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Thousands of school students across Belgium abandoned classrooms for a day of climate demonstrations on Friday as part of the 'Global Strike for Future', local press reported. Over 30,000 people,...
A car bomb exploded prematurely in Koti Sangi district of western Kabul in Afghanistan, killing the driver and injuring two passers-by early on Saturday, local police said. The car was...
Internet companies scrambled Friday to remove graphic video filmed by a gunman in the New Zealand mosque shootings that was widely available on social media for hours after the horrific...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) celebrated the International Women’s Day 2019 by organizing a seminar titled: “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change” recently at ICMA Bhaban,...
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) on Friday celebrated International Women’s Day 2019 at CA Baban in the city. Speakers shared their path breaking stories to become a leader...
Mercantile Bank Foundation donated Tk 0.5 million to the Assistance for Blind Children (ABC). In presence of Bank’s Chairman A.K.M. Shaheed Reza, Bank’s Director Md. Anwarul Haque handed over the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that the safety of Bangladesh’s cricketers will be prioritised for any future matches abroad after the team narrowly avoided a terrorist attack in New Zealand’s...
The body of a 10-year-old was recovered from an abandon house at Biddi village in Panchbibi Upazila of Joypurhat. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman, son of Rezaul Karim...
The German compressor giant BITZER, in collaboration with Aziz Trade and Engineering Limited (ATEL), has opened its official service centre at Bijoy Shoroni Circle in Dhaka. The service centre, titled...
A woman in North Carolina in the United States will soon donate her kidney to the man who adopted her 27 years ago, saving his life in a surprising twist...
The Philippines' balance of payments (BOP) position for full-year 2018 posted a deficit of 2.3 billion US dollars, "significantly higher" than the $863 million deficit recorded a year ago, the...
Six workers have been burned in an accident while melting iron at a steel mill in Chattogram’s Sitakunda. Two of the workers were allowed to go home after receiving first...
With China granting all Bangladeshi products duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) access shortly, freight carriers are all geared up to tap business, officials said. The shippers are readying themselves for more...
Bangladesh's cricket team left New Zealand on Saturday, less than 24 hours after narrowly avoiding being involved in the worst mass shooting in the country, which now had to accept...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the second Kanchpur Bridge on Shitalakkhya River to reduce bottlenecks on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway. The Prime Minister also opened the bridge and a...
A gauge of global equity markets hit a five-month high on Friday on investor optimism over US-Chinese trade talks and hopes a new Brexit vote next week will prove successful....
President Donald Trump’s trade battles cost the US economy $7.8 billion in lost gross domestic product in 2018, a study by a team of economists at leading American universities published...
US President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday to block a measure passed by Democrats and Republicans in Congress that would terminate his emergency declaration...
Wall Street’s main indexes hit session highs on Friday, in broad based gains led by technology stocks, as sentiment was lifted by an upbeat note in trade talks between the...
The country's export earnings from jute goods could be increased to around Tk 250 billion from existing Tk 80 billion annually subject to properly addressing the challenges being faced by...
Stocks witnessed yet another bearish week that ended on Thursday amid dull trading as investors continued their selling binge on sector specific shares. Market analysts said investors were mostly on...
British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company (BATBC) dominated the prime bourse's turnover chart last week while top ten-traded companies captured 34 per cent transactions. The BATBC also dominated the week's gainer...
The country's aviation sector is set to face a fresh blow from the recent hike in the price of jet fuel, which may ultimately force the airlines to raise airfare...
The government's aggregate procurement of rice from domestic sources has hit an all-time high of 2.2 million (22 lakh) tonnes in this fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, but fails to yield...
Leading commercial banks provide consumer finance that surpasses the growth rate of banks' total lending violating the central bank instruction, according to an investigation. In 2017, the Bangladesh Bank issued...
Bangladesh should move to ink free trade agreements with its major partners including China to cope with the possible loss of trade preferences in the post-LDC era, says a new...
The main suspect in mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques was charged with one count of murder a day after an attack that killed 49 people and wounded dozens,...
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC), a state-owned body to provide transport service to the people, has just added 1,100 new buses and trucks to its fleet. There are 600...
Cropping pattern usually creates a choice set for farmers in the light of existing resource endowments. It is not only the size of the owned land but other important factors...
The reported fund crunch of the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) and the resultant failure to buy raw jute from the growers is not acceptable. Every year the state-run agency...
Bangladesh cricket board head said on Friday its players will now only travel with proper security assurances, after the national team narrowly escaped the New Zealand mosque attacks that left...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may break off denuclearisation talks with the US and resume missile and nuclear testing, a senior official says, reports BBC. Vice Foreign Minister Choe Sun-hui...
This past fortnight or so was full of pistol -- mind it was not revolver -- news. In a country where encounters between law enforcement agencies on the one side...
Job creation is an immense challenge for Bangladesh. The Labour Force Survey 2016-17 shows an unemployment rate of 4.2 per cent (3.1 per cent for males and 6.7 per cent...
US President Donald Trump's "trade war" with China has been slogging along for more than a year now, and could escalate further if current talks do not lead to a...
Bangladesh predominantly contains a masculine social characteristics which means the society believes that based on the gender, males and females should have separate attributes, roles and responsibilities. However, with the...
Masud Karim alias Barney (nick name adopted by his father Mr. Abu Daud Rezaul Karim from renowned footballer in London) could have been Shakespeare in Bangladesh because he used to...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 72 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during in the ongoing anti-narcotics drives in the capital in last 24 hours till 6:00 am...
The University of Dhaka was established in 1921 under the Dacca University Act 1920 of the Indian Legislative Council. It opened its doors to academic activities on 1 July 1921...
The national 'Jatka Conservation Week-2019' will be observed in 36 Hilsa inhabited districts from Saturday to March 22 aiming to create mass awareness on preserving Jatka (Hilsa fry) to boost...
A school in Tangail drew attention of local people as underprivileged children receive the education free of cost due to philanthropic contribution of the school patrons. The 'Friendship School' began...
Bangladesh is facing significant development challenges while addressing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and trying to meet growth aspiration to become a high-middle income country by 2030. Some of these...
China has signed and implemented 16 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with its trade and investment partners including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Singapore, Pakistan, Maldives, Georgia, New Zealand,...
The first person on Mars is 'likely to be a woman', NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has said. "It's likely to be a woman, the first next person on the Moon....
President Md Abdul Hamid on Friday condemned the shooting at two mosques in New Zealand and reiterated Bangladesh’s firm commitment against terrorism. “We are deeply shocked to learn the shooting...
The government is now planning to construct a flyover from Sunamganj district to Netrokona district for developing the road communication network of the haor areas. Planning Minister MA Mannan gave...
The United States is hopeful that it can continue to hold denuclearisation talks with North Korea, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday following reports that a top...
A migration from Central Europe transformed the genetic make-up of people in Spain during the Bronze Age, a study reveals. DNA evidence shows the migrants streamed over the Pyrenees, replacing...
The deadline to submit expressions of interest (EOI) to build the country’s first onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is likely to be extended by three months, two sources familiar...
In San Antonio del Tachira, like scores of Venezuelan towns near the border with Colombia, if you want to buy food or medicine it is no use amassing huge piles...
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