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Over 1000 litres of seized liquor kept in the storehouse of Bareilly’s Cantonment police station has disappeared and local policemen blame rats for guzzling it down. Rats have also earlier...
Perpetrators torched an office of Awami League in Sorui area of Bagerhat district town in the early hours of Saturday. Shahadat Hossain, additional superintendent of Bagerhat Sadar circle police, said...
German authorities have given their approval to an $8 billion (6.30 billion pounds) rail and road tunnel linking Denmark and Germany, despite environmental objections. The 19 km (11.8 mile) Fehmarnbelt...
Severe cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Rajshahi, Panchagarh, Dinajpur, Kurigram and Chuadanga. Besides, mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Khulna divisions, said...
Argentina’s energy secretary resigned on Friday, the government said in a statement, after news leaked that the government plans to increase electricity prices by an average 35 per cent in...
The Election Commission started reaching all election materials, including translucent ballot boxes and ballot papers, at the polling stations across the country on Saturday, a day before the national election...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that India would contribute Rs 45.0 billion to Bhutan’s 12th five-year economic plan. Narendra Modi announced the contribution after a meeting with visiting...
The leading digital service provider Robi’s 17th RADP members have graduated this year from the talent development programme “Robi Accelerated Development Programme” (RADP). The 4th grand “RADP Graduation Ceremony 2018”...
Tesla Inc on Friday named Oracle Corp co-founder Larry Ellison, a shareholder and self-described close friend of Chief Executive Elon Musk, to its board to provide the independent oversight demanded...
Mercantile Bank Limited (MBL) has opened its 138th branch at Kalai upazila of Joypurhat district. Deputy Managing Director & DCBO of the MBL Md. Zakir Hossain delivered the welcome speech...
The fourth edition of Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia bringing together 150 youngsters from 40 different countries along with a dozen entrepreneurs and experts as mentors...
A strong earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday, raising fears of dangerous tsunami waves across the region but after about two hours,...
Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian guide were killed and at least 10 others injured when a roadside bomb blast hit their tour bus on Friday less than 4 kilometres...
Three people have been killed and 35 others injured after a bus rammed another bus carrying workers near the gate of the Korean EPZ in Chattogram. The accident occurred near...
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son and ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy believes that the election day will be “a day of massive victory for Boat”. “Tomorrow...
World stock markets rose on Friday, investors gravitated to safe-haven assets as worries about the world economy persisted, cutting short a two-day rebound in US stocks. US stocks see-sawed, making...
Bangladesh cricket team Test and T20 sides captain Shakib Al Hasan has been placed in the Harsha Bhogle's best ODI side of year 2018, report agencies. The prominent Indian commentator...
US stocks pushed higher in a choppy session on Friday following a wild week of trading that has seen equities rebound from a prolonged slide. Major indexes moved in and...
China will restrict imports of scrap steel and aluminium from July 1, the environment ministry said on Saturday. Scrap steel and aluminium would be moved from an unrestricted import list...
Country's tourism sector has been hit hard in the peak season this year due to the prevailing uncertainty and unrest created during the national elections scheduled tomorrow (Sunday), industry insiders...
A new branch of journalism has flourished rather imperceptibly in this part of the world. There is nothing as trendy as the Harper's Magazine, GQ or the likes here. Once,...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested eight people from Moghbazar and Mowchak areas of Dhaka city on Friday night allegedly for spreading rumours on social media over the Sunday's...
Two brothers were burned to death and their father was injured as a fire broke out at a tin-shed house in Matuail Council road of Dhaka’s Jatrabari area in the...
Women domestic helps who have returned home from abroad are getting hardly any legal support or compensation for want of proper initiative from the government side, insiders have said. Though...
A high-level meeting at the Commerce Ministry suggested caution about signing free trade area (FTA) deal with China, keeping in mind the revenue issue, interest of the domestic industry and...
The operating profits of the country's private commercial banks (PCBs) witnessed a healthy growth in the outgoing year, even if soured loans are on the rise, bankers said. Most of...
The prime index of the major bourse posted a 2.29 per cent return in the last week of 2018 that ended on Thursday, as the key sectors led by banking...
Although the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dived 14 per cent year on year in 2018, share transactions on the OTC market jumped 99 per cent in the...
The US-China trade war resulted in billions of dollars of losses for both sides in 2018, hitting industries including autos, technology - and above all, agriculture. Broad pain from trade...
The number of local and foreign election observers for the December 30 general election has decreased significantly compared to the 2008 and 2001 elections. According to the Election Commission (EC)...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has sought a fund almost double its originally estimated cost for building a small bridge in Barishal region, officials said on Wednesday. The road...
Some key service sectors are expected to see a slump in business in the next few days as a result of pre-poll restrictions imposed by the Election Commission. Bangladesh goes...
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda addressing journalists while inspecting the media booth at the Result Announcement Centre of Nirbachan Bhaban in the city on Friday — Focus Bangla Bangladesh...
The election manifestos of the major political parties, unveiled ahead of the 11th national parliamentary election, are loaded with a list of ambitious promises. The main objective of these promises...
Rural people possibly would participate in the national election in a relatively more joyous mood than ever, provided that they are free to choose their candidates without any fear. One...
The Cabinet's approval last week for setting up six solar and wind power plants capable of generating 257 megawatts (MW) of electricity highlights the recognition accorded to the importance of...
Syria's military says it has taken control the flash-point Kurdish-held town of Manbij, where Turkey has threatened offensive, reports AP. The announcement Friday came shortly after the main Syrian Kurdish...
Traffic in cities like Delhi or Dhaka in developing countries is highly chaotic, as opposed to the disciplined movement of vehicles in cities of advanced countries. In expressways in advanced...
MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK OF SDGS DEVELOPED: The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework of SDGs (GED, 2018) has been developed to track progress on implementation and achievement of SDGs in...
Over 40,000 Bangladeshis living illegally at the United Arab Emirates have been brought under general amnesty, Bangladesh’s ambassador to the UAE has said. These applications were submitted over a period...
British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has reportedly said he has "very deep concerns" about Chinese firm Huawei being involved in upgrading the UK's mobile network, reports BBC. Gavin Williamson's comments...
Felipe Anderson scored twice in six minutes for West Ham to overcome Southampton 2-1 and move into the English Premier League top 10 on Thursday, reports AP. The Brazilian's pair...
Jim Mattis, the US Defence Secretary, has resigned over President Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria. Trump also announced to reduce troops level in Afghanistan to half of the...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General Benazir Ahmed has condemned arson attacks on Hindu family homes at Thakurgaon, terming such acts as ‘disgraceful to the nation’. “This country belongs to...
Forty years ago, on December 29, 1978, the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) released the official communiqué from its third plenary session, launching the greatest...
Past two years, the global spheres have been abuzz with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The 4IR narrative, tools and applications continue to evolve in diverse contexts and circumstances. Individuals...
The Election Commission has asked the voters to keep their mobile phones switched off in the polling stations. Only presiding officers and police officers in charge will be allowed to...
Data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission reveals that water mixed in with clay minerals has been discovered in the asteroid Bennu. As reported by NASA, the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource...
In recent years, a series of studies by the United Nations and the World Bank applauded Bangladesh's efforts in curbing child mortality. In Asia, among the least developed and middle...
In the recent couple of years migration of female workers from Bangladesh to different countries for jobs had been a much-talked-about issue, among others. Now both host and destination countries...
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