Chattogram Road Transport Owners Association has suspended their indefinite strike on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway upon assurance from the administration. The decision came from an emergency meeting on Sunday night, said...
Apple has acquired music analytics start-up Asaii, Axios has reported, citing sources, in a bid to strengthen content recommendations to its music users. Apple’s deal to buy Asaii was worth...
Ecuador has restored partial internet access to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who took refuge in the country’s London Embassy more than six years ago, WikiLeaks and an Assange lawyer said...
JP Morgan & Chase Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon and Ford Motor Co Chairman Bill Ford cancelled plans to attend a Saudi investor conference, the companies said on Sunday, the...
A suspected leader of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) and a drug trader were killed in separate gunfights in Mymensingh and Tangail districts early Monday. In Mymensingh, Sharifur Rahman...
The government is taking up a project to task the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB with monitoring the social media for four months leading to and after the next general...
The government has made a move to include an additional 48 farm items in the fifth agriculture census following diversified farming and trade. Fruits like latkan, dragon, strawberry and colocasia...
Customs officials have detained a Malaysian national with seven kilograms of gold at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The detainee, 47-year-old Chan Gee Keong, arrived in Dhaka aboard a Malindo...
The stubborn problem of Britain's land border with Ireland thwarted a drive to clinch a Brexit deal before a European Union summit this week, as negotiators admitted defeat after marathon...
Malaysia freed 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the Southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak last year because they did nothing wrong there, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad...
The top 10 turnover leaders on Sunday captured 41.95 per cent of the turnover featured by the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Three of the turnover leaders were also in the...
The government has taken a project to identify and reduce post-harvest loss of food grains aiming to ensure food security for all. The Ministry of Food (MoF) with cooperation of...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid asked Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) to come up with specific solutions to utilise waste materials for generating...
IPDC Finance Limited will raise a capital worth Tk 1.0 billion through issuing bonds. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) approved a proposal to raise the capital through issuing...
The final round of the inter-university business case competition titled "Invest Maestro", sponsored by the Bangladesh Institute of Capital Market (BICM), takes place at the BICM in the city today...
The harvest of Aman paddy has begun in many parts of the country with higher yield rates, raising hopes for another bumper output this season. The government is expecting 14.1...
The new Value Added Tax (VAT) law, passed by the parliament in 2012, and VAT Rules-2016 would be amended for the sake of smooth implementation from the next fiscal year....
The cargo handling activities, disrupted by cyclonic storm 'Titli' for last three days, resumed fully at Chittagong port on Sunday. Unloading of bulk cargo resumed at the outer anchorage of...
New Delhi has assured Dhaka of prioritising entry and exit of third country transit cargo to and from Nepal and Bhutan, officials said. The assurances came following proposals of Bangladesh...
Workers especially helpers at different garment factories are facing termination and extra workloads following a new wage structure in the country's apparel sector, labour leaders alleged. The majority of the...
Bangladesh's trade deficit crossed US$ 2.0 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, mainly due to its higher import payments than lower export receipts,...
British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BAT Bangladesh) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) to avail the 'Supply Chain Finance' programme - a financing programme for the...
The argument put forward by the ambassador and permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations that 'rights of the children are best protected by ensuring their education and healthcare,...
RANGPUR, Oct 14: The peasants at different areas under the district are showing their interest in cultivating T-Aman paddy using eco-friendly light trap method introduced by the Department of Agriculture...
The United States is seeking "regime change" in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, adding that the current US administration is the most hostile that the Islamic Republic has...
NEW DELHI, Oct 14: Indian Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar has released a statement denying sexual misconduct allegations against him and threatening legal action on the matter,...
Some 16.05 per cent of Bangladesh's adult population (Aged 18 and above) are suffering from mental health disorders. However, in case of children and juvenile (aged bellow 18) this percentage...
A seven-member top ranked senior golfers of Kurmitola Golf Club (KGC) will have short practice sessions at KGC Course from today (Monday) before their participation in the Asia Pacific Senior...
To ensure the safe spawning of the nation's much loved hilsa during its peak breeding period, a 22-day ban, that started on October 07, on catching, selling and transporting the...
Ensuring employment at optimum level for citizens who can work efficiently is one of the major challenges for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), developing economies and also for the developed...
Effects of climate change, largely caused by rapid industrialisation and urbanisation, is soon going to cover most countries of the globe in the form of low economic productivity and deteriorating...
Marvels Iron Fist will not return for a third season, said a Netflix representative recently. "Marvel's 'Iron Fist' will not return for a third season on Netflix. Everyone at Marvel...
The last two months have witnessed India's politicians and geo-strategists creating their own national geo-strategic paradigm. On September 06, talks were held in New Delhi between US and Indian Foreign...
When the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was announced, it was met by a sigh of relief around the world. A deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...
Bangladesh has started importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from August 22, 2018 in the wake of continuing mismatch between gas supply and its demand. The imported LNG has been re-gasified...
The rate of caesarean birth in Bangladesh was 4.0 per cent in 2001. When it increased to 12 per cent in 2010, people felt quite disturbed. But since then, the...
Grameenphone on Sunday introduced a new number series '013,' alongside the existing '017' series. The new number series was unveiled at a local hotel by Brigadier General Md Mustafa Kamal,...
Why does egg refer, in general, to no other but hen's only? Duck, goose and swan also lay eggs but invariably of all varieties of fowls, the hen takes the...
Police arrested six people for their alleged involvement in the reported question paper leak of 'Gha' unit admission test under Social Sciences faculty of Dhaka University. The law enforcers arrested...
Bangladesh's Test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan returned home on Sunday (Oct 14) by a Singapore Airlines flight after a successful treatment of his left little finger injury in...
Gulshan Club and Sylhet Club have signed an agreement with a view to share different issues. Gulshan Club President Mr Showkat Aziz Russell and Sylhet Club President Mr Haseen Ahmed...
Novak Djokovic continued his superb form by beating Croatia's Borna Coric in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday. The second seed beat 21-year-old Coric 6-3 6-4 in one...
‘Dhaka University Telemedicine Programme’ has won the ‘Third Commonwealth Digital Health Award’. The university achieved the award in the telemedicine category for outstanding contribution to developing healthcare quality in rural...
President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday felicitated the Hindu community in separate messages on the occasion of the Durga Puja. In his message, President Hamid...
The government on Sunday briefed the foreign diplomats on the newly enacted Digital Security Act- 2018 amid calls from various sections for amendment to some of its sections. Foreign Minister...
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will begin on Monday with the incarnation (Bodhon) of the Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Sashthi at...
Bangladesh Post Office is going to introduce a digital financial service to increase people's financial freedom with additional security and control. Dubbed Nagad, the service will be regulated under the...
Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) on Sunday announced a two-day programme to press for holding the next polls under a non-party neutral administration. As part of the programmes, the LDA will...
Saudi Arabia would retaliate to possible economic sanctions taken by other states over the case of Jamal Khashoggi. The state news agency SPA gave the information in a report quoting...
Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), a development organisation of Japan, will provide Taka 7.03 billion to raise services of medical colleges and hospitals at eight divisions of the country. An...
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