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To become an upper middle-income country by 2021, Bangladesh, according to World Bank (WB), must manage its urbanisation sustainably. Being Bangladesh's long-term development partner, WB looks forward to working together...
A Bangladeshi cattle trader who was shot reportedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Jahurpur Tek border in sadar upazila on Wednesday died at a Rajshahi hospital in the...
Bangladesh has taken full control of its first geostationary communications satellite, Bangabandhu-1. Thales Alenia Space, which developed the satellite, handed over its transmission and operation management to Bangladesh on Friday....
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said an election is not acceptable without a level-playing field. Fakhrul came up with the statement while addressing a rally in Rajshahi...
A study published in the journal Current Biology on Thursday found that when at rest, people burn 10 per cent more calories in the late afternoon and early evening than...
Three more construction workers, who were injured in a road accident in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat on Thursday evening died at a Khulna hospital on Friday, taking the death from...
The Satanic Temple sued Netflix Inc and Warner Bros Entertainment on Thursday, seeking more than $50 million for their alleged unauthorised use of a statue of the goat-headed deity Baphomet...
Sustainable global future without poverty, hunger and greed requires good governance along with out-of-the-box thinking like social business. These observations were made at the inaugural session of the two-day 9th...
Deputy Commissioners and Divisional Commissioners were directed to remove all the election campaign materials, including posters, archways and gates, from public places within the next seven days. Election Commission Secretary...
The School of Business of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), organised a seminar on ‘Social Entrepreneurship in Universities: Unleashing its Potentials’ on Thursday at IUB campus in Bashundhara, Dhaka. Syed...
China's state news agency has unveiled a virtual newsreader sporting a sharp suit and a somewhat robotic voice. Xinhua News claims the presenter "can read texts as naturally as a...
President Md Abdul Hamid has urged all concerned to utilise the indomitable stamina, courage and potentials of youngsters to attain success in global sports. The president made the call while...
Uber and the International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced partnership to support the ICC Women’s World T20 in the West Indies aimed at engaging the broader cricketing community. This global...
BNP on Friday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) 'unilaterally' announced the schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections ignoring the opinions of political parties at the behest of the government....
The boss of Netflix, Reed Hastings, has told the BBC he is looking forward to going up against Disney when it launches its online streaming service, Disney Plus, next year....
Conjoined Bhutanese sisters were separated in a six-hour operation at an Australian hospital on Friday and the lead surgeon said he was quietly confident the infants would recover successfully. The...
The Philippines’ anti-corruption court on Friday ordered the arrest of former first lady Imelda Marcos after finding her guilty on seven counts of graft during the two-decade rule of her...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two suspected arms traders in Chapainawabganj on Thursday. They were detained from Sonamasjid Jalshukarbil in Shibganj upazila of the district and have been...
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent US$5,108 million remittances during the first four months of the current fiscal 2018-19 (FY19), which is 12.17 per cent higher than that of the previous fiscal, a...
A young man was found dead at Madhupur in Ataikula upazila of Pabna on Friday. The victim was identified as Sohel Mia, 23, son of Helal Hossain of Madhupur area....
Five people were killed in road crashes that took place in Tangail and Shariatpur districts on Friday. Among them, three ill-fated were killed when an unknown vehicle rammed a CNG...
Two flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Friday. BG 044 from Kuwait was scheduled to arrive at...
Jatiya Oikyafront has started its rally at Madrasa Maidan in Rajshahi city to mobilise public support in favour of the alliance’s various demands for holding the 11th parliamentary elections in...
Myanmar’s central bank has announced new rules allowing foreign banks to lend to local businesses, bringing further reforms to the country’s stunted banking sector. In a letter signed by deputy...
CHATTOGRAM: Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved a new canal digging project involving Tk12.56 billion to remove the port city's water-logging problems at its meeting on Wednesday....
Urban experts and planners at a seminar in the city have expressed concern over the trend of unplanned urbanisation and blamed personal interests, non-implementation of the plans that remain only...
Cabinet ministers from the United States, Mexico and Canada will sign a new trade agreement on November 30, Mexico’s economy minister said on Thursday. The deal will be signed in...
Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 103 soldiers with suspected links to the US-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in mid-2016, state-owned Anadolu news agency said on...
Arsenal and Chelsea were among seven teams to reach the Europa League knockout stage on Thursday, while last year’s runners-up Olympique de Marseille were eliminated at the group phase. The...
Oil stabilised on Friday after spending most of the week sliding, but markets remained weak as rising supply and concerns of an economic slowdown pressured prices, with US crude down...
At least seven people were killed and 11 others injured on Friday in a fire that broke out at a dormitory-style housing facility in South Korea, where each rented room...
Zambia recorded an increase in gender-based violence cases during the third quarter (Q1) of the current year, compared to the same period last year, police said on Thursday. The nation...
At least 10 people were killed and 17 others injured when about 10 cars were piled up late Wednesday on a Mexico City highway after a trailer truck's brakes failed,...
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said that his country will hold the parliamentary elections in October 2019 and the ruling coalition of the Radical Left, commonly known as Syriza,...
The Election Commission has appointed Deputy Commissioners of all the districts and two divisional commissioners as Returning Officers(ROs) to conduct the 11th national elections to be held on December 23...
The ruling Awami League on Friday started selling the party’s nomination papers for the upcoming 11th parliamentary election. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader inaugurated the sale of nomination forms...
Police in Ethiopia have uncovered a grave containing at least 200 bodies along the border between the strife-torn Oromiya and Somali regions, state-affiliated media said. The mass grave was found...
Dr Kamal Hossain, the leader of the Jatiya Oikyafront opposition alliance, will not attend a planned public meeting in Rajshahi due to a high fever. “However, he is keeping in...
The two-day 'Bangladesh Denim Expo' concluded in the city, drawing positive response from the participants, buyers and brands. With the theme 'Simplicity' and focusing on 'simplicity' in the supply chain,...
Japan sees its investment potentials in the capacity building of Bangladesh's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which is expected to help improve the sector's economic contribution. The potentials were highlighted...
Japan’s Nikkei came off a multi-week high on Friday, tracking broader losses in global equities markets, and as worries about further Sino-US trade tensions weighed on some China-focused shares. The...
The government's net borrowing from state-owned savings instruments increased by more than 5.0 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the ongoing fiscal year compared to that of the...
The US Federal Reserve on Thursday left key interest rates unchanged, in line with market expectations, keeping the central bank on track to have one more rate hike in December....
Three people were killed when a, unknown vehicle rammed a CNG run auto-rickshaw at Hatia under Kalihati upazila in Tangail on Friday. One of the deceased was identified as Sabur...
Asian stocks pulled back from a one-month high on Friday as the Federal Reserve appeared poised to deliver another interest rate hike next month, paring gains made earlier this week...
Shareholders of Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) approved on Thursday 5.0 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30 last. The shareholders also approved the audited financial statement,...
The cut-off price of ADN Telecom's shares has been fixed at Tk 30 each, as discovered by institutional investors through electronic bidding under the book-building method. ADN Telecom, the IT...
Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded emergency hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to...
A member of Parbatiya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) was shot dead by miscreants at Baradam Bandartala under Longdu upazila in Rangamati in the early hours of Friday. The...
Early variety of potatoes started arriving in the market this week, but the prices of the produce are too high. Traders claimed that most of the early potatoes available in...
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