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Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man from Balirhat in Chattogram in the early hours of Wednesday on charges of making ‘derogatory remarks’ about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
The Tokyo District Court has rejected a request by lawyers of Carlos Ghosn to end the detention of the ousted Nissan Motor Co Ltd chairman, who has been held since...
Russia is ready to hold consultations with the United States about the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty at diplomatic and military levels, Tass news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister...
Australian actress Margot Robbie is to play character Barbie in the first live-action feature movie about the iconic and controversial doll, who has enjoyed multiple careers in her 60-year lifetime....
At least 30 people were injured in separate clashes between the readymade garment (RMG) workers and police in different areas of Savar and Ashulia on Wednesday. The RMG workers from...
Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Moulvibazar, Rajshahi, Badalgachi, Panchagarh, Nilphamari, Kurigram and Chuadanga and it may continue and intensify for few days, according to...
Hyundai Motors has unveiled the concept for 'walking car' on legs, a small model of a car it says can activate robotic legs to walk at 3mph (5km/h) over rough...
Transport workers at BRTC’s Joar Sahara bus depot have called off their strike after receiving assurances over the release of nine months’ back pay on Wednesday. Deputy Commission of Police...
The head of the United Nations in Myanmar on Wednesday expressed concern about the situation in the western state of Rakhine, where fighting between the military and the rebel Arakan...
Studying mice genetically modified to mimic the genetic disease neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) that is associated with sleep problems, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found...
A suspected criminal was killed in a reported shootout with police at Satnal Jora Bridge in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila in the early hours of Wednesday. The dead man was identified...
Southeast Asian stocks rose on Wednesday as further headway in US-China trade talks increased chances of the two nations striking a deal to end the long-drawn confrontation. US and Chinese...
Myanmar President Win Myint has expressed his interest to work more closely with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in addressing common challenges for the mutual benefits of the two countries and...
Asian shares extended gains on Wednesday on hopes for progress in resolving the tariffs battle between the US and China as talks appeared to have been extended in Beijing. Japan’s...
Amid the cold wave sweeping over Gaibandha region, the district administration has intensified the programme of blanket distribution among the affected people. Official sources said the district administration received as...
Facebook has violated Vietnam’s new cybersecurity law by allowing users to post anti-government comments on the platform, state media said on Wednesday, days after the controversial legislation took effect in...
BBS Cables Ltd has planned to increase 37 per cent production capacity as it imported capital machineries by utilizing IPO proceeds. The cable manufacturer raised Tk 200 million from the...
A readymade garment factory worker at Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka has died on Tuesday amid street demonstrations for a hike in wages. Police and doctors could not confirm...
Jim Yong Kim, who abruptly resigned as president of the World Bank on Monday, is joining investment firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). US-based GIP is a private equity fund that...
The prices of most of the shares witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday as investors are active on sector-wise issues amid growing confidence. Market analysts said...
Police arrested 23 people including 18 wanted accused and five accused in regular cases from different areas of Habiganj district in the last 12-hour ending at 9:00am on Wednesday morning....
Australian authorities are investigating suspicious packages found at foreign consulates in Canberra and Melbourne, police have confirmed. Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade said it had been called to "a number of...
Thousands of garment workers in different parts of the industrial zone in Savar continued to agitate for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday. The readymade garment (RMG) workers staged the...
A housewife reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a mango tree near their house at Mahdipur village in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as...
Chhatak Cement Company Limited incurred an accumulated loss of over Tk 3.63 billion in last five fiscal years from 2013-14 to 2017-18 mainly due to gradual erosion in production capacity...
The securities regulator has approved the draft prospectus of CAPIEC Popular Life P.F. Unit Fund. The approval came Tuesday at a meeting held at the office of the Bangladesh Securities...
The central bank has sought information on overdue import bills up to December 31, 2018 from the commercial banks by January 13, as the amount of such bills stood at...
Voters have started casting ballots at the three polling centres in Brahmanbaria-2 where voting was suspended by the Election Commission on December 30 due to election-related violence and irregularities. Brahmanbaria...
State Minister for Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday said the government will pay more attention to developing the country's energy sector in the...
A tripartite committee of representatives from government, garment operators and workers has been formed to look into the inconsistencies in the new wage structure for the apparel sector. The panel...
A move is well under way to make private insurance employees' as "public servants" with intent to bring them under a legal framework. The people working at the Financial Institutions...
With the aim of shielding the country's farmers from high-cost agricultural loans disbursed by microfinance institutions (MFIs), the Bangladesh central bank has taken an initiative to chalk out a policy....
One of the landmark discoveries of the past century was that of plastic. First time ever, a product emerged to ease human life notably for its matchless features -- cheap,...
If real estate business in the capital and other cities are somewhat dull, one particular branch of it -- dormitory construction that is -- is quite bullish. According to a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged her new cabinet members to focus on good governance and warned them that they will be under her radar. "Be careful, I'll always...
Bangladesh's state grains buyer received the lowest offer of $290.94 a tonne C&F liner out in an international tender on Tuesday to purchase and import 50,000 tonnes of wheat, sources...
Airbus operationally hit its main industrial target of 800 aircraft deliveries in 2018 after record handovers in December, said two people briefed on the matter, reports Reuters. The final published...
MAGURA, Jan 08: Magura farmers are expecting a bumper production of mustard this season. Mustard growers informed that they are waiting for harvesting mustard. As high yielding seeds were used...
BOGURA, Jan 08: With lucrative market price as well as bumper production, good number of potato farmers of Bogura district is expecting to be self-reliant this season. The farmers generally...
SYLHET, Jan 08: Different kinds of winter vegetables are being cultivated on 55,554 hectares of land in Sylhet division. The crops include vegetables of all kinds including gourd, sweet gourd,...
Dhaka Dynamites registered their second consecutive win in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), reports UNB. They beat Khulna Titans by 105 runs on Tuesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium...
The atmosphere in ministries was festive on Tuesday as all the new cabinet members took over amid warm welcome by officials with the ministers promising to do their best for...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its chief coordinator in the northern region, along with arms and ammunition in...
The excitement surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) nowadays reflects not only how AI applications could transform businesses and economies, but also the hope that they can address challenges like cancer and...
Financial sector development is one of the key drivers of economic growth. It can improve access to finance for consumers and firms alike while also facilitating the inclusion of the...
Al Capone had a problem: he needed a way to disguise the enormous amounts of cash generated by his criminal empire as legitimate income. His solution was to buy all-cash...
Transport documents are very crucial in international trade transactions. The documents represent the contract of carriage which contains the terms and conditions under which the transport operation will take place....
Members of Coast Guard detained 52 fishermen for catching fish in the waters of the Sundarbans without taking authority's prior permission from Bangabandhurchar under Dacope Upazila in Khulna on Tuesday....
President Md Abdul Hamid attended a milad and doa mahfil arranged for the salvation of the departed soul of Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam. The family of late Syed...
The government has decided to set up a 12-member panel to review the wage of garment workers and take steps within a month amid labour protests in Dhaka. Commerce Minister...
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