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Two soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in a blast at a heavy weapons firing range in Sadar upazila of Bandarban district on Friday morning. The deceased are Jahidul Islam,...
A petition calling on Game of Thrones maker HBO to redo its season eight has been signed by more than 0.5 million (500,000) disgruntled fans. The latest series of the...
Bangladesh has urged Finland and the European Union (EU) to mount pressure on Myanmar to compel them to take back its nationals from Bangladesh in a sustainable manner. Bangladesh also...
Visiting Gambian Foreign Minister Dr Mamadou Tangara has said they are committed to taking the Rohingya issue to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Gambian Foreign Minister said this...
Dismantling of old scrap ships is posing a serious threat to the environment and the lives of workers engaged in cutting ships at Sitakunda coastal area in Chattogram. Sources said...
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal now plans to set up a special cell at the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to check money laundering through over and under-invoicing. "…to check...
Former US national security adviser Michael Flynn gave Special Counsel Robert Mueller information about multiple attempts by people to obstruct the Russia investigation, according to court documents made public on...
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) may maintain ultra-low rates for a further period of well over a year, the central bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday. However, he warned...
China is planning to lower wholesale aviation fuel prices as early as July, said an oil industry executive and a spokeswoman with the Chinese aviation authority. The second largest economic...
A small plane crashed south of Dubai airport killing three Britons and one South African, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement on Thursday. The four-seat plane, a...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has detained three members of a human trafficking ring involved with the recent boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia. The...
A platform of women entrepreneurs urged the Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday to allocate Tk 1.50 billion from the central bank's equity and entrepreneurship fund (EEF) for the development of...
Southeast Asian stocks mostly rose on Friday, tracking the gains on Wall Street, which rose on upbeat earnings and strong economic data. Philippines shares led the surge on Southeast Asian...
Asian stocks were mixed on Friday amid worries that US economic sanctions on Huawei would cast a pall on trade negotiations with China. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.4 per...
An F-16 fighter jet returning to March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley of California crashed into a building after its pilot was ejected, US local media quoted base officials...
The securities regulator has taken an initiative to strictly enforce a provision that requires the sponsor-directors of the listed companies to hold a certain amount of shares. The Bangladesh Securities...
CAPM Company Limited has declared the Net Asset Value (NAV) of CAPM Unit Fund, said a statement. The total NAV of CAPM Unit Fund stood at Tk 83,598,288.49 on the...
Today is the 38th homecoming day of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. On May 17 in 1981, she returned home after a long exile. “I have come...
At least 10 people have died in hospital after a factory wall accidentally collapsed in China's financial hub of Shanghai on Thursday, local authorities said Friday morning. As of 1:45am...
The trade war with the United States will only make China stronger and will never bring the country to its knees, the Communist Party’s People’s Daily wrote in a front...
Goods-laden vehicles will stay off the highways for seven days during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr holidays to ease movement of homeward passengers. "Goods trucks and covered vans won't be allowed to...
US President Donald Trump has told his top advisers he does not want to get the United States involved in a war with Iran, three US officials said on Thursday....
Garlic and ginger, the two main cooking ingredients prices of which had increased significantly before Ramadan, became costlier last week, hitting hard the consumers who have already been burdened with...
The central bank offered a special facility to loan defaulters on Thursday, allowing them to reschedule loans by paying 2.0 per cent down payment for a maximum period of 10...
The government's industrial zones are being implemented in an unplanned way, at considerable cost to life, livelihood and the environment, rights groups alleged. They fear at least one million people...
The central bank has set the investment ceiling for banks under Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission-approved special purpose vehicle (SPV) or alternative investment fund for infrastructure projects. To this effect,...
Senior Secretary at the Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division M Shahidul Haque briefed foreign investors at a recent conference on the benefits of using Dhaka as a seat of arbitration....
Halda Valley has brought exquisite tea collection for the tea lovers of Bangladesh which was collected from the own estate of the company, said a statement. The company recently inaugurated...
The government is relishing this year's bumper Boro rice harvest but not farmers. The latter are facing the perils of plenty---a notable drop in paddy prices. Farmers are deeply frustrated...
It was not long before that global financial institutes and analysts including the prestigious Economist Intelligence Unit used to consider Bangladesh's economic development quite an enigma. All because the country...
The country's fight against poverty is on and its success is quite remarkable. However, for a country registering one of the fastest gross domestic product (GDP) growth and on the...
Former French Open champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from this year's tournament because of her long-standing shoulder problem. The 32-year-old world number 35 has not played since pulling out of...
In developed and developing countries alike, a combination of technological and economic forces has created a segment of advanced production, concentrated in metropolitan areas, that now co-exists with a mass...
A parliamentary panel has called for Dhaka WASA to be split in two like the bifurcated city corporations amidst anger over the quality of water supplied by the agency. The...
Abu Jayed's surprise ICC World Cup inclusion wasn't as talked about as Taskin Ahmed's snub, despite Jayed being an uncapped player in One-Day cricket then. It was Taskin who hogged...
Since the 1980s, higher education and research have developed rapidly in Asia. This has been a logical consequence of booming economic growth in countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and South...
"Where's the beef," ran a Wendy's hamburger advertisement in 1984. It capped a controversy in which Wendy accused its competitors, McDonald's, Burger King, and so forth, of bloating the hamburger...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Thursday removed around 400 shops set up occupying roads and footpaths in Farmgate and Karwan Bazar areas. Besides, super shop Agora and Prince Hotel...
Back in the mid-fifties to early sixties, few would have thought that the present tourist attraction of Kaptai Lake in Rangamati would eventually emerge as a source of sweet water...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines added Thursday its fifth Boeing 737-800 aircraft to its fleet under a dry lease agreement for six years. The national flag carrier brought the aircraft from Kuwait-based...
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will start selling advance tickets from May 20 along with launching ‘Eid Special Service’ from May 27 to ensure safe journey for the homebound people....
The government has started procurement of a record quantity of 0.22 million tonnes of boiled Boro rice, 14,641 tonnes of 'Atap' rice and 23,434 tonnes of Boro paddy in Rangpur...
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Thursday cancelled licences of two more companies for producing substandard products. BSTI cancelled the licences of S M Consumers Products, Chattogram for its...
Take China, India and Japan, three major Asian powers for example. In ancient times, China learned about Buddhism from India, while Japan drew on China's civilization in Tang Dynasty (618-907)....
As the 2019 Indian general election gets underway, there has been discussion about whether India has lagged further behind China over the past five years under the Modi government. Regardless...
China's purchases of Iranian oil will be leverage against the US in the trade talks between the world's two largest economies, which have stalled, Chinese analysts said on Thursday. As...
In the latest reshuffle in the police administration, one Additional Inspector General (IGP) of police and five Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) of police have been given new postings. The Public...
President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect US computer networks from "foreign adversaries". He signed an executive order which effectively bars US companies from using foreign telecoms...
With an increase in hate crimes against Muslims in India in recent years, some fear the world's largest democracy is becoming dangerously intolerant under the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party...
State Minister for Power, energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Thursday said Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) Limited’s call centre would make a significant contribution to ease customer service....
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