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The number of bidder-funded projects is rising in the country, mostly in the power sector, as the authorities concerned treat such funding as a cheap source to implement big projects....
West Indies won the battle of the Cricket World Cup's basement dwellers, beating Afghanistan by 23 runs in their final group match at Headingley on Thursday. Chris Gayle managed only...
India said on Thursday it needs $330 billion in investments over the next decade to power its renewable energy dream, but coal would remain central to its electricity generation. The...
Bangladesh, for the third consecutive years since 2017, has been ranked among the 10 worst countries in the world where labour rights are not guaranteed, according to a global survey....
Electricity generation costs in gas-fired power plants might increase annually to around Tk 17.75 billion due to the latest tariff hike in gas prices alone, if the current level of...
Tax collection faced a Tk 600 billion shortfall in the just-concluded fiscal year (FY) against the revised target, lowest in five years. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) mobilised Tk...
The Indian government Thursday projected the country's GDP growth for 2019-20 at 7 per cent, up from five-year low of 6.8 per cent, on the back of anticipated pickup in...
Taliban and US negotiators are scrambling to rewrite a draft agreement that will outline the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan and a verifiable Taliban guarantee to fight...
It is no secret that a sizeable part of roads and highways under the state agency called Roads and Highways Department (RHD) does need repair and reconstruction every year. But...
Before the trauma of hacking a husband to death in front of his wife in broad daylight at Barguna could dissipate, another man was hacked with a machete in front...
That the country is losing its waterways is no secret. It is also no secret that these vital river and canal routes for movement of both humans and cargo are...
Just as neo-liberalism emerged victorious from the Cold War capitalism-socialism scrape, so too might authoritarianism edge out democracy over the long-haul as current patterns predict. The instinct behind both victors...
The government has cancelled the process of recruiting principal at the Viqarunnisa Noon School and College following allegations of irregularities. In an order to the Dhaka education board on Thursday,...
In a scene in the US sitcom Silicon Valley, digital startups compete for funding by presenting their ideas. In each presentation, company founders repeat the Silicon Valley mantra of "making...
"When governments permit counterfeiting or copying of American products, it is stealing our future, and it is no longer free trade." So said US President Ronald Reagan, commenting on Japan...
Micro-fiction, a sub-genre of short stories, is increasingly becoming popular among many young writers across the globe. Placed within this category, six-word stories or sixes are considered to be the...
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday requested its Judges to authorise an investigation into alleged crimes like deportation, other inhumane acts and persecution committed against Rohingyas...
CSO and NGO leaders on Wednesday urged UN agencies and INGOs to ensure their equal participation in selecting partnership in Bangladesh. They also demanded UN agencies and INGOs activities must...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to reduce the bandwidth capacity Grameenphone and Robi as they failed to pay their dues to the government. Zakir Hossain Khan, Senior...
A daylong conference titled 'Quadrangulated Quandary' was held at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) on its campus on Thursday. The event was organised by the Global Studies and Governance (GSG)...
Jatiya Party acting chairman GM Quader on Thursday said the health condition of his brother HM Ershad, now undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), is not improving as...
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent the nephew of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman to jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Judge...
Grameenphone, Telenor Group and UNICEF joined forces to boost Child Online Safety programme by empowering 1.2 million children and adolescents across Bangladesh by 2021. To this end, Grameenphone, Telenor Group...
Some 1,200 developers at BMW and Daimler will team up to develop automated driving technology, the companies said on Thursday, the latest carmakers forced to pool their development resources at...
The chief executive of Chinese tech giant Baidu has been doused with water during a speech about artificial intelligence (AI). Robin Li, co-founder of the firm, was mid-presentation when a...
Last week's record breaking heatwave across much of Europe was made "at least five times" more likely to happen by climate change, say scientists. Their rapid attribution study says that...
The High Court while receiving a police report on steps taken after the barbaric murder of Rifat Sharif in broad daylight in Barguna, said it doesn’t like extrajudicial killings. A...
A Dhaka court on Thursday set August 4 to submit report on execution of its order, asking to arrest BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in a case lodged for making...
The board of directors of Envoy Textile Limited has decided to issue 87 million preference shares at par through private placement to the potential investors. Preference share is a share...
Stocks posted marginal gain on Thursday, snapping a three-day fall, as some investors went on late hours buying spree. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has met her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang in a bilateral meeting. The two premiers have met at the Great Hall of the People at 11 am...
A Northern California man posed as a woman on dating apps to lure men to a meeting place and then rob and carjack them, prosecutors said. Contra Costa County District...
Australia is facing a major shortfall in funding for critical infrastructure, according to a report from the Group of 20 (G20). The report found that Australia has to spend an...
World shares were mixed on Wednesday, while European shares rose sharply as investors warmed to the announcement that Christine Lagarde will take the helm at the European Central Bank. Wall...
Indian shares edged up tracking gains in broader Asia on Thursday buoyed by hopes of a possible rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, a day ahead of the Union...
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while visiting Sri Lanka recently, has referred to Bangladesh as a classic example in South Asia of political stability leading to economic gains. In a...
A US federal appeals court on Wednesday (local time) refused to lift an injunction barring the Trump administration from using $2.5 billion intended for the fight against illegal narcotics to...
The High Court has said it does not like any extrajudicial killing in the country. The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader came up...
Bangladesh and China on Thursday signed nine instruments for further strengthening cooperation on power, water resources, culture and tourism sectors as well as providing 2,500 metric tonnes of rice for...
Four people were killed and four others injured in road accidents in Gazipur and Chattogram districts on Wednesday night and early Thursday. In Gazipur, two people were killed and two...
Chinese state media blamed meddling by Western governments on Thursday for unrest in Hong Kong amid an escalating diplomatic spat between China and the United Kingdom over protests in the...
Atletico Madrid signed 19-year-old striker Joao Felix from Benfica on Wednesday (local time) for €126 million ($142 million), making him the fourth most expensive player of all time. Both clubs...
At least 26 people died after a lobster-fishing boat capsized off the Atlantic coast of Honduras during poor weather conditions, an armed forces spokesman said on Wednesday, in one of...
Two people were killed and two others injured when a truck hit a human hauler on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Rangila Bazar in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur in the early hours...
Rahul Gandhi, leader of opposition Congress party, said on Wednesday he had asked party bosses to find a successor after he took responsibility for losing a general election that has...
Stocks witnessed mixed trend in early hours of trading on Thursday as investors mostly followed cautious after the final budget. Parliament passed the tax measures for fiscal 2019-20, reducing tax...
Peru advanced to the final of the Copa America and a date with hosts Brazil after beating double defending champions Chile 3-0 on Wednesday. Chile were outclassed by a quick...
The first hajj flight, carrying 417 pilgrims, left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia on Thursday morning. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines BG-3001 with the Bangladeshi pilgrims took off from Hazrat...
Boeing Co said on Wednesday it would give $100 million over multiple years to local governments and non-profit organisations to help families and communities affected by the deadly crashes of...
A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Jorda in Bera upazila of Pabna district early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Waliullah, 31, a member...
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