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An international team of scientists have decoded the entire genome of white shark and identified their superior cancer-protective abilities. The study published on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the...
Police recovered the bodies of two female garment workers from Bhorari area in Tentuljhora union and municipality area under Savar upazila on Wednesday morning. One of the deceased was identified...
Taiwan will not accept any deal that destroys its sovereignty and democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday after the island’s opposition KMT party said it could sign a peace...
Haute-couture designer Karl Lagerfeld, artistic director at Chanel and an icon of the fashion industry with his extravagant outfits and striking catwalks, has died aged 85. Instantly recognisable in his...
Antitrust regulators raided salmon farms in several European Union countries on Tuesday, including some owned by Norway’s Mowi, in a suspected cartel inquiry. “The Commission has concerns that the inspected...
Around 1200 metres of the much-hyped Padma Bridge is now visible following the installation of another span on the pillars no 35 and 36 on Wednesday. The 150 metre span,...
A school teacher was killed and six others including five schoolboys injured in a road accident at Automills area in Natore’s Baraigram upazila on Wednesday noon. The dead man was...
A woman from Oxford has become the first person in the world to have gene therapy to try to halt the most common form of blindness in the Western world....
The British government has revoked the citizenship of Shamima Begum, a teenager of Bangladeshi origin, who left London when to join Islamic State in Syria, according to a letter sent...
British Prime Minister Theresa May makes another trip to Brussels on Wednesday, hoping European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker may prove more yielding than of late to salvage her Brexit deal....
The board of directors of Reliance Insurance has recommended 15 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The final approval...
Trade weakness is likely to extend into the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, said the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday, warning also of a potential further deterioration. The international...
Sabbir Rahman hit his first international century on Wednesday at Dunedin but Bangladesh failed to avoid a clean sweep against the hosts New Zealand. The Tigers suffered a big loss...
India’s Supreme Court has said that Reliance Communications chairman Anil Ambani willfully did not pay 5.5 billion rupees to telecom equipment maker Ericsson, holding him guilty in a contempt of...
At least four people have been injured, one seriously, in an avalanche in a popular ski resort in the Swiss Alps. The avalanche was reported at a marked slope in...
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants North Korea to end its nuclear programme, but has no pressing time schedule for this, as he dispatched his special envoy...
Detective Branch of Police in special drives detained four suspected hackers from Dhaka city. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Deputy Commissioner (Media) Masudur Rahman on Wednesday said details regarding the matter...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two hundi traders along with Tk 0.65 million from Boro Achra bordering area in Benapole port region on Tuesday night. The arrestees were...
The securities regulator has accorded consent to Exim Bank for issuing Tk 6.0 billion Mudaraba Subordinated Bond, said an official disclosure on Wednesday. Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) approved...
Ford Motor on Tuesday said will close its oldest factory in Brazil and exit its heavy commercial truck business in South America, a move that could cost more than 2,700...
Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday as hopes for an extension to the March 1 deadline for a deal between US and China were boosted by US President's comments...
The securities regulator has approved the initial public offering (IPO) proposal of Sea Pearl Beach Resort & Spa Ltd which will raise a capital worth Tk 150 million. Sea Pearl...
Asian shares edged up on Wednesday after a modestly high finish on Wall Street that extended the market’s gains into a fourth week. The Nikkei 225 index rose 0.6 per...
The board of directors of Legacy Footwear Limited has declared 5.0 per cent interim cash dividend considering the performance of the company based on audited financial statements for the half...
Three suspected drug pedlars were killed in separate gunfights in Dhaka, Cox's Bazar and Benapole in the early hours of Wednesday. Of them, two of the pedlars were killed in...
Stocks witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading Wednesday as some investors are sowing their buying appetite on sector-wise issues amid ongoing earnings declaration. Following the previous day’s modest...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke with government protocol to personally welcome Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to New Delhi on Tuesday. Ordinarily, the prime minister would not...
The newly elected Members of Parliament to the seats reserved for women in the 11th parliament were sworn in on Wednesday morning. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath...
Barcelona failed to score despite managing 25 shots in their goalless stalemate at Olympique Lyonnais in the UEFA Champions League last-16 on Tuesday, leaving the tie finely balanced ahead of...
A bus rammed an auto-rickshaw at Airkhamar in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, killing five people on Tuesday night. The deceased could not be identified yet, says a UNB report. Officer-in-Charge of...
As many as 33 candidates for chairman, vice-chairman and female vice-chairperson posts are set to win uncontested in the first two phases of the upazila elections. The staggered Upazila Parishad...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) will build a 60.1-km inner circular road in the south-western part of Dhaka city, investing around US$ 1.61 billion, officials said on Monday. The...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Wednesday morning, wrapping up her six-day visit to Germany and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying...
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited on Tuesday announced the signing of a definitive agreement with Sandoz Inc., a division of Novartis, to acquire a portfolio of eight Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs)...
The United Power dominated the Dhaka bourse's turnover chart on Tuesday while ten most traded companies captured nearly 37 per cent of transactions. Market analysts said the investors continued to...
The local statistical agency has said it will adopt a new base year for calculating the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) effective from July 2020 and it is expected to raise...
Various types of tariffs and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) imposed by both India and Bangladesh impede the growth of bilateral trade and textile and clothing (TC) value chain engagement between the...
Nagad, a new digital financial service of postal department, has got caught in a quandary regarding licensing from the central bank. Sources said complexities arose as to whether the Bangladesh...
Coordinated efforts are on to raise Tk 8.78 trillion from the bond market for achieving 8.0 per cent plus economic growth by 2021, officials said. To this end, a tripartite...
Consumers end up paying higher even as local industries enjoy tax benefits as a protection measure from the government. The government provides such support to local enterprises by imposing tariff...
There are still a few people around that benefitted from extra coaching in their schools at nominal fees to help the less gifted ones overcome their deficiencies. Those were the...
The state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is no different from its siblings- the other state-run entities. Corruption, mismanagement, lack of proper supervision, losses - BRTC has been ceaseless in...
Disruption of any utility service can upset the normal life of city people. On a tight schedule, urban people hardly have any alternative to such services. Natural gas may occupy...
Unaccompanied child migrants face dangerous journeys during transit, including abuse and detention, rights organisations have warned, highlighting significant failings in safeguarding unaccompanied minors, reports Al Jazeera. A recent report by...
The BAPA+40 Zero Draft Outcome Document-to be adopted at the upcoming conference on the Buenos Aires Plan of Action (BAPA+40) in Argentina on March 20-22- is much like a conference...
The 11th general election in Bangladesh was successfully concluded on December 30, 2018, in which the incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leader of the ruling party Bangladesh Awami League, won...
The Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) on Tuesday condemned the government for forming a committee on road safety with the former shipping minister Shajahan Khan as its chief. TIB expressed the...
The history of plastic is very recent. It gained momentum with the development of polyethylene by a German chemist named Karl Ziegler in 1953, and polypropylene by the Italian chemist...
Hundreds of illegal shanty houses, shops and structures were pulled down on Tuesday in the capital’s Bhashantek area in an eviction drive. National Housing Authority conducted the drive with the...
TANGAIL, Feb 19: Guava cultivation has brought smile on the faces of many grassroots farmers in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Tangail, sources, some 797...
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