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A fire raged through two tin-shed buildings of a government primary school in Manikganj district town on Friday noon, burning down valuables of the school. It is being primarily assumed...
The World Bank Group, in partnership with the governments of Germany and the United Kingdom, announced today (Friday) a US$145 million Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF) to help vulnerable countries...
Trade tensions among the Group of 20 leading industrialised and emerging economies could only be solved by the countries that are directly involved in the rift. Argentine Treasury Minister Nicolas...
Argentina easily overcame Iraq 4-0 in a friendly in Saudi Arabia on Thursday with three players scoring their first international goals for the twice world champions while German Pezzella also...
Britain will cut the incentives available to those buying plug-in hybrid vehicles as it focuses on pure electric models, sparking anger from an industry trade body as carmakers already face...
Scientists say that more than 100 thousand varieties of rice have been safeguarded for the future. Samples in the world's largest rice gene bank in the Philippines are being used...
Media companies are pulling out of a Saudi investment conference because of growing outrage over the disappearance of a prominent Saudi journalist in Turkey. Economist Editor-In-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes will...
Indian shares rebounded nearly 2.0 per cent on Friday, as the rupee strengthened due to an overnight fall in crude prices. The rupee gained sharply to hit a one-week high...
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has cancelled today's (Friday) shoot of Housefull 4 after grave sexual harassment allegations against the film’s director Sajid Khan surfaced on Thursday. A source close to the...
Dhaka University has held its first-year honours admission test of “Gha-Unit” under the Social Science faculty of the 2018-19 academic session. The one-hour test was held on Friday from 10:00...
China has sold $3.0 billion of sovereign dollar bonds, its third such sale in the last 14 years, drawing healthy investor demand against a backdrop of global market turmoil and...
A passenger plane travelling from the south Indian city of Trichy to Dubai sustained damage after hitting the airport wall during take off. Air India IX 611, which was carrying...
Crude prices jumped 1.0 per cent on Friday, rebounding after two days of heavy declines with support from robust Chinese crude imports, but oil was still heading for its first...
At least nine people have been killed in India’s Andhra Pradesh and Odisha states as cyclone Titli made landfall with the wind speed of up to 150 kmph, local agencies...
India said on Thursday it will raise import tariffs on several electronic items and communication devices, in another move to rein in imports and bolster a falling rupee. The tariff...
Rates of caesarean section births almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 – from 12 to 21 per cent worldwide - new research has found, with the life-saving surgery unavailable to...
Fazle Mahmud Rabbi, who has played domestic cricket for 15 long years, has finally got a big break as Bangladesh have named him in the squad for the upcoming ODI...
Internet users across the world may experience widespread network failures as the key domain servers are slated to undergo routine maintenance over the next 48 hours, according to an ANI...
China's goods trade rose 9.9 per cent year on year to 22.28 trillion yuan (about 3.23 trillion US dollars) in the first nine months of the year, customs data showed...
At least 31 people were killed when a landslide rolled down the slopes of Mt. Elgon in eastern Uganda, wrecking homes and burying animals, a government official briefed media on...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has filed a general diary (GD) with Paltan Police Station seeking action against those opened fake Facebook accounts in his name. Yunus Ali,...
Eight fishermen were sentenced to one-year imprisonment for catching hilsa in the Meghna River on Thursday defying an ongoing ban on netting hilsa. The convicts are Ripon Patwary, 22, Rahim...
Asian shares found a slightly firmer footing on Friday to set course for their first gains in two weeks, but the rout continued in Shanghai where shares hit lows last...
At least 12 people have died in a mudslide in Colombia that swept through many mountainside homes, local disaster officials say. Officials said the slide occurred at about 2:00am Thursday...
A man has died in a ‘shootout’ with RAB in Chattogram on Thursday night as part of an anti-drug crackdown. The incident took place at Bibir Haat Rail Gate in...
A young man was stabbed to death by miscreants at Sagarika Road in port city's Pahartoli area on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Biswajit Dhar, 28, son of...
The government has issued a gazette on the draft recommendation of the national minimum wage board for fixing Tk 8,000 for an entry-level garment worker. Anyone can give written objections...
A joint feasibility study on the signing of proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka would be finalised by this month. Visiting Sri Lankan development strategies and...
Prices of fish and local chicken have increased further this week, adding to woes of the consumers. Meanwhile, sugar price witnessed a decline, but prices of some vegetables showed an...
Sustained trade tensions could slash Asia’s economic growth by up to 0.9 percentage point in coming years, the International Monetary Fund said, urging policymakers in the region to liberalise markets...
General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI) and the World Bank Group jointly organised an international conference on `Corporate Governance of Islamic Financial Institutions: Overcoming Challenges and Implementing...
Top ten traded companies captured more than 40 per cent turnover of the major bourse on Thursday while Summit Power topped the list. Market insiders said the investors showed their...
Hurricane Michael left "unimaginable destruction" as it ploughed into coastal areas of Florida, the state's governor, Rick Scott, says. "So many lives have been changed forever," he said. "So many...
Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) has expressed disappointment at disregarding its concerns over the passage of Digital Security Act. The three cabinet ministers and information adviser to the Prime Minister promised...
The state-run Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) will invest at least Tk 15.0 billion afresh in listed securities to boost the country's capital market. The investment will be made in...
The implementation rate of Annual Development Programme (ADP) hit a three-year low to 8.0 per cent in the first quarter of the fiscal year, 2018-19. The project implementation rate was...
A disease that we know how to prevent, treat, and cure has become the world's leading infectious killer: tuberculosis (TB), an airborne bacterial infection. A new report by the World...
Denial, Brigadier General Shahedul Anam Khan has argued in a local daily newspaper, is "not the end of responsibility between policing and serving". It is also not one in policy...
BOGURA, Oct 11: A good number of marginal peasants in the district are attaining financial solvency this season by growing snake bean. A good number of farmer said snake bean...
JOYPURHAT, Oct 11: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) is expecting to grow over 400 tonnes of ginger in the district this season. The farmers can grow the spice crop...
Upgradation of Thakurgaon Sugar Mills still reamins a distant dream though five years have elapsed since the approval of the development project, reports UNB. One of the reasons behind it...
Muslim women and girls are usually viewed as oppressed victims of their families, communities, and orthodoxies. Prominent feminist scholars like Lila Abu-Lughod, Joan Scott, Saba Mahmood, and others have shown...
Even 10-12 years ago, the photographs of river erosions and their impact in Dhaka's Basila area were a regular feature in both the print and electronic media. The tract is...
Police arrested five people on charges of cheating medical college admission seekers by providing them with fake leaked question papers on the social media in the first-ever case under the...
The latest move by the government to set death penalty for certain drug offences is a clear demonstration of its zero tolerance policy on narcotics. With the inclusion of methamphetamine...
How is the country's young population? In a country where about 48 per cent of the total population are young people, the question is even more pertinent when the International...
That their passports are not held in high esteem by immigration people at many international airports is often noticed by Bangladeshis who travel widely. Their sense of pride as citizens...
The government is set to spend Tk 142 billion on 17 development projects including the Rajshahi WASA Surface Water Treatment Plant Project and Development of Electricity Supply System, Chattogram Zone...
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Thursday said the state party will appeal before the higher court seeking enhancement of punishment of BNP’s acting chairperson Tarique Rahman in the August 21...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions in 24 hours until 3:00pm on Friday (tomorrow). “Due to severe...
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