Several dozen migrants, including children, have spent the night out in the open near Bosnia's border with Croatia after walking for hours from a migrant centre. The migrants are camping...
Global gold industry blockchain alliance Goldlinks has recently issued a new digital currency for its community members. The Global Gold Token (GGT) was listed for trading on BitForex, world's largest...
Pakistan is seeking loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and friendly countries to reservice debt and shore up its economy, the country’s prime minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday....
US healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it is acquiring all outstanding shares of Japanese cosmetics firm Ci:z Holdings Co Ltd that it does not already own for...
A Dhaka court has sent Barrister Mainul Hosein, a former adviser to the military-controlled caretaker government, to jail in a case filed over his remarks on TV defaming journalist Masuda...
The European Union has said it is committed to help finding a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis and delivered additional 15 million in support to assist Rohingyas in Bangladesh....
Emergency crews were struggling Tuesday to rescue 18 coal miners trapped underground in eastern China following a collapse inside the shaft three days earlier. Three miners were killed by falling...
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the decision on the size of the election-time cabinet will be taken at a meeting on October 26. A joint...
Two people were killed and another injured after a truck hit another one on Dhaka-Chottagram Highway in Barotakia area of Mirsarai upazila of the port city on early Tuesday. The...
At least four people were killed and 15 wounded in a car bomb blast in the northern Iraqi town of Qayyara on Tuesday, police and medical sources said. A vehicle...
A Dhaka court has discharged Jatiya Party lawmaker AKM Salim Osman from a case filed over humiliating school teacher Shyamol Kanti Bhakta in public in Narayanganj in 2016. Chief Judicial...
China shares slipped on Tuesday as investor concerns about the economy and risks posed by shares pledged for loans continued to hamper sentiment. At midday, the Shanghai Composite index was...
President Abdul Hamid has reached Geneva of Switzerland to attend Global Leaders Investment Summit and 20th Annual Session of the Homeland and Global Security Forum. An Emirates flight carrying the...
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) and S 11 Limited (an IT-based service provider organization) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Head Office of the Bank recently. Under...
WWE star Roman Reigns is giving up his Universal Championship title because he has leukaemia. The four-time world champion told fans on Monday he had been diagnosed with the disease...
Saudi Arabia's investment conference has gone ahead despite international pressure for a boycott. The Future Investment Initiative (FII) was due to feature 150 high profile speakers from 140 firms. But...
Padma Islami Life Insurance has restructured its board following the transfer of 44.78 per cent shares by its former sponsor-directors to the sister concerns of S. Alam Group, the company...
Three rivers - the Mayur, the Bhairab and the Rupsa - running beside the city are now under rampant human assaults due to encroachment and unchecked pollution. The dumping of...
Bangladeshi readymade garments have hit a record growth rate in Japanese market during January-August period of the current year, Rabab Fatima, Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan, said. She said, “Bangladesh is...
Australia on Tuesday slapped travel and financial sanctions on five top Myanmar military officers, accused of overseeing brutal violence against Rohingya Muslims by units under their command, following similar moves...
A female college student was killed in a boiler blast incident at Paschimpara in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Sharmin Akhter,...
Oil prices fell on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia pledged to play a “responsible role” in energy markets, although sentiment remained nervous in the run-up to US sanctions against Iran’s crude...
President Donald Trump has said the US will "begin cutting off" foreign aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador because of a large convoy of migrants heading north. Trump criticised...
Mexico has issued an alert for parts of its Pacific seaboard as it prepares for the "life-threatening" Hurricane Willa. Willa is expected to make landfall on Mexico's south-western coast on...
Asian share markets retreated on Tuesday as worries about softening Chinese growth rattled investors, following a rally that was not picked up by Wall Street overnight. Japan's Nikkei 225 index...
CIA Director Gina Haspel was travelling to Turkey on Monday to help investigate the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, two sources familiar with the matter said, as security agencies...
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Taiwan, the United States Geological Survey said on Tuesday, and witnesses said it set buildings shaking in the capital Taipei. There were no immediate...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a female drug trader along with 500 Yaba tablets and 14 bottle Phensidyl from Benapole Rail Station in Jashore early Tuesday. The arrestee...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three young men along with 40,800 Yaba tablets from Mohammadpur area in Dhaka city on Monday evening. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is set to inject 220 billion yen ($2 billion) into its aircraft unit which has struggled to deliver its first passenger plane, national broadcaster NHK reported on...
Mr. Md. Rafiqul Islam has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Green Delta Capital Limited for the 2nd time which was approved by Bangladesh Securities & Exchange...
A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in Dhaka city’s Hatijheel area on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Redwanul Kabir, 30, son of Mannan Kabir of...
Facebook Inc said it had removed 68 pages and 43 accounts associated with a Brazilian marketing group, Raposo Fernandes Associados (RFA), for violating the social media network’s misrepresentation and spam...
Search engine giant Google has created a new Doodle on its homepage celebrating the life of Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist Shamsur Rahman on the occasion of his 89th birth...
CIA Director Gina Haspel left US for Turkey on Monday to work on the investigation into the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, a...
He ran social media for Saudi Arabia's crown prince. He masterminded the arrest of hundreds of his country's elite. He detained a Lebanese prime minister. And, according to two intelligence...
A three-day international fair for promoting food processing sector will begin in the capital on Thursday, aiming to give an impetus to the country's economy. The event styled '6th BAPA...
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has urged Bangladesh to further accelerate the process of removing the investment barriers like infrastructure deficit, corruption, and energy shortfall as the US companies...
Increased soil salinity for sea-level rises is likely to make nearly 0.2 million coastal residents internally displaced in Bangladesh, a study showed. The climate-induced changes will force them to migrate...
CHATTOGRAM: The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is facing difficulties in importing fuel oils as the state-owned commercial banks are unwilling to open letters of credit (LCs) on grounds of incurring...
The apparel trade bodies have not stopped issuing utilisation declaration (UD) certificates yet to "non-compliant" and "risky" garment factories, violating government order. Last month, the state-run Department of Inspection for...
The lack of capable leadership within banks is the main reason behind the increase in the volume of nonperforming loans (NPLs) in the country, a top official of the central...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) officials arreted Barrister Mainul Hosein on Monday night from the capital’s Uttara area under Rangpur defemation case. Mainul was detained from Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD...
Fiscal deficits aren't necessarily a bad thing provided there is a rein on them. Having done reasonably well so far Bangladesh's deficit has gone up to 19 per cent with...
To a lot of knowledgeable people, it is something grotesque that defines youth activities in the present Bangladesh. There are two types of them; but it is an absurd proposition...
With the formulation of a draft export policy for the years 2018-2021, the country has made its intention clear about diversifying its export basket - albeit on a limited scale....
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) held a discussion with the representatives of Hunan province of China at hotel in Dhaka city recently, says a statement....
Risk-taking in Japan's financial sector hit a near three-decade high in the April-September, a central bank gauge showed, in a sign years of ultra-easy monetary policy may be overheating some...
Responding to all-rounder Shakib-Al Hasan's request to allow him to play in the upcoming UAE T20x tournament, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) media committee chairman Jalal Yunus has said the decision...
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will not play in next weekend's Clasico, the first time neither star has featured in the game since 2007, reports Omnisport. Ronaldo's move from Real...
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