the growing incidents of rape and...
Residents of a city in Siberia don’t need to fly off to tropical locales for picturesque selfies taken by pristine turquoise waters. Thousands of Novosibirsk residents — ranging from scantily...
Thousands of Hong Kong people marched on Saturday to protest against mainland Chinese traders in a town near the border, tapping into anger behind huge demonstrations against an extradition bill...
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