Investigators have found the flight data recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday, according to a BBC report. The devices recovered at the crash site were the...
It remains a matter of deep regret that in spite of latent potentialities, the developing world cannot make much headway. Ignorance about the main tenets of international marketing, faulty planning...
In Cox's Bazar's Kutupalong refugee camp, where over half a million Rohingyas live, Oxfam's Salahuddin Ahmmed collects 60,000 of the estimated 1.8 million litres of "infectious human waste" each day...
All television stations of Bangladesh will start broadcasting through Bangabandhu Satellite-1 within May 12, the first anniversary of the launch of country's first satellite. Information Minister Hasan Mahmud made the...
MAGURA, Mar 11: Okra cultivation has turned fortune wheel of a good number of farmers in the district. Low production cost and high market demand have encouraged the growers to...
Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Monday said that port city Chattogram will be the centre of the country's digital trade and commerce in the future. The...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 11 (BSS): Padma riverbank adjacent to the Sahed Bazar area of the divisional town has turned into an attractive tourist and recreational spot as the Rajshahi City Corporation...
Financial inclusion matters in Bangladesh. Access to formal financial services -- in payments, savings, credit, and insurance -- for financially excluded individuals transforms individual lives; and financial institutions can reach...
Rain/thunder showers, accompanied by temporary gusty wind, is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Cumilla and Noakhali...
Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, on Monday alleged that the incident of December 30 vote robbery reappeared in the DUCSU polls as the country's election system has collapsed....
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suffered his first Premier League defeat on Sunday since being appointed Manchester United (MU)'s interim manager as Arsenal leapfrogged their opponents to move into the top four....
State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Md Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru on Monday said the country earned around US$ 514 million by exporting fish and fisheries items during the fiscal...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, has said relocation of 23,000 Rohingya refugees to Bhashan Char in April would create a new...
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) in anti-adulteration drives destroyed a total of 6,600 unauthorised water jars in the city on Monday. The drives were conducted at 22 hotels, restaurants...
The counting of votes in the Dhaka University Central Student’s Union (DUCSU) election and the hall council election has begun. The ballots is being counted through optical mark recognition machine...
The voter turnout was 43.32 per cent in the first phase of the countrywide upazila elections, said Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed on Monday. "A total of 78 Upazila Parishads...
Bangladesh National Social Welfare Council Bill, 2019 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad in order to bring all the activities related to the social welfare programmes into a legal frame....
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller on Monday visited icddr,b to learn about the world-renowned institution and its role in the Rohingya crisis. Ambassador Miller, accompanied by US Centers...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Account on Monday laid emphasis on ensuring transparency and accountability of public fund expenditure. The committee made the emphasis at a meeting at the...
The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) was peaceful despite some stray incidents, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman said Monday. “I’m happy and I express my gratitude to all involved...
General Secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Golam Rabbani on Monday said a case will be filed against Nurul Huq Nur, Liton Nandi and Mustafizur Rahman for snatching ballot papers...
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) launched an innovative training scheme to get more women in supervisory roles in Bangladesh’s garment sector marking the 2019...
Robert Chatterton Dickson has become new British High Commissioner to Bangladesh. He will take up his appointment by this month in succession to Alison Blake who left Dhaka last week...
The US ambassador for religious freedom on Monday again urged China to give its people religious freedom, a move he said could help gain trust from self-ruled Taiwan, an island...
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dipped below 5700-mark again on Monday, after a single-day break, as risk-averse investors sold shares on sector-wise shares. Market analysts said...
US plane maker Boeing is facing questions after an Ethiopian Airlines 737 crash on Sunday killed all 157 people on board. It was the second crash in five months involving...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sharply criticised US military intervention in the Middle East on Monday as he began a first official visit to Iraq, aimed at shoring up Tehran’s influence...
Ailing Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Qauder is now able to walk slowly as his health condition has improved further. The minister will be...
BRAC Bank Limited and Rancon Motor Bikes Limited, sole distributor of Suzuki Motorcycle in Bangladesh, have recently signed a partnership agreement for Motorcycle Financing. Nazmur Rahim, Head of Retail Banking,...
All panels but the one of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, have boycotted the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) election amid massive allegations...
French carmaker Renault has said that it was in talks with its Japanese partners Nissan and Mitsubishi Motor over a new alliance body for the three companies. “In response to...
The prime ministers of Bangladesh and India have jointly inaugurated four projects in Bangladesh, including the supply of 1,100 buses and trucks to Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC). Prime Minister...
ACI arranged a discussion session to honour Nobel Laureate Sir Richard John Roberts, a renowned British biochemist & molecular biologist in Dhaka recently. Chairman of ACI Limited, Mr. M Anis Ud...
Dhaka University Central Students Union vice-president candidate Nurul Huq Nur has allegedly been assaulted by some activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League at Ruqayyah Hall on Monday. He is the...
BNP has alleged that the much-delayed Ducsu polls were stigmatised with overnight stuffing of ballot boxes as happened on the night of December 29, right before the national election. Speaking...
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dall (JCD), Progressive Students' Alliance and Anti-Imperialist Students' Union have boycotted the elections to Dhaka University Central Students Union and its hall chapters amid massive allegations of irregularities,...
Scientists have identified a new dinosaur in south-eastern Australia. It’s thought that the Galleonosaurus dorisae was alive 125 million years ago and would have been roughly the same height as...
Customs authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka have seized around 12 kilograms of gold bars from a toilet on a Biman Bangladesh aircraft. The gold bars were...
Bangladesh Chhatra League President Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon, who is contesting the election to Dhaka University Central Students Union (Ducsu) as a vice-president (VP) candidate, says the election is taking...
Ross Taylor achieved a long-held ambition by surpassing mentor Martin Crowe on the all-time century list when he scored 200 as New Zealand remained on course to force a result...
First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) and Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) jointly organised the 10th National Science Olympiad-2019 at the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in the capital on Friday. Architect...
Dhaka University Central Students Union vice-president (VP) candidate Liton Nandi says he has been chased by ‘some activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)', as he went to inspect the voting...
A delegation from Economic Relations Division (ERD) from Finance Ministry & GIZ led by Dr. Nahid Rashid, Additional Secretary, and Wing Chief (Europe), ERD recently visited LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited (LHBL)...
Leading women business leaders and entrepreneurs on Sunday underscored the need for full inclusion of womenfolk in the country’s fast pacing development growth for achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable...
The board of directors of Meghna Cement has decided to issue preference shares to its existing sponsor directors/directors, said an official disclosure on Monday. Earlier on August 13, 2018, the...
Brexit talks between the UK and the EU remain deadlocked, Downing Street has said just a day before MPs are due to vote again on Theresa May's deal. Mrs May...
Asian shares struggled for traction on Monday after US employment data raised doubts about the strength of the global economy, while investor jitters ahead of crucial Brexit votes in the...
The Sheltech Anniversary Fair 2019 begins in the city tomorrow (Tuesday) to offer new apartments for the consumers. The 12-day fair is taking place at Sheltech Lounge at Panthapath in...
The revenue authority has detected a Tk 40.6 million evasion by two organisations--non-government ASA in the city and Map Paper Board Mills Ltd in Jamalpur. The VAT (West) zone Dhaka...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Satghoria Para in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar in the early hours of Monday. The deceased was...
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