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A fire broke out at the Anarkali Market in the city’s Mouchak area on Saturday. The fire originated from third floor of the five-storey building around 5:20pm, said Kamrul Hasan,...
BNP said the recent comments made by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda prove the vote rigging allegations raised by the Jatiya Okayfront is true, according to bdnews24.com. “The...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday defended deaths during alleged cross fires, saying law enforcement agencies only fire in self-defence during anti-drug drives. "Many civil society members criticise the law...
Papaya framing has been gaining popularity among farmers in the district for last few years as many farmers found the occupation as an important source of income generation leading to...
Bangladesh-Russia Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) has expressed their satisfaction over construction progress of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). They made the expression at the 4th meeting of the JCC between...
Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Saturday said the government is taking various initiatives to build Purbachal as a modern city. “As part of expansion of Dhaka...
More than 100 Malaysian factories would be relocated in Bangladesh as the Malaysian government is encouraging their entrepreneurs to shift their factories in other countries due to manpower crisis. President...
Customs officials recovered six gold bars, weighing 60 tolas, from the rectum a passenger at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram Saturday. Jamal Uddin, who arrived in the port city...
The US economy created the lowest number of jobs for a year-and-a-half in February, well below forecasts. Just 20,000 new jobs were created last month against expectations of a 180,000...
Trump administration officials have not made any new plans to send a team to China for face-to-face trade talks although there is much work left to be done to reach...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put emphasis on creating mass awareness in society to eliminate discriminations and violence against women saying that only enacting laws is not enough to get...
International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) organised a seminar on Delta Plan in its Tajgaon Office recently. The seminar was chaired by IBFB President Humayun Rashid, where eminent educationist Prof....
BRAC Bank Limited has introduced ‘TARA Awards 2019’ to recognise contribution of its women customers to society and economy. The award is named after its comprehensive women’s banking...
The 4th meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee (JСС) of the Russia and Bangladesh on construction of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant was held at city hotel in Dhaka recently....
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) will hold a dialogue titled Power and Energy Sector: Immediate Issues and Challenges March 10. Mr Nasrul Hamid, MP, State Minister, Ministry of Power, Energy...
A 24-hour restriction has been imposed on the movement inside Dhaka University for its central students'union election. The restriction will come into effect at 6:00 pm on Sunday and it...
Argentina football legend Diego Maradona is to acknowledge paternity of three Cuban children, his lawyer says. This means the 58-year-old World Cup winner, who once denied any children other than...
A Malaysian was sentenced to more than 10 years’ jail and three others were charged over insults against Islam and the Prophet Muhammad on social media, police said on Saturday....
A bus crashed into a human-hauler on Barishal-Patuakhali highway in Rupatoli area on Saturday morning, leaving a woman dead and three other people injured. The deceased has been identified as...
The Facebook page of State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has been hacked, soon after a similar incident involving the page of the minister of industries....
Bleeding support in the countryside because of falling farm incomes, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could still persuade just enough rural voters to give him a second term after ordering...
The World Bank has approved a $165million grant to help Bangladesh provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for the Rohingyas who fled violence in Myanmar and took...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a suspected drug trader along with 13,430 pieces of Yaba pills from a hotel in Chattogram’s Station Road area under...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has talked to doctors and relatives after he was taken off the breathing tube on Saturday morning. He may be shifted to a...
Colombia will allow Venezuelans to cross the border using expired passports in view of the difficulty of renewing travel documents in the neighbouring country in the midst of its economic...
China and the United States are still working day and night to achieve a trade deal that matches the interests of both sides and the hopes of the world, including...
Bodies of four other people, who went missing in a boat capsize in the Buriganga River on Thursday, were recovered on Saturday, raising the death toll from the incident to...
The infant son of Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria, has died, a spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...
The government's drive to remove chemical factories from Old Dhaka following the horrific fire that killed 71 people in Churirhatta on February 20, has dented business of some ancillary industries...
A local technology startup has developed advanced security solution based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for beefing up security. The company called, Sigmaind Private Limited, developed the tool titled Watchcam which...
Stocks ended lower for the sixth straight weeks that ended Thursday amid dull trading as investors continued their selling binge on sector-wise shares. Market analysts said majority investors were reluctant...
The World Bank (WB) conducts a mid-term review of the implementation progress of its ongoing Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with Bangladesh tomorrow (Sunday), officials say. In the review meeting, the...
A fire broke out at the Korail slum in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on Saturday morning. To be precise, fire service officials at Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence (BFSCD) said it...
Trade with the Mercosur-member states would benefit Bangladesh subject to signing a free trade area (FTA) deal. A recent official study found the potential and recommended going for the FTA...
The budget deficit widened to over Tk 162 billion during the second quarter (Q2) to December of the fiscal year, as increasing government spending overshot revenue earnings, according to an...
They are physicians extraordinary. In a country where there are complaints galore against physicians for not attending duty or remaining away from duty stations only to falsely put their signature...
Renu Begum (not real name) says it seems she has no right to lead a normal life back home on return from a Middle East country failing to do her...
Two years have passed since extreme rains and flash floods inundated this fertile rice-growing region in northeastern Bangladesh, but farmer Shites Das still sees the lasting impact today: his neighbours...
Bangladesh is seeking to cope with climate change by employing nuclear technology not only for power generation but also for protecting its agriculture against flood and salinity. The low-lying delta...
FLY Leasing Ltd has grounded three planes on lease to India's Jet Airways Ltd and will take them back and redeploy them elsewhere if the airline cannot gain approvals for...
Bangladesh doesn't have natural advantage for producing large-scale clean and renewable energy, an industry leader said. Scarcity of land for solar power, absence of quality and steady wind for windmills...
WELLINGTON, Mar 08 (Reuters): Torrential rain washed out the entire day's first play of the second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve on Friday. After two...
Dumping of solid waste at different places in Dhaka becomes a hazardous thing for human health and environment. Usually, large dustbins on different roads and streets are being used to...
For a pretty long time, agriculture as a navigator to improved nutrition took a back seat in the minds of academics. There has not been much research as to how...
The fact that the country is far from taking serious actions against human trafficking is not only upsetting, but it also triggers a warning signal for the country. A recent...
Bangladesh has an impressive development record over the past decades. It has substantially reduced the number of people in poverty; and gained impressive improvements in primary school enrollment, gender parity...
The recent geopolitical history of Afghanistan can be divided into five phases. But now it is at the cusp of another transition, and the defining features of the new phase...
Economic growth as well as development of an economy bank predominantly on the capability to invest and utilise resources efficiently. In case of Bangladesh, both public and private investments have...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won the ‘Lifetime Contribution for Women Empowerment Award’ for her outstanding contribution to the field of women empowerment as well as her dynamic leadership in...
The global population is increasing and with it, the demand for food is also growing. Comparatively in high demand are the high protein foods. This demand cannot be covered by...
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