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A doctor and a 16-year-old have been killed in Sudan amid demonstrations against President Omar al-Bashir. Both were shot in the head by state forces who were firing directly on...
Algeria will hold a presidential election on April 18, the presidency said on Friday, although it did not say whether veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika would stand as a candidate. Bouteflika,...
Leading cardiologist of the country professor Dr Rakibul Islam Litu passed away on Friday at a city hospital following a massive heart attack at the age of 52. Doctors said...
Queen Elizabeth’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip escaped uninjured from a car crash while driving on Thursday near the Sandringham estate in eastern England. Police said two people in a car...
The National Bureau of Statistics of China on Friday revised the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2017 from 6.9 per cent to 6.8 per cent in its final...
A high-profile dispute between supermodel Gisele Bundchen and Brazil’s agriculture minister over deforestation escalated this week, coming as activists worry about new President Jair Bolsonaro’s environmental policies. The Brazilian model...
Guardian Life Insurance Limited (GLIL), the first digital life insurance company in Bangladesh, has come up with an interesting portfolio of digital products and services at the Dhaka International Trade...
US- based Netflix ended 2018 with more than 139 million paid subscribers, adding 8.8 million members in the three months to December 31. The streaming giant said the growth reflected...
India’s Reliance Industries on Thursday posted record quarterly profit driven by its telecoms, retail and petrochemicals businesses, which offset the impact of a weaker refining margin due to volatile crude...
The Forest Department seized 25 kilograms of venison (meat of deer) from Terkathikhal area in the Sundarbans under Burigoalini Forest Station in Shyamnagar upazila on Thursday night. On information, forest...
Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg struck a deal on Thursday to form a centre-right majority government by adding the small Christian Democratic Party to her minority three-party coalition. The agreement...
Law enforcers, in special drives arrested 21 suspects including five drug pedlars from different areas of Dinajpur district during the last 12-hour period ending at 8:00am on Friday. Law enforcers...
Germany and China on Friday signed agreements to strengthen coordination in banking, finance and capital markets, and pledged to further open market access and deepen cooperation to broaden economic ties....
The quality of service has improved greatly in recent months at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH), thanks to the efforts of its Superintendent Dr ATM Monjur Morshed and his staff....
The Italian government on Thursday approved flagship reforms of the welfare and pension system, election pledges of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the right-wing League, which mark a major overhaul...
Three international flights of different airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Friday. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Abu...
UN member states owe nearly $2 billion in peacekeeping funds, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned, with the United States responsible for more than a third of that. “Active...
A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) inside Indian territory along Thakurgaon frontier on Friday. The incident occurred at Dharmagarh border in Ranishankail...
India’s top business groups have urged the RBI to cut its benchmark interest rate and lower the cash reserve ratio it imposes on banks to stimulate an economy that is...
The number of prisoners as of January 18, 2019 stood at 92,845, according to the Prisons Directorate under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Of them, 16,027 are convicted and the...
Four domestic flights of different airlines have missed their departure schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Friday. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was scheduled to...
Southeast Asian stocks rose on Friday taking cues from broader Asia, after a media report on progress in US-China trade talks stirred hopes of a deal in their tariff dispute...
The authorities have postponed the Vitamin A Plus campaign slated for Saturday. The Institute of Public Health Nutrition announced the postponement citing “unavoidable reasons” on Thursday. A new date for...
Barcelona overturned a 2-1 first-leg deficit on Thursday to beat Levante 4-2 and reach the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. Two fortuitous Ousmane Dembele goals in the first half...
Asian shares advanced Friday after investors saw signs of possible progress toward settling the US-Chinese tariff war. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.7 per cent to 2,578.73 and Hong Kong's...
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) intends to make all its civic services digitalised and automated in phases for benefit of the city dwellers. “We are pledged bound to make the services...
Two motorcyclists were killed as their vehicle hit a tree beside Talora-Jamdar road at Kalipara village in Bagura’s Kahalu upazila on Thursday. The dead were identified as Suja Uddin Khan,...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to make reduced rate of source tax, 0.25 per cent, on export proceeds effective from January, 1, 2019. The board will issue...
Scarcity in fish supply has upset hundreds of dry fish producers of Pabna, Sirajganj and Natore districts in Chalanbeel region this season in spite of high expectations. Now, they are...
Roger Federer celebrated his 100th match at the Australian Open on Friday by giving young American Taylor Fritz a centre court schooling to reach the last 16. Six-times champion Federer...
Earthen pots are being sold on a large scale as the date juice extractors are using them for keeping juice in Bogura district. Meanwhile, hundreds of potters are earning well...
SS Steel Limited made a flying trading debut as its share price jumped 401 per cent to Tk 50.10 on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday. The engineering sector...
The government has taken punitive actions against 37 private hajj and travel agents due to their irregularities during the hajj in 2017, officials said. The actions include cancellation of licences,...
Northern Jute Manufacturing Company has posted a significant growth in earnings in the October-December (Q2) period of financial year 2018-19 against the loss incurred in the same period of the...
Theresa May has urged Jeremy Corbyn to discuss his Brexit plans with her, after he said he would not take part in talks until "no deal" was ruled out. In...
Two passengers of an auto rickshaw were killed as their vehicle collided head on with a speeding bus on Cumilla-Noakhali highway at Chandanabazar village in Laksham upazila of Cumilla on...
President Donald Trump has cancelled his delegation’s trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week due to the partial US government shutdown, according to a statement released...
Fish and garlic became costlier last week compounding the woes of the consumers further who were already battered with rising rice prices. The prices of onion, however, showed a downward...
Private sector credit growth dropped significantly in December mainly due to the lower demand for loans, due mainly to the elections, bankers said. They, however, expected the growth in credit...
The government has decided to offer concession on port charges for users during holidays in an attempt to keep cargo delivery uninterrupted like working days in the Chattogram port, people...
Construction of the Dohazari-Cox's Bazar-Ghundum railway line project is going on slowly, as the Bangladesh Railway (BR) has failed to complete necessary land acquisition for its construction work, said officials....
The government has no plan to renew contracts of 'costly' oil-fired plants on expiry to cut down power generation costs and ensure sustainable future energy security. "A good number of...
The foreign aid-supported projects are coming under the government's close scrutiny as the new finance minister will review progress next week, officials said on Thursday. AHM Mustafa Kamal is likely...
The Power Division has, reportedly, suggested reduction in the volume of foreign development assistance earmarked in this year's original annual development programme (ADP) for its failure to utilise the same...
Is happiness measurable? Even an individual does not experience unmixed happiness all the time. Life, after all, is an admixture of laughter and tears where one gets the better of...
The launching of the Entrepreneurship Support Fund (ESF) for agro-based projects in July last year heralded a fresh journey for this funding initiative. Actually its legacy goes back to the...
Police have clamped traffic restrictions for Saturday for Awami League’s (AL) celebrations of its landslide election victory at the Suhrawardy Udyan. Dhaka Metropolitan Police in a media release on Thursday...
With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), we are getting more proficient in making our year-end appraisals. For example, we can now identify more accurately what were the major 2018...
MAGURA, Jan 17: Integrated mustard cultivation and honey collection by bee keeping is gaining popularity in Magura. Magura honey collectors expect Tk 20 million this season. Department of Agriculture Extension...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has introduced a new guideline on Thursday to shorten the leash on rising default loans. The new policy will be will be effective from the next fiscal...
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