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The total number of internet subscribers in Bangladesh reached 94.4 million at the end of May this year. Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar gave the information in the parliament...
The High Court on Tuesday asked the lawyer of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) to stop publishing advertisements and reports on milk that might spread misleading information among the...
Air India has issued an apology and withdrawn its decision to ban holy Zamzam water on its narrow-body aircraft as many Hajj pilgrims of the country expressed displeasure. The Indian...
Country’s merchandise trade deficit with the rest of the world stood at US$14.65 billion during the first 11 months of the past fiscal year (FY19). Central bank statistics, released this...
At least 53 journalists fell victim to harassment across the country in the first five months of the current calendar year, according to a report by an independent legal aid...
1,791 buses were registered with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in the six months of the current calendar year. Of them, 1,482 buses were registered in Dhaka, according to a...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a total of 13 projects involving Taka 77.44 billion at its first meeting of the current fiscal year (FY...
Six new prosecution witnesses including four staff members of Holey Artisan Bakery have testified before an anti-terror special court in a case lodged over 2016 terrorist attack at the upscale...
The third edition of BASIS National ICT Awards 2019 has begun today (Tuesday). The winners of this award will be nominated for the APICTA Awards 2019 which is going to...
A rape suspect has been killed in an alleged shootout with police at Hatiber village in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district. The incident took place at the village of Uthura...
Tensions in disputed Kashmir after a deadly suicide bombing earlier this year are having a severe impact on human rights in the region, a United Nations report released on Monday...
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the central bank of the country, kept its key interest rate at 3.0 per cent on Tuesday, as expected. The BNM kept the rate, expressing confidence that...
The government decision to hike the gas price will now remain effective as the High Court today rejected the writ petition that sought a stay order on it. The bench...
Countless cats beckon visitors at a temple in a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood. Legend provided by the Gotokuji Buddhist temple says it is the birthplace of beckoning cats, the figurines widely...
Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon has called upon the agitating rickshaw drivers to take it into consideration that banning rickshaws on three roads only out of hundreds would...
Former Awami League MP from Tangail-3 (Ghatail) Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was released from jail on bail on Tuesday, after two years and 10 months. He walked out of Tangail...
A physician was found dead at his residence in Baghbari area of Sylhet on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Dr Habib Ullah Khan, an assistant professor of Paediatric...
The Dhaka bourse Tuesday continued its losing streak for the third consecutive session as major sectors including the bank were in a correction mood. After two hour of the session,...
US and Taliban officials will on Tuesday resume talks in Qatar aimed at ending Afghanistan’s 18-year war, hours after a delegation of Afghan citizens and the militants ended a meeting...
Driving rains flooded parts of Washington, DC, on Monday (local time), shattering a daily record in just an hour, forcing 15 swift-water rescues from stranded cars and causing an undeniable...
Albanian opposition supporters rallied on Monday in their tenth national protest since February to pressure Prime Minister Edi Rama to quit over what they say is election fraud. Several thousand...
Japan pushed back on Tuesday against calls from South Korea to scrap curbs on some high-tech exports, ratcheting up tension in a decades-old diplomatic dispute that threatens to disrupt the...
A three-day laptop fair is set to begin in the capital on Thursday with the aim to meet the growing domestic demand for laptops and latest devices. The event titled...
The United States and China are set to relaunch trade talks this week after a two-month hiatus, but a year after their trade war began there is little sign their...
Mexican officials have captured more than 200 migrants hidden in trucks over the past two days, including dozens spotted by a large X-ray scanner huddled in secret compartments, as the...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Uttarkhan area of the capital in the early hours of Tuesday. The deceased was...
Indian shares fell for a third straight session on Tuesday as a proposed tax on the super-rich continued to rattle the markets. The broader NSE index was down 0.72 per...
Asian shares retreated Tuesday in quiet trading as investors awaited signs of what might be ahead for US interest rates. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was flat at 21,526.22, while Australia’s...
Two junior Indian antitrust research associates and a law school student were behind a complaint that sparked a probe into Google’s alleged anti-competitive practices in the country, in what has...
The US State Department has approved a potential arms sales to Taiwan, estimated to be worth $2.2bn (£1.76bn), the Pentagon said. The deal is for 108 Abrams tanks, 250 Stinger...
Trading of the shares of Sea Pearl Beach Resort & Spa Limited will commence on DSE from July 16 under 'N' category, according to a disclosure posted on the DSE...
Pragati Life Insurance topped the chart of top gainers on Monday following the corporate declaration of issuing rights shares. On the day, the company posted a price hike of 12.95...
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the extradition bill that sparked the territory's biggest political crisis in decades was dead, admitting that the government's work on the bill...
The government will introduce insurance coverage by July 31 for migrant workers with benefits in cases of their death or disability. The Jibon Bima Corporation (JBC) will take necessary steps...
Rickshaw-pullers blocked the road at Rampura in Dhaka city on Tuesday morning protesting the decision banning the plying of rickshaws on three major thoroughfares of the capital, including the Kuril-Sayedabad...
The government has approved a central bank proposal for liquidating People's Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL) considering its fragile financial state even as concern grows over depositors' protection, officials...
The country's overseas employment dropped by 18 per cent in the first six months of the current year following a reduction in recruitment by Middle Eastern nations, official data showed....
The country's export earnings reached an all-time high of US$ 40.53 billion in the just concluded fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, registering a 10.55 per cent growth over that of the...
In recent times, most young people go to restaurants that they have read about in food-review pages and Facebook groups' posts. Also, some want to go to restaurants where the...
The Dhaka-Panchagarh express train, also called an inter-city one, was inaugurated on May 25 last, raising hopes for a comfortable journey to the northernmost tip of the country. Barely one...
The headline 'DNCC launches mobile court drive against footpath grabbers today' of a news item carried in page 8 of this newspaper on Saunday is somewhat misleading. Encroachment or illegal...
Is a silver-lining emerging in river preservation? One would hope so, with the tannery fulcrum relocated from Hazaribagh and the various other scattered efforts underway to resuscitate our dying rivers....
On June 30, Donald Trump became the first sitting US President to cross into the demilitarised zone, immediately after wrapping up the G-20 summit in Tokyo, Japan. As such, he...
China has urged the United States to stop making unjust charges on Chinese scholars and students, and not to disturb people-to-people exchanges between the two countries. The foreign ministry of...
Just a week ago Bangladesh began its journey into fiscal year 2019-2020 with a new budget. Despite its figures, not everybody is happy with it. Already dairy farmers have expressed...
Blockchain is not a complete solution by itself. Rather linking it with Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies and internet of things (IoT) will ensure greater impact. This is why cooperation...
Chattogram district administration on Monday evacuated more than 350 families living in the risky zones as rain forecasts have triggered fear of landslides in the port city’s hills region. The...
The lone accused in the case filed over the killing of Wari minor girl Samia Afrin Saima after rape reportedly confessed before a city court on Monday to his crime....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday came down heavily on US Congressman and Chairman of the Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Brad Sherman for his proposal to incorporate Rakhine State of...
The government will spend Tk 10.40 billion for procuring 400,000 metric tonnes of paddy from the farmers during the current boro season. Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder gave the information...
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