Final preparations are underway for the launch of a joint-European and Japanese mission to Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. An Ariane 5 rocket is scheduled to lift the...
Southeast Asian navies are heading to their first joint exercises with China in its southern waters next week, and defence officials agreed Friday to conduct a similar drill with the...
The government has taken a project to re-establish telecommunication structures in the remote areas of the Sundarbans, aiming to strengthen monitoring in the world's largest mangrove forest and protect the...
Facebook was aware of inaccuracies in the way it measured how many people viewed video on its site for a year longer than it has previously admitted, court documents have...
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he presumes missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and that the US response to Saudi Arabia will likely be "very severe" but that...
CHATTOGRAM: Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has relaunched the much-awaited capital dredging work in Karnaphuli channel of Chittagong Port after five years. Once implemented, the Tk 2.42-billion Sadarghat to Bakolia Char...
Blumhouse and Universal's Halloween — a direct sequel to the 1978 classic slasher hit — is headed for a $70 million-plus debut at the domestic box office, the best showing...
A group of dissident leaders of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) on Friday announced a new committee, relieving its president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, secretary general Abdul Mannan and joint secretary general...
Detectives in a drive arrested five members of an alleged fraudulence gang from different parts of Jhenaidah district on Thursday night. The arrestees are Raju Ahmed, 29, son of Akamat...
Scientists have revealed the neural basis for people with resolution and who managed to lose weight successfully, according to a study published on Thursday in the journal Cell Metabolism. Canadian...
Train communications on Chattogram, Netrakona and Bhairab were suspended on Friday following derailment of a train bogie at Balashpur in Mymensingh city. A bogie of a Mymensingh-bound freight train from...
Ahead of the general elections the government has decided to change the schedule for annual exams of grades one to four of primary schools across Bangladesh. Therefore the tests will...
President Abdul Hamid on Friday urged all irrespective of religions, caste and creed to work unitedly for preventing all evil activities to keep the pace of development uninterrupted. “Anti-liberation evil...
Floods following heavy rains from Wednesday evening to Thursday in several provinces of Tunisia caused five dead and two missing, Tunisia's interior ministry said. The heavy rains caused significant material...
Arsenal boss Unai Emery has said that he did not know what will happen over the future of the club's 27-year-old Welsh International Aaron Ramsey. Ramsey joined Arsenal from Cardiff...
American Express (AmEx) has topped Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit and lifted its yearly earnings forecast, as a strengthening US economy powered higher credit card spending. The credit-card issuer...
Police recovered the hanging body of a housewife in Panchagarh’s sadar upazila on Thursday. The victim was Pabitra Rani, 22, wife of Krishna Chandra Roy of Goaljhar Pakhilagaon village. According...
The five-day Durga Puja, the greatest of all Hindu festivals, will come to an end today (Friday) with solemn immersion of the Goddess Durga in the capital and elsewhere in...
Netflix Inc’s (NFLX.O) Indian operation drew attention in a surge of international subscribers in the third quarter, but it faces fierce competition and a difficult cultural conundrum to make inroads...
About 300 staff of National Australia Bank have been fired or left the company as a result of internal investigations into wrongdoing, Chief Executive Andrew Thorburn said on Friday, following...
Summer beans farming has been gaining ground in this region including its vast Barind tract as the farmers get lucrative market price of the cash crop. Large numbers of farmers...
Aman Tex, a concern of Aman group, plans to go public by using the book building method to raise Tk 2.0 billion for its business expansion. The company held its...
Berger Paints Bangladesh will set up its third factory on 30 acres of land at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in Chattogram at a cost of about Tk 2.5 billion....
The euro hovered near a one-week low against the dollar on Friday as the European Commission’s criticism of Italy’s populist budget sparked fresh concerns about political tensions in the common...
The apex trade body in the apparel sector, BGMEA, has moved to amend a provision in its charter that bars a candidate from contesting the elections to its executive committee...
Tesla Inc on Thursday introduced a new $45,000 version of its Model 3 sedan on its website, launching the car as US tax breaks for Tesla cars are about to...
Prices of garlic have surged in the city's kitchen markets this week, compounding woes of the consumers further. Winter crops also started arriving in the market in a larger quantity,...
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) sealed off a total of 30 factories for producing unsafe drinking water in the capital from January to mid-October this year, an official...
Asian stocks slipped further on Friday as China posted its weakest economic growth since the global financial crisis, adding to market concerns about trade disputes, rising US interest rates and...
People from all walks of life on Friday paid their last tributes to celebrated guitarist, songwriter, composer and singer Ayub Bachchu at the Central Shaheed Minar when millions of fans...
China’s economic growth cooled to its weakest pace since the global financial crisis in the third quarter, raising pressure on Beijing to step up policy support as a years-long campaign...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now on a four-day official visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, performed holy 'Umrah' in Makkah on...
The central bank has relaxed regulations for local industries in export processing and economic zones to get short term foreign currency loans from their sister concerns. Under the relaxed provision,...
In a major breakthrough, Bangladesh and India are going to introduce passenger and cruise services on coastal and protocol route shortly. Both the countries are expected to sign the standard...
The government has scrapped talks with Reliance Power Ltd to build a new floating, storage, regasification unit (FSRU) for LNG imports at Kutubdia Island. A high-powered committee backed down from...
Almost everyone, starting from top policymakers down to banking sector experts, is worried about the future of the state-owned banks. Newspapers do dedicate enough space regularly to highlight their precarious...
The way he protests a misdeed is unique, indeed. On hunger strike right at the foot of the Raju Smarak Bhaskarja, a student from the Law Department of the University...
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) published last week has few indicators of the South Asian regions to eulogise. According to the report prepared by the Welthungerhilfe and the Concern Worldwide,...
A leading e-commerce company of the country, Daraz is bringing 11.11, the 'World's Biggest Sale Day', to Bangladesh for the first time. During this mega event, since the launch of...
Behind their catchy titles, the Slumdog Millionaire and Crazy Rich Asians movies symbolise various idiosyncrasies of Asia's climb out of poverty. Whereas the former depicts India rising from a far...
GOPALGANJ, Oct 18: Cultivation of Shahi and Red Lady papaya varieties is gaining popularity among the farmers of Kasiani upazila in the district. Sources said people like these varieties for...
Nikky Haley, the vociferously anti-Palestine US Ambassador to the United Nations, warned member states last year she will "take down names" of those who vote against American interests in the...
Bangladesh head coach Steve Rhodes urged on Thursday his charges to guard against complacency when they take on Zimbabwe in the three-match ODI series starting October 21, reports Cricbuzz. Zimbabwe...
Unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez and the streaming service DAZN have agreed to a five-year, 11-fight deal that will pay the boxer at least $365 million - the highest-paying...
The second edition of the T10 cricket league will be held at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here from November 21 to December 2, reports IANS. The first edition was a...
Around 4,500 people commit suicide every year in Britain, says a recent report. The country's authorities dealing with mental health has lately detected a drop in the number of people...
Gen Abdul Razeq, one of Afghanistan's most powerful security officials, was killed on Thursday when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor's compound in the southern province...
Government plans to spend $37.5 billion by 2030 under the 'Delta Plan 2100' on various projects to ensure food and water security, eliminate poverty and stop river erosion. Planning Commission...
Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) has denied Jatiya Oikyafront permission for holding its scheduled public rally in Sylhet city on October 23. SMP additional deputy commission (media) M Abdul Wahab on...
The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Bangladesh on Thursday arranged a token clean-up operation in Hatirjheel Lake to promote the EU's anti-plastic policy. Around 40 members of Bangladesh...
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