Two Huawei employees who sent a message from the Chinese telecom firm's Twitter account using an iPhone device have been punished, a memo says. The tweet, posted on New Year's...
Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain and general secretary Mostafa Mohsin Montu on Friday expressed deep shock at the death of Awami League Presidium member and Public Administration Minister Syed...
The US military says it has carried out an airstrike in southwestern Somalia that killed 10 members of the al-Shabab extremist group. The US Africa Command statement says the airstrike...
A human chain was formed on Friday in demand of immediate relocation of Secondary Transfer Station (STS) of waste from near the freedom fighters' graves at Malibagh. Malibagh first lane...
Santi Cazorla scored twice as Real Madrid failed to take full advantage of their game in hand on LaLiga leaders Barcelona in a frustrating 2-2 draw at relegation-threatened Villarreal. Los...
Tropical storm Pabuk has begun pelting southern Thailand with rain and wind, in what is expected to be the worst storm to hit the region in 30 years. The storm...
Norway said it will continue to work with the government, opposition, as well as other stakeholders to further advance the democratic and economic development of Bangladesh. "Our countries' good and...
The man who allegedly ordered the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali over an argument on election day has been arrested, police have said. Hasan Ali Bulu, 60, is known...
A three-member BNP delegation, led by its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Friday met US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller and discussed various issues relating to 11th...
Malaysia's exports grew only 1.6 per cent year-on-year to 84.79 billion ringgit (about 20.78 billion US dollars) in November last year, as electrical and electronics (E&E) shipment experienced its first...
Sterling rose on Friday after suffering heavy losses spurred by fears of a global economic slowdown, but uncertainty about Brexit kept its gains in check. The pound sank to its...
Awami General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP's decision not to take the oath as members of parliament (MPs) was the repetition of its mistake. "BNP made a mistake...
Employees will not need a key to get into the office of the future when it opens in Berlin this year, featuring ample meeting space, plenty of copy machines always...
Incidents of murder, rape, and suicide of children across the country marked a significant rise in 11 months from January to November of 2018 over the corresponding period of the...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday he intends to push forward towards a World War Two peace treaty with Russia, which has been stymied for decades by a...
Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed has inaugurated the construction works of three educational institutions at Jolshiri Abashon in the city. Three educational institutions — Adamji Public School and College, Jolshiri...
The Jatiya Party has decided to form the main opposition in parliament with Chairman HM Ershad as the leader of the group. The party’s newly-elected MPs will not join the...
Two people were killed and three others injured when a truck hit a number of rickshaws on Tongi-Ashulia-EPZ road at Itakhola in Ashulia of Savar on Friday. One of the...
Only 8 per cent of Hollywood’s top films in 2018 were directed by women, down from 11 per cent the prior year, despite high-profile efforts to improve gender equality, a...
Ousted Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn is set to appear in court within five days after he requested an open hearing to hear the reason for his detention, Japan's...
Weak sales at Apple and Cargill, US giants of technology and agriculture, may be the clearest sign yet that President Donald Trump’s quest to reset world trade carries costs at...
Teenage girls are twice as likely as boys to show depressive symptoms linked to social media use - mainly due to online harassment and disturbed sleep, as well as poor...
CHATTOGRAM: Work on the construction of a bus-truck terminal and the digging of a new canal start next month to address the port city's perennial gridlock and waterlogging. The Chattogram...
The colleagues of Syed Ashraful Islam have recalled how selfless, honest and visionary the “intellectual giant” was in Bangladesh’s politics. “He was a clean politician. Altruistic and self-effacing Syed Ashraf...
Risk appetite across Southeast Asia was mixed on Friday, while Philippine shares surged as the country's inflation cooled in December, but bargain-hunters snapped up cheapened Singaporean stocks. Sentiment in broader...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners have been turning to green and non-polluting technology, including solar power, to help provide safe and clean water to Rohingyas refugees. Over...
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) will launch online banking services in rural areas as part of its implementation of core banking solution (CBS). In this regard, RAKUB signed an agreement...
The number of prisoners as of January 4, 2019 stood at 98,480, according to the Prisons Directorate under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Of the prisoners, 16,124 are convicts and...
Asian shares found a crumb of comfort on Friday as Beijing announced a new round of trade talks with Washington, though recession fears still had markets betting the next move...
Two flights of Biman Bangladesh Airways have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Friday. BG 144 from Kuwait was scheduled to...
Asian shares steadied on Friday following a technology-led sell-off on Wall Street, while the Japanese shares tumbled and Shanghai’s benchmark surged. The Nikkei 225 index started its first trading day...
Manchester City reignited the Premier League title race as they ended Liverpool's 20-game unbeaten start to the season to reduce their lead at the top of the table to four...
Prices of rice and vegetables were seen to have a significant fall in Narsingdi district due to adequate supply of Aman rice and huge arrival of winter vegetables in the...
US job growth likely picked up in December with wages expected to have increased solidly, which could help to allay a recent upsurge in fears about the economy’s health that...
A sexagenarian woman was stabbed to death by some miscreants at East Bejgaon village in Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Alaeya Begum, 60,...
A teenage boy was hacked to death by his rivals following previous enmity over gambling at Shahbazpur village in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria on Thursday night. The dead boy was...
US and China will hold vice ministerial level trade talks in Beijing on Jan. 7-8, as the two sides look to end a dispute that is inflicting increasing pain on...
An alleged drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Muktarpur village in Chuadanga’s Damurhuda upazila in the early hours of Friday. The dead man was identified...
The safe-haven yen weakened versus the dollar on Friday on hopes upcoming US-China trade talks would make some progress, but broader market confidence remained weak amid worries over slowing global...
Oil prices dropped on Friday after the United States followed most other major economies into a manufacturing downturn, although supply cuts by producer club OPEC kept declines in check. International...
Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Wednesday realised Tk 2.842million in fines from traffic offenders in the city. Besides, a total of 4,792 cases were also filed...
Democrats wasted no time flexing their new power in the US House of Representatives on Thursday by approving legislation backed by new Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would end a 13-day...
The government's revenue earnings from the premier bourse declined about 25 per cent in the first six months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, compared to the same period...
A Japanese company has shown 'keen' interest to subscribe for a substantial amount of shares in the JMI Syringes & Medical Devices, a listed company. The NIPRO Corporation of Japan...
Md Rakibur Rahman, managing director of Midway Securities, has been re-elected director of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) unopposed for the next three years. Mr Rahman was the only candidate...
Bangladesh's use of Indian transshipment facility will boost the country's international trade and enhance competitiveness, economists and business leaders told the FE on Thursday. They gave the opinion, as the...
The prices of ginger, one of the main cooking ingredients, witnessed a big rise at city markets last week, augmenting woes of the consumers further. The prices of onion also...
The country's overall electricity and natural gas production fell drastically over the past several days following a low demand and sloth business activities centering the eleventh parliamentary elections on December...
Four days after being elected as a MP for the 11th parliament, Awami League Presidium member and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam died of lung cancer at a hospital...
When the BGMEA honchos some years back had set the $50 billion export earnings target for the year 2021, they knew it was ambitious. Yet they aired high expectation and...
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