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Awami League candidate Atiqul Islam was unofficially declared elected in the by-election to the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Thursday. He won the election by a...
Awami League (AL) candidate Atiqul Islam has taken a clear lead in the early count of votes in the by-election to the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC)...
There are a total of 266,118 loan defaulters in the country as of December 2018, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal informed parliament on Thursday. Answering a starred question of Waresat...
Concern over rising volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) has intensified in recent days. Almost everybody is talking about the harmful effect of the large volume of banks' soured loans on...
"Dola is my world. Can the price be so low for a world?" This is how father of Rehnuma Tabassum Dola who along with her friend Fatema-Tuz-Johra Brishti has been...
A survey on drivers' eyesight by a non-government organisation (NGO) has revealed alarming facts. As high as 70.4 per cent drivers of public transports have poor eyesight. What is still...
Do politicians' words matter? Since becoming US President, Donald J Trump has dismissed his opponents and others he does not like as evil, stupid or both. He has referred to...
The militant attack at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on February 14 that claimed lives of 40 Indian security personnel heightened the already tense situation in India-Pakistan relations. India blamed...
Describing Vietnam's phenomenal growth since its unification, Peter Vanham isolated three key facilitating factors, in a "World Economic Forum on ASEAN" article (September 2018): embracing trade liberalism "with gusto"; facilitative...
RANGPUR, Feb 28: The bottle gourd growers in the district are in joyous mood as they are getting good yield as well as satisfactory price of their produce this year....
MAGURA, Feb 28: Layer poultry farm owners in the district are making good profit due to high market prices of eggs. Some farm owners said a good number of farms...
GOPALGANJ, Feb 28: The construction of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University is nearing completion as 90 per cent of the work has already been done. According to...
Asia's crude oil imports from Iran dipped in January to the lowest in two months after top buyers China and India slowed down purchases and as Japan recorded zero imports...
While serving as a Research Officer at the population development and evaluation unit of the Planning Commission of Bangladesh Government, Ms. Dilara Kibria had switched gear in her career in...
We now live in a modern, consumerist and largely urbanised world where environmental protection is a key concern related to the future of humanity. Economists, environmentalists, development professionals and academics...
The entrance of Al Mahmud into Bangla poetry, the poetic domain of Dhaka to be precise, was not smooth. The aspiring poet, who arrived in Dhaka as a post-adolescent youth...
The authorities have extended Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela by two days following a demand by the publishers after rains disrupted the month-long fair, reports bdnews24.com. It will end on Saturday(March...
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad in an amended form in order to make the participation in the national parliament elections widespread...
Light rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gust/squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Mymensingh Chattogram, Barishal, Khulna and Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) conducted a drive in the old part of the capital on Thursday morning to remove chemical warehouses under its ongoing campaign in the wake of...
The government has imposed a two-month ban on catching, selling, hoarding and transporting of Hilsa from March 1 to April 30 to protect the mother fish and jatka. The ban...
The workers of Garib and Garib Sweater Factory in Gazipur held a rally at the Jatiya Press Club on Thursday demanding unpaid wages. They claimed the factory authorities also threatened...
Arsenal stayed a point ahead of Manchester United in the race for the Champions League by thrashing Bournemouth to earn their eighth straight Premier League home win. Mesut Ozil, recalled...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday asked all Bangladesh missions to keep their consular services open for 24 hours. The foreign minister sent letters to all heads of...
BNP on Thursday alleged that the government is going to take an "anti-people" move by raising gas tariffs and "creating a further scope for the ruling party men to plunder...
A man and his son were among three sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for killing the former’s step-brother during a dispute over distribution of family property in Jashore. The...
Bangladesh has received full support from the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) about following national standard of Bangla language in Unicode, said Minister Mustafa Jabbar. Telecommunication and...
A two-day Global Business Summit will be held on November 29-30 at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Noor Yhahia, president and CEO of Radio Ruposhi Bangla, USA, disclosed this at...
The 10th edition of Chobi Mela, one of the most prestigious photography festivals in Asia, began on Thursday with an opening rally from Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, following an...
The Indian pilot shot down and captured by Pakistani forces this week will be released on Friday, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said as efforts to cool a crisis between...
Engineering giant Rolls-Royce swung into loss last year, as it increased the charge for fixing problems with its Trent 1000 engines. The company also took a charge of £186 million...
A court in Joypurhat on Thursday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment in a case over killing of a farmer in Khetlal upazila in 2016. The lifers are -...
Singer Shafin Ahmed, the mayoral candidate of Jatiya Party for Dhaka North City Corporation by-election, on Thursday brought the allegation of some irregularities in the voting. He, however, did not...
A farmer died from electrocution at Sarker Para under Tentulia upazila in Panchagarh on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Jakir Hossain, 42, son of Jasim Uddin. Md Jahurul...
A suspected drug trader was killed while another was injured in gunfights in Cox's Bazar and Lalmonirhat districts early Thursday. In Cox's Bazar, suspected drug trader Belal Hossain, 38, son...
A baby boy who weighed just 268g (9.45oz) at birth has been released from hospital in Japan, and is believed to be the smallest boy in the world to have...
Banxico, the central bank of Mexico, on Wednesday reduced its economic growth forecast for 2019 to a range between 1.1 and 2.1 per cent from the previous projection of 1.7-2.7...
China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it hopes dialogue and communication between the United States and North Korea can continue. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a regular news briefing...
BNP has expelled another four of its grassroots leaders for contesting the upcoming upazila elections violating the party's decisions. They are Bogura Sadar upazila BNP President Maftun Ahmed Khan Rubel,...
Indian shares crept higher on Thursday amid expectations the tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan won’t escalate further, while investors awaited a key economic data due later in the day....
Carlos Ghosn’s new legal team has applied for bail for the ousted Nissan Motor Co Ltd chairman, the Tokyo District Court said on Thursday, the latest attempt after a string...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 33 suspects from Dhaka city in a regular anti-narcotics drive for selling and consuming illegal drugs. Different police stations under DMP conducted the drive...
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he hoped the conflict between India and Pakistan will be coming to an end, after the two nuclear powers clashed across a contested...
American scientists have developed a more effective and greener way to recycle the single-use plastics made from a common polyester material, which could help protect oceans from plastic waste by...
The leader of Canada’s main opposition party demanded on Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quit after a former justice minister said government officials inappropriately pressured her to help a...
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un failed to reach an agreement on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula at their summit in Vietnam on Thursday, the...
Firefighters have recovered the bodies of two children from a canal near the scene of the blaze that ravaged two slums in the capital’s Mirpur-14 in the wee hours of...
Two suspected members of a robber gang were killed in a reported shootout with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Kalagachhia Khal of Sundarbans' Satkhira range under Shyamnagar upazila...
China issued a total of 31.2 billion US dollars in green bonds last year, remaining the world's second-largest green bond market, a recent report showed. The issuance in 2018 saw...
Pakistan has banned Indian films just few hours after a strike by the Indian Air Force on its territory. The order also came in response to comments by Indian movie...
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