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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the Islamic State group over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches...
The number of female readymade garment (RMG) workers taking up employment abroad has been on the rise in recent years, according to a recent study. Jordan and Mauritius are their...
Sri Lankans of different faiths have been urged to pray privately after the State Intelligence Services warned of possible car bomb attacks, amid fears of retaliatory violence for the Easter...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Bhadalia Sastipur in Kushtia sadar upazila early Friday. The deceased has been identified as Rafique Uddin, 35,...
Bangladesh has said the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, cannot avoid its responsibility to ensure a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis through voluntary, safe and dignified return...
The ten most traded companies grabbed more than 30 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday, with Fortune Shoes leading the turnover chart. Market analysts...
Five more companies, including three banks, have recommended dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The banks are Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd., Al-Arafah Islami Bank, and Shahjalal Islami...
The government has made a move to morph the country's traditional transportation into an electric system with global automakers pushing for energy efficiency. Sources said the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
Dhaka and its surrounding areas lost 43,896 acres of wetland that accounted for 23 per cent of the total 187,958 acres during the period of 2010-19, a study has found....
The Value Added Tax (VAT) authorities have served four show-cause notices on Petrobangla and its associate companies, seeking Tk 27 billion revenue arrears. The arrears accumulated from March 2017 to...
A mild heat-wave is sweeping the capital as well as other places in the country, leading to people's sufferings. The Met Office forecasted that the heat-wave might continue for next...
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said Thursday the government will work on bringing down the lending rate in banks, which hurts trade and business. "The interest rate is very high...
Sri Lankan officials revised the death toll from Easter Sunday bombings down by about 100 on Thursday, blaming the difficulty in identifying body parts at bomb scenes for the earlier...
Between 2010 and 2018, a total of 105 new issues, including 22 mutual funds, were listed on the country's main bourse, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). What is worrying is...
Deliberations on dairy farm at a roundtable arranged by a Bangla contemporary in the city on Tuesday last have centred around the various problems facing dairy farmers. Of the 81,000...
So, at long last the problem with the central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at Savar tannery estate is going to be over! Reports say that tannery owners at the estate...
In a new study using a new measurement methodology (called "pseudo Bayes"), James Urton-Washington reported how just under half of all global migrants between 1990 and 2015 have returned home...
At the risk of reiterating what should be obvious, the question of private or public ownership is distinct from the issue of competition or market forces. Despite the misleading claim...
Argentina first needed to borrow from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) back in 1958. In the six decades since, the country has signed 22 agreements with the Fund. Most were...
Existence of incredibly desolate places is not rare even in today's world. In February 2019, the world population went past the 7.71 billion people mark, and this number continues to...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 25: A large number of dead trees standing beside different roads in the Barind region are posing a threat to passersby. During the current nor'wester season, those roads...
SYLHET, Apr 25: A good number of school students in the haor areas of Sunamganj district have started working in paddy fields during the current Boro harvest period. Sources said...
Shahjalal Boli emerged as the champion of the 110th edition of popular wrestling competition 'Jabbar er Boli Khela' of Chattogram on Thursday. The man from Cumilla defeated defending champion Taraqul...
JOYPURHAT, Apr 25: Good production and fair market price of snake bean have brought smile on the faces of hundreds of grassroots farmers in the five upazilas of the district...
Asia's liquefied natural gas market is being distorted as the cost of LNG bought under long-term contracts linked to oil prices jumps to double spot gas cargoes amid tighter US...
Oscar-winning actor Rami Malek is to play a villain in the 25th official James Bond film - but the movie still does not have a title. The cast and creative...
Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando told Reuters on Thursday that he had resigned, taking responsibility for the failure to prevent suicide bomber attacks on the country last Sunday. He...
A tripartite syndicate is responsible for wetlands filling across the capital violating the Detailed Area Plan (DAP), claimed Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Thursday. TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said...
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to deactivate additional SIMs of those who have more than the permitted limit from Friday. As per BTRC regulations, the limit for maximum...
Angel Correa scored a late winner for Atletico Madrid against Valencia to delay Barcelona's La Liga title celebrations by a few days at least. Defeat for Atletico would have seen...
A student of BRAC University was killed on Thursday after a covered-van rear-ended the motorcycle on which she was riding pillion. The victim has been identified as Fahmida Labonya, 21,...
Former US Vice-President Joe Biden has declared a presidential bid, putting an end to months of speculation. In a video announcement, Mr Biden argued that the "core values of the...
Police recovered three bodies from Banani and airport railway stations in on Thursday. Nazrul Islam, sub-inspector of Airport Railway Police outpost, said that an unidentified man, age around 55, was...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government is now focusing on protein production as the country has already achieved food autarky. "We've achieved self-sufficiency in food. Now we're...
A Feni court on Thursday handed a three-day remand to Shahadat Hossain Shamim, one of the main accused in Feni Madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case. Senior Judicial Magistrate...
A previously unseen manuscript for a follow-up to writer Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange has been unearthed in his archive. A Clockwork Condition, which runs to 200 pages, is...
A farmer was gunned down, allegedly by a union parishad chairman, at Kuttamara of Nalitabari upazila in Sherpur on Thursday over land dispute. The deceased was identified as Idris Ali,...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said necessary actions will be taken to finish the sensational Nusrat murder trial in ‘record time’. “Along with our Prime...
The High Court on Thursday asked Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to conduct a survey on the radiation from the mobile phone towers and its impact on people and environment,...
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to take necessary steps to ban the sale of antibiotics without prescriptions of specialist physicians. The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Thursday forecasted that the prevailing mild heat wave would continue at many places across the country until Friday. “Mild heat wave is sweeping over Chattogram,...
LG Electronics Inc said on Thursday it would stop producing smartphones in South Korea and move manufacturing to Vietnam, joining global rivals in reorganising production as they battle a slump...
The government has taken initiatives to set up rest areas on four key highways of the country to give comfort and rest to the tired long-route truck and bus drivers....
Transport workers have suspended their 24-hour strike on Thursday after the local administration promised a quick apprehension of criminals who beat a bus driver to death in Patiya. Workers took...
Stocks rebounded in the positive terrain on Thursday, after hitting four-month low, as some investors showed their buying appetite on sector-wise issues. Market analysts said the bargain hunters were active...
A Dhaka court has handed the death penalty to six people for the murder of government officer Aminul Haque Khadem following a dispute over the possession of properties in a...
The Bank of England (BoE) is likely to keep interest rates on hold until August 2020 because of a slower global economy and prolonged uncertainty about Brexit, a leading think...
Speakers at a high profile dialogue on Thursday said that the Belt and Road (BR) initiative can play a vital role in accelerating global GDP growth. Experts from several global...
Citizen's platform for SDGs, Bangladesh on Saturday will hold a citizens conclave in the capital on the country's four years of engagement with the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). The day-long...
BNP on Thursday said its Thakurgaon-3 MP elect Zahidur Rahman has become a 'mass enemy' by taking oath violating the party decision. "Those who take oath defying the party decision,...
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