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The changing climate and extreme weather events are affecting agricultural productivity in Africa to such an extent that a panel of experts are urging governments to prioritise and invest in...
The Awami League (AL) candidates for the two Magura constituencies have won the election. The winners are Saifuzzaman Shikhor and Biren Sikder in Magura-1 and Magura-2 seats respectively, the returning...
Value Added Tax (VAT) is a consumption tax, which by its very nature is a tax to be collected from the consumers by the sellers against the supply of goods...
In times of political turmoil, events can move from impossible to inevitable without even passing through improbable. In early 2016, the idea of Britain leaving the European Union seemed almost...
The middle of December has seen a robust performance by India's Congress Party in a few key State elections in India. The Congress ended up winning in the States of...
The ruling Awami League has said the incidents of violence in the latest national election was significantly lower compared to the previous polls. "This election was very participatory," AL Joint...
Jatiya Oikya Front chief Dr Kamal Hossain has demanded fresh elections under a neutral government. He made the demand hours after the end of voting held for the 11th national...
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was unofficially declared elected in Gopalganj-3 constituency in the 11th general election on Sunday. Sheikh Hasina bagged 229,539 votes while her nearest...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday described the national election as a ‘cruel mockery’ with the nation. “Today’s (Sunday’s) election is a cruel mockery with the nation....
A top official at a state-run Indian university urged his students to “murder” fellow students if confronted instead of complaining to him, amid a wave of violence being reported from...
Deutsche Bank is strong and its turnaround strategy is bearing fruit, Chairman Paul Achleitner said, ruling out the need for state aid and playing down speculation that the loss making...
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump in a New Year letter on Sunday that Moscow was ready for dialogue on a “wide-ranging agenda”, the Kremlin said...
The United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said it is evaluating the possibility of national carriers resuming flights to the Syrian capital of Damascus. GCAA made the comment...
The Election Commission has announced that voting has been suspended at 22 polling centres across the country. Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed made the announcement after voters went to...
Mobile internet service has been restored across the country on Sunday evening after suspending it for almost 18 hours. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) instructed the mobile operators to...
Tigers captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the Awami League candidate for Narail-2 constituency, said voting in Narail was peaceful. "I have visited almost 30 centres in my constituency and found the...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has termed the joint statement of ANFREL-affiliated organisations issued on Saturday "premature" and criticised it saying its comment was based on "misinformation and premeditated...
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said the overall voting situation across the country is good except some sporadic incidents. "If there's any problem in any polling station,...
Mrinal Sen, the legendary director of Indian cinema based in West Bengal, is no more. Part of the Pantheon of visionary filmmakers to emerge in the 'parallel cinema' of West...
Voters in six out of 299 constituencies casted votes using the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), instead of traditional ballots, in Sunday's national election. Dhaka-6 was one of the constituencies where...
Voting in the 11th national election concluded at 4:00pm on Sunday amid allegations of irregularities, including overnight stuffing of ballot boxes, and capturing of polling stations, and sporadic violence in...
Voting in the 11th national parliamentary election has come to a close. At least 13 people in 11 districts have been killed in clashes related to the election on Sunday....
Sixteen people, including an Ansar member, were killed in election-related violence in Noakhali, Rangamati, Chattogram, Cumilla, Rajshahi, Natore,Tangail, Narsingdi, Bogura, Brahmanbaria and Cox's Bazar districts on Sunday. Among the victims,...
BNP on Sunday alleged that ruling party activists with the help of law enforcers rigged votes at around 20 per cent of the total polling stations as of 11:00am. "AL...
The British government will spend more than 100 million pounds chartering extra sea ferries to ease cross-Channel congestion if the United Kingdom fails to secure a trade deal before leaving...
People in the Democratic Republic of Congo are voting for a new president in an election delayed for more than two years. Close to 40 million people are eligible to...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday alleged that the party's polling agents in at least 221 constituencies were either thrown out of polling stations or barred from entering there. The...
Brazil's incoming far-right president has said he will seek to issue a decree loosening the country's gun laws. Jair Bolsonaro, who takes over on 1 January, had made the pledge...
The country's pharmaceuticals sector experienced a number of positive developments in the outgoing year (2018), insiders said. Significant growth in export earning, inauguration of an industrial zone for producing pharma...
At least eleven people have been killed in clashes in Bangladesh as the country votes in a general election. The build-up to the poll has already been marred by violence...
A number of voters at some polling stations in Dhaka city have failed to cast their vote in the election in absence of either any voter list or any person...
Netflix is notoriously secretive about viewership numbers, but, on Friday afternoon, the streamer was happy to tweet out the number of accounts that it says has watched its latest original,...
At least eleven people were killed in election-related violence in Noakhali, Rangamati, Chattogram, Cumilla, Rajshahi, Natore, Tangail, Narsingdi, Bogura, and Brahmanbaria districts on Sunday. In Noakhali, Nurun Nabi, an Ansar...
Farmers Bank Limited (FBL) has planned to cut at least 40 per cent classified loans in 2019 as the bank wants to join the new era with new name for...
People who live in neighbourhoods with more green spaces may have less stress, healthier blood vessels and a lower risk of heart attacks and strokes than residents of communities without...
The 9th ADBI-OECD-ILO roundtable on labour migration in Asia begins in Tokyo on January 24. ADBI has arranged the two-day event to foster regional cooperation towards innovative approaches for...
A cyber attack caused major printing and delivery disruptions on Saturday at the Los Angeles Times and other major US newspapers, including ones owned by Tribune Publishing Co such as...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) K M Nurul Huda has said that the voting in the 11th national election is progressing peacefully across the country except some isolated incidents in a...
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury cast her vote at Laldighee High School polling centre in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur district on Sunday morning. The Speaker cast her vote...
Nationalist Democratic Front (NDM) chairman Bobby Hajjaj, contesting the general election from Dhaka-6, on Sunday urged the Election Commission (EC) to suspend voting in 12 centres of the constituency. To...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Adviser and her son Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy cast his vote at Dhaka City College centre on Sunday morning. Joy cast his vote at 10:25...
Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to an imposing nine points with a devastating attacking dismissal of Arsenal at Anfield - with hat-trick hero Roberto...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a foreign made pistol, a magazine and seven rounds of bullet from Tarapur area under Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district in the early hours of...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says he is hopeful of a Jatiya Oikya Front win if the people are allowed to cast their votes. He made the remark...
A Jubo League leader and a Jatiya Party activist were killed in election-related violence in Rangamati and Chattogram districts on Sunday. In Rangamati, a local Jubo league leader was killed...
Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a young man from a ditch behind Boralia Primary School polling centre in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur on Saturday night. The identity of the...
Bangladesh witnessed a two-pronged challenge in its migratory human resources in 2018 -- a drastic fall in overseas employment and a radical rise in the number of returnees. Outbound jobs...
Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain has alleged that the ruling party men stuffed ballot boxes overnight well before the start of voting. “Reports have it from outside Dhaka that...
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader cast his vote at Udayan Kindergarten centre in Bashurhat municipality area of Noakhali district on Sunday morning. The AL leader, who is contesting the...
Share transactions in portfolio investments declined 26 per cent in 2018 compared to the previous year. According to information of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the portfolio investments witnessed transactions worth...
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