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Chattogram and its adjoining areas are at high risk of earthquake, experts said. Over six million people now live in an earthquake zone while more than 0.14 million buildings are...
Huawei Technologies Co Inc filed a lawsuit against the US Commerce Department on Friday challenging whether telecommunications equipment it sent from China to the United States, and then back to...
Global stocks rose to near seven-week highs on Friday following a run spurred by optimism over monetary polic amid the Gulf tension. Oil prices built on recent gains on fears...
The government has undertaken two more metro rail projects at Tk 931.62 billion, or $11 billion, aimed at connecting Dhaka's east to west and north to south. MRT-1 and MRT-5...
The government projects an additional tax revenue of Tk 365.22 billion in the next fiscal year (FY), following the enforcement of the new VAT and Supplementary Duty Act-2012. The highest...
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has approved the initial public offering (IPO) applications of three companies. Jiangsu Shemar Electric Co, Ltd, Shanghai-based Quectel Wireless Solutions Co, Ltd, and Qingdao Guolin...
Stocks took a downward turn in the outgoing week, snapping a three-week gaining streak, as some proposed budgetary measures for the capital market have rattled the investors. The correction was...
Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - England v Sri Lanka - Headingley, Leeds, Britiain - June 21, 2019 Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga celebrates taking the wicket of England's Jos...
Ten most traded companies accounted for 19 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the outgoing week, with the United Power Generation & Distribution Company making...
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike on Iran because it could have killed 150 people, a disproportionate response to Tehran's downing of an unmanned...
A record number of import containers has remained stockpiled at the Chittagong Port meant for Dhaka Inland Container Depot, forcing consignees to pay more, people familiar with the situation said....
The state-owned specialised banks and financial institutions (FIs) are making little effort to recover their written-off loans worth billions of taka, data showed. Up to March of the outgoing fiscal...
Despite acknowledging the importance of 'a planned and integrated public transport system in Dhaka and the adjacent areas', the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 (FY20) paid inadequate attention...
Bangladesh has done pretty well in cutting income poverty. The Seventh Five Year Plan (2016-2020) - a document that reflects national hopes and aspirations at least for five years -...
Prevalence of dengue fever in the capital and elsewhere appears to be a common feature at the advent of the monsoon but there is hardly any effort on the part...
Chile were eliminated from the women's World Cup after missing a late penalty that would have sent them through in a 2-0 win over Thailand on Thursday, reports Reuters. Francisca...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will try to soothe increasing friction with India over trade, data flows and arms from Russia during a visit next week and instead focus...
The budget is not just a one-off income and expenditure programme of the Government. It is a national strategy document giving signals of policy directions. Therefore, the FY20 Budget must...
Seventeen Bangladeshis, among the 64 stranded for three weeks in the Mediterranean, returned home on Friday from Tunisia under special arrangements. Shariful Hasan, programme head of BRAC Migration, confirmed that...
The current value of the US government's unfunded pension and Medicare liabilities is $46.7 trillion, or roughly two and a half times US GDP (gross domestic product). Other estimates put...
The world's developing nations, currently fighting an uphill battle in their attempts to implement the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are facing another stark demographic reality: a rise in world...
For some life's journey begins with a bang, for others quite insignificantly and still for others modestly. When a boy or a girl born in an unenlightened home of a...
Today most people think of gaming, virtual reality glasses and video when asked about virtual reality. The concepts of virtual reality in these areas have been around for some years,...
With mercury going high at this particular time of the year in Bangladesh, the spectre of heat-induced diseases is looming over the populace in the country. Incidents of ailments like...
Highlighting the health and additional risks associated with tobacco use, and advocating effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption, the 'World No Tobacco Day' was observed in Bangladesh on June 20....
Two brothers were killed in an alleged gunfight with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Saran union in Banshkhali Upazila on Friday. The deceased were identified as Md Jafar Prokash,...
Dhaka and Beijing plan to take their 'strategic partnership' to a new height as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to visit China next month. Beijing has invited Prime Minister...
Leaked sex videos purporting to show a potential successor to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad with another man have deepened rifts within the ruling coalition and raised concerns of a...
Jofra Archer moved into a share of top spot on the World Cup wicket-taking list with 3-52 as England restricted Sri Lanka to 232-9 in the group game at Headingley....
The Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) is ready to begin distribution of digital passports (ePassports) from July. "It'll start from July 1 if the Home Ministry gives clearance," Brig...
An international team led by Chinese scientists explained why deer are less likely to develop cancer, how reindeer adapt to the harsh environments, and how they produce more Vitamin D....
At least nine people were killed and as many injured in separate road accidents in Natore, Faridpur, Satkhira and Magura on Friday. In Natore, three people were killed when a...
Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Friday said the government has started identifying the buildings constructed illegally in Dhaka. The minister also warned that no risky buildings...
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has become the first Bangladeshi cricketer to aggregate 400 runs in an international series or tournament. He reached the milestone during Thursday’s game against Australia, reports...
Operation at Payra 1,320 MW thermal power plant in Kalapra upazila remained suspended for the third consecutive day following workers unrest which was triggered by the death of a co-worker....
British Airways said on Friday it will adhere to guidance from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to avoid parts of Iranian airspace and its flights will continue to operate...
US supermarket giant Walmart has confirmed it uses image recognition cameras at checkouts to detect theft. The cameras identify when items are put in a shopping bag without first being...
Former officer in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi police station, who is now in jail in connection with a case lodged for making and circulating videos of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, has pleaded...
Around 177,232 motorcycles were registered in the first five months of calendar year across the country, according to official data. Of the total, 42,830 motorcycles were registered in Dhaka during...
At least 44 women were tortured to death for dowry alone across the country in the first five months of current calendar year, according to local rights body Ain o...
Train communication of Dhaka with northern and southern parts of the country was restored after four hours of suspension following the derailment of a compartment of a train at Salna...
At least 30 people died on Friday after a fire swept through a small factory producing matchsticks in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, authorities said. Reuters reports, the blaze broke out...
A train has derailed in Gazipur district town on Friday morning snapping railway communications between Dhaka and the northern region. A carriage of the Dhaka-bound Rangpur Express train went off...
Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman, chairman and managing director of Al Haramain Group of Companies, chairman of NRB Bank Ltd and president of Bangladesh Business Council in Dubai, has become the first...
Divers of Fire Service and Bangladesh Navy have recovered the bodies of a boy and his five-year-old younger sister who went missing in the Buriganga river after a boat capsized...
The state-owned Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) has taken a move to reduce interest rates on its general housing loan and the housing loan for farmers. The only state-owned...
Asian shares retreated on Friday after a broad rally for stocks drove the S&P 500 index to an all-time high as weak manufacturing data from Japan helped dampen investor sentiment....
The Facebook artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have created the world’s most detailed population density maps for Bangladesh and the Asia Pacific. Using its machine-learning capabilities, Facebook developed the maps to...
A suspected robber and a drug trader were killed in separate gunfights in Gazipur and Meherpur districts early Friday. In Gazipur, a suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight...
A bus fell into a deep gorge along a sharp curve on a mountainous road in northern India, killing 39 people, police said Friday. Twenty-one people with injuries were hospitalised...
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