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Bangladesh pulled off a stunning 322-run chase to trounce West Indies by seven wickets with 51 balls to spare in the 23rd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup at...
Bangladesh is an irrigation-water-scarce country in the absence of sufficient surface water for the purpose. As a consequence, farmers all over the country are to depend increasingly on underground water...
While grappling with the recent massive fire disasters in Dhaka, the city's residents including the victims, disaster experts, and the authorities concerned have shown an exemplary camaraderie. But unfortunately, it...
The loss of 8,000 hectare farmland in this country each year, as revealed in a seminar in the capital, is a cause for concern. Its implications are two-fold: First, the...
Much like the 22-year-old Pakistani, Malala Yousafzai, Sweden's Greta Thunberg is out to change the world. Malala's gender-accented children-based education advocacy won her the Nobel Peace Prize (with Kailash Satyarthi),...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the person responsible for ‘pillow scam’ in Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant was a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of...
The banks and financial institutions of the country are now facing difficulties at maintaining healthy liquidity due to increasing size of non-performing loans (NPLs). As such, they cannot provide financing...
It is an unwanted record for this World Cup - more matches have already fallen foul of wet weather than at any of the previous editions, reports https://www.skysports.com. But how...
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das has said the bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and India is passing through a golden era due to heartfelt statesmanship of the Prime...
[The fourth of a five-part series titled "Post-graduation globalisation trends and challenges for Bangladesh"] As Bangladesh is set to graduate out of the Least Developed Country (LDC) status, a...
Bangladesh were 210 for 3 in 30 overs in the crucial World Cup tie against West Indies at Taunton on Monday. Earlier, after being Put in to bat first West...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, along with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, proposed the national budget for fiscal year 2019-2020 in the Jatiya Sangsad on June 13, 2019. The proposed...
The Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) has said the Sundarbans is under threat as the UNESCO plans to enlist the largest mangrove forest in ‘world heritage in danger’ list. “The move...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the government must hold a fresh election under a caretaker government as the current parliament is not formed with ‘people's...
The board of directors of Union Capital has decided to issue unsecured subordinated redeemable non-convertible bond of Tk 2.0 billion in face value through private placement. Face value per unit...
West Indies posted a commanding score of 321 for 8 in their stipulated 50 overs against Bangladesh in their World Cup match at Taunton on Monday. Earlier, after being put...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday told Parliament that there is no liquidity crisis in the banking sector insisting that certainly there is money in banks. “It’s said there’s no...
The parliament has passed the supplementary budget of over Taka 151.66 billion for the outgoing 2018-19 fiscal to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries and divisions. Finance Minister AHM...
West Indies scored 166 for 3 at the end of 33 overs against Bangladesh in their World Cup match in Taunton on Monday. Earlier, after winning the toss and electing...
Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Amjad Hussain B. Sial on Monday said promotion and protection of women and children of South Asia has been...
A border city in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is eyeing the Central Asian markets for pharmaceutical products and equipment, after opening a regional drug distribution centre and an...
Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) on Monday urged all not to throw laser beam targeting aircrafts landing or taking off at country’s major airports. “As per section-26 of Civil Aviation...
A man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday for raping a girl on false promise of marriage in 2004 at Kharkharia under Sadar upazila in Sherpur. The convict, 36-year-old...
The government is actively considering to introduce a one-stop service for the tourism entrepreneurs to stop administrative harassments in this regard. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Md Mahbub Ali gave...
Huawei, the world's 5G technology leader, will not be "beaten to death" by the US government despite Washington's current efforts to blacklist and suffocate the Chinese high-tech company, said Ren...
The cabinet on Monday gave its final approval to the proposed Bangladesh Tariff Commission (Amendment) Act-2019 amending the country’s existing tariff law originally enacted in 1973 in its weekly meeting...
A group of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders and activists demonstrated in front of BNP's Nayapaltan central office for the second straight day on Monday demanding the removal of age...
Two people, including a schoolboy, were killed as a bus hit a motorbike on Naogaon-Rajshahi Highway in Manda upazila of Naogaon on Monday. The deceased were identified as Kamal Hossain,...
Boeing executives apologised Monday to airlines and families of victims of 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, as the US plane maker struggles to regain the trust of regulators,...
Iran will break the uranium stockpile limit set by Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in the next 10 days, the spokesman for the country’s atomic agency said Monday while...
BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology (BUFT) congratulated the newly appointed Chairman of University Grant Commission (UGC) Prof. Dr. KaziShahidullah. A delegation from BUFT met the newly appointed chairman at...
Stocks slumped further on Monday, the second day after unveiling the budget, as some proposals of the budget made investors upsets. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
Bangladesh have won the toss and decided to bowl first against West Indies at the Somerset County ground at Taunton today. For both sides, the match is almost a must-win....
The ongoing trade war between the US and China offers an opportunity to India for boosting exports of as many 350 products such as chemicals and granite to these countries,...
Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal has sent former Sonagazi OC Moazzem to jail, turning down his bail appeal in a case that involves the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a madrasa student...
Israel approved in principle on Sunday a new community named after US President Donald Trump on a contested frontier zone with Syria - but construction looked likely to lag given...
Military equipment firms in the United States will likely have their supply of Chinese rare earths restricted, the Global Times said on Monday, after China's state economic planner confirmed industry...
Police have taken former Sonagazi OC Moazzem Hossain to the Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal. Moazzem was earlier arrested in Dhaka in a case over the video of Feni madrasa student Nusrat...
The country’s merchandise trade gap with the rest of the world reduced by 10.43 per cent during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year (FY19). The latest statistics...
Bangladesh Auto Industries Ltd will manufacture environment-friendly two-wheeler, three-wheeler and four-wheeler cars within March-April of next year. Managing Director of the company Mir Masud Kabir disclosed this in a meeting...
Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam apologised to its people on Sunday as an estimated 1 million-plus black-clad protesters insisted that she resign over her handling of a bill that would...
A mother allegedly slaughtered her two-year-old daughter at Sonatonpur villeage in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga on Monday. The deceased was identified as Sneha, daughter of Mamun Ur Rashid. Police and...
An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude struck in eastern Indonesia on Monday, the European monitoring agency said, but there were no immediate report of any casualties or damage. The epicentre was...
The world's population is expected to increase by 2.0 billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050, according to a new United...
Indian shares fell on Monday after the country slapped higher tariffs on certain US products in retaliation to Washington’s decision to remove certain trade privileges for New Delhi. India, the...
Uruguay crushed Ecuador 4-0 in their Copa America opener on Sunday with help from an early sending off that deflated their opponents and assured the 15-times champions the simplest of...
UK-listed firms will become the first foreign companies to be able to list in mainland China under a new stock link, the Treasury has said. Chancellor Philip Hammond is due...
Dhaka police have handed over former Sonagazi OC Moazzem Hossain to Feni’s Sonagazi Police Station. He will be presented before Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal on Monday, according to Inspector Mahbubur Rahman...
Power has been restored to much of Argentina and Uruguay after a massive electrical failure left tens of millions of people in the dark. Argentine President Mauricio Macri has promised...
Stocks witnessed downward trend in early trading on Monday as some proposals of the budget made investors upsets. The finance minister proposed, among other measures, imposition of 15 per cent...
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