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Belgium have edged ahead of France to take outright top spot in FIFA world rankings released on Thursday while tiny Gibraltar were the biggest risers thanks to their first two...
Oil prices headed for a third weekly loss on Friday after Saudi Arabia warned of oversupply, while a slump in stock markets and concerns about trade clouded the outlook for...
Spurred by a steel-price rally, firms are pouring money into new plants that are set to start producing just as growth in demand for the construction material shrinks, industry executives...
India's largest domestic airline, IndiGo, will add 30 per cent capacity this financial year to maintain dominance of the world's fastest growing aviation market, although its parent company has just...
Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hiroyasu Izumi has reiterated the importance of cooperation among the members of Asian coast guard agencies and organisations to promote safe and secure shipping in the...
Dhaka University (DU) authorities will retake the admission test of 'Gha' unit of Dhaka University for the current academic on November 16. A total of 18,463 admission seekers who scored...
Shared trade friction with the US appears to be drawing longtime Asian rivals China and Japan closer, with Chinese President Xi Jinping telling Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her hope that country's children will materialise the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to build Bangladesh as 'Sonar Bangla'....
The eldest son of the murdered Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, has arrived in the US from Saudi Arabia along with his family. Salah Khashoggi had previously been barred from leaving...
Former BNP leader Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury has returned to the political scene and joined Bikalpadhara. Bikalpadhara led by former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury found two other new members: former state...
A minor girl was killed after being electrocuted in Gangarampur village of Bagha Upazila in Rajshahion Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Rasheda Khatun, 10, daughter of Abdur Rashid...
Zimbabwe collected a massive score of 286 runs for 5 wickets in stipulated 50 overs in the last ODI against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Friday. Earlier, after winning the toss...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said it is natural that BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir would be sympathetic to the reformist leaders of BNP as he...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the government is trying to keep opposition parties out of the next general election race. "They (govt) want to...
Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam on Friday said former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha attempted judicial coup. “He (Justice Sinha) made judicial coup attempt and tarnished the image of the...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested five suspected drug traderes along with 31,000 peices of yaba pills from Linkroad BSCIC area in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday...
A court in India acquitted BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday in a case filed over trespassing into Indian territory. The court of the first class judicial magistrate DG Kharshiing...
Rapid Action Battalion members arrested two people along with 50,000 pieces of Yaba pills from Beribadh in the city's Mohammadpur area on Thursday night. The arrestees are Md Rubel Ahmed,...
Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor has announced she has converted to Islam. The artist, who is best known for her 1990 hit version of the song Nothing Compares 2 U, said...
Jatiya Oikya Front, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, on Friday got permission to hold its Saturday's rally in front of BNP office at Kazir Dewri instead of Laldighi Maidan in...
An artwork created by an artificially intelligent program has been sold at auction for $432,000 (£337,000). The final price is far higher than the $7,000-$10,000 estimate put on it by...
The death toll from flash floods near Jordan’s shore of the Dead Sea rose to 20 on Friday. Jordan government officials said it is one of the deadliest incidents in...
Hamilton Masakadza lost his third toss of the series, and Zimbabwe were asked to bat first in the dead rubber in Chittagong. Bangladesh took an unassailable lead with victories in...
The World Bank on Friday approved $425 million to improve road connections in Bangladesh through building, maintaining and improving rural bridges to benefit two-thirds of the country's people. The...
Human urine has been used to create environmentally friendly bricks by university students in South Africa. They combined urine with sand and bacteria in a process that allows the bricks...
Polls have opened in the Republic of Ireland as voters elect their president. Higgins is the first incumbent in 50 years to face a challenge in his bid for a...
Glencore Plc on Friday reported a 12 per cent rise in copper production so far this year, while cobalt production rose 44 per cent, boosted by the restart of Katanga’s...
The Career Services Office (CSO) of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) will arrange “ULAB Career Fair 2018” on Saturday on its campus A at the city’s Dhanmondi area. More...
United International University (UIU) has been ranked among top 350 universities in QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) ranking, according to the list of QS Asia University Ranking 2019. Only two public and...
A Myanmar judge on Friday freed three journalists on bail from the country’s largest private newspaper detained on incitement charges after publishing an article that raised questions over government spending....
A woman armed with a kitchen knife attacked children at the gate of a kindergarten in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing on Friday, injuring 14 of them, police said. The...
Scientists say they have engineered a new antibiotic that appears promising in early clinical trials. The drug, made by Shionogi Inc, acts like the Trojan horse in Greek legend to...
Sea tourism (sea cruise, coastal shipping and yachting) contributes about 3.5 per cent of Greek GDP each year in recent years, according to a local media report. Citing a report...
Bangladesh and China have signed three documents on security cooperation in Dhaka city. The documents were signed at a home minister-level meeting, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told reporters after the...
Southeast Asian stocks were mostly lower on Friday in line with broader Asia as they failed to shrug off a dismal Thursday, while Philippines shares regained their footing after steep...
Modern Family star Sofia Vergara is the best-paid actor on US TV, earning $16 million (£12.4 million) more than her nearest rival, according to Forbes magazine. Vergara earned $42.5 million...
A man died after transport workers clashed with police during a demonstration over the Buriganga bridge toll on Friday. The workers demanded resetting the toll rate for the Bangladesh-China Friendship...
India and Bangladesh have signed a slew of pacts for enhancing inland and coastal waterways connectivity between the two neighbouring countries. "The two countries have signed an agreement to use...
Google Inc Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Thursday said the company had fired 48 employees for sexual harassment over the past two years. Pichai sent an email to Google employees...
Asian shares have turned lower after early gains, despite the overnight jump on Wall Street. Worries over corporate earnings, trade and the outlook for growth weighed on sentiment. Japan’s benchmark...
The state-run Department of Textile (DoT) has been empowered to provide services to the country's textile and clothing industry, officials said. Besides, all textile and clothing industries including readymade garment,...
Mohammad Mohiuddin Ahmed FCA, executive director of Financial Reports Monitoring Division at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), has been appointed member secretary of the auditing watchdog. Under the Ministry of...
The '1st Bangladesh Economics Summit 2018 (BES 2018)' begins at the Dhaka University (DU) premises in the capital today (Friday), aimed at promoting research and business thinking among students. The...
The commerce ministry has directed the officials concerned to submit monthly report on redress of grievances to the official concerned by seventh of every month, officials said. The directives came...
Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) is set to hold its admission tests on Saturday. The exams for the first year honours courses of BSC Engineering and Rural and...
The Global Studies and Governance Programme of SLASS at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has organised a day-long event to celebrate the United Nations Day. To mark the day, through...
China and Japan on Friday signed a broad range of agreements on strengthening bilateral ties, pledging to step up cooperation in areas from finance and trade to innovation and securities...
The country's export earnings from agricultural products are expected to exceed US$ 2.0 billion in the next two years, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said on Thursday. To boost the exports...
A drug suspect has died in an alleged shootout between two gangs of drug traders in Cox's Bazar. The suspect was 35-year-old Mohammad Lalu, a resident of Domodmia area in...
Federal agents searched a US mail facility near Miami on Thursday night racing to find who sent 10 pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and critics of US President Donald Trump...
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