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More than 34,000 people across Europe caught measles in the first two months of 2019, with the vast majority of cases in Ukraine, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday...
Investigators have dismantled a major part of the network linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, but warned the chance of further ISIS...
The pursuit of growth which has been the defining credo of classical economists has brought prosperity to most developing societies. But it has also created huge inequalities. The argument that...
The catastrophic fire in Notre Dame (on April 15-16, 2019) produced a massive emotional reaction. In a Paris famous for its secularism tearful people knelt on the pavement, sang the...
Bangladesh has sought a 'clear roadmap' from Myanmar for the repatriation of Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar. The government of Bangladesh also asked Myanmar to identify all of the issues...
The '40th budget consultative committee meeting', jointly organised by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on April 30, 2019,...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has claimed that currently traders are running their businesses in more comfortable and peaceful situation than in the past. He made the remarks while addressing a...
The 40th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination has just taken place. Congratulations to all the applicants who have managed to qualify for BCS preliminary examination. Not all the fresh graduates...
President Md Abdul Hamid on Tuesday hosted an Iftar Mahfil for Islamic scholars, injured freedom fighters, family members of Birshresthas, orphans, officials of Bangabhaban. Before the iftar, the President exchanged...
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has helped Bangladesh stage a late comeback after Shai Hope century laid a good platform for the West Indies in ODI tri-series that also involves Ireland. The...
NATORE, May 07: Beekeepers have collected over 12 tonnes of honey from 200 litchi orchards in the district this season. Sources said commercial honeybee farming is gaining popularity in the...
RANGPUR, May 07: The arum cultivators across the district are optimistic about achieving a good yield of the vegetable during the current season due to a favourable weather condition and...
Three people died and two others went missing when a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra River at Gidari in Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Rokeya...
A nurse was killed after rape on a moving bus in Kishoreganj district on Monday night, claimed her family. However, police said she died from injuries she suffered while getting...
The government has taken a number of 'important' projects to expand the activities and surveillance of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) across the country. BSTI, the country's lone national...
Singapore’s central bank said it is studying whether to allow financial technology firms to operate digital-only banks in the city-state, as regulators in other Asian markets begin issuing virtual banking...
Puffed rice (Muri) is one of the most essential and tasty item of ‘Iftar’ during the holy Ramadan everywhere across the country. Though it has demand throughout the year, but...
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Tuesday filed cases against 10 enterprises in different areas of the city for selling and manufacturing adulterated food items and forgery with...
Overall investment proposals with the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) rose by 6.92 per cent (Taka 14.72 billion) during the January-March quarter in 2019 compared to the previous quarter October...
An estimated 22.4 per cent female readymade garment (RMG) workers face sexual harassment at factories, a study by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) finds. MJF Executive Director Shaheen Anam said the...
Traffic in Gulistan and its surrounding areas came to a halt as hawkers put up blockade on Tuesday, the first day of Ramadan. The hawkers began a sit-in in front...
One million animal and plant species are at imminent risk of extinction due to humankind’s relentless pursuit of economic growth, scientists said on Monday in a landmark report on the...
A Kushtia court on Tuesday sentenced death penalty to a man for killing his wife in Mirpur upazila of the district in 2016. The judge of Women and Children Repression...
The government is planning to export around 1 million tonnes of surplus Boro rice after meeting the domestic demand, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque said on Tuesday. The government will hold...
Speakers at a programme has said Wasa is responsible for its contaminated water and urged stakeholders to take stern steps to resolve the issue. They also condemned the commercialisation of...
Climate change and rising sea levels eventually may wipe out one of the world’s last and largest tiger strongholds, scientists warned in a new study. The cats are among nearly...
Two Israelis were arrested on suspicion of setting up a “dark” Internet site that was used to buy weapons, drugs and stolen credit cards, Israeli police said on Tuesday. The...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the decision to re-run Istanbul’s mayoral election was an important step toward strengthening democracy, describing the March vote as marred by “organised corruption”...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has called for solidarity with millions of forcibly displaced people worldwide, including over one million Rohingyas living in Bangladesh. The UNHCR chief...
Jute mill workers have staged demonstrations demanding their outstanding wages in Dhaka and Khulna. In Demra, the workers of Latif Bawnia Jute Mills took position on the streets around 7:00am,...
Mild heat wave is sweeping over Rajshahi and Khulna divisions and the regions of Tangail, Dinajpur, and Sayedpur and it may continue and spread further, said a met office release...
Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Bangladesh face high-level human touch and intense field operation challenges, said a UNCDF-commissioned study. It argues that the majority of the MFIs are willing to adopt...
Danish jewellery maker Pandora will lay off another 1,200 workers in Thailand as new CEO Alexander Lacik looks to turn around the company after another fall in like-for-like quarterly sales....
A bush fire fanned by gusty winds has gutted four villages in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal region, killing 33 people, the president’s spokesman said, adding the toll was...
Green Delta Insurance Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with CARE Bangladesh’s Krishi Utsho Microfranchise recently for initiating non-traditional financing (NTF) scheme for rural smallholder farmers of Bogra...
Country’s leading digital service provider Robi has recently signed a collaboration agreement with popular app-based communication solution, imo to work together for offering the best imo experience to Bangladeshi users....
Cyclone Fani has destroyed crops worth Tk 385 million, says Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque. Briefing the media at the Secretariat on Tuesday, the minister said the storm partially damaged the...
The Debating Club of Daffodil International University (DIUDC) won the title of ‘BDF-ILO Debate Championship 2019’ by defeating Chattogram University Debating Club. The winning team comprised of Al Mukit, Omar...
Recently Union Bank Training Institute organized a day-long workshop on ‘Combating Trade Based Money Laundering’. Deputy Managing Director Mr. Hasan Iqbal was present as the Chief Guest and Mohammad Shafiqul...
Mercantile Bank Limited arranged a seminar on Anti Money Laundering & Combating the Financing of Terrorism for senior executives and officers of the Bank recently. Abu Hena Mohd. Razee Hassan,...
Accusing Beijing of “reneging” on commitments it made in earlier talks, the nation’s top trade negotiator said Monday that the Trump administration will increase tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese...
Two suspected drug dealers were killed in separate 'gunfights' in Dhaka and Munshiganj on Tuesday. The reported gunfight in the capital took place between Rapid Action Battalion RAB-1 members and...
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) with 237,000 members and students operating in 184 countries, working at the heart of business, celebrated its centenary year in Dhaka. CIMA, the world’s...
Hundreds of jute mill workers have blocked Jatrabari intersection in Dhaka city bringing to a half traffic movement on Dhaka-Chattogram highway this morning, demanding their outstanding arrears. They say they...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently launched two SME products – ‘MTB Shachal’ and ‘MTB Supply Chain Finance’ at a convention hall in the capital. MTB Director and Founding...
Malaysia on Tuesday said the US government had returned some $57 million in funds recovered from 1MDB assets in the “first installment” of funds to be repatriated under a US...
The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed upward trend in early trading on Tuesday as some investors are active on sector-wise issues. Trading on the bourses started...
Revered singer Subir Nandi, who departed this life last night, has an impassioned call for everyone, including his fans: bring flowers for me after death. He expressed it with his...
Just as nerves and an enterprising Leicester City threatened to wreck Manchester City’s title hopes, their long-serving captain Vincent Kompany stepped up and fired home in the most emphatic fashion....
A woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Kismat Kukhandi in Poba upazila of Rajshahi in the early hours of Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ayesha Begum, 35,...
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