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State Minister for Disaster Management Enamur Rahman has said they have realised that the government needs heavy machinery and a bigger budget to ensure fire extinguishing system. “We wanted to...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the government of Bangladesh should 'thoroughly investigate' the murder of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and fairly prosecute all those responsible for the incident....
The High Court order to deploy law enforcers in mango orchards in Rajshahi to prevent the use of chemicals remained in force as the state on Tuesday withdrew a petition...
Jatiya Party (JaPa) senior co-chairman Raushon Ershad on Tuesday said their party's future leadership will be decided through nation council. "The date of the council will be fixed very soon...
Huawei held its 16th annual Global Analyst Summit in Shenzhen, China titled "Building a Fully Connected, Intelligent World". More than 680 industry and financial analysts, key opinion leaders, and media...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed profound shock after a massive fire that damaged the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. "We're terribly shocked and deeply saddened at the...
Journalists' criticism and contribution both are imperative for the development of the country. Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder made the comment in a programme at Naogaon Press Club on Tuesday....
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday termed 'baseless' different media reports on their chairperson Khaleda Zia's release on parole saying that there has been no decision yet...
A court in Western-allied Bahrain sentenced 139 people to jail on terrorism charges on Tuesday and revoked the citizenship of all but one of them, the public prosecutor said, in...
Mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Talukder Abdul Khaleque urged citizens as well as both public and private organisations to pay taxes regularly to help the government carry out development...
The National Moon Sighting Committee has reiterated that Shab-e-Barat will be observed in the country on April 21. State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah announced the decision on...
Bangladesh on Tuesday invited the Slovenian businessmen to explore and enhance bilateral trade and investment opportunities. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam extended the invitation when Ambassador of...
Four Bangladeshi fishermen were reportedly abducted by Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) at gunpoint from the Naf River on Tuesday. The fishermen are - Azim Ullah Majhi, Mohammad Abdullah, Abul...
Effective supply chain management is extremely important for business organisations to become competitive at both home and abroad. Experts came up with the observation at a seminar on Monday...
Some 106,987 motorcycles were registered with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in the first three months of the current calendar year. Of them, 23,755 motorcycles were based in Dhaka, the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the need for a greater campaign to make people aware about taking balanced diet for preventing diseases. "It's essential to conduct a larger...
Eight children, consisting of four boys and four girls, from Bangladesh are set to take part in the first-ever Street Child Cricket World Cup Tournament 2019, scheduled to be held...
India’s election commission on Monday banned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning for three days after anti-Muslim comments in an election that will end next month. The saffron-clad...
Female magistrates will record testimonies of female victims of rape and sexual harassment from now on, the Supreme Court says in a circular. "This is for the sake of fair...
United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) has recently signed an agreement with Sonali Bank Limited for collecting the E-Chalan and other fees and charges of different organisations through UCB’s mobile financial...
British workers’ pay grew at its joint fastest pace in over a decade, fuelled by further job creation, adding to suggestions that Brexit uncertainty is prompting firms to hire workers...
Two workers were burned to death while another injured in a gas cylinder blast at an oxygen factory in Nasirabad area of Chattogram district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified...
Taiwan has not been intimidated by China’s military drills this week, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, after the latest Chinese maneuvers were denounced by a senior US official as...
The High Court has directed Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) Chairman to dispose within 30 days a letter that sought permission for 163 Suprobhat Paribahan buses to ply on the...
Bangladesh have named the 15-member squad for the ICC World Cup in England and Wales scheduled to start on May 30. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will lead the squad, Bangladesh Cricket...
With two million Bangladeshis taking up jobs in the country, they will soon be the fourth largest ethnic group after the Malays, Chinese and Indians in Malaysia, says Tun Dr...
A team of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested another young man from Tulatoli area of Feni’s Sonagazi upazila on Monday night in connection with the murder of madrasa girl...
Four people were killed in a string of shootings at three locations within a five-kilometer radius in Penticton of western Canada on Monday, according to Penticton police. Police, who have...
The board of directors of Paramount Insurance Company Limited has approved 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The final approval of dividend came...
Two workers were killed and three others injured as a chunk of mud collapsed on them at a brick field in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Tuesday morning. The deceased...
The Dhaka bourse opened the Tuesday’s session with a negative note and continued the declining trend for around one hour. Amid a free fall movement, the broad index of the...
Thousands of people joined protests across central London as climate change activists blocked roads and vandalised Shell's headquarters. Extinction Rebellion campaigners parked a pink boat at Oxford Circus and blocked...
Water transport workers have begun countrywide indefinite strike to press home their 11-point demand, causing huge sufferings to passengers. The workers under the banner of Bangladesh Water Transport Workers' Federation...
The aviation market of Bangladesh doubled over the last seven years to 2017 and is expected to grow at even faster rate in the near future. This has prompted Airbus...
Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Hiroyasu Izumi has said the Special Economic Zone for Japanese investors in Bangladesh and the One Stop Service Act are likely to attract more Japanese companies,...
Life firms' underwriting guidelines need to be reformed due to the country's rapidly growing life expectancy, according to a study. The paper presented at a seminar in the city last...
The jute mills workers called off their protest programme, about 14 hours after enforcing 96 hours strike across the country, around 10:30pm on Monday following a meeting with the government....
Rajuk has moved to demolish the 15-storey BGMEA Bhaban constructed illegally on the Hatirjheel canal. The city developer’s move came on Tuesday in line with a Supreme Court order. Rajuk...
A loving teenager couple sustained serious injuries allegedly after jumping off a five-storey building in Thana Rastar Matha area in Cox’s Bazar district town on Monday night. The injured--Shakil Mostoza...
An agreement on the movement of goods in transit between Bangladesh and Bhutan will be finalised soon at the next commerce secretary-level meeting. This was revealed in a joint statement...
Reuters won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, one for revealing the massacre of 10 Muslim Rohingya men by Buddhist villagers and Myanmar security forces, and another for photographs of Central...
The multinational companies (MNCs) listed with the stock exchanges have performed mixed in recommending dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The amounts of dividends recommended by some...
Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said Monday less than one-third of potentially eligible taxpayers in the country pay taxes. "We've currently around 40 lakh...
The government has planned to build a comprehensive database for the country's agriculture sector aiming to boost agricultural production and exports. "A comprehensive database will be created to make information...
The country's investment development authorities, on Monday, sought adequate policy support from the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to further promote investment while making the existing initiatives successful. They said...
A massive fire consumed Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday, gutting the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world, though firefighters saved the main bell towers and outer...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was praised at home and abroad for her handling of the Christchurch mosques shooting last month, received her highest approval rating since taking...
Nusrat Jahan Rafi lost her battle for life but not her indomitable courage to fight injustice and evil. Indeed, she did not back out of the charge of sexual assault...
On the sidelines of the last World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos in January of this year, Singapore's minister of communications and information quietly announced the launch of the...
Textile manufacturers losing domestic market has been a subject of worry for quite some time. Recent reports published in local dailies make it clear that the situation has assumed an...
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