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The government on Thursday signed five separate contracts with Summit Corporation Limited and GE Consortium for constructing a Combined Cycle Power Plant at Meghnaghat, Narayanganj having 583MW power generation capacity....
The High Court (HC) on Thursday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why their failure to ensure safe food, including fish and meat, for the people should...
The government has decided to rebase the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by adopting new base year and also including new sectors. This will be the fourth round of rebasing...
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said that by establishing a “blue economy” the country would achieve double digit growth by 2025. “The government is working on utilizing the...
Police submitted the charge-sheet against six operatives of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), including its fugitive leader sacked army Major Zia, in blogger Avijit Roy murder case....
More than six million people have been affected by a water shortage in large areas of the Philippine capital and a nearby province, with long lines forming for rationed water....
Two goals from Sadio Mane helped Liverpool beat Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday and reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the second successive season. Neither side created...
The UN has honoured three Bangladeshi women who defied tradition, gender stereotypes and social barriers to become successful and contributing part of the community. Pushpa Khatun (19), Parvin Akhter (33)...
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has won the broadcast rights in India and the subcontinent for next year’s Tokyo Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday. SPN, owned...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said the government is taking multidimensional plans to expand urban facilities in rural areas and expedite economic activities. “The villages will be developed...
‘Jatka Conservation Week-2019’, will be observed across the country from March 16 to 22 with a view to creating mass awareness about preserving immature Hilsha or ‘Jatka’ which is significant...
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday said Bangladesh wants safe, peaceful and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas through bilateral talks and engaging international community. “Bangladesh wants safe, peaceful...
The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain as to why action will not be taken against Coca-Cola for using ‘indecent’ words in its advertisement....
Three motorcyclists were killed as their bike crashed into a roadside tree at Osmanpur of Mirsharai upazila in Chattogram on Thursday noon. The deceased were identified as Arif Hosain, 20,...
The High Court has stayed an investigation into the case filed against photographer and activist Shahidul Alam under the Information and Communication Technology Act for three months. Justice Sheikh Hassan...
The 26th US Trade Show, 2019 began at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka on Thursday. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi inaugurated the three-day trade show with the presence of US Ambassador to...
Newly elected Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Thursday proposed a new tagline for the capital styled “Love Dhaka” for creating mass awareness to make the...
National SME Products Fair 2019 is set to kick off on Saturday aimed at promoting products in the local and international markets. Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun is expected...
Scientists have found that Chinese population with cardiovascular disease increased by nearly 15 per cent from 1990 to 2016, but the overall death rate dropped by nearly 29 per cent....
Deliveries of Boeing’s best-selling 737 MAX jets were effectively frozen on Wednesday, though production continued, after the United States joined a global grounding of the narrowbody model over safety concerns,...
Customers of Dmoney, a leading payments and services platform in the country, will now be able to make their payments online using any VISA or Mastercard through EBL SKYPAY Payment...
Netflix, an American media-services provider, is to set the official UK age ratings for its own films and shows using a new algorithm that will mean its entire catalogue has...
A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was hacked to death by some unidentified miscreants at Taura village in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj. The deceased was identified as Sohel...
A Malaysia-bound plane had to turn back to Saudi Arabia after a passenger realised she had left her baby at the airport. As reported by Gulf News, the pilot, en...
In contrast to his predecessor, new Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has urged the United States to give the GSP privilege back to Bangladesh. Inaugurating the US Trade Show 2019 on...
Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation of Russia and the Ministry of Infrastructure of Rwanda signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) in Rwandan capital Kigali recently for co-operation in peaceful use...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ruled out allowing an Australian Islamic State (IS) bride back into the country to provide better care for her children. Speaking to reporters on...
The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia suspended one of its section officers temporarily for taking bribe from a student of the university. The decision was taken at an emergency...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 31 development projects during the founding anniversary of Kumudini Welfare Trust of Bengal in Tangail. She opened 14...
Malaysia’s attorney-general ordered the murder case to proceed against a Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader, prosecutors said in court Thursday....
The US Republican-led Senate has approved a bill to end US support for the Saudi Arabian-led coalition war in Yemen. The bipartisan vote was 54 to 46, and is a...
Uber Eats, the food delivery app by ridesharing company Uber, is all set to launch in Bangladesh in April with Dhaka as its first city. Similar to the Uber rides...
Kenya has signed infrastructure contracts with France worth more than 2.0 billion euros (2.26 billion US dollar). They have inked the deal on Thursday, including a 1.6 billion euro 30-year...
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was in no rush to complete a trade pact with China and insisted that any deal would include protection for intellectual property,...
At least 10 people have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos. The school, which was on...
It's Humanity Foundation (IHF) and NERDIZ.com signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and established an official partnership through which they aim to bring the world to school kids who are...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court challenging the High Court verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. On behalf...
China's January-February industrial output slipped to a 17-year low, but investment picked up pace during the period as the government boosted road and rail projects in a bid to avert...
Facebook is suffering the most severe outage in its history, with key services rendered unusable for users globally for much of Wednesday. The last time Facebook had a disruption of...
Lionel Messi lead the way with two goals and two assists as Barcelona reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League in style by thrashing Olympique Lyonnais 5-1 at home on...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early trading on Thursday as investors are showing their buying appetite on sector-wise issues. Following the...
The bullet-hit body of a suspected criminal was recovered from Utholi Mollabari village in Jibonnagar upazila of Chuadanga on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Imran Hossain, 27, son...
A man was killed and 15 others were injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Dhulondi in Manikganj's Ghior upazila on Thursday midnight. The...
Southeast Asian stock markets remained subdued on Thursday in thin trade, as investors chose to wait and watch, after a mixed set of economic data from China kept them on...
Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday as slowing Chinese industrial output left traders hopeful of more assurances from Beijing. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.7 per cent to 21,431.28...
Dutch-Bangla Bank is pausing its operations for four days as it is upgrading systems. About 25 million customers of the private bank will not be able to make any transaction...
British MPs will vote on Thursday on delaying Brexit after they rejected the idea of leaving the EU without a deal. In a night of high drama in the Commons,...
China is expected to invest more than $50 billion in the next 10 to 15 years in Bangladesh's thrust sectors like energy and power, transport and communications etc. Commerce Minister...
The stockmarket regulator has issued a directive scrapping its previous directive regarding conversion or liquidation of closed-end mutual funds on completion of tenure of ten years. According to BSEC directive,...
Building a pluralistic and liberal democratic society is a common challenge for both Bangladesh and India, a visiting Indian researcher said on Wednesday. Both the countries are facing the risks...
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