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President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia would deploy its first regiment of hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles next year, saying the move meant his country now had a new type of...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed three people, including a businessman, on a five-day remand in a case filed for distributing money among voters to influence the national election. Those...
The High Court (HC) has blocked three more BNP candidates from competing in the 11th national parliamentary election because their resignations from their upazila chairman posts were not accepted. Paddy...
Martial law, imposed on Nov 25 in some Ukrainian areas after Russia captured three Ukrainian ships, expired on Wednesday, President Petro Poroshenko told the country’s security council. Poroshenko said earlier...
The Editors' Council has urged the election commission to ensure the free movement of journalists' vehicles for three days from December 29 to 31. The council made the call in...
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday came down heavily on the Jatiya Oikyafront for its ugly attitude at the election commission and rebuking the police. “None...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 hit an area north of Catania on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily early on Wednesday, damaging buildings and injuring about 30...
Police say they have seized a large quantity of materials used to make petrol bombs and other makeshift weapons from a vehicle belonging to the brother of Ishaq Quader Chowdhury,...
The Election Commission (EC) will hold 'mock voting' through electronic voting machines (EVMs) in six constituencies on Thursday as part of its preparation to use the machines there instead of...
Afghanistan's election commission says the presidential vote scheduled for April will be postponed for several months to allow time to fix technical problems that surfaced during October's parliamentary elections. Abdul...
In yet another milestone, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's much acclaimed autobiography, The Unfinished Memoirs, has been published in Assamese language. The Assamese translation of the book, written originally in Bengali...
Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali on Tuesday visited a group of Bangladeshi freedom fighters who are receiving free medical treatment at the Army Hospital in New Delhi....
Germany’s leading industry groups have said Britain’s departure from the European Union and trade disputes triggered by US President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ policies are going to be the biggest...
The High Court has rejected a writ petition filed challenging the candidature of Awami League candidate from Dhaka-17 candidacy Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque alleging Farooque is a bank loan defaulter....
The Information Ministry opened a media centre to disseminate the 11th national election-related information including its results at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka city on Wednesday. “The media centre at Sonargaon...
Expressing doubt about fair polls, Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain has said they will not boycott upcoming parliamentary election under any circumstances. The Gono Forum president also announced to...
Two motorcycle passengers have been killed after their vehicle was rammed by a bus in Mymensingh’s Nandail upazila. The accident occurred on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj Highway in the Chamta area, said...
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered a review into the plight of persecuted Christians around the world and how much help they get from the UK. The review, led by...
A team of police officials has met Oikya Front chief Dr Kamal Hossain at his Motijheel chamber in the capital to discuss 'security issues'. The police team, led by officer-in-charge...
Awami League candidate for Dhaka-3 constituency Nasrul Hamid Bipu has visited his opponent BNP candidate Gayeshwar Chandra Roy who sustained injuries in an attack during electioneering on Tuesday in Keraniganj....
Media freedom and journalists' safety in Macedonia has seen no major changes during 2018, the Association of Journalists in Macedonia declared during its annual report presentation on Tuesday. Dragan Sekulovski,...
Professor Dr. M Rostam Ali, Vice Chancellor, Pabna Science & Technology University and Md. Akhtaruzzaman, GM, Rajshahi Divisional Office of Janata Bank Ltd inaugurated Pabna Science & Technology University branch...
After about eight months of dating, Heidi Klum and Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz are engaged to be married. The America's Got Talent judge, 45, announced her engagement to the...
The quality of loan portfolio in Albania improved in 2018 and in November alone the non-performing loans (NPL) ratio of the country’s banking system dropped to 12.7 per cent of...
M. Khorshed Anowar, Head of Retail Banking of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) and Md. Anwar Hossain Aynal, local Union Parishad Chairman, formally inaugurated an EBL Agent Banking Outlet at Hazratpur...
NRB Bank Limited has recently opened its 40th branch in Sylhet’s Medical Road area. Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman, Chairman of NRB Bank inaugurated the new branch at a ceremony held on...
The government has launched 16 digital services and platforms this year in line with its vision of transforming the country into ‘Digital Bangladesh’ to render services to the citizens through...
Country’s first solar IPP (Independent Power Producer) project at the most efficient tariff will be implemented soon. It will be a private sector investment in power sector infrastructure project worth...
The Arab League (AL) has condemned a terror attack on the Libyan Foreign Ministry in Tripoli that killed three and injured several others. Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said this "heinous...
Premier Cement Mills Limited has won the ICAB National Award in the manufacturing category for its best presented annual report- 2017. Mohammed Amirul Haque, Managing Director of Premier Cement Mills...
Scientists in Cambridge have built a virtual reality (VR) 3D model of cancer, providing a new way to look at the disease. The tumour sample, taken from a patient, can...
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) finds it difficult to go ahead with the memorandum of understanding (MoU) it signed with a British company two years back for establishing Dhaka-Payra port rail...
An Argentine woman seized in the 1980s by people traffickers has been reunited with her family in a joint operation by Argentine and Bolivian police. The whereabouts of the woman,...
Japan’s top government spokesman said on Wednesday his government wants to promote rules that protect free and fair trade for the global economy. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, speaking during...
A man was killed and another injured when a truck rammed a covered-van on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Rajendrapur intersection in Gazipur on Wednesday. The dead man was identified as Mosharraf...
China has issued a so-called “negative” list that specifies industries where investors, domestic or foreign, are either restricted or prohibited, as part of efforts to standardise market entry rules for...
The Rural Electrification Board (REB) has brought 8,539 villages of Rangpur division under electricity coverage in last ten years improving human resources, rural economy and life-style of the rural people....
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says there is "no extra pressure" on his side as they head into the second half of the season top of the Premier League. The Reds...
A worker was killed and two others sustained burn injuries in an explosion at a tyre repair factory in the city's Shyampur area on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified...
Indian shares fell on Wednesday, with major indexes falling over 1.0 per cent as investors fretted over political uncertainties in the US amid concerns of a slowdown in global growth....
Asian shares were mostly lower on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said that there was “nothing new” in efforts to end the partial government shutdown over a US-Mexico border...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three drug pedlars with 5,280 pieces of yaba tablets in two separate drives in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Tuesday night. RAB sources said...
Indonesian rescuers have used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by a tsunami that killed at least 429 people. Thick...
An Indian citizen accused in a gold smuggling case died of cardiac arrest at Jashore Central Jail on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sanzid Bharma, 48, son of Mahindar...
Japan says it is to restart commercial whaling in July in a move that is likely to draw international criticism. It said it would withdraw from the International Whaling Commission...
The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday as some investors are active on sector-wise issues amid cautious trading...
A blast at a chemical plant in China’s northwestern Xinjiang autonomous region has killed three people and severely injured six, the official Tianshan news website reported on Wednesday. The explosion...
Funds raised by listed companies through issuance of rights shares fell sharply by 76 per cent year-on-year in 2018, hitting three years low. Two listed firms netted about Tk 2.68...
Two people were killed after being hit by a truck in the capital's Shanir Akhra area on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Harunur Rashid, 40, and Bashar, 31...
Indian northeast state of Tripura is planning to export tea to Bangladesh through participating in the auction at Sreemangal in Sylhet, according to a report published in an Indian daily...
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