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Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested two alleged cattle smugglers along with Indian cattle in Nilphamari. The arrestees are Joyen Uddin, 32, and Abdur Razzak, 18,...
One person has died in a ‘shootout’ with police during an anti-drug drive in Mymensingh on Wednesday. The gunfight took place near Shambhuganj Bridge at around 1:00 am, said OC...
Binny Bansal, chief executive of India's biggest online retailer, Flipkart, has resigned following an investigation into his conduct. Flipkart and its owner, Walmart, launched the investigation after a complaint of...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has realised Tk 715.20 million from individuals convicted by court in different graft cases between 2013 and 2017, said ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Tuesday. In...
At least 15 people have been killed in a new bout of fighting between Cameroon army troops and separatist rebels, the two sides said on Tuesday, in a rise in...
Norway is considering making more investment in Bangladesh in the future. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said this to reporters after a meeting with Norwegian Ambassador to Bangladesh Sidsel Bleken at...
RAJSHAHI: Thousands of poor and grassroots families living in villages adjacent to various water bodies of the district have attained financial solvency by rearing ducks. Sources said more than 3,000...
So far we have been accustomed to thinking that the Planet we live in with its finite resources is becoming unsustainable in the face of a growing population. More so...
The on-going US-China trade tension-no less than a raging trade war-is yet to leave any visible impact on global trading patterns. However, it is clear that in the long run...
Bangladesh has formally proposed JICA fund five large infrastructure projects including two in Matarbari area under the 40th ODA loan package, officials said. The government of Japan provides ODA (official...
For Donald Trump's first foreign trip since Americans voted in the midterm elections, the bleak weather in Paris appears to have matched the diplomatic mood. The US president seemed subdued...
Antibiotics save lives and, at the same time, their misuse and overuse put the life of millions at risk. Physicians and enlightened sections of the population are aware of this...
A woman was killed when a bus knocked her down at Chandpur in Natore Sadar uapzila on Wednesday. The deceased Mamtaz Begum was a vegetable vendor. Mostafizur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of...
The most popular of all cartoon shows aired by Bangladesh Television in the mid-1980s was undoubtedly 'Spider-Man'. With episodes that ran under 22 minutes, the cartoon featured one of the...
Often we think that lens making is a material-centric, labour-intensive job. To take the comparative advantage of low-cost labour, some developing countries attempted to establish their footprints in this industry....
Listed companies with low market capitalisation dominated the gainers' chart of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday though they had no price sensitive information (PSI). The premier bourse served...
World Diabetes Day programme makes people aware of type 2 diabetes and helps them understand that it is 65 per cent preventable. Death does not have to be painful and...
The board of directors of Ambee Pharmaceuticals has recommended 30 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018. The final approval of dividend will come during...
Stocks rebounded on Tuesday, after a single-day break, as some investors showed their buying appetite on sector specific issues. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, settled at...
Sri Lanka’s parliament passed a no-confidence motion against newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa amid raucous opposition on Wednesday, throwing the country deeper into crisis. Rajapaksa’s allies said they could...
The US federal government recorded a budget deficit of 100.5 billion US dollars in October, the first month of the government's fiscal year 2019, the Treasury Department said Tuesday. That's...
The government has recently completed negotiations with the World Bank (WB) over US$750 million budgetary support credit to narrow its fiscal deficit, officials said on Monday. Within this fiscal year...
Income tax fair has begun in all divisional headquarters, four districts and seven upazilas. Finance Minister AMA Muhith inaugurated the weeklong tax fair Tuesday at city's Officers' Club premises on...
Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday, after the steepest drop in oil prices in more than three years put investors in a selling mood on Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei...
Japan’s Nikkei edged lower in choppy trade on Wednesday morning as investors sold resource stocks after oil prices plunged. Electronic components makers offset some of the resources losses, rising as...
Bangladesh should concentrate more on decentralised development, said Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Manmohan Parkash in Dhaka Tuesday. "Dhaka and Chittagong account for 60 to 70 percent...
State-run Petrobangla has cancelled a deal with the consortium of Hong Kong Shanghai Manjala Power Ltd (HSMPL), consisting of Malaysia's Petronas and local Global LNG, for building a FSU and...
The board of directors of United Power Generation & Distribution Company Limited has decided to acquire 99 per cent stake of United Energy, a sister concern of the United Group....
The prices of most of the shares on the bourses saw upward trend in early hour of trading Wednesday as some investors are active on sector-wise issues. Following the previous...
Paddy prices have dropped remarkably this bumper Aman season, hurting the local peasantry who are already struggling with a rise in production costs. Market watchers said millers, importers and others...
The process of Rohingya repatriation faces fresh complexities as many of the Rohingyas, scheduled to be sent back to their homeland, seemed to be unwilling to go back, fearing fresh...
The Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in October seized about 42,000 SIM cards, used for illegally routing international calls through voice over internet protocol (VoIP), during separate raids in the...
A new artificial intelligence (AI) system developed by US researchers may be capable of detecting the early signs of Alzheimer's disease six years before doctors can make an actual diagnosis....
Former Bangladesh Bank Governor Mohammed Farashuddin has bought a nomination form seeking to contest the upcoming parliamentary election on the Awami League ticket. Dr Farashuddin, the seventh governor of the...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 29 drug traffickers including six females along with huge cache of drugs in Sylhet city. A team of RAB-9 led by its Commanding...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd settled roughly 69 billion yuan ($9.92 billion) in the first hour of its annual Singles’ Day on Sunday, up roughly 21 per cent...
Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) filed 2,416 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation on the city streets as part of its regular drives....
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist distant warning signal no two as a deep depression formed into a cyclonic storm named ‘Gaja’....
Four British ministers who back remaining in the European Union are on the verge of quitting Theresa May’s government over Brexit, the Sunday Times reported, as pressures built on the...
The board of directors of three state-run companies have recommended dividends for the year ended on June 30, 2018, according to separate official disclosures on Sunday. The companies are: Padma...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has withdrawn the suspension of trading of Khulna Power Company Ltd (KPCL) on Sunday, with immediate effect. The board of directors of the DSE took...
Two minor boys drowned while bathing in a pond in Sirajganj on Saturday evening. The victims have been identified as Mithun Akanda, 6, son of Mano Akanda of Rooppur village...
A man came to the police station in Dhaka’s Ashulia holding a bloody machete to turn himself in after slitting the throat of his older brother over a land dispute....
More than 200 people have now died in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to health officials. About half the victims were from Beni,...
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggested on Sunday a general election may be called next year, more than a year before his government’s mandate ends, as the city-state braces...
The prices of most of the shares on both the bourses witnessed an upward trend in early hour of trading Sunday as some investors were seen active on sector-wise issues....
Voters emphasised on Saturday creating an atmosphere conducive for electing honest, capable and dedicated candidates in the 11th parliamentary polls slated for December 23. They also called for creating a...
Company secretaries have expressed disappointment over the delay in enacting a new company law through repealing the Companies Act 1994. "The government promulgated Chartered Secretaries Act 2010 and Chartered Secretaries...
The jute sector has witnessed the highest rise in market price during the last week on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Some major sectors such as bank, financial institution, fuel...
The charred remains of 14 more people have been found in and around a Northern California town overrun by flames from a massive wildfire, officials said on Saturday, raising the...
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