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Detectives in a drive arrested a suspected drug trader along with 85,000 Yaba tablets from a covered van at Firingi Bazar Bridge ghat in Chattogram on Wednesday night. The arrestee...
Amid concerns over the airport security after the alleged attempt to hijack a Biman aircraft, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab) has taken measures at all airports in the...
Country’s merchandise trade deficit with the rest of the world declined slightly in the first seven months of the current fiscal year compare to the same period of the past...
BNP on Thursday described Gono Forum MP-elect Sultan Mohammad Mansur's oath taking violating the Jatiya Oikyafront's decision as an act of fraudulence in politics. "His party (Gono Forum) has said...
Supermarket chain Meena Bazar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Halda Valley Food & Beverage Ltd in the capital recently. Under the MoU, Halda Valley will distribute their products...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday urged BNP to join parliament and make constructive criticisms of the government for its mistakes to strengthen democracy. “I urge BNP to follow...
Bangladesh on Thursday signed six instruments with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for the development of its different sectors including power and industries. The instruments -- two agreements and four...
A fire broke out at a tyre godown in Nawabpur area of the old part of the city on Thursday afternoon. The fire broke at the godown at around 2:30...
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) has hosted an Inter College National Management Fest at ULAB’s permanent campus located at Mohammadpur area in city. Professor Dr H M Jahirul Haque,...
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says the company would encrypt conversations on more of its messaging services and make them compatible, the latest sign that the world’s biggest social network...
An activist of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), a Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political group, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bongol Toli area in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati on...
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, who has been shifted to Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital with heart complications since Monday, is now doing well even without any ventilator support. “The...
A worker was killed while extracting stones from a quarry at Shah Arefin Tila in Companiganj upazila, Sylhet on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Akkel Ali, 25, son of...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) is set to provide online payment gateway service to Global Immigration Consultancy Limited (GIC). An agreement in this regard has been signed by M Khorshed Anowar,...
A grenade explosion at a bus stand in the Indian city of Jammu wounded at least 18 people on Thursday, police said, in an attack just weeks after a Pakistan-based...
Metal Plus Limited has recently signed a service agreement with Grameenphone. The agreement was signed in presence of Engineer Sadid Jamil, Managing Director of Metal Plus and Karl Eric Brotten,...
Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies is planning to expand into additional cities in Germany this year, its European chief told a German newspaper. US-based Uber is currently active in Berlin, Munich,...
Retired General John Abizaid, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia, defended the US-Saudi relationship on Wednesday as lawmakers accused the kingdom of a litany of misdeeds...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made it clear that chemical warehouses will not be allowed in the old part of Dhaka city. "We won't accept any obstacle in this regard,"...
Gono Forum's MP-elect Sultan Mohammad Mansur (Moulvibazar-2) took his oath as a member of the 11th Parliament on Thursday morning. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the swearing-in around 11:00am...
The prices of most of the shares on both the bourses witnessed a downward trend in early trading on Thursday as cautious investors were selling shares. Following the previous two...
At least 10 people, including lawyers and judges, were injured as an elevator of the old building of Dhaka District and Session Judge Court collapsed on Thursday morning. The lift...
The chief of the visiting Saudi Arabian delegation has said that they have arrived in Bangladesh with the aim of starting “a new chapter” between the two countries. Referring to...
Manchester United pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history as Marcus Rashford’s last-gasp VAR penalty sealed a 3-1 win at Paris St Germain on Wednesday and...
A tribunal on Thursday sentenced a man to death for killing a woman after rape in Bhugilhat village in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore in 2018. The tribunal also fined convicted...
Newly-elected mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md Atiqul Islam took oath of office on Thursday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at a ceremony at Shapla Hall...
Speakers at a national dialogue on Wednesday stressed the need to bring real beneficiaries under social safety net programme and ensure adequate allocation of funds and their empowerment. Although the...
Pest infestation, especially invasion of 'shoot borer', is much lower in Bt brinjal than other traditional varieties, a latest study showed. Bt brinjal is the first genetically modified (GM) crop...
Bangladesh expects to get billions of dollars of investments from Saudi Arabia in energy, aviation and healthcare sectors as both sides open talks today (Thursday). The 34-member delegation led by...
The historic March 7, a memorable day in the history of Bangalis' long arduous freedom struggle, is being observed today (Thursday) with countrywide elaborate programmes. In 2017, United Nations Educational,...
Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Thursday confirmed it is suing the US government over a section of a defence bill passed into law last year that...
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of Silco Pharmaceuticals begins today (Thursday), aiming to raise Tk 300 million from the capital market. The subscription for shares of the pharma company...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this morning paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic March 7. She paid the homage...
Bangladesh's plan to create a "safe zone" inside the North Rakhine state for the Rohingya appears to be uncertain as both Myanmar and UN experts oppose the idea. "Myanmar government...
Petrobangla would carry out multiple surveys, including metocean, offshore geotechnical and bathymetry, by a global firm on the proposed site of a land-based LNG import terminal at Matarbari. The firm...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has set a target to find out a total of 0.7 million new taxpayers in the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, from the owners...
The existing Banking Companies Act (BCA) should be reformed to empower the Bangladesh Bank (BB) with the authority of dismissing the chairmen and directors of the state-owned banks (SoBs), said...
So far the food-related priorities have been focused on self-sufficiency in cereal production and combating food adulteration. The first is a production issue, and the second a matter of governance....
As pointed out by the World Development Report-2018 titled 'Learning to Realise Education's Promise', mere provision of education is not enough for raising aspirations, setting values and enriching lives in...
In recent developments, the country's anti-corruption watchdog unearthed 11 areas of graft in the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB). It has also identified 13 sources of graft in the...
As the possible implications of Britain's self-imposed 'no-deal' exit from the European Union loom larger, a new round of imperial nostalgia has come alive. After turning its back on the...
Over recent years, there have been shocking reports of marine endangerment and plastic pollution. The threats are clear, and now urgent action is needed more than ever. Marking World Wildlife...
Women entrepreneurship or 'a woman in businesses' is a recent phenomenon in Bangladesh. Women entrepreneurs are mostly involved in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Supports to the SMEs and making...
The postwar economic success of liberal democracies was not simply the result of letting markets flourish. The United States and European countries also embedded markets in a structure that allowed...
As Bangladesh continues to experience a crunch in the employment market, the dreams of thousands of youths in the country have now become to crack the mystery of the BCS...
Lately, financial inclusion (FI) has been dominating discussions among development practitioners. For a proper assessment, this important issue needs to be framed under two dimensions-financial literacy and consumer protection. While...
"Pioneros 3.0", the third edition of Pioneros, a flagship event of BUET Entrepreneurship Development Club ended on February 23, 2019 with 'Team Elixir' from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology...
I am a fresher majored in economics at SIAS University in Henan Province of China. My new Bangladeshi name is 'Bably'. It was an honour to participate in the Daffodil...
Members of security forces arrested two suspected members of an armed tribal group along with three firearms and 10 round bullets from Khagrachari town on Wednesday afternoon. The arrestees are...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has identified 11 of the 19 people, who were burnt beyond recognition in the recent tragic Chawkbazar fire in Old Dhaka, through DNA...
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