Police in the Indian city of Mumbai have arrested a 20-year-old woman for marrying a 17-year-old boy. The woman and the couple's five-month-old daughter have been in prison for the...
Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 12-wicket haul in the Dhaka Test has brought Bangladesh a massive win by an innings and 184 runs against the West Indies. Miraz picked up his fifth...
An Egyptian film star faces trial next month promoting immorality after attending the Cairo Film Festival in a see-through dress, state-owned online newspaper Al-Ahram Gate reported on Saturday. Rania Youssef...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday he has seen all the intelligence possessed by the United States on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and repeated...
Dhaka Bank Limited has been accredited as 'Bank of the Year-2018 in Bangladesh' for banking excellence from THE BANKER. THE BANKER’s‘Bank of the Year’ Awards are regarded as the OSCARS...
Union Bank Training Institute recently organised a day-long workshop on ‘Prevention of Money Laundering & Combating Terrorist Financing’. Managing Director of Union Bank Omar Farooque was present Chief Guest while...
The Khilgaon Branch of First Security Islami Bank Ltd. started its operation at Khilgaon, Dhaka on Sunday. Mr. Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director, First Security Islami Bank Ltd. inaugurated...
France will consider imposing a state of emergency to prevent a recurrence of some of the worst civil unrest in more than a decade and urged peaceful protesters to come...
The United States space agency NASA on Thursday announced nine commercial American companies in a partnership to develop lunar robotic landers in the coming decade. NASA would buy space on...
BNP has alleged that its chairperson Khaleda Zia's nomination paper has been cancelled as part of the government blueprint to hold a lopsided election. "We think, it's an ill-motivated decision....
The board of directors of IFAD Autos has decided to revise rights share utilisation proceeds and seek one more year to utilise the rights share proceeds. The revision of rights...
At least 66 new patients have been tested HIV positive in Sylhet district till November this year, says a report released by a local voluntary organisation on Sunday. Among the...
First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) has opened a new branch at Khilgaon area in the capital with a view to providing shariah based modern banking services to its clients....
A new report shows that three out of five young people in Bangladesh do not meet the WHO recommendations for daily physical activity. The Report Card published in the Journal...
Claiming that ‘Devi’ movie has utterly violated the tobacco control law, SUPRO-CTFK called on the government to stop its broadcast in the soonest possible time. Alongside this, the anti-tobacco group...
A suspect in over 20 cases, including charges of murder and drug trafficking, has been killed in an alleged shootout with RAB in Narayanganj city. The incident occurred in the...
The Appellate division of the Supreme Court has stayed a High Court order that had allowed a convicted person to contest in the upcoming national election. The seven-member bench of...
The Election Commission has rejected the nomination papers of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for contesting in the parliamentary election from Feni-1 constituency due to her conviction in two corruption cases....
The prices of most of the shares witnessed a marginal rise in the early hour of trading on Sunday as investors mostly followed a cautious stance. Following the previous week’s...
Eight people were killed and three more injured in a residential building fire early Sunday in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, local authorities said. The fire broke out at about 1:58...
Real Madrid produced another unconvincing display on Saturday but rode their luck to earn a 2-0 win at home to Valencia which allowed them to climb to fifth in the...
Local people blocked Jashore-Benapole highway and vandalised two vehicles protesting a road crash that left a trader killed in Dhpakhola area of Sadar upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was...
US President Donald Trump has said he is likely to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in January or February and that three sites for their second meeting are...
Trade tensions that have clouded Wall Street’s outlook for more than eight months will come to a head this weekend at a global political summit, with investors bracing for a...
A seven-wicket haul for Mehidy Hasan Miraz has given Bangladesh a domineering 397-run lead against the West Indies in the Dhaka Test. Captain Shakib Al Hasan picked up the remaining...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to add the second Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft to its fleet. It was scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:45 pm on...
Price hike of raw materials has affected the cement manufacturers of the country, market insiders said. Because of increased production cost, the earning of most of the listed cement companies...
Multinational financial advisory firm Deloitte has formally launched its operations in Bangladesh to help local business and the economy grow further. With footprints in over 150 countries, the firm provides...
Three listed companies have recommended no dividend for the second consecutive year amid losses incurred in last years. The companies are Mithun Knitting and Dyeing, Bangladesh Services and Tallu Spinning...
The government has decided to allow jute millers for enjoying the block account facility against their outstanding loans, considering the sector's present ailing condition. The Financial Institution Division under the...
Three workers were killed while another was injured as a truck overturned in Nurpur Bypass area of Pabna sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The identities of the deceased are yet...
After failing to start repatriation of Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh has written to Myanmar seeking information about the situation in Northern Rakhine state. "We have told them that the repatriation could...
The state-run Sonali Bank wants to increase its paid-up capital to Tk 45.30 billion to urgently meet its capital shortage, officials said. In November last, Sonali Bank Limited (SBL) general...
Garment workers will be enjoying all benefits beyond the new wage structures as per the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 and Bangladesh Labour Rules 2015, according to an amendment The latest...
Six months after the publication of the 'National Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and Laboratory Reagents Production and Export Policy by the Ministry of Commerce, the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
China and the United States agreed to a ceasefire in their bitter trade war on Saturday after high-stakes talks in Argentina between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi...
The news report about the opposition of some villagers to an attempt to excavate a historical site in an area initially triggered premonition of many. They suspected the action to...
As the migrant workers are vulnerable to exploitation in different ways and stages, a move is now underway by the Bangladesh government to ensure international standardisation of manpower recruitment agencies....
When the Road Maintenance Fund (RMF) was created five years ago, it had raised strong hopes that the vast road network of the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) would be...
MUMBAI, Dec 01 (Reuters): China was looking to boost agricultural exports to India while increasing imports of rapeseed and soymeal, President Xi Jinping told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...
Ukraine has stepped up security at vital infrastructure sites such as nuclear power stations and Black Sea ports in the face of what it a Russian test of the world...
SEATTLE/PARIS, Dec 01 (Reuters): Boeing Co is weighing plans to launch a software upgrade for its 737 MAX in six to eight weeks that would help address a scenario faced...
Two people were crushed to death by a train in the city's Kuril area on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Atiqur Rahman Chowdhury, 43, son of Abdur Rob...
European officials said that G20 nations had agreed to commit to reforming the World Trade Organization in a preliminary draft of the communique due to be released at the end...
This year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea on November 17-18, ended up in deep division between the USA and...
Former Spain striker David Villa is to join Japanese top-flight club Vissel Kobe after leaving Major League Soccer side New York City FC. Villa will link-up with former Barcelona team-mate...
Two major issues confront the world today. The first one is about the sustainable development goals (SDGs), set out by the United Nations, and the second is about the continued...
Emmanuel Macron is the largest political force in Europe today, but he is a force now hemmed in, constrained, trapped. The hurricane of his success last year - the defeat...
The date of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after the Hajj, will be fixed after the next election, said Home Minister on Saturday. The minister Asaduzzaman Khan...
The Appellate Division Chamber Judge of the Supreme Court has stayed a High Court order halting conviction of Jashore-2 BNP candidate Sabira Sultana. Justice Hasan Foez Siddique of Appellate Division...
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