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Around the last quarter of 2018, economists across the world maintained that the United States (US)-China trade war and tightening financial conditions would trigger the next downturn, thus dimming the...
Following the Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013, the country's readymade garment (RMG) industry experienced a huge watershed in workplace safety and factory remediation. Thanks to the remediation process that...
Many of our migrant women workers end up facing double jeopardy: Once in their place of work going through the mill of a hostile environ; and thence having been driven...
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque on Tuesday said Sunday’s general election was held in a free, fair and neutral manner. “All (parties) took part in the...
The Election Commission (EC) is likely to publish the gazette on the 298 MP-elects of the 11th parliamentary today (Wednesday). "The gazette was sent to the Bangladesh Government Press on...
Former champions Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have failed to get direct qualification for the men's T20 World Cup's Super 12s due to their low rankings and will have to fight...
With an ongoing trade war between the United States and China, Russian military posturing in Eastern Europe at its greatest since the Cold War and the most unpredictable US administration...
After an action-packed 2018 which witnessed multi-sport events such as Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and Junior Olympics while the summer extravaganza witnessed the Football World Cup. 2019 has started and...
A relatively recent and interesting development in the area of collaborative finance without the engagement of a financial institution is 'crowdfunding'. Remarkable development and use of technology in the financial...
TANGAIL, Jan 01: Papaya cultivation has brought smile on the faces of many grassroots growers in the district. Sources said many growers have been earning handsome profit from commercial cultivation...
RANGPUR, Jan 01: The farmers of eight districts under Rangpur division are optimistic about achieving a good yield of mustard during the current season. Visiting different areas this FE correspondent...
In the wake of its debacle in Sunday's polls, BNP has convened an emergency meeting of the candidates who contested the 11th national election with its symbol the 'Sheaf of...
Most economies from the Asian and the Pacific regions maintained six per cent growth in 2018 (other than the high-growth nations). Intraregional cooperation between the Asian nations is moving toward...
Police recovered the body of a man from the bank of Nagor River in Haripur Upazila's bordering Dabori area of Thakurgaon district on Tuesday. Police said the body of Nizarul...
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Tuesday congratulated Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on her party's absolute victory in the 11th national election. The...
The distribution of free textbooks among school and madrasah students began in the port city and its adjacent areas of the Chittagong district on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Mohammad...
The United States and Israel officially pulled out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, the culmination of...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said new cabinet members will take oath before January 10, the Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The...
Deaths of two female readymade garment workers in a road accident in the city’s Malibagh area have triggered a protest. Several hundred fellow garment workers took to the streets in...
How often have we charted elaborate health resolutions at the start of the new year, only to see the vigour and enthusiasm fade away by February? If that sounds someone...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday has said a new wage board will be formed for broadcast media. The minister made the statement in response to a question during...
The United Nations has welcomed the participation of the opposition in elections for the first time in last ten years. “We called on all sides to exercise restraint and ensure...
A three-year-old minor boy drowned at Mochainagar village in Alomdanga upazila of Chuadanga district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Rohan Ahmed, son of Masud Rana, hailed from Baro...
The government is working to bring the whole country under electricity coverage, said State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday. "Everyone will have access to power within the next...
The BNP’s student organisation, the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, has not organised any programme on the 40th anniversary of its formation. The party usually holds events to mark the occasion every...
An estimated 8,428 babies will be born in Bangladesh on the New Year’s Day, Unicef said on Tuesday. Bangladeshi babies will account for 2.13 per cent of the estimated 395,072...
BNP suffered debacle in the national election because it lacked proper polls preparations, senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed said on Tuesday. During an interaction with journalists in the city,...
Six suspected members of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir were arrested with improvised bombs and Jihadi books at South Keraniganj in the city on Monday night. "We...
A man was killed in a clash with his rivals over a piece of land in Moulvibazar’s district's Juri upazila on Tuesday. Police said the victim, 53-year-old Taher Ali of...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said the new government will give special attention to curbing corruption to keep up the country’s development trend. “The new government will work for...
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Sri Lankan Prime Mister Ranil Wickremesinghe congratulated Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday on her party's victory in Bangladesh's general election. Sirisena and Wickremesinghe separately called...
Thousands of demonstrators marched in Hong Kong on Tuesday to demand full democracy, fundamental rights, and even independence from China in the face of what many see as a marked...
Jatiya Party secretary general Moshiur Rahman Ranga has said they are not happy with results of their party in the 11th parliamentary election. "We're not happy with the election results...
A teenage female worker of a readymade garment factory was killed when a bus hit her at Malibagh Chowdhurypara in Dhaka city on Tuesday. The young woman was identified as...
A college student was shot by unidentified assailants in Jashore in the early hours of Tuesday. The victim, Sajib Hasan Sujon, 22, was a second-year management student at Uposhohor College....
The first trading session of the New Year ended higher on Tuesday as investors showed their buying appetite on selective large-cap stocks. Market insiders said investors were active on sector...
Thailand’s king will be officially crowned in elaborate ceremonies on May 4-6 as the latest ruler in the centuries-old monarchy, the royal palace said on Tuesday. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 66,...
Crude oil prices look likely to trade below $70 per barrel in 2019 as surplus production, much of it from the United States, and slowing economic growth undermine OPEC-led efforts...
American scientist Larry Roberts who helped design and build the forerunner of the internet has died aged 81. In the late 1960s, he ran the part of the US Advanced...
An Afghan official says the Taliban launched two blistering attacks in northern Sar-e-Pul province, killing 15 members of the country's security forces. In one attack, on the outskirts of the...
Poor lighting often gets overlooked in the workplace, as we talk about mental health and well-being, and the focus is firmly on creating happier and healthier workplaces. But bad lighting...
Asian stock markets ended 2018 with negative returns in dollar terms, weighed down by trade tensions and slowing profit growth. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 16...
South Korea's trade value hit a new record high in 2018 as export topped 600 billion US dollars for the first time in the country's history, a government report showed...
Traffic Division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday realised over Tk 0.89 million (Tk 8, 93,350), in fines from traffic offenders in the city. Besides, a total of...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-drug drive arrested four suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising...
History shows that cooperation is the best choice for both China and the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping told US President Donald Trump in a congratulatory message on Tuesday...
Veteran actor-writer Kader Khan passed away due to prolonged illness at the age of 81 on Monday, his son Sarfaraz confirmed. Khan was admitted to a hospital in Canada and...
Theatre personalities in Rangpur have stressed on writing and staging more time-befitting dramas to entertain the people and eliminate all sorts of curses and superstitions from the society. They put...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said that the newly elected members of parliament (MPs) will take oath on Thursday (January 3). "A gazette will be released before then,” he...
As many as 40 people could still be trapped in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in a gas explosion on Monday, killing at least seven...
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