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More than 1,000 people across New Zealand joined candlelight vigils on Wednesday to commemorate British tourist Grace Millane, who police say was murdered earlier this month. The 22-year-old tourist's death...
Takeaway delivery firm Zomato has apologised after one of its drivers was filmed eating a client's food and resealing the containers in India. The video, which was filmed in Madurai...
Stocks lost ground again on Wednesday, extending the losing streak for the fifth straight session, as the national election nears. Market operators said the institutional investors mostly followed cautious stance...
School of Business of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) has organised a day-long startup fair at its auditorium in the capital recently. Eighteen selected ULABian entrepreneurs showcased their offerings...
American engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a device with cheap optics that can soak up heat from sun to produce steam hotter than 100 degrees Celsius....
A court has sentenced 20 people from the banned extremist group, Sarbahara Party, to life in prison for killing a Special Branch police officer and an office assistant in Madaripur...
Law enforcers have detained 32 suspects from Dhaka city for their alleged involvement in selling and consuming drugs. Different police station under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) conducted the drives...
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Tungipara in Gopalganj on Wednesday to kick off her party's election campaign. She started her journey by road around 8:22 am...
National Bank Ltd opened its 200th branch at Ganganagar at Shariatpur. The Managing Director of the bank Choudhury Moshtaq Ahmed formally inaugurated the branch as the chief guest. Additional Managing...
An Appellate Division order has ruined the prospects of BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu. The chamber judge of the Supreme Court had earlier halted...
“If Beale Street Could Talk,” opening in US theatres in major cities on Friday is marked by a quiet beauty and dignity, despite the despair that runs through it. Based...
UK Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of no confidence in her leadership later on Wednesday. Conservative MPs will vote between 18:00 GMT and 20:00 GMT. The challenge...
‘Bridge to Bangladesh’ is set to organize a conference of Non Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) engineers, which is the first of its kind in the history of Bangladesh, in Dhaka in...
McDonald’s has announced plans to reduce the use of antibiotics in its global beef supply, fuelling projections that other restaurants will follow suit. Tuesday's move by the world’s biggest fast-food...
Australian scientists have developed a blood test capable of saving millions of people around the world from going blind. Researchers from Australian National University (ANU) on Wednesday revealed that their...
Chittagong Eye Hospital (CEH) has launched a surgical and eye care programme for the Rohingya children sheltered in refugee camps in Bangladesh. With the help of ORBIS International under the...
Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a national legal aid and human rights organisation, has officially launched a new project titled ‘ASTHA’, aimed at increasing access of the women and girls...
Export and import through Benapole land port have been halted since Wednesday morning as the Customs Officers Association went on a strike protesting an attack on their fellows by BGB...
The government is observing the ‘Digital Bangladesh Day’ today (Wednesday) to make its Digital Bangladesh concept memorable. The theme of the day is ‘Digital Bangladesh will be Bangabandhu’s Sonar Bangla’,...
The ADB expects developing Asia to meet its growth forecasts for this year and next on strong domestic demand and easing inflation pressures. The Manila-based institution, the Asian Development Bank...
Detectives detained BNP leader Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu from his residence in the city's Gulshan area on Wednesday. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police detained him in the...
The viva-voce of the candidates from the Freedom Fighters' quota for the first year honours courses under 2018-19 academic session of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia will be held on...
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain sent Khaleda Zia’s election case back to a High Court panel for further clarification after two judges on Tuesday issued a split verdict on her...
Police recovered the body of a schoolboy with his throat slashed from a field in Monirampur upazila of Jashore. The victim was identified as Shimul Hossain, 16, an SSC candidate...
Japan’s Nikkei rallied on Wednesday morning, recouping some of the losses over the past two days, as investor risk appetite revived on positive developments in Sino-US trade relations. US President...
Two children died after falling into a water tank while playing near it in the city's Mohammadpur area on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Habib, 3, son of Borhanuddin...
Asian shares rose Wednesday amid hopes for US-China trade talks. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.7 per cent in early trading to 21,501.95. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged up 0.8 per...
Several hundred workers of different garment factories have been staging demonstration in front of their respective factories in Konabari and Kashimpur areas in Gazipur demanding raise in their wages since...
Stocks moved up amid choppy trading in early hour of trading on Wednesday as investors are mostly followed cautious stance ahead of national election. Following the previous four days’ correction,...
Hundreds of police officers are hunting a gunman after three people were killed and 12 others wounded in a shooting in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. The suspect, who...
A Canadian, reported to be a former diplomat, has been detained in China and his current employer says it is working for his prompt release. The International Crisis Group said...
The securities regulator has ordered Pacific Denims to refund IPO fund above Tk 209.80 million, which was 'misused' in the name of constructing building, into the company account. After taking...
Bangladesh Venture Capital Ltd has received 'Alternative Investment Fund Manager' Licence from Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission under Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (Alternative Investment) Rules, 2015. "As a licence...
RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) has suspended production of a tiles plant, out of four, due to the maintenance work of the machinery of tiles production plant. The UAE-Bangladesh joint venture company...
The 31st annual general meeting (AGM) of Kohinoor Chemical Company (BD) Limited was held at Officers Club, in the city on Monday, with Mohammad Obaidul Karim, Chairman of the company...
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka for Gopalganj on Wednesday to kick off her party's election campaign. She started the journey by road around at...
A call centre dedicated to providing support and counselling for consumers regarding their rights received good responses in its first month of launching. The Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) opened...
Local producers have been ramping up the production of powdered milk amid growing demand generated by both industrial use and household consumption. Although the domestic supply is still much lower,...
An inter-ministerial body has suggested downward revision of duty rate from the existing Tk 3000 to Tk 2000 for per bhori of gold brought under the baggage rules, officials said....
The central bank has asked its officials concerned to place the proposals with more required documents again in the next meeting for reconsideration of approval of three new banks. The...
Facebook has evacuated a few buildings at its headquarters campus in Menlo Park following a bomb threat, a company spokesman said late on Tuesday (local time). Everyone is safe and...
The developer of national highways is likely to reduce leasing rate by half for using its land and other assets after revising the land management policy 2015. Officials said the...
The number of overseas incoming calls using legal channels recorded a drastic fall during the last three years with the rise in international call termination rates. The growing use of...
Middle-eastern country Qatar has opened its visa center in Bangladesh, says a statement. Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employments Minister Nurul Islam BSc and Qatar's Ambassador to Bangladesh Ahmed Mohamed Al-Dehaimi...
The news that the state-owned banks (SoBs) have not carried out a finance ministry directive on publication of the names of their respective top ten loan defaulters does raise questions...
So it's all about greed for quick money. Reports have it that a non-governmental organisation (NGO) operating illegally in Chattogram under the banner of Social Services and Elimination of Poverty...
A couple were killed as a bus collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw at Suhilpur on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway under Sadar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Bishnu...
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal last Sunday exulted over "all-time high" ADP spending during July-November period of the ongoing fiscal year-- in the history of ADP implementation. According to the...
The Civil Aviation Authority Bangladesh (CAAB) has signed a deal with the Halla Corporation to strengthen existing runway of Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. The deal was signed at CAAB...
This Human Rights Day (December 10) marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Sadly, events over the past few...
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