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101851. California fires: death toll rises to 71, over 1,000 missingPublished: November 17, 2018 18:38:28

Rescue workers said on Friday they were searching for more than 1,000 people reported missing in a northern California town reduced to ashes by the deadliest wildfire in the state’s...


101852. BITAC helps needy by creating employment opportunitiesPublished: November 17, 2018 18:33:30

Industries Secretary Abdul Halim on Saturday said Bangladesh Industrial and Technical Assistance Centre (BITAC) is building employment opportunities for the needy and poor youth while helping in poverty reduction. He...


101853. Five ministers lobby May to renegotiate Brexit draft textPublished: November 17, 2018 18:29:18

Five Eurosceptic cabinet ministers are pressing UK prime minister Theresa May to make last-minute changes to her controversial Brexit deal. The leader of the Commons, Andrea Leadsom, is believed to...


101854. French protesters block road over hiked fuel tax, one diesPublished: November 17, 2018 18:02:17

A protester has died and there are reports of injuries elsewhere as demonstrators angry at rising fuel prices disrupt traffic across France. The female protester was struck after a driver...


101855. Man electrocuted in GopalganjPublished: November 17, 2018 17:58:14

A man was electrocuted while working in his house at Chitkibari village in Kotalipara upazila of Gopalganj district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Kartik Dhali, 40, of the...


101856. Netherlands end France’s 15-game unbeaten runPublished: November 17, 2018 17:55:53

The Netherlands deservedly beat France on Friday night in the Uefa Nations League to end the world champions' 15-game unbeaten run and relegate Germany. Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum struck from...


101857. Oikyafront seeks inspiration in Bhashani to win electionPublished: November 17, 2018 17:48:41

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said Moulana Bhasani will be their source of inspiration to win the forthcoming polls. "Moulana Bhasani had played the key role in...


101858. Scientists vote to redefine kilogram, other standard unitsPublished: November 17, 2018 17:42:23

Scientists have redefined the kilogram and three other standard units of measure at the General Conference on Weights and Measures recently. Dozen nations voted at the conference the Palace of...


101859. Australia man, who tried to stop knife-attacker, faces chargesPublished: November 17, 2018 17:30:15

A homeless man who used his shopping trolley to try to ram a knife-wielding attacker in Melbourne has been charged with offences including burglary and theft. Michael Rogers, dubbed "Trolley...


101860. Reza Kibria to contest polls as Oikyafront candidatePublished: November 17, 2018 17:09:18

Reza Kibria, son of former finance minister and Awami League leader Shah AMS Kibria, is going to join the upcoming 11th parliamentary elections as a candidate of Jatiya Oikyafront, a...


101861. Shakib, Soumya return to Test squadPublished: November 17, 2018 16:57:39

Bangladesh Test captain Shakib Al Hasan and opening batsman Soumya Sarkar will return to the Bangladesh squad for the upcoming Test series against the West Indies. Left-arm off-spinner Nayeem Hasan...


101862. Creating level-playing field EC’s job: QuaderPublished: November 17, 2018 16:56:22

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said it is the responsibility of the Election Commission to ensure a level-playing field for all the parties participating in the forthcoming...


101863. Butch Cassidy screenwriter diesPublished: November 17, 2018 16:38:08

William Goldman, screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men, has died aged 87. Goldman, who received Oscars for both of those films, also wrote...


101864. Farmers Bank introduces recovery softwarePublished: November 17, 2018 16:34:53

The Farmers Bank Limited on Saturday introduced recovery software in an effort to ensure secured banking in its operations. The new generation bank launched the software through a daylong seminar...


101865. Pumpkin farming changes lot of 25,000 char familiesPublished: November 17, 2018 16:28:18

Some 25,000 char families, mostly victims of river erosion and landless, changed fortune through farming pumpkin on sandbars in Rangpur agriculture region over the last nine years. Earlier, these have-nots...


101866. Justin Bieber settles long-running lawsuit with ex-neighbourPublished: November 17, 2018 15:24:31

Justin Bieber has agreed to settle a long-running lawsuit filed by a former neighbour whose house the pop singer egged. A document filed Friday shows the case has been resolved...


