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The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 66 people from the city in a regular anti-narcotics drive for possession of illegal drugs. Different police stations under DMP, conducted the drives and...
Benapole Custom House has been honoured with the 'World Bank Symbol of Appreciation Award 2019' for transparency in assessing imported goods, modernisation of import-export facilities, and quicker delivery of imported...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a strict warning to government physicians and nurses to do their respective duties properly or quit their jobs. "The Ministry of Health should conduct...
Cargo van registration in Dhaka city witnessed a slight decline in 2018 compared to that of 2017. A total of 1,224 cargo vans were registered in 2018 while the number...
Rajshahi Collegiate School, one of the oldest schools in the subcontinent, has celebrated its 190th founding anniversary festival amidst a two-day fanfare and participation of a large number of old...
The Khirsapat mango of Chapainawabganj in the country has formally got the Geographical Indication (GI) mark on Sunday. Khirsapat, one of the most popular varieties of mango, has become the...
China's major train maker on Saturday tested a new generation of maglev train with a designed speed of 160 km per hour, about 60 per cent faster than the current...
The concluding ceremony of a 15-day long Foundation Training Course, arranged by Union Bank Training Institute was held recently. A. B. M. Mokammel Hoque Chowdhury, Additional Managing Director of Union...
The Duke of Edinburgh has written to a woman injured in a car crash he was involved in near Sandringham at Norfolk in England to say that he is "deeply...
Entrepreneur Organization (EO) Bangladesh held its 5th meeting of EO Board Room Series on January 27 in Dhaka. The objective of EO Board Room Series is an unreserved conversation about...
French composer and pianist Michel Legrand has died at 86 after a career in which he stood out for soundtracks in screen musicals with Catherine Deneuve and that won him...
Brazilian rescue workers halted searches for the night on Saturday for hundreds of people missing and feared dead under a sea of mud after a tailings dam burst at an...
A mural by British street artist Banksy on a fire-exit door at Paris’ Bataclan theater, where Islamist militants killed 90 people three years ago, has been stolen, the venue said...
As Bangladesh is moving fast through a transition era of rapid economic progress and full-phase digitisation, smart ICT services will be a paramount catalyst; particularly in Chattogram, the commercial capital...
The Fijian government recorded four cases of malnutrition last year, a significant decrease compared to the previous years. Fiji Social Welfare Department's Child Services Assistant Director Ela Tukutukulevu said on...
Atletico Madrid moved to within two points of La Liga leaders Barcelona on Saturday, easing to a 2-0 home win over Getafe in an ill-tempered game which saw the visitors...
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit near the Pacific island nation of Fiji just before 8:00 local time on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. Shortly after the area felt another smaller...
Number of honey harvesters in mustard farming fields is increasing gradually as in Rajshahi including its vast Barind tract. The composite farming is being adjudged as lucrative means of boosting...
BRAC Bank Limited has recently signed an employee banking agreement with Bishwo Infra Projects Limited (BIPL). Bisho Infra Projects Limited, a project of Shapoorji Pallonji Group of Companies, is the...
Speakers at a meeting have called upon the government to take measures for proper implementation of the existing laws to combat human trafficking. They also stressed the need for creating...
US payments card company Mastercard says it still plans to apply for a bankcard clearing licence in China and was in “active discussions” to explore solutions. Mastercard “continues to make...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered firearms from Pakuria Banghapara area in Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila on Saturday night. Acting on secret information, a BGB team conducted a drive and...
The country's first Bicycle sharing service, Jobike, has started its operation in the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology campus in Sylhet. The service was first launched in the tourist...
Businesses have demanded quicker and smoother delivery of imported cargo without harassment during customs valuation and revenue collection to facilitate higher production in factories. At the same time, they urged...
President of North District Awami League unit of the port city Nurul Alam Chowdhury passed away in the early hours of Sunday. He was 74 years old. Nurul Alam, also...
Egypt opened a new international airport on the outskirts of the capital on Saturday for an initial trial period, in a bid to ease pressure from Cairo’s main airport and...
Voting to Gaibandha-3 (Sadullapur-Palashbari) constituency began on Sunday morning in a peaceful manner. The balloting was started at 8:00 am and will continue till 4:00pm. However, no untoward incident was...
Police have recovered the bodies of a couple with their throats slit from a farmhouse in Nilphamari’s Syedpur. According to Syedpur Police OC Shajahan Pasha, the murders occurred in Khatamdhupur...
In an unprecedented move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said he had fired his ambassador to China, who prompted a political furor with comments about Huawei’s high-profile extradition...
Two bombs tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim extremists are active, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 70 during a...
Far East Knitting & Dyeing Industries (FEKDI) has posted a steady growth in turnover values in last five fiscal years (FYs) following the company's increased production capacity. But a mixed...
The EPS (earnings per share) of eight listed companies rose marginally for October-December (Q2), 2018 compared to same period of the previous year. The EPS of Miracle Industries, S. S....
The pending issue like that concerning Teesta water sharing is unlikely to get priority at the upcoming joint consultative commission (JCC) meeting between India and Bangladesh. The meeting will be...
The United States has called on the world to “pick a side” on Venezuela and urged countries to financially disconnect from Nicolas Maduro’s government, while European powers signaled they were...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has decided to make direct contribution in keeping the markets of key essential commodities stable and easily accessible to the city consumers, officials said. As part of...
The government's pension payments are growing at a worrying rate -- nearly 22 per cent annually -- over the past three years for higher life expectancy and the latest rise...
Development projects are set to come under strict monitoring as a high-powered government committee will travel outside Dhaka to oversee the implementation work from early next month, officials said on...
Awami League on Saturday picked former BGMEA president Atiqul Islam to contest the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-election. The ruling party also nominated Syed Zakia Nur Lipi, sister...
The initial reaction of the first-time tourists from the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal to the looks of Dhaka once was their great amazement at the shop and office...
The government's decision to develop new coal mines on its own deserves appreciation in the sense that the authorities are going to break the decade-old stalemate over the issue. The...
Few people can remain unconcerned at the news of the decline in the export earnings of the country's jute and jute products. This is what has happened in the first...
Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal on Saturday said new VAT law would come into effect from next July but VAT rate would become different. “VAT rate for different...
On January 21, 2019, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) adjusted its world economic growth forecasts for the year 2019 and 2020 as they detected weakness in economies of Europe and...
Energy drives the engine for economic development of a country. Domestically sourced energy reduces the dependence on very costly energy import draining the foreign currency reserve. This is specially true...
When US President Donald Trump meets again with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next month, he will be staging the second act in a comedy of manners that now passes...
Awami League Advisory Council Member Tofail Ahmed has said he is confident about the victory of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election....
Prime Minister Theresa May returned to Parliament on Monday, January 21, to give a statement on her Brexit Plan B. Her statement gave a promising start and she said it...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tried to justify Awami League's victory through her address to the nation The BNP leader made the...
Vice Admiral Abu Mozaffar Mohiuddin Mohammad Aurangzeb Chowdhury took the charges of Bangladesh Navy as its chief on Saturday. Outgoing navy chief Admiral Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed handed over the command...
Bangladesh will import around 1.42 million tonnes of petroleum fuel through government-to-government (G-to-G) initiative from eight state-owned companies of different countries from January to June this year. According to official...
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