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M Night Shyamalan, the director known for his film-ending twists, brought his latest offering to London on Wednesday, comic book thriller “Glass” - a tale merging two of his previous...
Portuguese public and private companies of medium and large size are obliged to hire between 1.0 per cent and 2.0 per cent of the disabled people respectively, according to legislation...
Gunmen disguised as state security personnel fatally shot four paramilitary volunteers guarding a school in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand, police said. The attackers approached the armed territorial defence volunteers at the...
Video games are compelling, but does playing them too much constitute a medical condition? The gaming industry is trying to avoid “gaming disorder” becoming a formally recognised ailment. The World...
Indian shares were little changed on Friday, as investors awaited technology giant Infosys Ltd’s results for clarity after rival Tata Consultancy Services’ quarterly margins contracted. TCS, the country’s top software...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-narcotics drive arrested 59 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising...
Three flights of different airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Friday. BG 144 from Kuwait was scheduled to arrive at...
A total of 74 prisoners died while in custody in the country, according to an independent rights body. Of them, 45 were undertrials and 29 convicts, Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK)...
China plans to set a lower economic growth target of 6-6.5 per cent in 2019 compared with last year’s target of “around” 6.5 per cent, policy sources told Reuters, as...
A man was killed and five others were injured when a pick-up van rammed a human hauler at Mothkhola in Sadar upazila of Chandpur on Friday. The dead man was...
Police in Las Vegas have issued a warrant for a DNA sample from Cristiano Ronaldo as part of their investigation into the rape allegations made against the Juventus forward. The...
Police recovered the bodies of two unidentified men from the Buringanga River in South Keraniganj area on Thursday. Sub-inspector Mohmmad Firoz, said local people spotted the body of a man,...
Asian stocks inched up to five-week highs on Friday, after Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated the Federal Reserve will be patient about raising interest rates and news that trade talks between...
The classes of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia will resume on Saturday after a 14-day winter vacation holidays. IU Acting Registrar SM Abdul Latif said the academic and administrative activities...
The charred remains of 21 people killed in a suspected gang battle have been found in a Mexican border town, just over the river from where US President Donald Trump...
The Power Division is now waiting for a positive note from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) about its financing to implement a 50MW floating solar project in the Kaptai Lake,...
Some US military ground equipment has been withdrawn from Syria in recent days, US media reported on Thursday. "Some cargo has already moved," CNN quoted an administration official with direct...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi urged on Thursday the millers and traders to keep the prices of rice stable in the market. "I request you (rice millers and traders) to keep...
Broiler chicken and ginger became pricier again last week raising woes of the consumers further. Prices of some vegetables and egg, however, showed a mixed trend while that of other...
The government is considering extension of counter-guarantees involving over Tk 18.56 billion for state-run Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC), officials said. Contacted, a deputy secretary of the Finance...
A total of 17 listed companies were downgraded to 'Z' category, meant for worst-performing enterprises, in the last two years. They were downgraded from the best- and medium-performing categories for...
The country's manpower export may experience further fall in the coming years due to poor demand for less-skilled workers in major markets, experts and sector insiders have predicted, calling for...
The ten most traded companies grabbed 20 per cent of the transactions on the Dhaka bourse on Thursday, with JMI Syringes & Medical Devices leading the turnover chart. Market insiders...
Around 40 people were injured in clashes between workers of readymade garment (RMG) factories and members of law enforcement agencies on the fifth day of agitation on Thursday in different...
Flanked by border agents who are going without paychecks during a government shutdown, US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to use emergency powers to bypass Congress to pay for...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) of the government is seeking an additional allocation of Tk 55 billion (5,500 crore) in the Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP). Sources said it...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said on Thursday non-performing loan (NPL) will not grow by even a single penny from today, rather it will reduce. He, however, said he would...
The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is back in making profits from oil trading, thanks to a downtrend in oil prices in the international market. The BPC earned profits of...
Bangladesh's import expenses crossed US$22 billion in the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, following a 59.59 per cent increase in fuel oil import, officials said....
It would be yet another example of wasting taxpayers' money on a sick state-owned enterprise (SoE). A move, according to a report published in the last Wednesday's issue of the...
Bangladesh has moved up 16 places on the World Economic League Table (WELT) over the past six years alone to be ranked the 43rd largest economy in the world. In...
The economic outlook of the country is quite bright for the 15 years to 2033. If the prediction of the Centre for Economics and Business Research -- a UK-based research...
A Dhaka court has given police five days to quiz Miah Nuruddin Ahmad Apu, a former aide to BNP acting chief Tarique Rahman, in their custody over the seizure of...
What do the markets say about 2019 expectations? Since much of the 2018 economic noise was more often than not swamped by strident political preferences and short-cuts, 2019 prognostications may...
Technology optimists argue that progress creates many more jobs than it destroys. They say fears over job losses are as misplaced as Luddite worries in the 19th century over the...
'Bedey' children attending classes at primary schools on the city suburbs are a common spectacle now. News reports of these students performing brilliantly at the junior-level and secondary school examinations...
With its GDP growth rate at 7.86 per cent in the last 2017-18 fiscal year and per capita income hitting US$1,751, Bangladesh is now a befitting riposte, before the world,...
The Late Justice Syed Mahbub Murshed became a legend through his professional and personal efforts. Justice Murshed was undoubtedly an enlightened personality during his time and it was this enlightenment...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly told the leader of his only major ally, China, that he wants to "achieve results" on the nuclear standoff on the Korean...
BOGURA, Jan 10: With the assistance of authority concerned, fish farming has brought solvency among extreme poor farmers in Bogura district. The farmers have taken three-month-long training from local Youth...
NAOGAON, Jan 10: The community seedbed method, a modern process of planting paddy seed, is gaining popularity in Mohadevpur upazila of the district. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said...
MAGURA, Jan 10: Cattle fattening has turned fortune wheel of Abdul Aziz, a resident of village Nanduali under Magura Sadar upazila. He has no land of his own. Earlier he...
Urging BNP to find out the reasons behind its defeat in the last general election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said a party that failed in mobilising people for...
India's sugar exports are likely to be far lower than a 5.0 million-tonne target set by New Delhi as a strengthening rupee and falling global prices make shipments unattractive despite...
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Thursday said the utmost cooperation of guardians and students is needed in checking the problem of question paper leak. Dipu Moni came up with...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday urged the rice millers and wholesalers across the country not to indulge in any unscrupulous means which might lead to soaring of rice price...
A girder of an old bridge collapsed killing two workers and injuring three others during repairs in Thakurgaon’s Haripur Upazila. Around 10 workers were working at the site in Bujruk...
Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders says his country plans to raise concerns over Congo’s contested election at the UN Security Council, where Belgium has just taken a two-year seat. Reynders...
Police recovered the slaughtered and hacked body of a teenage girl from her house at Purba Shullokia village under Sadar upazila in Noakhali on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified...
The Spanish Civil Guard has arrested 83 people, including 28 professional players, following an investigation into match-fixing by an organised Armenian criminal gang, the European Union's Europol agency said on...
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