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A group of five South Korean climbers and four Nepali climbers and porters has been reported missing after a storm hit a camp on a Himalayan peak in west Nepal,...
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), India’s biotech regulator, has requested the authority of Bangladesh to provide detailed information about Bt brinjal, according to a Livemint report. Bt brinjal is a...
Customs officials arrested a man along with 1.7 kilograms of gold powder at Benapole border crossing on Friday night. The powder is estimated to be worth around Tk 7 million....
Bangladesh has been elected a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The UN members took part in the election during the world body’s annual general assembly in New...
The founder of Canadian skincare brand Deciem has been removed by a judge following months of erratic online behaviour and messy firings. The Ontario judge sided with beauty giant Estée...
The initiative can make coastal shipping more cost effective for bilateral trade, thereby shifting cargo from the costly land route, and create an opportunity for Bangladeshi garment exporters to reach...
The Venezuelan government says it has released a political activist who has been held without trial since 2014. Lorent Saleh was arrested in September 2014, accused of links to Colombian...
Stocks edged higher last week, extending the gaining streak for the second week in a row, as some investors showed their buying appetite on sector specific issues. Market insiders said...
Four listed companies have recommended dividend between 6.0 per cent and 410 per cent last week for the year ended on June 30, 2018. The companies which recommended dividend are:...
A man was burned to death and seven people, including four women and a minor boy, sustained injuries as a fire broke out in a flat on at Beparipara in...
Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) launched a hangar project this month as part of the upgradation of Dhaka airport, an official said. An agreement on the 13-month project was...
Radisson Blu Chittagong Bay View continues to strive to provide the best services at lowest rates, said its General Manager Robin Edwards. "We are unique in Chattogram in respect to...
Swapan, an 11-year-old boy who dropped out of school in his early life due to abject poverty, was busy doing work in shabby and dirty attire at an aluminium factory...
The National Board of Revenue has been asked to permit direct delivery of all types of FCL (full container load) containers to importers' premises. According to officials, only industrial items...
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed a spending of Tk 17.33 billion for installing 90 units of weigh machines, officials said on Friday. The machines will cost Tk...
Bangladeshi workers have kept returning from Saudi Arabia in an increasing number since the kingdom started deporting the undocumented migrants, sources said. Statistics at the Probasi Kalyan Desk at the...
Amid concerns over possible impacts of losing LDC benefits, the government is crafting a 'transition strategy' for 'smooth graduation' from the country's least-developed country status. Officials said the economic relations...
The state-run Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) is struggling to ensure adequate supply of fertiliser in the upcoming Boro season, officials said. To avert any unpleasant situation during the production...
The world's longest non-stop commercial flight has landed in New York on Friday morning, ending a journey from Singapore of more than 15,000km in 17 hours and 52 minutes, reports...
Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, there were hopes and expectations galore in all areas of national life including games and sports. Over the years, those lofty aspirations may...
One of the major deficiencies of the government's social safety net programmes is obviously the lack of database to identify the regions and communities to be brought under safety net...
Previously at the initial stages of development, moving a worker from farmland to factory usually fetched a very high value-added contribution to the economy. Much of South Asia's extraordinary growth...
Why do conspiracy theories so often receive their strongest support from the world's dictators? Dictators are almost always oddballs, but it is worth asking: Is quackery a required trait of...
Imagine a world where your credit card would not fit into every cash machine. Also, imagine a world without telephone codes, country and currency codes and access to internet. If...
It's said that fuller prescriptions for bailouts aren't handed out. Greece would have been in a better position and Argentina certainly so as it celebrates the $57 billion that the...
Farmers of Bangladesh cultivate their land in three different seasons each having its own characteristics. Once agriculture in this part of the world was rain-dependent, then turned into a mechanised...
The growing chaos in the public transport system in the capital city originates from multifarious issues. Over the years, a series of factors have contributed to the disorder. Day by...
Palestine have become the unbeaten champions of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup’s fifth edition with a victory over Tajikistan in the final, reports bdnews24.com. Palestine won the match 4-3 in penalty...
From a war-torn nation in 1971, Bangladesh has turned itself into a 'Role Model for Development' in less than fifty years. The country recorded impressive progress in poverty reduction and...
US President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on the central bank, the US Federal Reserve, calling it 'out of control' and 'far too stringent'. Trump made the criticism while...
Bangladeshis in the US form the newest and fastest growing immigrant community, currently more than three million in number. They contribute greatly to the inward remittance flow of Bangladesh, apart...
If Durga Puja is not the most colourful of all festivals, it surely is one of those. So far as the Bangalee Hindus are concerned, it is the greatest and...
Kachi-Kanchar Mela, a children's organisation, has succeeded to cross hurdles to reach sixty-two years of existence in Bangladesh in spite of political doldrums, anarchic and economic hardship. Kachi-Kanchar Mela is...
Lindsey Buckingham is suing Fleetwood Mac for kicking him off the band's new tour. In the suit, the Hollywood Reporter says the guitarist and songwriter is seeking his share of...
Pakistan President Arif Alvi has sacked a High Court judge who earlier accused the country's spy agency of interfering in judicial proceedings to influence the July election. The law ministry...
A workshop for journalists aiming to protect people from cyber-racketeering and crate awareness among them was held in the capital on Friday. Cyber Crime Awareness Foundation (CCA Foundation) with the...
A court in Turkey is to release the jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson, whose detention for the past two years by Turkey sparked a crisis in ties with the United...
Can a world-famous eau de toilette for men, known for its smoky and spicy fragrance, help trap a "man-eating" tiger prowling in the jungles of India's western state of Maharashtra?...
Papua New Guinea's government is under scrutiny for importing 40 luxury Maserati cars from Italy for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit. The Quattroporte sedans, which cost more than...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said it has now been proved in the country's court after Canada that BNP is a terrorist party. "It's been proved in...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said the administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to assassinate him, as relations strain between the ideologically opposed nations. Maduro, a former bus...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said there is no question of Tarique Rahman's resignation from the party post following his conviction in the August 21 grenade...
Despite a worsening tariff war, China's trade surplus with the United States has widened to a record $34.1bn in September. Chinese exports to the American market rose by 13 per...
Princess Eugenie has married her long-term partner Jack Brooksbank on Friday at St George's Chapel in Windsor. The ninth in line to the throne was watched by her grandmother, the...
India has rejected the findings of the World Bank's Human Capital Index (HCI), which has placed the country at 115th position out of 157 countries on various considerations. The Indian...
Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to 16 matches and maintained his bid to finish at year-end No. 1 in the ATP Rankings for the fifth time on Friday by...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said it is only a matter of time before the US and North Korea declare an end to their state of war on the Korean...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said people now don’t bother about the agitation of BNP and are less concerned. “People don’t bother about the agitation...
A delegation from Saudi Arabia has reached Turkey as part of a joint investigation into the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Without giving further details, two Turkish sources...
Expressing satisfaction over the Bangladesh economy, Deputy Managing Director of International Monetary Fund Misuhiro Furusawa has said he is anxious about the prevalent loan defaults in the banking sector. Finance...
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