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SYLHET, Dec 13: Some 55,066 hectares of land have so far been brought under the farming of winter vegetables in the four districts of Sylhet division. Bottle gourd, pumpkin, radish,...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 13 (BSS): Farmers and others concerned are hopeful about a good potato yield in Rajshahi region during the current season as overall climatic condition remains favourable for the...
Forty-four former US Senators belonging to both Democratic and Republican parties have signed a letter addressed to the present Senators and the newly elected Senators voicing grave concern on the...
Fire has gutted an electoral commission depot in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the violent run-up to a presidential vote. More than two-thirds of the electronic...
The High Court on Thursday imposed a ban on hiking mobile phone call rates and charging users for call drops. A bench comprising Justice Tariq ul Hakim and Justice Md...
Amid the absence of its chairman HM Ershad, Jatiya Party is going to present its election manifesto on Friday. Ershad's special assistant and party presidium member Ruhul Amin Howlader will...
Apex Footwear Limited, the country’s leading shoemaker, on Thursday launched South Asia’s biggest footwear outlet at Bashundhara City shopping complex in the capital’s Panthapath. The company has opened the latest...
Police arrested BNP candidate from Gazipur-5 constituency Fazlul Haque Milon from his residence at Bottul village in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur district on Thursday afternoon. Abdus Sabur, additional superintendent of...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the party will celebrate the election victory in the month of victory by bagging the maximum seats in the 11th parliamentary...
The nation is set to observe the Martyred Intellectuals’ Day tomorrow (Friday) in a befitting manner. Just two days before the country’s victory on this day 47 years ago, the...
A crash involving a high-speed train at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara killed at least nine people and injured 47, Turkey's transport minister said. Reports quoting local officials...
An intercepted telephone conversation purportedly between a BNP stalwart and a senior official of a Pakistani spy agency has set the social media ablaze. With the audio leaks out in...
Like each year, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’. Charge d Affaires and Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR) of Bangladesh Permanent...
The Vatican announced Wednesday that it had removed two cardinals implicated in sexual abuse cases from a powerful council of advisers picked by Pope Francis to guide him on matters...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyers decided on Thursday to file a no-confidence motion with a one-man High Court bench, fearing they would not get justice in the petition relating to...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the ruling party-led grand alliance is taking part in polls with different symbols due...
Sri Lanka's top court has ruled that the president's dissolution of parliament last month was unconstitutional, as a political crisis continues to grip the nation. President Maithripala Sirisena dismissed his...
The US Embassy in Dhaka, including the Consular Section, the American Center, Archer K. Blood American Center Library, and the Education USA Student Advising Center, will remain closed on Sunday...
The Awami League (AL) has removed Sweeti Akter, a ward-level leader in Dhaka’s Rupnagar, after a video of her assaulting a rickshawpuller went viral on the social media, according to...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Thursday asked the law enforcement agencies to remain alert against any possible attempt to create a 2014-like situation centring the upcoming national...
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all to cast vote for her party to ensure a hunger- and poverty-free Bangladesh. "Every vote is valuable and...
A three-member delegation led by Yasuhiro Kawazoe, Senior Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman at the latter’s office of...
The World Bank on Thursday approved a $250 million development policy operation to help the government of Bangladesh strengthen its capacity to create more, better-paid and quality jobs in a...
Three people, including two brothers, were killed in a road accident on Chuadanga-Meherpur road on Thursday. The victims were identified as Rakib Hasan, 22, Sakib Hasan, 12, sons of Akul...
A monk meditating in a forest in the Indian state of Maharashtra has died in a leopard attack, officials say. Rahul Walke had been "meditating under a tree" in the...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the sixth straight session on Thursday as investors continued on selling binge ahead of national elections. Market insiders said political tension kept most of...
Oil prices steadied on Thursday, under pressure from high inventories but buoyed by a drawdown in US crude stockpiles and indications that the trade war between the United States and...
Vahid Sayadi Nasiri, an Iranian political activist jailed for his messages on social media has died after spending 60 days on hunger strike, his family says. Nasiri had been accused...
Egypt's fiscal deficit will shrink to 6.4 per cent of GDP in 2019-20 fiscal year (FY) from 9.4 per cent in FY 2017-18, said a report by the official news...
Mercantile Bank Limited has opened its 132nd branch at Kabirhat in Noakhali. A K M Shaheed Reza, Chairman of the bank inaugurated the branch today (Thursday). Bank’s Executive Committee Chairman...
A group of people has filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the validity of increasing mobile-phone call charges without the consent of customers. The petition also calls...
Emirates wants to harness the potential of Bangladesh market, a fast growing aviation market, using its expanding global network, award winning services in the air and on the ground, official...
The woman who created and sold what many recognise as the world's first word processor has died aged 93. Evelyn Berezin called the device the Data Secretary when, in 1971,...
A near-record number of journalists around the world are behind bars for their work, including two Reuters reporters whose imprisonment in Myanmar has drawn international criticism, according to a report...
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has signed a deal for the construction of a hydro-electric power plant in one of East Africa's best-known game reserves, amid criticism from environmentalists. The deal,...
More children worldwide are now immunised against killer diseases but the task has become harder due to conflicts, epidemics, urbanisation and migration, the head of a global vaccine group said....
British American Tobacco Bangladesh has received the ‘Top Employers Award’ for the first time as a Bangladeshi company. International organisation, ‘Top Employers Institute’ certified BAT Bangladesh with the prestigious award...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Siddiqur Rahman called upon the agitated garment workers not to be influenced by the vested quarter ahead of the national election. He...
Rina Brown, a Bangladeshi movie, was screened in Nigeria recently which earned the appreciation of the audience. Bangladesh High Commission in Abuja, Nigeria is participating in the Asian Film Festival...
Real Madrid suffered their heaviest ever home defeat in Europe on Wednesday when the already-qualified Spaniards were thumped 3-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu by CSKA Moscow in the Champions League....
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all to cast vote for her party to ensure a hunger and poverty-free Bangladesh. "Every vote is valuable and...
Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said the ruling Awami League will win somewhere between 168 and 220 seats on its own in the next parliamentary election billed...
Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, who worked with North Korea, is being investigated on suspicion of harming China’s state security, officials said, days after a former Canadian diplomat was detained in...
The work on construction of a flyover for the first time in Rajshahi city is progressing fast. The flyover is being constructed at Budhpara Railway crossing with an estimated cost of...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a special anti-narcotics drive arrested 46 suspects from different areas of Dhaka city for selling and consuming illegal drugs. A special team of DMP, comprising...
A crash involving a high-speed train at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara has killed at least four people and injured more than 40, local media say. Images from...
A young man died reportedly after falling from the Mayor Hanif Flyover in Dhaka city's Swamibagh area on Wednesday night. He was identified as Mahibul Hasan Hridoy, 26, son of...
The officer-in-charge (OC) of Rupganj Police Station Mohammad Maniruzzaman has been withdrawn following the directives of the Election Commission (EC). Inspector Abdul Haq was assigned as the new OC of...
The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Thursday as some investors are active on sector-wise issues. Following the previous...
US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for crimes including orchestrating hush payments to women in violation of campaign...
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