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SYLHET, Jan 26: Citizens forum 'Haor Banchao, Sunamganj banchao' has demanded immediate start of works on all the haor protection schemes in the haor districts, dropping the accused persons from...
BOGURA, Jan 26: A good number of extreme poor farmers of Bogura district are becoming self-reliant rearing Turkey birds from last year.Sensing lucrative profit, over 300 new farmers in Dupchanchia,...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has urged the owners of readymade garments (RMG) factories to follow the new wage structure announced by the government. "I am urging them (the owners) to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited Jatiya Oikyafront leaders at Ganabhaban on February 2 to exchange greetings. Separate invitation cards were sent on Saturday to all the steering committee members...
The leaders of Spain, Germany and France have warned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro he must call elections within eight days - or they will recognise the opposition. Mr Maduro is...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the decision on the Ninth Wage Board Award for journalists will be taken very soon. "We are giving great importance...
Industries Minister Nurul Mazid Mahmud Humayun on Saturday said Khirshapat mango of Chapainawabganj, one of the most popular varieties of mango, will get Geographical Indication (GI) for its extraordinary and...
Brazilian rescue workers on Saturday searched for roughly 300 missing people after a tailings dam burst at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, amid faint hopes of finding...
Tracing his fingers over the metal fencing at a United Nations protected site in South Sudan’s capital, Nhial Nyuot Nhial hung his head as he contemplated going home after years...
Police have recovered the bullet-ridden body of a suspect in a rape case with a note tied around his neck reading: “I am in this state because I raped a...
The government will increase the number of Commercially Important Person (CIP) status of non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) nearly threefold from this year to encourage the expatriates to send more remittances. The...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has identified faulty procedures in the implementation of the wage structure as the main cause of the recent unrest in the garment sector. The...
US President Donald Trump has yielded to political pressure to end the longest US government shutdown in history. After 35 days, he backed a deal to fund federal agencies for...
Bus registration in Dhaka witnessed a significant decline in 2018 compared to that of 2017. A total of 2,322 buses were registered in 2018 while the number was 3,294 in...
Japan's Naomi Osaka beat Czech Petra Kvitova in a seesaw Australian Open final on Saturday to win back-to-back Grand Slams and become the new world number one. The US Open...
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) on Saturday protested for the increase in reserved seats for women in the parliament by one third and for holding direct poll. The parliament, on July...
A Dhaka court on Saturday granted a six-day remand to a suspected member of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), also a charge-sheeted accused in the Holey Artisan Bakery...
The Brexit date could be pushed back by a couple of weeks to give time for legislation to be approved by members of parliament, the leader of Britain’s lower house...
China has appointed banking veteran Yi Huiman to head the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). The appointment was announced at a time when investor confidence has been hit by a...
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said the incumbent government will provide more opportunities for the youth in future. He said the government, led by Bangladesh Awami League, had...
Police arrested two youths on charges of demanding money from the people after threatening them to make viral their fake nude pictures and videos on social networking sites. The youths,...
For the first time this year, the United States has sent two warships through the strategic Taiwan Strait, according to the Taiwanese government. The move risks further heightening tensions with...
Her role as a victim of sex trafficking was so harrowing that Mrunal Thakur almost backed out. To research the experiences of women and girls sold into the sex trade,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday congratulated former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee as he was honoured with his country's highest civilian award 'Bharat Ratna'. Sheikh Hasina greeted Pranab over telephone...
A central leader of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSoD) was trampled to death by a wild elephant in India’s Darjeeling on Friday. The victim was Syed Saimun Kanak, media affairs secretary...
Tens of thousands of people rallied across Australia on Saturday calling for the abolition of the Jan 26 national holiday in protests showing a deep division over a festivity intended...
International Customs Day is being observed in Bangladesh today (Saturday) as elsewhere around the world. National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken elaborate programmes to observe the day in a...
Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez returned to haunt his old club with the opening goal in Manchester United’s 3-1 victory at Arsenal in a heavyweight FA Cup fourth-round clash on Friday....
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is planning to unify the underlying messaging infrastructure of the WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger services and incorporate end-to-end encryption into these apps, the...
Scientists say they have discovered the secret behind why some people are skinny while others pile on the pounds easily. Their work reveals newly discovered genetic regions linked to being...
NCC Bank distributed blankets among the poor & helpless cold-stricken people as a part of Bank's Corporate Social Responsibility activities. Chairman of the Bank Md. Nurun Newaz Salim inaugurated blanket...
The three-day `Challenger Umrah Fair-2019’ ends today (January 26) at Westin Dhaka. Challenger Travels and Tours Limited arranged the fair for the 5th time. Dr. Abu Reza Mohammed Nezamuddin Nadwi,...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that he is confident of keeping the country’s economic growth rate within an appropriate range in spite of multiple risks and challenges in 2019. “China’s...
Social Islami Bank Limited and BRAC Saajan Exchange Ltd, UK have signed an agreement for Inward Foreign Remittance drawing arrangement at the Bank’s Head Office recently. Managing Director & CEO...
A case has been filed against the truck driver and his helper in connection with the death of 13 brick kiln workers who were killed when a coal-laden truck flipped...
A Jubo League activist has been killed and his brother injured in an attack in Kishoreganj. Yusuf Monir, 48, and his younger brother Yakub Sumon, 45, a councillor from ward...
Malaysia’s economics minister said on Saturday the country will cancel its $20 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project with contractor China Communications Construction Co Ltd (CCCC). Mohamed Azmin Ali...
Silver Discoverer, a cruise ship operated by Silver Sea Cruise, will reach the Mongla port in Bagerhat district on Sunday with 53 tourists from five different countries to visit the...
The Certificate Awarding Ceremony of an international training programme on ‘Risk-Based Internal Audit’ for the Nepalese bank executives was held at Bangladesh Bank auditorium on January 24. The Certificate Awarding...
Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland has praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's development innovation- 'the SDG-Tracker' and championing women empowerment. She said, "The Commonwealth under its Innovation Hub has placed Prime...
Global stocks rose on Friday as investors reacted to corporate earnings reports and US President Donald Trump announced an agreement to end the longest ever US government shutdown. Wall Street...
Three members of a family died and a minor went missing after a boat capsized in the Buriganga River on Friday night. The dead were identified as Motiur Rahman Moti,...
The country's readymade garment (RMG) sector needs "fair pricing" so that the industry can fully comply with standards, Bangladesh High Commissioner in the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem said. The...
The government will provide Tk 0.10 million to each families of the brick kiln workers who were killed when a coal-laden truck overturned at Chouddagram upazila of Cumilla district on...
Setting deadlines for elections in Libya is counterproductive as the political players need to agree first on a political solution to end the country’s conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...
A suspected drug dealer has been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Kushtia’s Sadar upazila. The shootout took place at Ambagan in the Canalpara area of Molla Tegharia...
Wall Street ended higher on Friday after a broad-based rally, with investors heartened by news that Washington would move to temporarily end the longest US government shutdown in history. Based...
Brazilian rescuers were searching for some 200 missing people after a tailings dam burst on Friday at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, the second major dam disaster...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested the last fugitive suspect in the deadly terror attack on the Holey Artisan cafe at Gulshan in Dhaka. RAB sources said they arrested...
The government plans to set up branches/exchange houses of scheduled banks soon in some countries having potential sources of remittances. The objective of the move is to help the Bangladeshi...
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