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A Bangladeshi has been named as one of the world’s 100 most influential people in climate change policy for 2019. Dr Saleemul Huq, the director of International Centre for Climate...
Police in Zhenxiong county of China’s Yunnan province have apologised for posting a picture of a criminal - from when he was a child. The photo was released on Tuesday...
Two students were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Narsingdi districts on Thursday. In Sirajganj, Hridoy, 17, a student of Dhukuria Technical College and...
British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will travel to Brussels on Thursday to discuss an ‘alternative’ Brexit plan with European Union (EU) leaders, including the bloc’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier, his...
Australia’s jobless rate fell to a near eight-year low in February as a bumper run in employment extended, sending the local dollar sharply higher on expectations the country’s central bank...
The three-day Lalon festival, which was began on Wednesday at Lalon Shah Shrine at Chheuria village in Kushtia district, will end Friday. Every year, the Lalon Academy and Kushtia district...
The board of directors of Islamic Finance and Investment Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash and 4.50 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018....
A madrasa teacher has died as he was run over by an oil lorry while crossing the road at Kalyanpur bus stand in Dhaka’s Mirpur in the early morning of...
The Nicaraguan government has agreed to release all opposition prisoners within 90 days in a bid to restart stalled peace talks. Mediators said the government would free more than 700...
The owners of Suprobhat Private Limited are trying to operate its buses under another company name, Samrat, in Gazipur by changing colour and appearance of the vehicles banned in Dhaka...
The prime index of the main bourse fell below 5,600-mark in early trading on Thursday as most of the investors are selling shares amid low confidence to the market. Following...
New Zealand's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.6 per cent over the year in the December 2018 quarter, Statistics New Zealand (Stats NZ) figures showed on Thursday. "Growth in this...
A man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house after killing his wife at Boro Boalia village in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga over family feud...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said investigations into allegations of grave human rights violations in Myanmar's Rakhine State remain absent. She said there are currently no...
North America-based apparel brands and retailers on Wednesday launched a new platform, 'Nirapon', to oversee the ongoing safety, training and helpline efforts at the Alliance-listed garment factories. A total of...
Google has been hit with a €1.49 billion (£1.28b) fine from the EU for blocking rival online search advertisers. It is the third EU fine for the search and advertising...
US President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that the United States may leave tariffs on Chinese goods for a ‘substantial period’ to ensure that Beijing complies with any trade agreement....
Bangladesh has slipped 10 notches in the Happiness Index but it is still ahead of India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. According to World Happiness Report 2019 released on Wednesday coinciding...
Chittagong University authorities have decided in principle to hold elections to its central students' union (CCCSU) and hall unions after around three decades. CU Vice-chancellor Prof Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury confirmed...
Second-tier manufacturers of CKD (completely knocked down) motorcycles will enjoy full waiver from payment of Supplementary Duty (SD) from now on, says an order of the revenue board. With the...
Top most ten-traded firms grabbed 37 per cent transaction of the prime bourse while BATBC dominated the chart for the second straight session Wednesday. Market analysts said investors were active...
The board of directors of Shurwid Industries has approved a proposal that the company will do the business of Information Technology Enabled Service (ITES). An agreement was signed with the...
New Zealand will ban military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles under tough new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in the country’s worst mass shooting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
The insurance regulator has appointed external auditors for most life insurers to verify the latter's 'high' management expenses. Insurers incur higher expenses when they procure business and such type of...
Experts at a workshop have identified several factors responsible for the rise of trade-based money laundering in the country. The factors include under-qualified bankers, lack of effective communications between the...
Bangladesh's private investment as percentage of economic output has expanded at a slower pace this fiscal, hurt by unfavourable business climate and low-quality public investments, analysts say. Private investment as...
A man in his 40s has died in a road accident as a covered van hit him crossing the road at the Purana Paltan intersection in Dhaka city on Wednesday...
Speakers at a roundtable dialogue on Wednesday identified quality assurance as a big challenge for the country’s construction industry. Lack of necessary technical knowledge and the increasing trend of...
This country has not been unfamiliar with poll-related violence, even consequent loss of lives. But what happened in the Noi Mile area on Baghaichhari-Dighinala road on Monday evening was senseless...
The Czech writer Karel Capek had first coined the word 'robot' back in 1920 based on the Slavic word 'robota' meaning work. Machines have now replaced human workers in numerous...
Three passionate minds -- Reyasat Chowdhury, Jawwad Jahangir, and Shah Sufian Mahmud Chowdhury-- have channeled their expertise to solve a real world problem. Leaving the glamour of corporate life, they...
As a student who just finished her A levels in January, it was quite a daunting task for Maliha deciding which university to join. Not wanting to wait more than...
On the basis of a writ petition filed by the Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), the High Court directed the Department of Environment (DoE) last week to submit...
Milton Berle once said, "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door". East West University Business Club (EWUBC) is building that door of opportunity for undergraduates and fresh graduates by organising...
Oil prices edged up on Wednesday, supported by ongoing supply cuts led by producer club OPEC and US sanctions against Iran and Venezuela, although gains were limited by concerns over...
Plucking of tea-leaves has brought self-reliance to some 10,000 female farm-labourers in the fast-expanding tea sector on the 'Karotoa Valley' ecological zone in the northern region, reports BSS. Along with...
The deadly attacks in the mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand shocked the people around the world. Fifty worshipers, among the hundreds, assembled at the mosque to observe Friday prayer were...
The conventional Western narrative of the current economic mess of Venezuela is that "Socialism" has failed. According to this narrative, the whole socialist experiment of nationalisation and public social spending...
Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and the United States (US) increased significantly in the last two years when global trade has gone through a tense period. It is the surge in...
The Ministry of Public Administration on Wednesday issued a gazette on the 37th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations appointing a total of 1,221 candidates to different cadres. The recruited officers...
Leaders of three of the most powerful business associations of the country -- BGMEA, BTMA and BKMEA -- have said that they would have no option but to fold-up business...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called for a global fight to root out racist right-wing ideology following last week's deadly attack on two mosques in Christchurch. In one...
Three bus passengers were killed and 19 others injured following head-on collision between two buses on Bangabandhu Bridge West Connecting road at Soydabad in Sirajganj on Wednesday afternoon. The identities...
An online store for Bangladeshi SME products, www.oikko.com.bd, has started journey through an inauguration ceremony on Tuesday. The e-commerce site was launched by Oikko Centre, the largest SME product chain...
EU antitrust regulators handed down a 1.49 billion euro ($1.69 billion) fine to Alphabet unit Google on Wednesday for blocking rival online search advertisers, marking the company’s third penalty in...
The students of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) have agreed to halt their movement for road safety until March 28 after receiving assurances from Dhaka North Mayor Atiqul Islam over...
US-Bangla Airlines will operate Dhaka-Chattogram-Chennai direct flights as the first local carrier from March 31. The announcement came at a press conference held at a city hotel on Wednesday. The...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has decided to launch a circular bus service in the capital's Dhanmondi area from March 26 on the occasion of Independence Day. The decision...
The Dhaka Road Transport Owners and Workers Unity Council has urged transport owners and companies not to ply their buses on contract basis. The organisation also threatened to seize the...
Fugitive billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi was arrested in London on behalf of the Indian authorities, British police said on Wednesday. India had asked Britain in August to extradite Modi, one...
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