101867. 330,000 Rohingyas to get cholera vaccinePublished: November 17, 2018 15:16:49

Nearly 330,000 Rohingyas and Bangladesh host community will be vaccinated against cholera in a month-long campaign that began on Saturday in the camps of Cox’s Bazar district and its nearby...


101868. BSS Managing Editor Shahriar Shahid passes awayPublished: November 17, 2018 15:08:51

Managing Editor (ME) of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Shahriar Shahid passed away while undergoing treatment at a city hospital around 1:50 pm on Saturday. He was 55. Shahriar, son of...


101869. California unemployment rate holds at record lowPublished: November 17, 2018 14:40:17

California's unemployment rate held at the record low of 4.1 per cent in October as employers added 36,400 nonfarm payroll jobs, the state Employment Development Department said Friday. The rate...


101870. UN report exposes atrocities against Rohingya children in MyanmarPublished: November 17, 2018 14:38:40

The United Nations has said most of some 669 children killed and 39 maimed reportedly in Myanmar were Rohingyas. Spokesman for the UN Secretary‑General Stephane Dujarric came up with the...


101871. Will punish biased polling officials: ECPublished: November 17, 2018 14:22:36

Election Commissioner Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury has warned election officials that they will face stern disciplinary action if found guilty of bias during the upcoming national election. A training programme for...


101872. Plants can offer protection against terror attacks: StudyPublished: November 17, 2018 14:22:05

Plants can offer protection against terrorist attacks in cities, a study published on Friday by the Bundeswehr University Munich, a higher education institution of the German Armed Forces, found. According...


101873. Southeast Asia’s retailers to meet in Singapore Nov 21Published: November 17, 2018 13:55:44

Retail and digital experts, investors, tech experts and over 200 CXOs from the biggest brands in Asia will come together for #ready2018 on 21 November at the Marina Bay Sands...


101874. Searchers find missing Argentine submarine a year laterPublished: November 17, 2018 13:53:29

The Argentine Navy said on Saturday a private company hired by the government has located the submarine ARA San Juan some 800 meters (2625 feet) below the ocean’s surface a...


101875. US stocks rise on trade optimismPublished: November 17, 2018 13:41:05

US stocks rose on Friday after President Donald Trump said the United States may not have to impose further tariffs on Chinese goods. The markets moved higher, however, after the...


101876. Apple partners with Oscar-winning movie studio A24Published: November 17, 2018 13:39:21

Apple Inc has inked a multi-year deal with A24, the studio behind Oscar-winning projects “Moonlight” and “Amy”, a source familiar with the plans briefed media, as the iPhone maker pushes...


101877. World stocks end week near flatPublished: November 17, 2018 13:28:37

World stocks ended the week nearly flat on Friday while the US dollar weakened and Treasury yields pulled back after a top Federal Reserve official said US interest rates were...


101878. Study finds why people drink coffeePublished: November 17, 2018 13:24:56

The more sensitive people are to the bitter taste of caffeine, the more coffee they drink, reported a study from Northwestern Medicine and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia....


101879. Neymar penalty earns Brazil win over UruguayPublished: November 17, 2018 13:21:20

Neymar scored a contested second-half penalty to give Brazil a 1-0 friendly win over Uruguay and bring some joy to their fans on a gloomy Friday at the Emirates Stadium...


101880. IUB holds ‘Bangladesh Youth Symposium 2018’Published: November 17, 2018 12:58:05

Youth School for Social Entrepreneurs (YSSE), in association with Independent HR Society (IHRS) of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), has organised ‘’Bangladesh Youth Symposium 2018’’ on the university campus in the...


101881. Tata mulling to buy stake in Jet AirwaysPublished: November 17, 2018 12:50:25

Indian conglomerate Tata Sons Ltd said on Friday it is in preliminary talks with struggling Jet Airways Ltd but has not made a proposal to acquire a stake, cooling speculation...


101882. Gopalganj clinic owner lands in jailPublished: November 17, 2018 12:29:01

A mobile court in Gopalganj sentenced a clinic owner to three months' jail for conducting caesarean section without any doctor or nurse at his clinic in Kotalipara upazila. Deshbandhu Biswas,...


101883. Cops recover unidentified body in NarsingdiPublished: November 17, 2018 12:20:19

Police recovered the body of an unidentified rickshaw-puller from Sebhasangha intersection in Sadar upazila of Narsingdi on Saturday morning. Mizan, a sub-inspector (SI) of Sadar Police Station, said locals spotted...


