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Family members of Mohin Uddin in Feni have been beset with grief after the migrant worker was killed by a gang of extortionists in South Africa. The 40-year-old who worked...
A balloon vendor was killed and two people were injured when a gas cylinder exploded at Dhaka Shiksha Board Laboratory School and College compound in Dhaka city's Mirpur on Friday....
Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi called for national reconciliation on Thursday as he became Democratic Republic of Congo’s president, succeeding Joseph Kabila in Congo’s first transfer of power via an election...
Real Madrid staged a late rally to take a huge step towards the last four of the Copa del Rey by beating Girona 4-2 at home in their quarter-final, first...
Scientists have developed a new drug which shows potential to halt cancer cells' growth by stunting the cells' biological clock. The findings from scientists at the US University of Southern...
Latin American and Caribbean economies face downward risks on several fronts despite a greater growth in 2018, according to a UN report released Thursday. The region's GDP could grow 1.7...
Southeast Asian shares rose on Friday, with Singapore leading the gains buoyed by strong earnings, while Philippines hit its highest level in more than 10 months. The Singapore benchmark rose...
Police, in special drives arrested 53 suspects including two drug pedlars from eight upazilas of Satkhira district in last 12-hour ending at 8:00am on Friday morning. Police also recovered 55...
Asian shares rise on Friday after a moderate rise on Wall Street, amid persisting optimism over the potential for China-US trade talks to help end a tariffs war between the...
A government-formed committee will sit next week to finalise the Accord's transition plan so that it can hand over its responsibilities to the authorities concerned, officials said. The committee, headed...
Chinese authorities are holding an Australian writer, who used to be a Chinese citizen, on suspicion of endangering state security, China said on Thursday, and his lawyer said he was...
Japan has shown interest to sign free trade agreement (FTA) with Bangladesh, officials said on Thursday. Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hiroyasu Izumi expressed his interest when he met Finance Minister...
A lighterage vessel carrying 1,700 tonnes of wheat sank on Thursday in Bhasanchar area. Twelve crew members of the vessel have been rescued while one was missing till the evening....
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Thursday that Indian and Bangladesh officials will finalise various aspects of a proposed waterway between the two countries, according to a report...
Apple has dismissed more than 200 employees from its autonomous vehicle group, Project Titan, CNBC reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The dismissals are seen, internally, as...
A four-day international photography festival titled “Dhaka Int’l Foto Fest-2019” is set to begin in the capital on January 27. With a view to increasing the practice of the art...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued nine Bangladeshi nationals while being trafficked to India through Sadipur frontier in Benapole on Friday. Among them, five are women and two children....
Bangladesh Army has for the first time appointed four female officers as battalion commanding officers. The four officers - Sanjida Hossain, Syeda Nazia Royhan and Farhana Afrin, and Sarah Amir...
Former finance minister AMA Muhith suggested that the revenue board recruit university students for conducting door-to-door survey aimed at expanding tax net. He said the university students will collect data...
The government is set to expand Elenga-Hatikamrul-Rangpur road into a four-lane highway aiming to facilitate movement of people and goods between 16 northern districts and the capital city. With financial...
The banking sector grabbed 21 per cent of turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday, with four banks featuring in the top turnover chart. The four banks --...
Two insurance companies saw their share prices rise 'unusually' high without any price sensitive information (PSI). The share prices of the two companies-Bangladesh General Insurance Company (BGIC) and Peoples Insurance...
Prices of spices declined last week giving some comforts to the consumers battered by rising costs of staple food rice and protein items. Vegetables prices showed both upward and downward...
The readymade garment (RMG) exports to the United Kingdom grew by 1.3 per cent to US$ 1.87 billion in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY 2018-19)....
State-run Petrobangla has scaled down its fiscal requirement by over a quarter to Tk 40 billion to purchase LNG from global suppliers until June. The oil and gas corporation has...
Mobile banking transactions maintained a momentous growth in 2018, albeit at a much lower rate than the previous years. The latest data of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) shows that transactions...
Tax revenue collection faced a Tk 280 billion shortfall in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY), posting a slower growth of 6.36 per cent, in the...
The central bank is set to unveil its second half-yearly (H2) monetary policy on Wednesday at 11:30 am, giving top priority to job creation through boosting credit flow to the...
At least 13 workers were killed by a truck that overturned at a brickfield in Cumilla’s Chauddagram. The coal-laden truck fell on their hut at around 7:00am Friday, said Chauddagram...
What the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has found about the doctors skipping their duties at the public health facilities is nothing revealing about the latter except for those serving in hospitals...
That physicians of hospitals and clinics situated in outlying upazilas stay away most of the time is widely known. But they also play truant from government health facilities in the...
Of the 1400 or so cinema halls in the country just 250 could survive till date, according a report carried in a Bangla contemporary. Most of the existing ones are...
BNP has decided to stay away from the mayoral by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and elections to upazila councils. Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the decision...
Fairs used to be an integral part of Bengalee recreation in the past. The tradition, however, continued into the present times in different segments of society in different forms. Due...
Boeing Co said on Wednesday its flying car prototype hovered briefly in the air during an inaugural test flight, a small but significant step as the world's largest planemaker bids...
India's navy opened a third air base in the far-off Andaman and Nicobar islands on Thursday to beef up surveillance of Chinese ships and submarines entering the Indian Ocean through...
North Korea's leader has expressed "great satisfaction" after receiving a letter from US President Donald Trump, the North's state media said, reports BBC. The letter was passed to Kim Jong-un...
Under the theme, "Globalisation 4.0: Shaping a global architecture in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution," the World Economic Forum (WEF) will try, again, to channel the new year's...
The President of the United States and the Congress are deadlocked on the border security. President Trump firmly believes building a concrete wall along the southern border would ensure border...
The customers of Brac Bank can transfer funds from their Brac Bank accounts to bKash and Rocket accounts using the bank’s internet banking facility from now on. As per the...
Germany is interested to invest more in Bangladesh aimed at boosting economic ties between the two countries. The German envoy conveyed this message when he met Foreign Minister Dr AK...
BOGURA, Jan 24: Flower farmers of Bogura district are passing busy time to supply large quantities of flowers for celebrating February 21 with much fervour. They are expecting to grow...
NATORE, Jan 24: Farmers are achieving fresh and good yield of winter vegetables adopting latest production techniques in Natore district. "I have cultivated bean on 21 decimal of land this...
RANGPUR, Jan 24: The farmers in five districts under Rangpur agriculture region are expecting a plentiful yield of wheat during the current season. This year the wheat cultivators of Rangpur...
Bangladesh Customs is going to celebrate the International Customs Day 2019 on January 26. The day will be observed along with a total of 183 member countries of the World...
An Ansar commandant was arrested in Chattogram on Thursday for offering bribe to an Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) official. A team consisting of executive magistrate of Chattogram district administration and...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will announce its monetary policy for the second half of the current 2018-19 fiscal year at the end of the month. Central bank Governor Fazle Kabir will...
India is due to launch what it says is the world's lightest satellite ever to be put into orbit. Weighing only 1.26kg (2.6lb), the Kalamsat-V2 has been made by students...
Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, will be held on February 15-17. Unlike other times, this year Ijtema will be held once instead of two phases,...
UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo on Thursday highlighted how a strong response capacity to disasters ties into longer-term needs by allowing countries to focus on achieving the Sustainable...
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