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There is no denying that the country's healthcare services are in a shambles. Despite mushroom growth of private clinics and diagnostic centres throughout the country, the poor people are still...
Although the number is not exactly known, density of unemployed engineering graduates has been increasing across South Asia. According to a media report (Times of India), nearly 80 per cent...
It is a truism that developmental efforts, both from the private and public sectors, are largely Dhaka and Chattogram (Chittagong) centric. Then again, the rest of the country is not...
The Economist published an article last week titled 'Not interest-free' which posits that Islamic banks are drawing non-Muslims in increasing numbers not mainly because of ethical issues; rather, they are...
Cumilla police on Saturday arrested a young man in connection with the rape of a schoolgirl at Panchpukuria village in Muradnagar upazila of Cumilla district. The detainee was identified as...
In a noble gesture, a total of 110 persons with disabilities were employed in a job fair held at Krishibid Institute Bangladesh in the capital on Saturday. ILO-supported Bangladesh Business...
JOYPURHAT, Oct 20: Snake gourd growers in the district are happy over the fair prices and good yield this season.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said they encourage the...
BOGURA, Oct 20: A good number of people in the district are expecting to make over Tk 0.5 million by making bamboo products this season.Sources said after transplanting T-Aman paddy...
At the invitation of Saudi King Mohammad Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina officially visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on October 16-19, 2018. It's her...
The taxation system in Bangladesh has proved to be very resistant to any fundamental change despite many efforts to overhaul it. More remarkable is the very vigorous persistence of resistance...
Amnesty International has described Saudi Arabia’s explanation over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul as a whitewash of an appalling assassination. Samah Hadid, the human rights...
An important road in the port city will be named after rock legend Ayub Bachchu, Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin said on Saturday. The CCC Mayor made...
Jose Mourinho was involved in a furious touchline bust-up after Ross Barkley struck a last-gasp equaliser to hand Chelsea a 2-2 draw against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho appeared...
The world’s largest burn and plastic surgery institute named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be inaugurated on Wednesday with an aim to open a new horizon in burn treatment....
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will go into its 23rd session on Sunday which is likely to be the last session of the 10th parliament formed after the 2014 national election....
The commuters went through a huge suffering on Saturday as divisional transport workers staged eight-hour strike demanding eight-point charter including amendment to the Road Transport Act 2018. Bangladesh Road Transport...
BNP will repeal the Digital Security Act 2018 and the draft Broadcast Bill 2018 within seven days, if the party can get mandate to form government. Moudud, a BNP standing...
Real Madrid suffered their fourth loss in five games and set an unwanted new record with a defeat by Levante at the Bernabeu. The result put further pressure on coach...
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury urged the young journalists to acquire knowledge on International relations and regional diplomacy like renowned journalist late Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury. She made the remarks...
Two people were killed and five others injured as a microbus crashed into a motorcycle and a van at Ratil in Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj on Saturday afternoon, reports UNB....
The body of honorary Bangladeshi citizen and freedom fighter Father Marino Rigon will arrive in Bangladesh on Sunday, a year after his death, in accordance with his final wishes. The...
The rock legend and musical band LRB founder Ayub Bachchu, who died of a heart attack in Dhaka, was buried next to his mother at their family graveyard in Chattogram...
Turkey has vowed to reveal all details about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after Saudi Arabia admitted for the first time he had been killed in its consulate in...
The present government achieved a marked progress in the country’s education sector in the last 10 years. Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain made the...
A man was beaten to death allegedly by his neighbours during an argument over a trivial matter in Jashore on Saturday. The victim was Hossain Ali, 45 years old, from...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of drug peddlers allegedly over establishing supremacy at Choto Achra under Sharsha upazila in Jashore on Saturday....
Three people have died and two others were hospitalised due to alcohol poisoning in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah. The deceased have been identified as Kaliganj residents Biswas Bappi, Munna Das...
The admission tests for first year Honours courses at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) under 2018-2019 academic session will be held on Sunday. This year, a total of...
Unidentified miscreants have stabbed a student of a Polytechnique institute in Gazipur in the early hours of Saturday. The student was Imtiaz Uddin Ifte, resident of Harbaid area under Pubail...
President Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka on Monday for attending two international conferences on investment and security in the Palais des Nations, the home of the United Nations Office at...
A farmer in Munshiganj claims to have grown the world's biggest potato on his farm in Sirajdikhan. The claim is pending verification by the Guiness World Records organisation. Farmer Belayet...
An Arizona man has survived two days trapped alone in an abandoned mine shaft with rattlesnakes. He killed three of the snakes while waiting to be discovered, according to rescue...
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has declared an 18-point manifesto on ‘good governance and development of the nation’ from a rally of the Sammilito Jatiya Jote at Suhrawardy Udyan. His...
Macedonia's parliament has voted to start the constitutional procedure formally changing the country's name to the Republic of North Macedonia. Two-thirds of the chamber - 80 of 120 deputies -...
43 pirates from six gangs of Kutubdia and Maheshkhali surrendered to the Home Minister in Cox’s Bazar submitting firearms on Saturday. Ten members of 'Anju Bahini', two members of 'Ramij...
Hundreds of Central American migrants bedded down overnight on a bridge separating Guatemala and Mexico, many squeezed against a metal border gate, as efforts to halt a trek north by...
In recent days, 20th Century Fox has been quietly rearranging its release calendar, no doubt in anticipation of the $70 billion-plus Disney-21st Century Fox marriage. Late last week, Fox pushed...
China’s new home prices increased at a firm pace in September, supported by gains in smaller cities and showing the market remained resilient despite pressures from softer investment, a slowing...
Some online sellers are offering people free goods in return for positive product reviews, an investigation by consumer group Which? has found. Its investigator joined several "rewards for reviews" groups...
Police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a man in Benapole early Saturday. Police were informed after local people spotted the body at Choto Achra area. The dead man is presumably...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recently signed an agreement with Square Hospitals Limited. Under the arrangement, EBL cardholders and employees will get healthcare service privileges at the Executive Health and...
Unveiling Jatiya Party's (JP) 18-point goals for building a happy and prosperous Bangladesh, JP Chairman HM Ershad on Saturday urged the government to ensure proper atmosphere for holding a free...
Bringing change in people's lifestyle is the only way to ensure the nation's nutritional security, a recent study suggests. Despite having both availability and accessibility, nearly 76 per cent people...
The Chittagong Customs House (CCH) has recently formed an anti-money laundering cell to check illegal imports and consignments. The cell will take legal action against those involved in laundering money...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home in the early hours of Saturday, wrapping up her four-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Saudi King Salman...
Africa’s youngest billionaire, snatched a week ago off the street outside a luxury hotel in Tanzania, has returned back home safely, the family company that he runs said on Saturday....
A nine-year-old child has died and another elderly man has gone missing after a trawler capsized during a boat race in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila. The event was organised from the...
The pressure is on for Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft as they prepare to report quarterly results at a time when confidence in those market leaders looks increasingly fragile and in...
A man has been killed in an alleged shootout with RAB in Pabna’s sadar upazila. According to law enforcers, the incident occurred at around 3:30 am on Saturday in upazila’s...
The body of rock legend and musical band LRB founder Ayub Bachchu has reached Chattogram port city. A flight of US-Bangla Airlines carrying the body and his family members reached...
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