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Two owners of Wahed Mansion were sent on a seven-day remand on Monday in connection with the Old Dhaka fire that killed 71 people in February. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Razesh...
The High Court on Monday cleared way for continuation of trial in a corruption case against BNP leader Moudud Ahmed. Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice SM Kuddus Zaman rejected Moudud's...
A light rain drenched the capital on Monday afternoon, offering city dwellers relief from sweltering heat. The Met office recorded 3 millimeters of rainfall until 3pm, said meteorologist Abdur Rahman....
The government has implemented as many as 24 decisions out of a total of 36 taken in the cabinet n the first quarter (January 7 to March 31) of the...
A three-day fair on diabetes, the first of its kind in Dhaka city, will kick off on April 11 aiming to create awareness about the polygenic disease among people. The...
The well-respected survey that's been a barometer of American politics, culture and behaviour for more than four decades finally got around to the question that has bedeviled many a household....
Within months of introducing the fourth generation (4G), Grameenphone has become the first operator in the country to cross the 10.0 million 4G internet users Since the launch of 4G...
Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was set afire allegedly by fellow students on Saturday, has been put on life support at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital as...
A 20 per cent price increase on cigarettes is expected to add up to 1.0 percentage point to Turkey’s inflation, economists say, as Ankara continues to face price instability. In...
A woman who was undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after sustaining burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast, died on Monday morning. Fatema Begum, 35, is the...
Thirty-seven people believed to be Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar were found on a beach in northern Malaysia on Monday, police said, the latest arrivals in what authorities fear could be...
Britain proposed new online safety laws on Monday that would slap penalties on social media companies and technology firms if they fail to protect their users from harmful content. Easy...
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party promised on Monday to reserve 33 per cent of seats in the parliament and state assemblies for women if it returns to power in an...
The Dhaka bourse opened the Monday’s session with a negative note and continued the declining trend for two hours amid investors’ cautious stance. Most of the securities lost prices on...
Australia police arrested 38 animal rights activists on Monday after they blocked peak hour traffic in Melbourne in protests to mark the first anniversary of a film, Dominion, about factory...
Fire fighters have doused a fire that broke out inside Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday morning. No casualty took place in the incident. The fire started from...
Southeast Asian stocks mostly edged higher on Monday as stimulus from China and better-than-expected US jobs data lifted sentiment and allayed concerns of a slowdown in global economic growth. Philippine...
Customs intelligence officials recovered 20 kg gold from an aircraft at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram early Monday. Dr. Shahidul Islam, director general of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate,...
American Airlines said on Sunday (local time) it will extend cancellations of 90 flights a day through June 5 because of the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft following two...
US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw President Donald Trump’s bitterly contested immigration policies during her tumultuous 16-month tenure, resigned on Sunday (local time) amid a surge in the...
At least five Bangladeshis have died as a factory bus crashed into a monsoon drain near the MAS Cargo Complex at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Malaysia on...
Nissan Motor Co shareholders voted former chairman Carlos Ghosn out as a director on Monday, severing his last ties with the automaker. Shareholders at the emergency meeting also voted out...
Asian shares were mixed on Monday after trade talks between China and the US wrapped up with officials on both sides claiming progress and the US government reported a strong...
United Power Generation and Distribution Company (UPGDC) topped the Sunday's turnover chart following investors' increased participation. On the day, the company featured a turnover of above Tk 337.60 million and...
Police have recovered the body of a jewellery shop employee from Bakshirhat area in the port city. The deceased was identified as Utpaul, 30, an employee of 'Danu Miah Sawdagar...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan has assured the women entrepreneurs of taking up their concerns over the need for increased access to bank loans with the...
Firefighter Sohel Rana, who was seriously injured in the deadly blaze at the FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani, has died in a Singapore hospital. He died while undergoing treatment in...
Experts and rights activists have demanded creation of a special fund in the budget for the next fiscal year for payment of compensation to the road accident victims. They also...
Visiting British Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mark Field has said business between Bangladesh and the United Kingdom (UK) will be as usual in the post-Brexit...
State-run Petrobangla has received subsidies worth Tk 10 billion from the government to foot LNG import bills, its first since purchase started. The amount of subsidy is, however, around one-third...
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), on Sunday, demanded reduction of corporate tax, increasing tax-free ceiling for individual taxpayers, and waiving the provision for imposing double tax on...
It is difficult to keep count of the fires breaking out almost on a daily basis -- at times two or more a day -- in the city since the...
This year, the world commemorates the anniversaries of two key events in the development of the global monetary system. The first is the creation of the International Monetary Fund at...
Leaving work sites in a disorderly state upon completion of repair works on public thoroughfares is a common practice in Dhaka city. A similar picture is also seen in the...
MAGURA, Apr 07: The district has experienced a success in producing BINA Gram-4 for the first time. Some 10 acres of land on the compound of the Bangladesh Institute of...
JOYPURHAT, Apr 07: Summer bottle gourd cultivators of all the five upazilas of the district are expecting a bumper output this season. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) official sources...
[The conclusion of two-part write-up titled Bangladesh Vision 2041: Coherence with Sustainable Development Goals and Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100] The Perspective Plan 2041 envisages government's commitment in a host of...
Table topper Bashundhara Kings maintained their unbeaten record in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football punishing traditional Dhaka Mohammedan SC by a huge 4-1 goal margin at Bangabandhu National Stadium...
A motor vehicle can avail two types of insurance: third-party insurance and comprehensive insurance. A comprehensive motor insurance policy typically has two insurances to cover -the third-party insurance and for...
Phil Jagielka scored the only goal as Everton beat Arsenal at Goodison Park to claim their third consecutive Premier League win. Jagielka, who was only called into the starting XI...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved the filing of a case against six people, including Biswas Fashions Limited Managing Director Taslim Ahmed, for allegedly misappropriating Tk 366.7 million from the...
The recent stormy weather conditions has been disrupting the power supply and impacting mobile network across the country, said Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) on Sunday. Once...
Spiteful cyber activities have been gradually evolving into a growing threat. This is being recognised all over the world after the recent terrorist attack in peaceful Christchurch, New Zealand. This...
Finance Minister A H M Kamal has taken the surprise or shock element out of the equation relating to the new VAT law that is to ease in from the...
The government has punished 634 of its officials for their involvement in irregularities and corruption. State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain informed that these officials were punished for violating...
Rubana Huq, the panel leader of Sammilita Forum that swept the election of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at...
The UK has refrained from commenting on individual cases though Bangladesh seeks the kingdom’s support to bring back BNP leader Tarique Rahman from London "It's the policy of the UK...
Petrobangla's official website - www.petrobangla.org.bd - has been hacked by unknown hackers. Officials of the state-owned hydrocarbon corporation said the matter came to their notice on Sunday afternoon, reports UNB....
More than six months after the United States, Mexico and Canada agreed a new deal to govern more than $1 trillion in regional trade, the chances of the countries ratifying...
A rickshaw puller was killed as a bus hit his rickshaw in Gulistan area of Dhaka on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain, 60, a resident of Nawabganj...
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