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The world that we live in today is one of conscious consumerism. The consumer is conscious of the footprint of the product and is keen to know how and under...
Bangladesh Government has approved Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP 2100) on September 04, 2018 with the aspiration of achieving 'safe, climate resilient and prosperous Delta' by 2100. In other words,...
The United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) have had a love-hate relationship. Till the end of the Second World War, the UK had an enormous empire, with territories...
Hundreds of thousands of people opposed to Britain's withdrawal from the European Union marched through central London on Saturday to demand a new referendum as the deepening Brexit crisis risked...
BOGURA, Mar 23: Commercial aloe vera farming is expanding fast across the district due to high market price. Many growers in the area have attained financial solvency from the plants...
RANGPUR, Mar 23: The demand for shatranji (handcrafted rug) is growing day by day, as it has drawn global attention. The traditional manually woven carpet, a heritage of Rangpur, has...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Saturday started a two-week crash programme to reduce the mosquito menace in its region. DNCC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Md Abdul Hye formally inaugurated...
Elections to 117 upazila parishads will be held on Sunday in the third phase of the local body polls. Some 11.9 million (118,87,751) voters will be able to exercise their...
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Saturday that he is "extremely bullish" about the global economy based on the amount of innovation underway, and urged China to continue to "open up"...
Rescuers in eastern China pulled a survivor from rubble early on Saturday, two days after a massive explosion at a pesticide plant killed at least 64 people, flattening nearby buildings...
A three-year old boy drowned in a pond at Montala village under Faridganj upazila in Chandpur on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Fahim, son of Motahar Hossain of the...
Gono Forum, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, on Saturday demanded that steps be taken to free the transport sector from political influence and laws be properly to restore discipline in...
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has picked Raushon Ershad, senior co-chairman of the party, as the deputy leader of the opposition in parliament, relieving GM Quader of the post. "As...
Terming drug traders 'enemies of the country, nation and the society', Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Saturday urged the city dwellers to boycott them socially. "There will...
The rate of conviction in graft cases lodged by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) stood at 52.08 per cent in January and February 2019. Besides, a total of 2,804 graft cases,...
The Board of Directors of Bank Asia Ltd has recommended 5.0 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018, said an...
The board of directors of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited has decided to issue coupon bearing bond worth Tk 2.0 billion, said an official disclosure on Saturday. The company will...
The board of directors of Brac Bank Ltd has recommended 15 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018, said an official disclosure on Saturday. The...
Students of Government BM College blocked the Dhaka-Barishal Highway demanding maximum penalty for the bus driver involved in a road accident which left a student of the college dead. The...
Total food grain (rice and wheat) import in the country was over 4.31 million tonnes as of March 13 this year. The Ministry of Food revealed the data recently. Of...
Bangladesh, like many other countries, needs to find space for both the wildlife and its people keeping in mind that biodiversity is important for the world, says a renowned global...
BNP on Saturday alleged that Bangladesh has turned into a failed state as the government sold out itself to the super powers of the globe. "This government has been staying...
A commemoration meeting was held at the Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Saturday in memory of Professor Shahidul Islam Nuri, who died on December 2 last year. IU Dawah...
A land broker suffered critical wounds after being shot by unknown criminals in city's Jatrabari area on Friday night. Md Obaidullah, 45, also brother of Police inspector Abdullah AL Mamun...
At least five people died in different incidents in Chattogram district from Friday night to Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Abdul Monaf, Abdur Rahim, Md Mostak, Osman Goni...
Central Mogadishu was shaken on Saturday by a car bomb blast at a government ministry building, with Islamist group al Shabaab claiming responsibility for the attack in the Somali capital....
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday began the mammoth struggle of persuading a deeply divided parliament to back her Brexit deal after an EU summit granted her more time...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recently signed a customer benefit agreement with Robi Axiata Limited. Under the deal, EBL cardholders will enjoy exclusive special Data and Voice Bundle offer from...
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) on Saturday distributed scholarship among the brilliant and poor students of the country. Governor of Bangladesh Bank Mr. Fazle Kabir handed over the scholarship cheque...
Islamic State has been defeated at its final shred of territory of Baghouz in Syria, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Saturday, announcing the end of its self-declared...
MIDAS Financing Limited and Ujjwala recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the alumni members of Ujjwala will get loan facility from MFL. The MoU will help create...
Teachers and employees of non-MPO educational institutions continued their demonstration for the fourth day on Saturday as their demands have not been met. Demanding enlistment of their institutions under the...
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Qauder's health condition improved further after the bypass surgery, Prof Dr Abu Nasar Rizvi of BSMMU said. His Ando tranquil tube has been removed....
At least fifty-five gold bars have been seized at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka and in Sharsha upazila of Jashore district. In Dhaka, a team of Customs Intelligence...
Ask many Bangladeshi businesses or investors about 'Asian business opportunities' and they are likely to think China and perhaps India. Southeast Asia - home to countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore...
After nearly three decades, the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union is sitting for its first meeting. Vice President Nurul Haq Nur and other newly-elected leaders attended the event at the...
A 68-year-old man has drowned in the Padma river right in front of hundreds of people with none of them moving to rescue him. Some of them only snapped photos...
The High Court has revoked its previous order that granted a one-year interim bail to sacked Awami League leader Ruhul Amin in a case over the gang-rape of a woman...
The World Meteorological Day is being observed in Bangladesh today (Saturday) like other countries in the world commemorating the emergence of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as a specialised agency...
Smelling of fresh paint, the two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch where a gunman killed 50 worshippers last week reopened their doors on Saturday, with many survivors...
Prices of essentials including most vegetables in the city markets remain high since late February, due to supply shortage and sudden rainfall along with hailstone in last month. The traders...
The road safety panel led by former minister of shipping Shajahan Khan is preparing to submit a report with 111 recommendations on how to restore order to the roads. Among...
Lionel Messi returned to Argentina duty for the first time since the World Cup on Friday but it was a disappointing outing for the forward as they lost 3-1 to...
The US federal budget deficit reached 234 billion US dollars in February, the biggest budget deficit on record for the month, the Treasury Department said Friday. The figure is 8.7...
Markets in the UK and US have tumbled with analysts attributing the drop to growing fears of a global slowdown. The FTSE 100 saw its worst day of trading this...
Wall Street’s main indexes tumbled about 2.0 per cent on Friday after a raft of weak manufacturing data from the US and Europe led to an inverted yield curve, stoking...
Twenty six people were killed after a tour bus in which they were travelling caught fire in central China’s Hunan Province on Friday, local authorities said. The 28 injured in...
Stocks ended lower last week, extending its fall for the eighth straight week as worried investors kept selling mostly financial shares. Market analysts said investor sentiment remained wary amid liquidity...
The ten most actively traded stocks grabbed 33 per cent of the transactions on the prime bourse last week, with the British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company (BATBC) remaining on the...
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has submitted his long-awaited report on alleged collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. The Attorney General William Barr will now summarise the report...
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