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Two men, killed in Tuesday's clash with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Thakurgaon, were named in a case filed by BGB on Thursday night. Nayeb Subedar Ziaur Rahman, company commander...
Some 272 new books were unveiled at Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela on Friday, the fifteenth day of the month-long book fair. With the latest additions, a total of 2,241 books...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is expected to call a snap national election for April 28. The announcement would come on Friday, after losing a key budget vote, reports Reuters...
Chile joined three neighbouring South American countries in a bid to host the 2030 football World Cup, according to a joint statement from their governments released on Thursday. The bid,...
Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde has signed a one-year contract extension. The 55-year-old Spaniard also has the option of a further year, which would see him remain in charge until the...
The European Commission said on Friday that Italy should clarify as soon as possible whether it plans to complete a high-speed rail link with France that the co-ruling 5-Star Movement...
Ambulance registration in Dhaka has witnessed a slight rise in 2018 compared to that in 2017, according to the statistics provided by Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). The number of...
Vietnamese airlines will be able to fly to the United States and code share with American carriers after the US Federal Aviation Administration declared the Southeast Asian country complies with...
India has said it will ensure the "complete isolation" of Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed 46 soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir. Federal Minister Arun Jaitley said India would take "all...
At least 922 children and young adults have died of measles in Madagascar since October, despite a huge emergency vaccination program, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. The...
BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday alleged that the government has imposed an autocratic role in the country undercover of democracy. "The government has established an unwritten...
Chinese President Xi Jinping met US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday. The meeting was held after high-level negotiations to striked a trade deal ahead...
Hong Kong customs have seized a record 40kg of rhino horns worth around $1.0m that were on their way from South Africa to Vietnam, the latest bust for authorities trying...
Australian trainer Ben Currie has been charged with several "serious welfare breaches" including giving electric shocks to horses. It follows compatriot Darren Weir being banned for four years for possessing...
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan on Friday to expect a strong response to a car bomb attack on a military convoy in Kashmir that killed 44 paramilitary policemen,...
Lyft Inc will pitch investors on its fast growth in the United States as it seeks to beat out Uber Technologies Inc to become the first publicly listed ride-hailing company,...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man along with firearms from Baliadighi in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj in the early hours of Friday. The arrestee is Senaul Islam,...
The United States began sending Central American families seeking asylum back to Mexico this week, a Mexican immigration source said on Thursday, while US human rights groups sued the Trump...
Gold traded in a tight $4 range on Friday as investors looked for signs of progress in ongoing US-China trade talks, while concerns of a global slowdown in the wake...
Oscar winner Brie Larson gets embroiled in galactic conflict in Marvel Studios’ first female-led superhero movie “Captain Marvel”, a role she said pushed her beyond her comfort zone during training....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said BNP had an evil intention to make the 2018 general election questionable and they are still trying to do so. "Their [BNP’s] intention was...
Indonesia will push back by as much as seven years an October deadline for halal labels on food, drugs and cosmetics, after industry voiced fears the move could bring chaos...
Two more devotees died of cardiac arrest at Biswa Ijtema venue in Tongi on Friday. With these, the death toll at the Ijtema venue rose to four this year. The...
The US government and Facebook Inc are negotiating a settlement over the company’s privacy lapses that could require the online social network to pay a multibillion-dollar fine, the Washington Post...
Arsenal suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at BATE Borisov on a night forward Alexandre Lacazette will want to forget after being sent off in Europa League last 32 first-leg tie...
Dhaka University (DU) has organised a Freshers’ Reception of the third and fourth batches of MTM Programme under the Department of Banking and Insurance of DU Business Studies Faculty. The...
As the tea sector is thriving fast, the ‘made-tea’ output marked 57 per cent increase last year than previous year in the ‘Kartoa Valley’ ecological zone comprising of five sub-Himalayan...
BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology (BUFT) has organised an orientation programme for the newly admitted students of Spring Semester 2019 on its main campus in the capital. The BUFT...
Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest Muslim congregations in the world, began on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi in Gazipur after Fazr prayers on Friday. Ijtema began...
A fire gutted raw materials of a textile factory in its godown in Tongi's Badam area in Gazipur on Thursday night. Senior Station Officer of Tongi Fire Service and Civil...
Barrister Abdur Razzaq has resigned from the Jamaat-e-Islami citing its failure to apologise for its anti-liberation role and reform party charter. The top leader of the Islamist party, who held...
The board of directors of HR Textile Limited has decided to issue a seven years non-convertible redeemable fixed rate corporate bond with face value of Tk 500 million. The company...
The government is drafting a master plan to initially protect the rivers Buriganga, Balu, Sitalakhya and Balu in Dhaka and the Karnaphuli in Chattogram from pollution and encroachment. As part...
US businesses paid an additional 2.7 billion US dollars in tariffs in November 2018, according to data released Thursday. This is the most recent monthly data available due to the...
A college student was killed and another injured in an attack by a young man at Bangabandhu Udyan in Barishal city on Thursday. The dead man was identified as Rubel...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two Rohingyas along with 14,000 yaba pills from Balukhali in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila on Thursday. The arrestees are Sohel, 21, son of...
Most Southeast Asian stock markets slipped on Friday awaiting developments on the Sino-US negotiations, while Indonesian stocks dropped on disappointing trade data. Wall Street ended slightly lower, with Asian shares...
Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a defeat on her Brexit strategy on Thursday that undermined her pledge to European Union leaders to get her divorce deal approved if they grant...
Ten most traded companies grabbed more than 28 per cent of turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday, with Fortune Shoes remaining at the top of the chart...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has appointed a temporary legal expert for drafting the new VAT and income tax law in Bangla. A.K Mohammad Hossain, a legal analyst and...
A suicide bomber rammed a car into a bus carrying Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir on Thursday, killing 44 of them in the deadliest attack in decades on security forces...
Asian stocks fell on Friday after weak US retail sales figures raised fresh doubts about the strength of the world’s largest economy, offsetting optimism towards trade talks between the United...
The overseas jobs for Bangladeshi workers declined by about 28 per cent in January this year compared to the corresponding period of previous year, official statistics showed. Insiders have attributed...
The prices of egg, one of the main protein items, significantly increased last week in the capital, compounding owes of the consumers. The prices of one hali (four pieces) of...
The government has released the third installment of cash incentive amounting to Tk 11.25 billion for disbursement among the exporters for the fiscal year (FY) 2018-19. The money will be...
The government's efforts to incentivise the exporters reaching out to new markets beyond the traditional export destinations are paying off, people familiar with the matter have told the FE. The...
President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to declare a national emergency in an attempt to fund his US-Mexico border wall without congressional approval, a step likely to plunge him into...
Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has been facing a severe shortage of 'qualified' contractors in comparison with its projects for developing road infrastructure and procuring equipment, sources said. As a...
The World Bank's portfolio for Bangladesh under its current aid package has almost been finished, which has resulted in the delay of implementing some proposed development projects, officials said on...
A textile mill in Tongi, Annetect Fabrics, caught fire on Thursday night, said several television channels. Eight fire fighting units are working to bring the fire under control, till the...
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