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The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has suggested the central bank to take necessary steps to bring down the daily transaction limit of 'Nagad', making it equivalent to that of...
Bangladesh and Brunei have issued a joint statement agreeing to explore the possibility of comprehensive collaboration in energy sector as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wrapped up her three-day visit to...
Around 1,650 metres of the Padma Bridge is now visible with the installation of its 11th span at the Jajira point on Tuesday. The 3,140-ton '6-C' span was installed at...
Sri Lankans woke to emergency law on Tuesday as authorities searched for those behind suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels that killed 290 people at the weekend, with...
Voting began in the third and largest phase of India’s staggered general election on Tuesday, including in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat and Kerala, where opposition Congress...
Finance minister, AHM Mustafa Kamal, said he does not see any major problem in the prevailing trend in the capital market. "I think the (capital) market is on a right...
Two people have died after a bus crushed a car in Dhaka. The road crash that took place at the Matsya Bhaban crossroads in Ramna around 8:00am on Tuesday left...
Myanmar’s top court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act, in a landmark case that has...
The central bank has revised loan classification rules to treat unpaid instalment(s) of a term loan 'overdue' after six months of its (loan) 'expiry' date. The relaxation, officials said, has...
Every year before the holy month of Ramadan, consumers are assured of steps to contain rising prices of essentials. Both the business circle and the commerce ministry express the resolve...
The solution to human-induced climate change is finally in clear view. Thanks to rapid advances in zero-carbon energy technologies, and in sustainable food systems, the world can realistically end greenhouse...
In the latest in its series of pre-budget meetings, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) informed that the government was considering giving tax benefits for car manufacturing in the country....
Bangladesh U-19 women’s football team got off to a winning start in the inaugural Bangamata U-19 Women’s International Gold Cup Football beating United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 2-0 goals. The...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the economy of Bangladesh is moving on a solid macro-economic stability, vibrant private sector, and increasing trends in trade and investments. She urged the...
The mortal remains of Zayan Chowdhary, the grandson of Awami League leader Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim who died in the Easter Day blasts in Sri Lanka, will be flown back...
MAGURA, May 22: Cultivation of aromatic BRRI-50 rice is gaining popularity in the district. Sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said around 1,020 hectares of land in the...
BOGURA, Apr 22: Plentiful production of off-season bean has brought smiles on the faces of hundreds of grassroots growers in the district. Officials at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men reportedly attacked Borhanuddin Police Station in Bhola on Sunday night over the seizure of a fellow's motorcycle, injuring six policemen. Officer-in-charge of the police station...
The farmers produced 63,936 tonnes of wheat after completing its full harvest last week in five districts under Rangpur agriculture region during the just-ended Rabi season, reports BSS. Officials of...
The people living in the chars of Bangladesh are suffering. Millions living in the chars in the southern delta and in the floodplains are isolated and largely deprived of everyday...
Every year we observe Earth Day on April 22. The day is observed worldwide to support protection of the environment. Earth day was introduced by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed that their party is being run under a joint leadership in absence of its chairperson Khaleda Zia. Fakhrul also said BNP...
The dire effects of climate change have been drawing the attention of the world since 2017 but more so over the past year and a half. Discussions on this issue...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home on Tuesday evening wrapping up her a three-day official visit to Brunei Darussalam at the invitation of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. A special flight...
Our acceptance of climate change doesn't keep pace with our energy consumption reduction. However, the latest International Energy Agency's (IEA'S) Global Energy and CO2 Status Report for 2018 has some...
One of the defining stories of the second-half of the 20th century was the divide between developed (DC) and less-developed countries. Often dubbed the North-South rift, it basically pitted North...
Bangladesh started off their ICC World Cup preparation camp on Monday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city with only five players of the squad, reports UNB. Most of...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has described terror attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka as heartrending and ruled out similar threats in Bangladesh. “Law-enforcement agencies are ready to...
The Jamaat al-Tawhid al-Watania group has claimed responsibility for the series of bomb attacks carried out in Sri Lanka on Sunday. A Russian news agency, Tass, gave the information quoting...
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei has said the stakeholders should adopt ‘all kind of initiatives’ to repatriate the Rohingyas who have fled Myanmar and taken shelter in Bangladesh confronting...
A newlywed woman was found hanging at Kanchamoni village in Baliadangi upazila on Monday, according to UNB. Police recovered the hanging body of Mariam Khatun, wife of Waliur Rahman of...
Bangladesh and the United Kingdom (UK) will discuss ways to further strengthen relations between the two countries during the third Bangladesh-UK strategic dialogue to be held in Dhaka on Wednesday....
A man was accused in a case for allegedly raping his step daughter in Lohagara upazila on Saturday. Victim's mother filed the case against her husband Sujon Sheikh, 27, son...
Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah on Monday said Bangladesh will remain an important source of workers for Malaysia and the Malaysian government is easing both the recruitment and work of...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Metro Rail Project and Dhaka WASA combinedly formed a committee on Monday aiming to solve the waterlogging problem in the capital’s Rokeya Sarani. To this...
Italy's Fabio Fognini won a Masters 1000 event for the first time with a straight-sets victory over Dusan Lajovic at the Monte Carlo Masters. Fognini, 31, beat Serbia's Lajovic 6-3...
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the central Philippines on Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, and a Reuters witness said office buildings swayed in the main business district of...
At least 74 women were raped and 10 of them were killed in the first month of the current calendar year across the country. Two victims committed suicide after rape,...
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will declare a nationwide emergency from midnight on Monday following Easter Sunday suicide bomb blasts at churches and luxury hotels that killed 290 people and...
State-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling three essential commodities at a subsidised rate across the country on Tuesday for the convenience of people during Ramadan. The three...
Bangladesh has assured tourists that it is determined to ensure the safety of people visiting the country. "The government has taken measures so that tourists can travel safely across the...
The World Book and Copyright Day will be observed in the country on Tuesday. Bangladesh Copyright Office will organise a programme in Dhaka marking the day. It will organise a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has proposed formation of a regional economic forum with five Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states of South and Southeast Asian region, including Bangladesh and...
Customs officials in separate drives arrested a man and recovered 5.9kg of gold from Dhaka and Chattogram airports on Sunday and Monday. In the capital, the customs officials recovered four...
A schoolboy was stabbed to death, allegedly by his classmate, at Thakurpara road in Cumilla on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Montahin Hasan Miron, 15, a class VIII...
Two gorillas have been photographed posing for a relaxed selfie with the rangers who rescued them as babies. The image was taken at a gorilla orphanage in Virunga National Park,...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a 'gunfight' with members of Rapid Action Battalion on marine drive road in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar in the early hours of...
Sri Lankan authorities ordered a curfew in the capital, Colombo, for a second day on Monday, from 8pm (1430 GMT) to 4am (2230 GMT) on Tuesday, the government information department...
Three top United Nations officials will visit Bangladesh to highlight the humanitarian assistance to meet the urgent needs of over one million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar. UN High Commissioner...
A woman, who suffered severe burn injuries after she was set afire allegedly by husband at Ayubnagar in Komolnagar upazila of Laxmipur on Sunday afternoon, died at the Burn Unit...
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