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An earthquake of 5.4-magnitude on the Richter scale shook Northeastern parts of the country including Sylhet on Saturday night. The epicentre of the moderate quake was India-Myanmar bordering region, 318-km...
Iraq and Saudi Arabia agreed on Saturday to work together to stabilize oil markets, Iraq’s Oil Ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said, without giving further details. During a meeting in Baghdad,...
A total of 28 corporate entities from 11 categories have won the ICSB National Award 2017. The awards were handed over to the respective companies at a programme held at...
Leaving behind all the concerns and confusions, BNP, which had boycotted the last general election, has finally decided to join the upcoming one and will send a letter to the...
Buyers of luxury cars have come under scanners of the tax authority as they might have concealed the actual brand names of vehicles and their prices in the income tax...
More than 500 readymade garment (RMG) factories might lose their eligibility to produce apparels for around 200 Accord-signatory brands and buyers with the departure of the platform from Bangladesh after...
The government is eyeing three contracts with Russia regarding Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) lifecycle services by December 2019 to smoothly implement the project. "We're working to complete negotiations over...
A project to upgrade the signalling system at the city's four busy intersections is apparently falling through a lack of coordination between departments. Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA), the implementer...
Experts at a seminar on Saturday expressed scepticism about achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by the country within the stipulated timeframe. They listed a number of factors that might...
Compared to the rising intensity of summer heat, the country's winter has been losing its bite over the last few decades. Winter, however, comes every year, the early signs of...
The Malaysian government has reduced the cost of hiring Bangladeshi workers four times less than before. Although the government fixed the migration cost at Tk 160,000, a local worker bound...
The news about taking over of operations of the Bangbandhu-1 satellite by the state-owned Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) comes along with a disturbing piece of information. The Bangladesh...
PARADISE, Nov 10 (AP): Not a single resident of Paradise can be seen anywhere in town after most of them fled the burning Northern California community that may be lost...
The Dhakeswari National Temple Committee on Saturday thanked Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina for recovering one and a half bigha land of the Dhakeswari National Temple. “We thank her (PM)...
Local television channels would not require establishment of their own earth stations to get service from country’s first geostationary communication satellite, Bangabandhu-1. Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) Chairman Dr...
In an unprecedented development in the US mid-term elections, at least one hundred women joined the election race and won. For the first time, two Muslim women and two native...
For any investor interested in Africa, there is only one place to be this week: Johannesburg. When the three-day Africa Investment Forum opens on November 7, a total of 61...
The gas supply in Chattogram has improved slightly compared to that of last week following some measures taken by the authorities concerned. According to official sources, the areas under the...
The idea of an independent commission is primarily based on various legal and political contexts to bring together individuals of diverse views, expertise, and backgrounds to tackle legally difficult, technically...
The crucial US midterm elections took place on November 6, 2018 amid apprehension of the Republicans and discontent of the Democrats over President Donald Trump's policies and actions. Voting was...
President Trump said that he spoke with President Xi and added "we will make a deal with China, and I think it will be a very fair deal for everybody''....
JOYPURHAT, Nov 10: Off-season pumpkin cultivation is gaining popularity among the grassroots growers in Akkelpur upazila of the district.Sources said peasants are making Tk 30,000 to Tk 40,000 from the...
KHULNA, Nov 10 (UNB): Production in nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna-Jeshore region is being hampered due to crisis of raw jute while the stock of unsold jute products is...
Newly appointed US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller is scheduled to arrive in city on November 18 to begin his Bangladesh assignment, said an official on Saturday. Upon arrival,...
The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies are expected to announce its decision in two days on whether it will join the 11th parliamentary election. The 20-party alliance held...
About 68.3 per cent of the country's total young educated voters have expressed their satisfaction over the initiatives taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, according to a new survey on...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 38 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during the ongoing anti-narcotics drives in the capital in the last 24 hours till 6:00am Saturday....
Turkey has given recordings on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France and Britain, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. Turkish sources...
Jatiya Party will formally start selling nomination papers on Sunday among those who want to contest the upcoming 11th general election with its ticket. Party chairman HM Ershad is scheduled...
A sub-inspector of Tangail district police was suspended temporarily for assaulting a truck driver for extortion on Saturday. The decision came following a two-hour blockade on the eastern part of...
The Election Commission has a plan to deploy army in those polling stations where Electric Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in the 11th national election. "The EC is planning...
Twelve people died in heavy rains and flooding in parts of Jordan on Friday and authorities evacuated foreign tourists from the ancient city of Petra and other popular destinations, officials...
President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron worked Saturday to ease tensions after a dustup over their comments about European security that threatened to divert attention away from a...
Huawei Consumer Business Group (Bangladesh) is offering discounts on two popular smartphones for Bangladeshi consumers. Nova 3i featuring four artificial intelligence (AI) cameras will be available at Tk 26,990 (discount...
In separate incidents, a teenage girl and a woman committed suicide while another found dead in different areas of Domar upazila on Saturday and Friday. The deceased were identified as...
Direct train service on Panchagarh-Dhaka route began on Saturday aiming to ease communications with country's Northern district. Additional Secretary of Railway Ministry Abul Kalam Azad formally inaugurated the train journey...
A daylong programming contest began at the Shawadhinata Milonayoton of Daffodil International University campus at Ashulia on Saturday. As part of the selection of two teams for the ACM International...
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra were advised to hoist cautionary signal no one over a depression over the Southwest Bay and adjoining areas. The depression over...
The weeklong 'Income Tax Fair' will kick off in the city and other divisional headquarters across the country on Tuesday (November 13) for the ninth consecutive year, aiming to provide...
Twenty-one miners, who were trapped after a coalmine accident that occurred a month ago in China’s Shangdong province, have died. Rescuers managed to rescue only one of the 22 miners...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) on Saturday observed the “International Accounting Day” to promote the accounting profession. Marking the day, the ICMAB brought out a...
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the country's parliament on Friday night and called for snap polls on January 5 in a move that will likely deepen the country’s political...
BNP senior leaders will hold a series of meetings with its leaders and its two alliance partners and party leaders on Saturday to decide whether it will join the forthcoming...
Today (Saturday) is the third death anniversary of Md Abul Kasem, DAFC (Retd). Abul Kasem died on November 10, 2015 at Sreerampur under Badalgachi Upazila in Naogaon. He left behind...
A child with a speech disability has allegedly been raped and murdered at Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila. Police recovered the body of the child from Dhakirvita Forest near Panchgaon village at...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said there is no doubt that BNP is going to join the 11th parliamentary elections. "I don't know why there's no festivity in...
A Taliban delegation on Friday attended a diplomatic conference in Russia for the first time, in a move that underscored Moscow's keenness to play a role in the Afghan peace...
Bangladesh Open University (BOU) has appointed Md Abu Kasem Shikder as the first permanent director of Information and Public Relations Division of the university. His appointment took effect on November...
When Phil Hatfield was watching his six-year-old son play football, he could not resist giving him a ‘helping’ hand. Little did he know the moment would be seen by more...
US companies are warning about rising wages eating into profit margins, increasing investor worries that next year’s expected drop in profit growth may be sharper than feared. Amidst overall strong...
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