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Three people were killed and nearly two dozen were injured on Friday when a double-decker bus struck a bus shelter in the Canadian capital of Ottawa during rush hour, city...
The initial public offering (IPO) of Runner Automo-biles will open for subscription on January 31, seeking to raise Tk 1.0 billion from the capital market under the book-building method. The...
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will reduce its workforce by about 10 per cent of the company’s more than 6,000 employees, it said on Friday. The company said it will...
Roads and Highways Department (RHD) and Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) have showed poor performance among three agencies involved in developing bus-based mass transit corridor from Airport to Gazipur. Sources said...
The country's export of plastic goods marked a 21 per cent rise in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY) over the corresponding period of last fiscal. The...
Hundreds of thousands of US government workers have missed their first payday of the year as the partial shutdown of federal agencies bites deeper. Employees such as prison guards, airport...
Finance division has turned down a proposal to include the staffers of private insurance companies as 'public servants', sources said. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) earlier proposed to include them as...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has vowed to free the Chittagong Customs House (CCH) from corruption by any section of officials. The graft-buster agency's resolve has come in consideration of...
The authorities have again sought lower funds in the revised annual development programme (RADP) for the Padma Bridge project for slow progress in work, officials said on Friday. The Bangladesh...
The government is set to create a database of buyers of government-sponsored savings instruments. The objective behind the creation of database is to see whether the savings opportunity is abused...
The two decades between 1990 and 2010 saw most middle and upper income families in Dhaka move their televisions from the drawing or dining rooms to their bedrooms. The rationale,...
A warm and hearty welcome to newly appointed Finance Minister (FM) AHM Mustafa Kamal. He takes over from Abul Mal Abdul Muhith who ably steered the economy for the past...
The decision of the government to set up more commercial wings in Bangladesh embassies abroad to facilitate trade and investment may apparently strike the right chord because of the role...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has blamed the 'shortage' of transports during national election for recent rice price hike. He also assured that the rice prices will come down within a...
Higher gas tariff, suspension of new connections of gas and poor implementation of government policies are holding back the potentials of country's attar manufacturing sector, insiders have said. Besides, delay...
At least seven people were killed and dozens others injured after a bus carrying tourists and locals crashed in Cuba on Thursday, state-run media say. Citizens from the UK, Canada,...
Bangladesh has come a long way in its economic growth. From a meagre US$ 5.70 billion in 1972, the gross domestic product (GDP) increased to US$ 285.82 billion in 2018....
Sleeping battery technology has a history that spans over 300 years. Over past few decades, it has grown as a major disruptive force. Although many disruptive technologies had roots in...
The ruling Awami League scored a landslide victory in the last election. It won 259 seats in the house of 300. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the principal opposition party, won...
Dhaka Dynamites' Al Islam Alis stole the show on Friday when his team won by two runs against Rangpur Riders, the defending champions of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), reports UNB....
His presence is ubiquitous at street corners, on the pavement of shopping malls or any busy spots of the city. The afternoons and evenings are the most propitious time for...
Police have arrested another suspect over the gang-rape of a woman on election day. Henchu Majhi, 29, was arrested from Daudkandi in Cumilla on Friday morning, said Md Abul Khair,...
Bangladesh lost a philanthropist on January 16 2017 in Md. Fazlul Haque, who dedicated his life to spread of education among womenfolk, in rural Bangladesh in particular, and one of...
Advances in medical discipline as well as technology and demographic changes pose widespread challenges to nations in their preparedness for the future. Health science and scientific medical care are part...
Bangladesh is among the four nations in South Asia that experienced decline in terror attacks. While terror impact on South Asia has worsened on average, Bangladesh shows improvement in security...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has asked the authorities to dismantle all the illegal establishments along the national highways within a week. The minister gave the instruction while...
A Saudi teenager who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her deleted her Twitter account on Friday after getting death threats, a friend said, while she...
Newly-appointed Education Minister Dipu Moni said strict measures would be taken against educational institutions if they charge students extra fees. She gave the warning while exchanging post-election greetings in Chandpur...
Poland has arrested a Chinese employee of Huawei and a Polish national involved in cyber business on allegations of spying, Polish media reported on Friday, deepening the controversy over Western...
Volkswagen Group said on Friday its passenger car deliveries rose 0.9 per cent last year to a record 10.83 million, putting it neck-and-neck with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi in the race to be...
A suspected robber was killed in an alleged gunfight with police at Ujanchar Beelpar area in Bajitpur Upazila of Kishoreganj district on early Friday. Police named the deceased as Arshaf...
Dr Kamal Hossain's Gano Forum is now planning to pressurise BNP to cut ties with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to keep the Jatiya Oikyafront intact and launch a movement together, according to...
Holders Barcelona fell to a shock 2-1 defeat by Levante in the first leg of their Copa Del Rey last-16 tie. Erick Cabaco and Borja Mayoral scored in the opening...
Heavy snowfalls brought chaos to parts of Germany and Sweden on Friday, leaving roads blocked, trains halted and schools shut. The Red Cross helped drivers stuck on a motorway in...
Police searched courtrooms in at least six cities across Germany after emailed bomb threats and other security alerts on Friday. Local police said they evacuated a court in the eastern...
An Italian judge on Friday acquitted Autostrade CEO Giovanni Castellucci in a case regarding a 2013 accident that killed 40 people on a motorway run by the company. Prosecutors had...
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will arrive in Bangladesh on January 19 on a six-day visit to meet the Rohingya refuges in...
The German government faces a gap of around 100 billion euros for its budget plans through 2023 as the economy cools. A German weekly news magazine, Der Spiegel, gave the...
Samsung has finally announced the launch date of its next flagship smartphone, expected to be called the Galaxy S10. The South Korean technology giant sent an invite to media for...
Police arrested 16 Rohingyas from Bagra in Brahmanpara upazila of Cumilla on Thursday. The arrestees are Hamida Begum, 60, Sabbir Ahmed, 30, Sabbir's wife Hasina Begum, 30, Sabbir's four children-Jabed,...
A suspected robber was killed in an alleged gunfight with police at Ujanchar Beelpar area in Bajitpur upazila of Kishoreganj during the early hours of Friday. Police named the dead...
A total of 14 Bangladeshi business entities will take part in a four-day tradeshow – Texworld Paris – to be held in the capital of France from February 11 to...
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) shares seesawed on Thursday as investors questioned how the impending divorce of company founder Jeff Bezos would affect his control of the most valuable company on Wall...
Andy Murray may retire after the Australian Open, with the severe pain from his troublesome right hip having become almost unbearable for him to play on, the former world number...
bKash offers up to 15 per cent cash back on payment through its app at selected merchant pavilion or stalls at ‘Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2019’ organised by Bangladesh...
A man missing for six days has been found dead inside a septic tank near his house at Chhagalnaiya in Feni. Abul Kalam, 54, worked as a cook in the...
A suitcase containing $150,000 (£117,600) in cash was stolen from ousted Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, a court in Harare has heard. Three suspected thieves have appeared in the court who...
China fired Zhongxing-2D satellite into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan Province at 1:11am on Friday. The satellite has entered the...
Ford and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) unveiled sweeping job cuts across Europe on Thursday as carmakers struggle with a slump in demand for diesel vehicles, tougher emissions rules, and a...
A Myanmar court on Friday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of breaking the Official Secrets Act, saying the defence had...
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