101884. Pence vows no end to tariffs until China bowsPublished: November 17, 2018 12:07:56

The United States will not back down from its trade dispute with China, and might even double its tariffs, unless Beijing bows to US demands, Vice President Mike Pence said...


101885. Trump threatens to leave briefings if reporters don’t act with ‘decorum’Published: November 17, 2018 12:02:50

Donald Trump has threatened to walk out of future press briefings if reporters do not act with 'decorum'. The US president was speaking after a Washington DC court ordered the...


101886. Mortar bombs fired at UN peacekeeping base in CongoPublished: November 17, 2018 12:02:21

Mortar bombs were fired at a UN peacekeeping base and gunfire could be heard in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Beni, an area which has seen a...


101887. Convicted robber dies in Munshiganj ‘shootout’Published: November 17, 2018 11:33:30

A convicted robber was killed in a reported shootout with police in Munshiganj in the early hours of Saturday. He was Mohammad Tajel, 36, son of Din Islam Khorshed, convicted...


101888. Thrust on export diversificationPublished: November 17, 2018 11:31:29

The 6th Trade & Investment Working Committee Meeting was organized by Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) recently at the conference room of MOC Bangladesh...


101889. Dhaka urges KL to extend time frame for sending workersPublished: November 17, 2018 11:28:08

Dhaka has requested Kuala Lumpur to extend the time frame for sending the workers who were in the process of going to Malaysia before imposing restrictions. The Malaysian government stopped...


101890. Youth held for posting PM’s ‘distorted’ photo on FacebookPublished: November 17, 2018 11:25:18

Police arrested a young man over an allegation of posting a distorted photo of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on social media site Facebook. The detainee was identified as Swapan Mandal,...


101891. Man dies saving child's life in Jashore road crashPublished: November 17, 2018 11:21:30

A man was killed in a road accident while saving a child by pushing him out of path of an oncoming ambulance on Navaran-Satkhira highway at Satmail under Sharsha upazila...


101892. Three hurt in Jashore bomb attackPublished: November 17, 2018 11:16:05

Three people, including a Jubo League leader, were injured in a bomb attack in front of a park of Sharsha upazila in Jashore on Friday night. The injured were identified...


101893. ICT most potential, but challenges remain: StudyPublished: November 17, 2018 11:15:57

A recent study has identified the information and communication technology (ICT) as the country's most potential service sector for export diversification, thanks to its growing demand across the globe. However,...


101894. Sylhet farmers await good Aman harvestPublished: November 17, 2018 11:10:21

With their croplands filled with high yields of seasonal paddy Aman, farmers of Biswanath upazila are passionately taking their last-moment preparations for harvesting the silver crops. Although the farmers have...


101895. Stocks end week lower as election nearsPublished: November 17, 2018 10:53:09

Stocks edged lower last week, after remaining flat in the previous week, as investors mostly followed cautious stance ahead of national election. Market insiders said most of investors adopted a...


101896. ICB raises Tk 7.5b from subordinated bondsPublished: November 17, 2018 10:49:25

The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has so far raised Tk 7.50 billion from the issuance of subordinated bonds floated as part of its market supportive measures. The state-run corporation...


101897. Cyclone 'Gaja' hits southern India, killing 13Published: November 17, 2018 10:48:16

A cyclone hit the coast of southern India, killing at least 13 people, damaging homes and forcing the evacuation of more than 80,000 residents on Friday. Cyclone 'Gaja' blew ashore...


101898. Sonali Aansh's price jumps 50pc in eight daysPublished: November 17, 2018 10:42:33

The share price of Sonali Aansha Industries continued to soar 'abnormally' in a bearish market, despite having no price sensitive information (PSI). Within eight trading days, the company's share price...


101899. 895m tonnes of lentil start rotting in TCB warehousePublished: November 17, 2018 10:32:54

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) is likely to count huge losses as 894.621 million tonnes of lentil have started rotting in its warehouse, according to a source familiar with...


101900. CIA believes Saudi crown prince ordered Khashoggi murderPublished: November 17, 2018 10:28:46

The CIA believes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, complicating President Donald Trump's...