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The world’s largest aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in California on Saturday, the first flight for the carbon-composite plane built by Stratolaunch Systems Corp, started by late Microsoft...
Country's sweetmeat businesses have witnessed a boom in recent times with corporate gift topping the list to greet their clients on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh and other festivals. Innovation...
Police have arrested six people on charges of raping a woman in Tangail town, reports bdnews24.com. The law enforcers arrested the suspects from different areas of the town after the...
A drive-by shooting outside a nightclub in the Australian city of Melbourne inflicted "horrific injuries" that killed a security guard and wounded three men, police said on Sunday, but there...
Organisers of Chhayanaut’s Pahela Baishakh celebrations and visitors have observed moments of silence calling for an end to injustice as Bangladesh is celebrating the Bengali New Year. Chhayanaut President Sanjida...
The idea of a second Brexit referendum is very likely to be put before Britain’s parliament again although the government remains opposed to any new plebiscite, the British finance minister...
An under-strength Barcelona drew at La Liga's bottom club Huesca on Saturday. Barcelona rested Lionel Messi, one of six first-team regulars to miss the game, with Tuesday's Champions League game...
Tax collection grew by only 7.0 per cent during the first eight months of the current fiscal year widening the shortfall against target. Officials said that the National Board of...
The government faces 'capacity payment' risk from the day one of the commercial operations of the country's second LNG import terminal. The risk emanates as necessary transmission pipeline to evacuate...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has found the performance of the Bangladesh's banking sector 'not satisfactory'. "Banks' performance in Bangladesh despite strong economic growth has not been satisfactory," said Anne-Marie...
Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla new year, is being celebrated across the country amid traditional festivities and enthusiasm, reports UNB. The festivities began at dawn with the artistes...
Prices of Hilsa soared on Saturday morning before plummeting to its previous range by the evening on the eve of the 'Pahela Baishakh' celebrations slated for today across the country...
An assistant sub- inspector (ASI) of police was killed as a speeding truck hit his motorcycle on the Rangpur-Bogura highway at Baldipakur in Mithapakur upazila of Rangpur on Saturday noon....
Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year, is being celebrated today amid traditional festivity. A nationwide festival, it is the greatest one centring on the Bangla heritage and culture. The opening...
The Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), released last week by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), advised Bangladesh to give topmost importance to addressing the issue of non-performing loans (NPLs) in...
This Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year of 1426 BS, is coming against the backdrop of some good news about the economy of the country. The...
British police fired shots after a vehicle rammed the parked car of Ukraine’s ambassador in London on Saturday, the Ukrainian embassy said. No one was injured, it said. The ambassador’s...
It's again time to leave the past behind and welcome the future. Pahela Baishakh is to celebrate the start of a new Bangla year with fresh hopes. The day bears...
Juventus were denied the record for the fastest title success in Serie A history as a much-changed side fell to a 2-1 defeat at SPAL on Saturday. Coach Massimiliano Allegri...
"Stay safe. There's no story worth dying for." - That's the message to journalists from Nada Josimovic, programme coordinator of Amsterdam-based media rights organisation Free Press Unlimited. Most journalists would...
The global economy is showing growing signs of growth deceleration which is already negatively impacting on both financial markets and the real economy. According to the Financial Times, the global...
President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued separate messages greeting the countrymen on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year 1426....
Students of Islamic University (IU) on Saturday staged demonstration, demanding exemplary punishment to the perpetrators who are behind the death of Feni madrasah girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi. BangladeshChhatra Moitri, a...
Rain/thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places in Rangpur, Mymensingh, Barishal, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions with hails at isolated places in the...
Police have detained five people on charges of raping a woman in Tangail town. The law enforcers detained the suspects from New Bus Terminal area, Sadar Police Station OC Sayedur...
The Project Implementation Committee (PIC) to build Sheikh Hasina International Cricket Stadium held its first meeting on Saturday. The much-awaited cricket stadium will be built within two years, the PIC...
Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering has expressed keen interest to import more pharmaceuticals from Bangladesh as well as taking more expert physicians. The visiting prime minister of Bhutan expressed...
Total food grain (rice and wheat) import in the country was 4.612 million tonnes as of April 7 this year, said official sources. As per Ministry of Food data, 186,000...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 89 from the city in a regular anti-narcotics drive for selling and consuming contraband substance. DMP teams conducted the drives and arrested the suspected...
Facebook Inc more than doubled the money it spent on Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s security in 2018 to $22.6 million, a regulatory filing showed on Friday. Zuckerberg has drawn...
The government will announce a date for Shab-e-Barat on April 17 as the previously fixed date, April 21, created confusion. A ten-member panel was formed to end the confusion over...
Hearing on death reference and jail appeals filed by the convicts in the murder case lodged over bomb blasts in Ramna Batamul in 2001, is scheduled to be held soon...
Some miscreants set fire to a stage made for a concert to celebrate Pahela Baishakh at Mal Chhattaron of Dhaka University (DU) campus early Saturday. They also vandalised 17 refrigerators...
Chairmen, vice-chairmen and vice-chairmen in women reserved seats elected through the fifth upazila parishad election in Rajshahi district took oath on Saturday with a vow to serving their respective grassroots...
The country is set to celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year, on Sunday upholding the rich cultural values and rituals of the Bangalis. Tens of thousands...
Officials of Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) visited 57,175 pharmacies in the fiscal year 2017-18 (FY18) across the country as part its regular duty to monitor them. The DGDA...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said there is no specific security threat centring the celebrations of Pahela Baishakh. "There is no specific threat. Besides, detectives' surveillance is on. No...
A Dhaka-bound Maitree Express train, which runs between India and Bangladesh, has rammed a vehicle in Sirajganj, killing three people. Nazir Hossain, a fire fighter at Ullapara Fire Service Station,...
At least 14 women were tortured to death and one committed suicide for dowry alone in January -February across the country, according to a local independent rights body. The Ain...
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) has formed human chains from Ganabhaban to Bangabhaban in Dhaka to protest the killing of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. The party also...
The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) have found the direct involvement of 13 people, including two girls, in setting fire to Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a madrasa student of Feni. The...
Taliban massive offensive to capture Shirzad district in the eastern Nangarhar province has been repulsed and the militant group fled away after leaving 27 bodies behind, said a statement. The...
The idea of a second Brexit referendum is very likely to be put before Britain’s parliament again although the government remains opposed to any new plebiscite, the British finance minister...
Seven premature babies - four girls and three boys - were born of a 18-year-old woman at a hospital in Lakshmipur on Friday night only to die several hours later....
Bangladesh and Bhutan on Saturday agreed in principle to work on duty- and quota-free access of a number of goods of the two counties to each other's market for mutual...
Seven people were killed after a van collided with a semi-truck on a highway in the central State of Mexico, authorities said on Friday. According to the Federal Police, the...
The bodies of five Bangladeshi nationals, who lost their lives in a bus accident in Malaysia, arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the early hours of Saturday. Malaysia Airlines...
Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), Grameenphone Ltd. and Microsoft Bangladesh have won “eGeneration Startup Ecosystem Awards” for their contribution to the development of local startup ecosystem recently....
The spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The Ebola outbreak is the second...
The World Bank (WB) has suggested that Bangladesh should merge the problematic commercial banks with the better performing ones. Besides, it recommended making the country's capital market vibrant, said Finance...
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