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Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two people with 1,583 bottles of contraband cough syrup Phensedyl in Mohipal area of Feni on Friday. The detainees were identified as Md...
Kim Jong Un has been formally named head of state of North Korea and commander-in-chief of the military in a new constitution observers said was possibly aimed at preparing for...
Turkey has received the first parts of a Russian S-400 missile defence system despite opposition from the US. The shipment arrived in an airbase in the capital Ankara on Friday,...
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will tour Sri Lanka and lead the Tigers in the three-match ODI series against the island nation. However, the participation of Shakib Al Hasan in this series...
Lack of people's awareness and poor maintenance of level-crossings and railway bridges by the authorities concerned contributed to the rise in railway accidents across the country that claimed 209 lives...
City dwellers on Friday witnessed heavy rainfalls triggered by monsoon that inundated many parts of the capital, inflicting sufferings on commuters. Although people faced less traffic jams on city streets...
Excessive rain overnight triggered floods in several parts of the country as rivers in 10 districts are now flowing above the danger level, marooning thousands of people and disrupting road...
The World Bank has approved $100 million to increase access to improved water supply and sanitation system in selected 30 municipalities in Bangladesh as well as to help build their...
Police recovered the beheaded body of a woman from a field at Sholodag in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia district on Friday, a week after she had gone missing. The deceased...
A two-day ceramic art workshop titled '50 Artists 100 Mugs' began at Cosmos-Atelier71 Printmaking Studio in Malibagh area of Dhaka city on Friday. The workshop is being conducted by Ashim...
Police recovered the body of a man from a rail track at Pakshi in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Sirajul Islam Babu, 42,...
Bangladesh has made significant progress towards reducing all forms of poverty in the country, according to a new UN report. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday published the 2019...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has proposed to host a 'Commonwealth Business-to-business Connectivity' conference in Dhaka in the first quarter of next year. He said Bangladesh wants...
Southeast Asian stocks traded in a tight range on Friday as investors awaited a slew of key important economic data from China and elsewhere in the region, while Philippines rose...
Dengue situation continues to deteriorate in the city as elsewhere in the country despite repeated assurances by the authorities concerned as well as their various steps to fight the mosquito-borne...
Bangladesh business leaders and experts have accentuated the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Malaysia to boost bilateral trade and investment. They made the recommendation at a programme...
Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after a turbulent day on Wall Street ended with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above 27,000 for the first time. Japan's Nikkei...
Pop singer Mila Islam has filed a case against three people, including her former husband Parvez Sanjari, accusing them of physical assault and demanding dowry. She filed the case at...
The board of the country's premier bourse has asked its management to take an initiative for the listing and trading of the shares of much-talked-about Coppertech Industries on the Dhaka...
The US State Department said on Thursday it would host a conference in Washington next week to highlight the problem of religious persecution, and has invited victims of recent attacks...
Robbers attempted to commit robbery at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) branch of Rupali Bank in Rajshahi city early Friday, leaving its security guard injured. Soaibur Rahman, manager...
US President Donald Trump retreated on Thursday from adding a contentious question on citizenship to the 2020 census, but insisted he was not giving up his fight to count how...
Five more bodies of 17 fishermen, who went missing after they were caught up in a storm in the deep sea, were washed ashore on Thursday. Police recovered three bodies...
England snuffed out Australia's title defence and stormed into the Cricket World Cup final with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over the five-times champions in the second semi-final on Thursday. Eoin...
Academic activities at 30 government primary schools in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj have been suspended as the institutions went under flood water due to incessant rain for the last six...
The ten most traded companies accounted for 23.73 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday, with the National Life Insurance Company making its way to...
Mentioning that 39 per cent of Dhaka's residents commute by rickshaw, Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) backs the plying of the vehicle in city's streets until alternative transport is ensured....
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the construction work of Dhaka-Ashulia elevated expressway will begin in December this year. Commercial agreement of this project was signed...
The World Bank said it will continue support Bangladesh in its quest for achieving the upper-middle income country status by ensuring green growth. Chief executive officer of the global lender...
Businesses and tax-officials are holding opposite views over the existing corporate tax rates, taking into consideration the country's poor tax-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio and investment scenario. The businesses have...
Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf - before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said, reports Agencies....
England surged into their first World Cup final for 27 years with a sensational eight-wicket demolition of Australia at Edgbaston. The hosts will have the chance to lift the trophy...
Two city corporations in Dhaka have a habit of selecting a few difficult issues for resolution time and again notwithstanding the fact they had earlier failed on a number of...
The release of the full text of the landmark High Court judgment delivered on February 3, recognising the river Turag as a living entity should be treated as a momentous...
The High Court Division's recent directive to the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) to strengthen its drive all over the country against violation of the rights of consumers...
US President Donald Trump has claimed that kidneys have 'a very special place in the heart. The comment came amid a rambling and sometimes incoherent speech about the human organs...
RAJSHAHI, July 11: Due to incessant rainfall at the upper riparian region and onrush of water from across the border, the water level of the Padma river near the district...
Black money is a reality in Bangladesh as in many other countries. Estimating the amount of black money in an economy is difficult. However, researchers have attempted to do the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said those who are demonstrating protesting the gas-price hike do not consider the real situation. "Those who're waging movement don't think about the real...
GOPALGANJ, July 11: Farmers of Jalalabad union under Gopalganj Sadar are becoming financially solvent by growing arum. A good number of farmers said arum farming is profitable than other vegetables....
An acquaintance of this scribe was telling him the other day his growing disillusionment with villages. His case was not extraordinary; this disenchantment has also affected many like him. But...
The education system of Bangladesh has gone through endless experiments. After nearly five decades of our independence even our primary education system is not following any coordinated schooling model. Diverse...
It was a bad new year for Kenya. Waking up in January 2019 to the final lap of its "grace" pay-back year, Kenyans braced themselves for an army of Chinese...
Thursday said people do not respond to the BNP’s call for movement as the party has become politically bankrupt. “It is BNP’s weakness that they cannot wage a mass movement....
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday informed the parliament that a total of 8,848 Bangladeshis are now staying in jail or detention centres of different countries, including India,...
The low-lying areas of Bandarban have gone under water as rivers continue to swell following torrential rains over the past five days, trapping thousands of people. About 8,000 houses and...
The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday voted to set up an investigation into thousands of killings in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called ‘war on drugs’ - a step that...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday submitted its probe report to the High Court stating that their investigation officers mistakenly identified Jaha Alam as Abu Salek. Jaha Alam languished in...
Bangladesh will form a committee to negotiate signing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Malaysia. The information was revealed at the ‘Showcase Bangladesh-Go Global’ at the Royale Chulan Hotel in Kuala...
31 people were killed by mob beating across the country from January to May 2019, according to a report by an independent rights and legal aid body. The highest number...
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