The High Court (HC) on Monday rejected a writ petition to stay the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election schedule. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal's Dhaka University unit leader Fahmida Mazid...
BNP on Monday alleged that those who were behind Pilkhana carnage have not yet been identified as people were kept in the dark on the investigation report of the mutiny....
Real Madrid beat Levante on Sunday thanks to two disputed penalties from Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale. Benzema stepped up to score the opener after Luka Modric's cross hit the...
The High Court on Monday ordered the court concerned to dispose of the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others within six months. The HC...
A five-story residential building tilted at Khalifaghat in the city's Kamrangirchar area on Monday. Dana Mia, an operator of Fire Service and Civil Defense Control room, said being informed by...
Stocks rebounded on Monday, after single-day break, as some optimistic investors took position on sector-wise issues, particularly banking sector. Market analysts said stocks backed to the green as some investors...
Criticising his predecessor Dilip Barua, former Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Monday said Dilip Barua demonstrated his 'stupidity' by questioning his sincerity about the relocation of chemical warehouses from...
A cartoon published in an Australian newspaper that depicted tennis star Serena Williams having a temper tantrum at the US Open last year was not racist, Australia’s media watchdog said...
Mominul Islam, Managing Director and CEO of IPDC Finance Limited has won the 'Outstanding CEO Award’ by ADFIAP (the Association of Development Financing Institution in Asia and the Pacific) at...
Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) have failed to save the life of a newborn baby girl who was found in a shower at the hospital early on Sunday....
The Annual Managers’ Conference (North Region) for the year 2019 of Dhaka Bank Limited was held recently at Hotel Naz Garden, Bogura. Mr. Reshadur Rahman, Chairman of the Board of...
A student of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) was killed as a truck ploughed through a mosque in Banur Bazar area in Sitakundu upazila of Chattogram on Monday morning. The...
Investigators have found ‘no evidence’ backing locals’ claims that the explosion of a pick-up van’s gas cylinder started the fire at Churihatta in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar. Instead they believe from...
The lone plane hijacking suspect was a listed criminal, according to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). They came up with this development around 17 hours after the hijacking bid at...
The number of Bangladeshis getting Malaysia's long-term residency programme crossed 4,000. A total 4,018 Bangladeshis have availed the "Malaysia My Second Home" (MM2H) facility since its inception in 2002, according...
The publication ceremony of a research monograph on entrepreneurial economics was recently held at Dhaka School of Economics (DScE). It was an initiative by the students from the DScE’s Post...
President Donald Trump has said he would delay an increase in US tariffs on Chinese goods thanks to “productive” trade talks and that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping would...
A cow funder initiative of Sundalun/Hossain, a Swedish-Bangladeshi brand producing sustainable leather products made in Bangladesh and selling to global market was inaugurated on Sunday at Chaghat upazilla of Rajshahi....
Manchester City retained the English League Cup in a shootout after Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri’s hopes of a long-awaited first trophy ended in bizarre fashion on Sunday with his keeper...
The prices of most of the shares on both the bourses witnessed an upward trend in the early hour of trading on Monday as some investors were showing their buying...
A five-member investigation committee has been formed over a plane hijacking attempt in the port city of Chattogram. The Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry formed the committee, with additional secretary Md...
The share price of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) rose 108 per cent within three months as its earnings soared. The company's share price hit at Tk 91.70 each...
Today (Monday) is the tenth anniversary of the bloody 'BDR mutiny'. On this day in 2009, brutal carnage took place at the headquarters of the then Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), now...
Road trip movie “Green Book” won best picture at the Oscars on Sunday, while Mexico’s Alfonso Cuaron was chosen as best director for his sentimental film “Roma.” Rami Malek won...
When the mercury is on the rise with the passage of the winter, sudden rains in Dhaka city, where people have recently started experiencing heat of the upcoming summer, on...
South Korea’s presidential office said on Monday the United States and North Korea could agree to declare the end of the 1950-1953 Korean War in a summit between US President...
Two bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that nosedived into a bay outside Houston on Saturday, and a search was ongoing for...
British Prime Minister Theresa May put off a vote in parliament on her Brexit deal until as late as March 12 - just 17 days before Britain is due to...
The share prices of 20 listed companies went down below their respective offer prices despite many of the companies witnessed significant price hike after the listing. The share prices of...
The number of non-compliance issues against consignments of Bangladeshi agro produce abroad has declined significantly in recent years, attracting more buyers and boosting its exports. Adoption of the quarantine policy...
The government has prepared a draft policy for the leather and leather goods sector to help raise the latter's export earnings to US$5.0 billion and contribution to Gross Domestic Product...
The government has decided to observe one-day state mourning today (Monday) in memory of the victims of the devastating Chawkbazar fire in the capital on Wednesday that claimed 67 lives,...
The father of a Chawkbazar fire victim wailing at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday while submitting a DNA sample for cross-matching to find his missing son — FE...
Formation of a central financial commission was suggested at a function in Dhaka Sunday to oversee allocations made in the national budget and development of tax structure to help make...
The central bank is set to raise paid-up capital of scheduled banks to Tk 5.0 billion from the existing Tk 4.0 billion over the next two years, officials said. "We're...
Arguably, 6,703 separate languages were spoken in the year 1996. The figure was contentious because some of those were mere variants of dialects of the same language. But the number...
What the nation is witnessing following the inferno at Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar is a repeat performance on the part of all concerned, including government entities, people's elected representatives and the...
Export of home textiles from the country is facing difficulties and with the passage of time things are becoming increasingly difficult for the local manufacturers and exporters to ride out...
Huawei has revealed its first smartphone to feature a foldable screen, less than a week after its rival Samsung did the same. The rival handset-tablet hybrids have contrasting designs, reports...
Mass rapid transit system (MRT) is a public transportation system similar to trains, buses, ferries and others, which can be used to facilitate commuting of a large number of passengers...
The pride of Bangladesh is its rivers, with one of the largest networks in the world and a total of about 700 rivers, including the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta. This gives the...
Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places...
[The second of a three-part article titled US-China trade spat] The evolving tit-for-tat (TFT) tariffs and their implications for US-China trade, ramifications for the world economy, and the potential...
The suspected hijacker of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane, which made emergency landing at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Sunday evening, was killed in a joint operation. Major...
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country on April 1. The routine of the examinations has been published which will be available on...
Violence can never resolve issues. It only creates uncertainty and promotes instability. It is unfortunate but that is exactly what is happening right now in the bordering regions between Pakistan...
Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Sunday said the ministry has taken an initiative to enact a law titled "Arable Land Protection and Land Use Bill 2019" to save croplands and...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said all the passengers of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, which made emergency landing at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Sunday evening, made safe...
Foiling the alleged bid to hijack a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft, members of joint forces arrested the suspected hijacker at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Sunday evening. Intelligence...
NAOGAON, Feb 24: The booming mango flowers at this stage signals a bumper yield in the district this year. Sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said to fulfil...
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