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A celebrated painting by British artist David Hockney has been sold at Christie's in New York for just over $90 million (£70 million) - an auction record for a work...
Oil prices rose on Friday amid expectations of supply cuts from OPEC, although record US production dragged. Brent crude oil futures were at $67.49 per barrel at 0747 GMT, up...
Police recovered four petrol bombs and six crude bombs from a car near a house in Faridpur’s Saltha upazila on Thursday night. Delwar Hossain Khan, officer-in-charge of Saltha Police Station,...
US singer Beyoncé has bought the Ivy Park fitness clothing brand launched two years ago with British retail tycoon Philip Green, who has faced allegations of sexual harassment. “After discussions...
Croatia kept alive their hopes of reaching the Nations League finals after a stoppage-time winner by left back Tin Jedvaj gave them a 3-2 win over Spain in an electrifying...
Google-owner Alphabet is giving up the development of bipedal robots after five years. The company had been developing large industrial robots since it bought two start-ups - Schaft and Boston...
Israeli researchers have deciphered the protective mechanisms of the deadly intestinal parasite "Entamoeba histolytica" (EH), which could lead to the development of drugs to prevent related disease outbreak, reported Wednesday...
A man was killed and ten others were injured when a bus overturned at Haripur in Paba upazila of Rajshahi on Friday. The deceased was identified as Shawkat Ali, 30....
Bank Asia and Mastercard have announced their collaboration with Payoneer to process faster payments for Bangladeshi freelancers with Shadhin Card. Earlier this year, Bank Asia Limited, in collaboration with Mastercard...
Japan Airlines will introduce a new breathalyser system at overseas airports after one of its pilots was arrested at Heathrow Airport of UK for being drunk. Katsutoshi Jitsukawa was arrested...
China’s written response to US demands for trade reforms is unlikely to trigger a breakthrough at talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping later this month, a senior Trump...
Two domestic flights of different airlines have failed to meet their departure schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Friday. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was...
Three international flights of different airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka on Friday. A flight of Air Arabia from Sharjah...
India house prices will rise 2.0 per cent in 2019, at half the rate of consumer price inflation, hit by dwindling credit supply, according to a Reuters poll of housing...
A young housewife was found hanging at her house in Manikganj on Thursday. Police recovered the body of Marzina Begum, 26, from Tillirchar village in Saturia upazila at noon. She...
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck east of a provincial capital in the Solomon Islands on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said. There was no immediate tsunami threat or...
A van-puller was killed when a truck hit his van on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Genda area of Savar on Friday. Police said Jamal Hossain, the van-puller of 'Nur Mahal Bakery'...
A child was killed while six others sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at Dhalpur in Jatrabari area of Dhaka city on Friday. The identities of the victims...
US import and export prices both increased in October, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. Prices for US imports increased 0.5 per cent in October after advancing 0.2...
The full text of the High Court verdict in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder cases is likely to be released on Sunday as the judges concerned signed the judgment copy on...
Japan’s Nikkei fell on Friday as a drop in semiconductor-related stocks weighed after US’s Nvidia disappointed the market with worse-than-expected earnings. The Nikkei share average opened slightly higher but was...
Asian shares were mixed in early trading on Friday on revived concerns over the prospects for a breakthrough in trade tensions between the US and China. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index...
A court in Kishoreganj district has convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his mother and wife over a family feud in 2003. The convict was identified...
India house prices will rise at half the rate of consumer price inflation next year, hit by dwindling credit supply, according to a Reuters poll of housing market experts who...
The share subscription for the initial public offering (IPO) of Genex Infosys will open on November 18 (Sunday), officials said. Genex Infosys, an IT company, will raise a fund worth...
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has hired a third party service provider to expedite the ongoing remediation works in garment factories of Bangladesh under the national initiative. "Under the move,...
Monno Jute Stafflers became the most valued stock on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) as its share price reached as high as Tk 5,634.20 per share on Wednesday. The company's...
The country's tourism sector insiders fear a poll-time damper on their business this tourism season with the national election slated for December 30. Although the tourist season kicked off in...
China supports the Myanmar government’s efforts to protect domestic stability and approach to resolving the Rohingya issue, Premier Li Keqiang told the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, after US...
Submission of income tax returns in the tax-fair across the country grew by 87 per cent on Thursday, the third day of the event, compared to that of the corresponding...
Prices of vegetables in the city markets have started cooling down as supplies of freshly harvested winter crops increased notably from the key growing hubs, said traders and consumers. Some...
RLNG (re-gasified liquefied natural gas) supply to the country's maiden FSRU recommenced on Thursday morning after a 12-day disruption through resolving the glitch in an underwater hydraulic valve. The gas...
The government is set to empower the customs authority to seize or halt release of imported goods in the event of violation of intellectual property rights (IPR). A draft rule...
Stakeholders concerned are deeply depressed by the current 'moribund' state of the stock market. Their frustration, apparently, is now at its peak as they see no light at the end...
Bangladesh has baffled pundits in the academic arena, particularly economists, by the progress it has made on the socio-economic fronts. One common perception is that good governance and transparency ensure...
Admittedly, the country's poverty reduction by 7.2 percentage point to 24.3 per cent in six years up to 2017 is indicative of the effectiveness of the government's Employment Generation Programme...
Ride sharing service Piickme distributed helmet to its motorbike riders on Thursday to promote safe riding and abiding traffic rules and regulations. The app-based ridesharing service distributed the riding assistance...
Some decades ago, mass-market apparel brands and retailers in the West were rushing to outsource their production to Asia particularly to China as much as possible in order to gain...
The drama of Donald Trump's presidency has centred around whether an extremist president would be able to carry out an extremist policy agenda against the will of the majority of...
European champions Real Madrid have handed Santiago Solari a contract as first-team coach through to June 2021, the club announced in a statement on Tuesday. The 42-year-old Argentine has led...
The recent detection of snow-filled clouds in the sky of Mars and the discovery of prehistoric figurative cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Borneo points to two things: no...
No other potential global leader has faced such increasing internal attrition as Japan in the 21st century. When it first sought some sort of global leadership over a century ago,...
A former Nazi concentration camp guard on trial on hundreds of counts of accessory to murder has testified he was aware that inmates were dying but says he didn't know...
Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali on Thursday said the Rohingyas living in Bangladesh will not be repatriated to Myanmar forcibly. “There’s a negative campaign that Bangladesh is forcing the...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Juktofront will 'undoubtedly' participate in the upcoming national election under their party-led alliance. He came up with the...
Police have identified 30 people who were involved in Wednesday's attack on police in front of BNP's Nayapaltan central office. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said this on...
SYLHET, Nov 15: Some 26,262 hectares of land in all the four districts of Sylhet division have already been brought under the farming of winter crops and vegetables. Of the...
Sri Lankan MPs have brawled on the floor of parliament, putting one in hospital, in the latest escalation of the political turmoil that has left the country without an agreed...
Sterling has fallen sharply after Cabinet ministers Dominic Raab and Esther McVey quit over Prime Minister Theresa May's draft Brexit deal. The pound fell more than 1 per cent against...
The Election Commission (EC) will not defer the upcoming 11th parliamentary polls, slated for December 30. “There is no scope for pushing back the election for some legal and constitutional...
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