The cost of insulin for treating type 1 diabetes in the United States nearly doubled over a five-year period, underscoring a national outcry over rising drug prices, according to a...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said “Zero Tolerance Policy against Corruption” will be strictly followed at the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC). “Zero tolerance against corruption...
The husband of a woman is among four people sentenced to death over her murder in 2011. Sirajganj Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal handed down the maximum punishment on...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday approved chargesheets against former BNP lawmaker Mosaddek Ali Falu and his wife on charges of acquiring wealth beyond known sources of income and concealing...
The mayoral by-election to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will be held on February 28. The election to the Kishoreganj-1 parliamentary constituency, which has fallen vacant after the death...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday evicted two brick kilns at Singair Upazila in Manikganj on grounds of illegal operation, destruction of agricultural lands and affecting public health. A team consisting...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special drive arrested 61 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming contraband substance. A special team of DMP, comprising members...
Simtex Industries Limited, a leading export-oriented sewing thread manufacturer of the country, got the ‘BGAPMEA Export Trophy-2018’ in direct export category. Planning Minister Muhammad Abdul Mannan handed over the trophy...
A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead allegedly by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the border in Haripur upazila on Tuesday, four days after the killing of...
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has cut a deal with a court in Madrid over tax evasion charges, accepting an €18.8m fine. A huge media presence met the player outside the...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a project to upgrade Jatrabari-Demra road into four-lane one. The approval came from the first ECNEC meeting of the...
A man was slaughtered allegedly by his wife at Dewanpur village in Chattogram’s Mirsharai upazila in the early hours of Tuesday. The victim was identified as Sonatan Mazumder Prokash Sanak,...
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Tuesday urged the students, guardians and teachers not to go for any sort of illegal means ahead of the forthcoming public examinations. “We are...
A two-day long music festival will be held at Dhaka University (DU) Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on January 27-28. DU music department is set to organise the festival as part of...
A teenager has died in a road accident while on his way to school in Chattogram’s Dhanialapara. Kazi Mahmudur Rahman, an eighth grader, was killed when the tempo he was...
Thirty-one Rohingya refugees, who were waiting near the border at Brahmanbaria’s Kasba to enter Bangladesh from India, were taken back by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday morning. Chief...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved eight projects involving an estimated cost of over Tk 18.93 billion. The approval came from the first ECNEC...
A total of 5,637 CNG-run auto-rickshaws were registered in Dhaka city in 2018 - a year when all of such vehicles manufactured in 2002 or earlier were also dismantled. A...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a man along with a pistol, two rounds of bullet, four Molotov bombs and 10 crude bombs from Bhakum village...
The Department of Women and Gender Studies (DWGS) of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) has celebrated the seventh founding anniversary on the university campus. They organised the celebration programme at...
Turkey is planning to launch an international investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and will take further steps in coming days, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted...
President Md Abdul Hamid has mourned the death of music composer and freedom fighter Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul. "The death of Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul is a great loss for culture in...
An award giving ceremony, arranged by CSE at its Dhaka, Chittagong & Sylhet offices took place simultaneously through skype recently to recognise the top 30 terminals of the declared “Order...
The 5th Technical Committee Meeting of SWIFT Members & User Group of Bangladesh (SMUGB) was held recently at the Corporate Office of Social Islami Bank Limited. Mr. Quazi Osman Ali,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed all concerned to implement various projects in a faster manner, maintaining the quality and standard of works and strengthen monitoring in this regard. The...
China’s broadcasting regulator on Tuesday approved the release of a third batch of video games after a freeze for most of last year, with industry-leader Tencent Holdings Ltd still absent...
A workshop on Leadership & Branch Management of First Security Islami Bank was held recently at FSIBL Training Institute. Mr Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director, First Security Islami Bank...
Police in Macau and mainland China detained 37 suspects in an underground lending case involving more than 30 billion yuan ($4.42 billion), as China steps up measures to reduce economic...
Carlos Ghosn’s latest request for bail was rejected by a Tokyo court on Tuesday, despite the ousted Nissan chairman offering to wear an electronic ankle tag in an unusual bid...
Tesla denied on Tuesday that it had signed a preliminary agreement with Tianjin Lishen to supply batteries for its new Shanghai car factory, saying it had received quotes from the...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have arrested a Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal leader from Chattogram city over posting 'provocative remarks against the state and law enforcement agencies' on her facebook. RAB...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a suspected militant from a militant den at Shibnarayanpur village in Kansat union of Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district. The...
Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut in four sets on Tuesday to continue his superb run in Melbourne and reach the Australian Open (AO) semi-finals. At 20 years and...
A surge in South Korean government spending boosted the country’s economy in the fourth quarter (Q4) but weakening exports braked last year’s annual pace of growth to a six-year low....
Facebook will hire an additional 1,000 people at its international headquarters in Dublin this year, the second major jobs announcement from a US multinational in Ireland in a matter of...
The founder of skincare brand Deciem has died, the company said in a statement on Monday. Brandon Truaxe, 40, was behind the creation of the company best known for cult...
The International Monetary Fund has warned that escalating trade tensions could undermine global economic growth. In a new report on the world economic outlook, the IMF also warns of risks...
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck south of the Indonesian town of Raba, off the central island of Sumbawa, the US Geological Survey said, the second quake to hit the...
The body of a slain journalist was found in northwestern Mexico, authorities said on Monday, adding to a long list of reporters who have fallen victim to record levels of...
France has summoned Italy's ambassador after the Italian deputy prime minister accused the French of exploiting Africa and fuelling migration. On Sunday, Luigi di Maio called on the European Union...
Chittagong Customs House will introduce Pre-Arrival Processing System (PAPS) to expedite the flow of trade as well as check smuggling of contraband goods into the country through the Chittagong Port....
The country's NID (national identity) server has been down for the last few days, seriously affecting service delivery of the key government agencies, officials and service recipients have said. According...
Bangladesh has made a proposal to the United Nations for resettling some of the Rohingya refugees staying in Bangladesh in different parts of the world. "I have told the UNHCR...
The global economy will continue to grow at a steady pace of around 3.0 per cent in 2019 and 2020 amid signs that global growth has peaked, the United Nations...
Logitech International SA raised its full-year profit outlook on Tuesday, after strong growth in its gaming hardware business helped the computer peripheral and mobile speaker maker beat third-quarter expectations. The...
Pearl Paper and Board Mills, a unit of BGD-Magura Group, has planned to raise Tk 400 million from the capital market using the fixed price method, officials said. The company...
Asian shares and US stock futures slipped on Tuesday as pessimism about world growth drove investors away from risky assets, while sterling dithered as the latest plan for Brexit appeared...
An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck south of the city of Raba on Indonesia’s central island of Sumbawa on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. There was no immediate...
South Korea is willing to provide technical support to Bangladesh for reducing the country's urban traffic congestion. President of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Lee Mi-kyung, who is now on...
Leading musician Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, who was also a freedom fighter, has died at the age of 63. Bulbul suffered a heart attack at his residence at Aftabnagar in the...
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