Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) in its countrywide drive last year recovered smuggled goods and contraband items worth Tk 9.03billion, says a BSS report citing a release. The smuggled contraband drugs...
Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said Al Said has extended his heartiest congratulations to Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on her party's absolute victory in the...
A Noakhali court on Sunday placed seven accused on a five-day remand each in a case over the gang-rape of a woman in Subarnachar upazila of the district. Noakhali Senior...
Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) urged the Election Commission (EC) to properly investigate the irregularities took place during the 11thnational election held on December 30. "Many candidates did not submit proper...
Mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Madaripur, Gopalganj, Netrokona, Moulvibazar, Rajshahi, Pabna, Noagaon, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Kurigram, Panchagarh, Jashore, Kushtia, Barishal and Bhola and it may...
At least 30 people have been killed in the collapse of a gold mine in north-eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials say. The collapse occurred in the Kohistan district of Badakhshan...
Trashing media reports on a rift in their alliance, Jatiya Oikyafront senior leader on Sunday said no elected MPs of their coalition is going to take oath. “No one of...
Malaysia’s King Muhammad V has resigned on Sunday, the first time a ruling monarch has stepped down from the throne before completing their five-year tenure. The king’s resignation took effect...
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is going to form third consecutive government by including thirty one new faces in her cabinet. A 47-member cabinet, led by the Prime Minister Sheikh...
A 90-year-old American cyclist has been given a public warning for violating anti-doping laws. Carl Grove claimed contaminated meat was the reason he tested positive for epitrenbolone after the US...
A Belgian ban on the Muslim and Jewish ways of ritually slaughtering animals went into effect on New Year’s Day, part of a clash across Europe over the balance between...
Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal on Sunday took charge as the new registrar of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR). Prior to the new post at BRUR, Kamal retired as registrar of...
A woman and her son have been killed in an accident involving a bus and an autorickshaw in Netrokona’s Sadar upazila. Three people, including the woman’s daughter, have also been...
A study published recently in the journal Science Advances has shown that the Sahara desert and North Africa in general swing between wet and dry climates every 20,000 years. Researchers...
For luxury brands awarding red carpet contracts, the Golden Globes kick off the 2019 awards season. Gown, tux and jewelry designers — even hair-product companies — have begun paying out...
Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, former general secretary of the Awami League, had asked to be given more time to take his oath of office on Wednesday, but four days after...
The Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) realised over Tk 2.792 million in fines from traffic offenders on Saturday. In simultaneous drives on the city streets conducted on...
CHATTOGRAM: Environment department has stopped the arbitrary cutting of a scrap vessel in Parky Char area under Anwara upazila. Officials concerned said the buyer of the ship sought permission to...
Iran and Russia are preparing to hold joint naval exercises in the Caspian Sea, including rescue and anti-piracy drills, the commander of the Iranian navy was quoted on Sunday as...
Chinese researchers have taken a major step forward in developing a new-generation vaccine that has the potential to protect against almost all of the most potentially lethal forms of human...
Sinobangla Industries has taken a initiative to enhance its production capacity by about 150 tonnes per month. Two floors of the factory will also be upgraded to have clean room...
Switzerland has said it looks forward to its continued partnership with Bangladesh and hoped that Bangladesh will support the people's will to move towards democracy in full respect of human...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-narcotics drive arrested 34 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising...
A Dhaka court has sent former minister Nazmul Huda to jail after he turned himself in to the court over a bribery case. Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-2 Judge HM Ruhul...
The new members of the cabinet led by Sheikh Hasina will be announced during a press conference at 5:00 pm on Sunday. The new ministers and ministers of state for...
Two flights of different airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Sunday. BG 248 from Dubai was scheduled for 8:40am-arrival, but...
Jaitya Party Chairman HM Ershad took oath as a member of the 11th Parliament on Sunday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath at Parliament Bhaban around 12:30pm, UNB...
Ridesharing companies are not following the government rules that vehicles are allowed to engage in services only after a year of their registration. Instead, they are allowing vehicles to register...
Six people were killed and 54 others injured when a tour bus overturned on a slippery road on Thai capital Bangkok's northern outskirts in the wee hours of Sunday, police...
Cesc Fabregas might have played his last game not only for Chelsea but also in English football after bidding the team's fans an emotional farewell near the end of a...
Four people, including a 13-year-old girl, were arrested Saturday during a yellow vest pro-Brexit march in central London. Around 100 people in yellow vests marched through Westminster towards Trafalgar Square,...
Bicycle sharing service, Jobike, started its operation in Dhaka city on Saturday just one year after its introduction in the tourist city of Cox's Bazar last January. The country's first...
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted distant warning signal no 2 as the cyclonic storm 'Pabuk' over the Andaman sea and...
Preliminary results from Democratic Republic of Congo’s tumultuous presidential election will be delayed past Sunday’s deadline, the head of the election commission told Reuters. The commission, known as CENI, had...
An elderly woman was found dead and two men were missing after blizzards hit parts of Greece, police officials said on Saturday. Temperatures in central and northern Greece have remained...
A minor boy was killed after being smashed by a minibus at Hogla in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj on Sunday morning. The victim was seven-year-old Ibrahim, son of Anarul, as...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed a sharp rise in the early trading on Sunday as most of the listed securities went green. The market opened on a positive note...
Hundreds of garment workers have blocked the Uttara road, barring the main thoroughfare to and from Dhaka. The garment workers took to the streets at around 9:00am on Sunday in...
US National Security Advisor John Bolton has warned the Syrian government it should not see the impending US military withdrawal from the country as an invitation to use chemical weapons....
Sarojganj Bazar, the country's largest date molasses market in Chuadanga district, is abuzz with huge buyers along with the dip in mercury. Buyers from across the country are crowding Sarojganj...
Police have arrested another suspect in the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali’s Subarnachor on election day. Noakhali Superintendent of Police Md Ilias Shareef said that district Detective Branch police...
An Egyptian police officer was killed on Saturday while attempting to defuse a bomb found near a church in an eastern Cairo suburb, state television reported, less than two days...
British Prime Minister Theresa May might again push back a final vote in parliament on her Brexit deal, less than three months before the country is due to leave the...
A new regulation in Saudi Arabia is set to stop Saudi women from not knowing about their own divorce. Starting from Sunday, courts will be required to notify women by...
A man has been killed in a clash between two Awami League factions in Kushtia’s Sadar Upazila. The incident occurred in West Abdalpur Village at around 7:30 am on Sunday,...
The first namaz-e-janaza of Syed Ashraful Islam, former general secretary of the Awami League, took place at the South Plaza of the Jaitya Sangsad on Sunday morning. People from all...
US Department of Defence chief of staff Kevin Sweeney has resigned, a month after the Defence Secretary James Mattis announced his departure. Rear Admiral Sweeney said in a statement that...
A powerful Iranian council approved an anti-money laundering bill on Saturday, state media reported, a major step towards reforms that would bring Iran into line with global norms and could...
The apex body of apparel makers has instructed its member factories to strictly follow the new wage structure for garment workers, sources said. It called for full and timely implementation...
JMI Syringes & Medical Devices has witnessed a moderate growth in turnover and net profit, among others, for the year ended on June 30, 2018 compared to the same period...
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