The world's oldest man has died at his home — a hot springs inn — in northern Japan at the age of 113. Masazo Nonaka died in the early hours...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a suspected drug trading couple along with 5,300 pieces of yaba tablets (worth Tk 2.65m) from Pahartoli area in Chattogram...
We're looking at Saturn at a very special time in the history of the Solar System, according to scientists. They've confirmed the planet's iconic rings are very young - no...
A ward councillor of Gopalpur Municipality in Natore was stabbed to death by some unidentified miscreants in front of his residence at Biropara in Lalpur upazila on Sunday. The dead...
Villagers have come together to free their respective villages in Nezampur Union Parishad (UP) under Nachole Upazila of Rajshahi district from the curse of terrorism and militancy. Awareness is...
Pakistan has exported to China over 100,000 kg of human hair valued at USD 132,000 over the last five years. The Ministry of Commerce and Textile told the National Assembly...
Stocks rebounded strongly on Sunday, after remaining down in the past two sessions, as investors showed their buying spree on sector-wise issues. Market analysts said investors were active on sector-wise...
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi says the ruling Awami League’s activists have become ‘reckless and diabolically exhilarated’ after the election. He referred to gang-rape allegations in Subarnachor...
The Cyber Crime Awareness Foundation (CCA Foundation) is offering a fellowship programme for the journalists in a bid to provide them in-depth knowledge on cyber crimes and violent extremism. CCA...
India has sacked two senior executives of state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) for allegedly failing to prevent a $2 billion fraud, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said...
An explosion was heard in the vicinity of Syria’s capital Damascus and initial reports point to a “terrorist” attack, Syrian state TV reported on Sunday morning. State TV reported there...
A winter storm that blanketed the US Midwest with snow advanced on the US Northeast on Saturday, forcing cancellations of flights and train service during a holiday weekend when many...
Bangladesh and Sweden governments on Sunday signed an agreement titled 'Institutional capacity development in statistics - a capacity exchange programme - between Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and Statistics Sweden, 2018-2023'...
The bodies of two workers, who along with 18 others went missing after a sand-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna River in Munshiganj on Tuesday, were recovered Sunday on the...
Rafa Nadal routed Tomas Berdych 6-0 6-1 7-6(4) in a centre court masterclass to charge into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday. The 2009 champion was relentless at...
Two buses collided on a winding road in the Bolivian altiplano early on Saturday morning (local time), killing 22 and injuring 37, authorities said. Police said later in the day...
Four people have been killed after a car crashed into a ditch in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon. The accident occurred on the Madanpur-Bhulta-Joydebpur road in the Bastal area on Sunday morning, said...
Police recovered the body of a minor boy from a lemon orchard at Jalsuka village in Saturia upazila of Manikganj on Sunday morning three days after his abduction. The deceased...
Congo opposition candidate Martin Fayulu rejected a court ruling on Sunday that his rival won a presidential election, declaring himself president in a move that could stoke further unrest. “The...
A Saudi-led coalition launched several air strikes on the Houthi-held Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight, stoking tensions among Yemen’s warring parties as the United Nations struggles to implement a peace deal...
A mobile court has sentenced a union parishad chairman to seven-day imprisonment for digging a pond in a piece of cultivable land in Tiorkuri Beel of Durgapur upazila in Rajshahi....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the home ministry to work with greater attention to root out drug abuse, terrorism, militancy, and corruption from the country as that is the...
Michelin Chief Executive Jean-Dominique Senard could be a good choice to head carmaker Renault French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday. Renault looks...
If you were surprised by this month’s bounce in global stock markets, next week may tell you if you should join in or stay out. Chinese output data on Monday...
A freelance photographer, who had contributed to the Associated Press among other news organisations, was killed in clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a government official and...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with the law enforcers in Jaliapara area of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar in the early hours of Sunday. The...
More than 10,000 people marched through Belgrade on Saturday evening to protest against the rule of President Aleksandar Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), demanding media freedom as a...
British Prime Minister Theresa May plans to seek a bilateral treaty with the Irish government as a way to remove the contentious backstop arrangement from Britain's divorce deal with the...
The prices of most of the stocks witnessed an upward trend in the early hour of trading on Sunday as investors were showing their buying appetite on sector-wise issues. Following...
The Annual Managers’ Conference for the year 2019 of Dhaka Bank Limited was held on 19th January, 2019 at Le Meridien, Dhaka. Mr. Reshadur Rahman, Chairman of the Board of...
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) organized “Annual Business Conference-2019” on 19th January 2019 at a hotel in the capital. The opening ceremony of the conference was presided over by...
A 2-day long Annual Business Conference of First Security Islami Bank Limited was held recently at Intercontinental Dhaka. The Conference was presided over by Syed Waseque Md. Ali, Managing Director,...
Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh recently donated blankets to former enclave communities in Lalmonirhaat and Kurigram in northern Bangladesh. The bank supports under-privileged communities with donations of warm clothes and blankets...
Export earnings from jute and jute goods declined by 26 per cent in the first half of the current fiscal year (July-December 2018) compared to the corresponding period of last...
Agricultural Marketing Company Ltd. (Pran) posted a steady growth in revenue earnings in last five fiscal years (FYs). To keep the revenue growth stable, the company always laid importance on...
China is expected to report on Monday that economic growth cooled to its slowest in 28 years in 2018 amid weakening domestic demand and bruising US tariffs, adding pressure on...
At least 73 people were killed after a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves exploded in central Mexico, authorities said on Saturday, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended the...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) says the militant arrested from a bus in Gazipur’s Tongi area has been identified as absconding Holey Artisan attack suspect Mamunur Rashid Ripon. The elite force’s...
Jatiya Oikya Front Convener Dr Kamal Hossain, also president of Gono Forum, flew to Singapore on Saturday night for medical purposes. Along with his wife Hameeda Hossain, he left the...
US President Donald Trump proposed an immigration deal on Saturday in a bid to end a 29-day partial government shutdown, including temporary protections for “Dreamers” and other immigrants, but Democrats...
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit the coast of north-central Chile late on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, and witnesses said it rattled buildings further south in the capital city...
Planning Minister Muhammad Abdul Mannan has underscored the need for strengthening the role of Bangladesh embassies abroad to ensure providing necessary supports to the migrant workers in international labour markets....
A fund would be set up with owners, buyers and workers of the companies operating in the country's eight export processing zones (EPZs), officials said. The 'owners-buyers-workers' fund aims to...
The election authorities have estimated the cost at Tk 6.77 billion (677 crore) for holding the upcoming fifth upazila (UZ) council polls across the country. According to officials concerned, nearly...
A government order has imposed restrictions on appointing people to higher-grade jobs in the projects through outsourcing. The ministry of finance (MoF) issued new outsourcing guidelines on January 01, clearing...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has initiated the process of rationalising the tax rates after being directed by new finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. Officials said the existing tax...
Thousands of Poles have been attending the funeral of Pawel Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdansk who was fatally stabbed last Sunday, reports BBC. Large screens around St Mary's Basilica in...
The grim episode began with the very Buriganga River, the so-called lifeline of Dhaka. It had long been declared virtually dead, with its waters becoming unsuitable for the survival of...
The country's new foreign minister said branding Bangladesh globally is one of the top priorities of the government in the coming days. The government will continue its journey towards achieving...
Yet another traffic awareness campaign is underway in the capital. Starting on January 15, it will conclude on January 31. Like during such a campaign carried out by the Dhaka...
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