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Bangladesh Fish Workers' Alliance (BFWA), a platform of fishermen and farmers' organisations, on Thursday demanded a monthly allowance of Tk 8,000 for each fisherman's family as compensation during the period...
Malaysia's new government said it will abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia that human rights groups...
A five-day film festival titled 'Dhaka Korean Film Festival 2018' will begin in the city on Friday. The opening ceremony of the film festival, to be hosted by South Korean...
The third-strongest storm in recorded history to hit the mainland US has battered north-west Florida, flooding beach towns and snapping trees. Rescue services are waiting for daylight to assess the...
The 3rd South Asia Maritime and Logistics Forum-2019 will be held in Dubai. Shipping Secretary Md Abdus Samad revealed the information at the closing ceremony of second South Asia Maritime...
World number one Rafael Nadal has helped flood victims in his native Majorca, opening up his tennis academy on the island to the homeless and helping to clear mud and...
Water transports on the domestic routes have resumed services after a 21-hour pause as Cyclone Titli weakened after crossing the Odisha coast in India. Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked maritime...
19 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested while they were holding a secret meeting at Dhalahar village under Sadar upazila in Joypurhat on Thursday. Officer-in-charge of Joypurhat Sadar Police...
The Bhasanchar island is ready to accommodate at least 25,000 Rohingya people from refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh. Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury made the disclosure on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated Tk 200 million more to the fund of the Bangladesh Journalists’ Welfare Trust, which was constituted by the present government to provide financial support to...
The Australian High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday acknowledged the leadership of Bangladeshi girls' and women in different sports in celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child 2018....
Six people, including Impress Telefilm's Managing Director Faridur Reza, escaped unhurt as a helicopter of Impress Aviation Ltd crashed in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Thursday. Channel I Director Shykh...
Three people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Baichkhola in Gouronadi upazila on Thursday afternoon. One the deceased...
A capsule carrying the two crew members of a Russian Soyuz rocket that malfunctioned on lift-off has landed safely in Kazakhstan. Russian Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague...
Bangladesh and Malaysia are planning to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for increasing cooperation aimed at further development of tourism sectors of both the nations. The decision was made...
BNP on Thursday alleged that 'state-sponsored' verdicts were announced in the August 21 grenade attack cases, aiming to destroy BNP in a planned way. "We came across various remarks and...
The British Council, this year for the first time, has awarded IELTS Scholarships to seven students wishing to pursue higher education in Bangladesh and abroad. These scholarships were given to...
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Thursday warned countries against engaging in trade and currency wars that hurt global growth and imperil “innocent bystanders.” Formally launching the IMF...
The Italian state pension agency INPS said the government’s plan to lower the retirement age will cost future generations around 100 billion euros ($115.4 billion). The reform “will increase pension...
European shares hit more than 20 months low on Thursday following a rout on Wall Street as jitters over rising US Treasury yields sparked a broad selloff of risky assets....
Stocks inched down on Thursday after volatile trading as investors were mostly followed cautious stance amid ongoing dividend declaration session. Market operators said some investors were active on sector-wise stocks...
Trade activities – mainly import and export will remain suspended for nine days from tomorrow (Friday) through Hili Land Port (HLP) under Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur district on the occasion...
The man said to be Africa's youngest billionaire has been kidnapped by masked gunmen in Tanzania's main city Dar es Salaam, police say. Mohammed Dewji, 43, was abducted outside a...
Amazon.com Inc's machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women. The team had been building computer programmes since 2014 to review job applicants' resumes...
The trade deficit of Pakistan reduced by 2.4 percent during the month of September over the same month of the last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has said....
The mental health of refugees detained by Australia on the Pacific island of Nauru has deteriorated so badly that some children are in a “semi-comatose state”, unable to eat, drink...
South Korea never considered lifting sanctions against North Korea imposed over the 2010 sinking of a South Korean warship, the country’s Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said on Thursday. South Korea’s...
Turkey cannot remain silent over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying by Hurriyet newspaper on Thursday, adding Turkey is investigating all aspects...
Jack Ma, founder of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba, hailed the prospect of technology and internet in Asia, saying China and companies like Alibaba will take up the responsibility and opportunities...
US President Donald Trump increased pressure on Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to provide information on what happened to missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said he wanted to get to...
Drink companies Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestle were found to be the world’s biggest producers of plastic trash, a report by environmental group Greenpeace said. Working with the Break Free From...
Italy, fielding another experimental line-up, produced a lively first-half performance but were still held to a 1-1 draw at home by Ukraine in a friendly late on Wednesday. Coach Roberto...
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd cannot block the release of a movie created with help from a former drummer, and which depicted...
A court in Rajshahi on Thursday sentenced life-term imprisonment to three people for killing a person four years ago. Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Anup Kumar gave the verdict against Anwar...
The US justice department has announced charges of economic espionage against a suspected Chinese intelligence officer. Officials say Yanjun Xu tried to steal trade secrets from US aviation and aerospace...
Oil fell to two-week lows on Thursday as it extended big losses from the previous session amid a rout in global stock markets, with prices also hit by an industry...
The High Court on Thursday once again extended till October 15 the bail of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. A High Court bench of...
Asian share markets were broadly lower on Thursday after Wall Street slumped on a heavy selling of technology and internet stocks. Japan's benchmark fell by an unusually wide margin of...
The authorities of the Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia have extended the deadline of its online application process for first year honours courses under 2018-19 academic sessions. The decision was...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the Spanish version of the autobiography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - 'The Unfinished Memoirs'. She unveiled the cover of...
Two people were killed when a private car carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch in Rajbari early Thursday. The fatal accident left driver Manir Hossain, 32, and passenger Ripon...
The World Bank Group unveiled a new system on Thursday to rank countries based on their success in developing human capital, an effort to prod governments to invest more effectively...
The prices of most of the shares witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading Thursday as investors are showing their buying appetite on sector specific issues. Following the previous...
Anonymous transaction is the "biggest loophole" in tackling money laundering through mobile payment in Bangladesh, a new survey on the bankers has revealed. Improper KYC (Know Your Client) by agents...
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said on Thursday he is very concerned about the trade tensions between China and the United States and warned of a clear hit to...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has signed a contract with Global Hyundai Rotem, a South Korean company, to procure 70 metre-gauge locomotives for improving its services. Project director Abdul Matin Chowdhury and...
The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has planned to inject fresh funds into the capital market to keep the market stable ahead of the upcoming general election. Under the move,...
The slow implementation of the Khulna-Mongla rail connectivity project, one of the top priority schemes under the Indian Line of Credit (LoC), raises concern among the stakeholders. The latest review...
Germany’s BMW (BMWG.DE) said it will take majority control of its main China joint venture for 3.6 billion euros ($4.2 billion), the first such move by a global carmaker as...
Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center (DMC) on Thursday said 12 people had been killed and over 69,000 affected from the heavy winds and rains which lashed out across the island...
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