President M Abdul Hamid on Tuesday asked lawyers and others concerned to ensure that the general people can get their legal support easily at low cost. “Consider the financial condition...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told his Cabinet that medical tests show he doesn't have cancer, though he won't release a detailed public report on his health, officials said Tuesday. Interior...
Health workers in Indonesia are struggling to care for tens of thousands of people displaced by an earthquake and tsunami, with a lack of shelter and clean water among major...
The World Mental Health Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe on Wednesday, aiming to raise awareness about the mental health issues and mobilising efforts...
A Brahmanbaria court on Tuesday sentenced a woman and three others to death for killing her husband over extramarital affair in 2009. The convicts are Kohinur Begum, Doha alias Duissa,...
A rare white tiger has mauled a zookeeper to death in its enclosure at a zoo in Japan, officials say. Akira Furusho, 40, was found bleeding from the neck in...
UN Human Rights body has called on Bangladesh to urgently revise the Digital Security Act and ensure that it is in line with international human rights law. The rights body...
A woman and her three accomplices have got death penalty in a case filed over the murder of her husband in Nabinagar Upazila of Brahmanbaria district. Brahmanbaria Additional District and...
Two siblings died in sunshade collapse of an under-construction building in Deana Uttarpara area under Daulatpur police station in Khulna district on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Md...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia on Tuesday said there is no security threat in the cases regarding August 21, 2004 grenade attack. “The verdict in the August...
The point-to-point inflation rate in September dropped to 5.43 per cent compared to that of 5.48 per cent in the previous month, official data showed. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistic (BBS)...
Stocks ended marginally higher on Tuesday, extending the gaining streak for the second day in a row as some investors continued their buying appetite on sector-wise sectors. Brokers said a...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved 20 development projects involving Tk 325.25 billion. The approval was given at the 146th ECNEC meeting of the...
Singapore's largest homegrown tourist class hotel group Worldwide Hotels is rapidly expanding overseas with its recent acquisition of over eight properties around the Asia pacific. The group owns and manages...
The social media rumour detection and monitoring cell will start its activities within this month, said State Minister for Information Tarana Halim. She informed that the government has formed a...
Around 34 per cent of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds of the country’s commercial banks were spent on education in the past fiscal year. Central bank statistics, released on...
Similarities could alter customers' reactions to service failure, irrespective of whether it is any name, hometown or personal characteristic, a study finds. It has significant implications for consumers' feedback about...
The High Court has granted six-month bail to Maidul Islam, an ssistant professor of Chittagong University (CU), in a case filed for making 'derogatory remarks' about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Southeast Asian stock markets were subdued on Tuesday, tracking weakness in broader Asia as China allowed its currency to slip past a psychological bulwark amid sharp losses in domestic share...
Alphabet Inc’s Google will unveil the third edition of its Pixel smartphone at 10 media events across the world on Tuesday, a hint that it is prepared to expand geographic...
Bangladesh is one of the least committed countries in the world to reduce the growing income disparity, according to a report released by Oxfam International on Tuesday. The country ranked...
The growth domestic product (GDP) of Bangladesh is expected to grow by 7.1 per cent in 2019, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Economic growth may accelerate 7.0 per...
Patients, the physically-challenged, women, the elderly and children often fail to avail themselves of overbridges to cross roads as they severely run out of energy while climbing them up, some...
The United Kingdom has announced a new contribution of $22.25 million US dollar to help meet the immediate food and nutrition needs of Rohingya refugees living in Cox's Bazar. The...
Around 10,000 people were evacuated after a fire and explosions hit a defence ministry ammunition depot 176 kms (109 miles) east of the Ukrainian capital Kiev early on Tuesday morning,...
Three people were killed when a truck rammed their motorbike on Mohadebpur-Patnitola road in Patnitola upazila headquarters in Naogaon on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Abdus Salam, 45, son...
Mercantile Bank Training Institute recently organised a day-long training course titled “Conceptual Outline on Money Laundering Prevention Tools & Techniques”. A total of 51 officers from different branches of the...
Turkish authorities detained 90 people on Tuesday over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, the Interior Ministry said. The operation across eight provinces was carried...
Omar Farooque, Managing Director of Union Bank Limited inaugurated the Dinajpur Branch as the chief guest on Monday. Hasan Iqbal, Deputy Managing Director and Suzaur Rob Chowdhury, President, Dinajpur Chamber of...
Pakistan has not yet formally approached the International Monetary Fund for financial assistance, but if bailout talks get underway this week, the goal will be to help Pakistan reach its...
A total of thirteen fishermen were sentenced to 15-day jail term each in Naria upazila early Tuesday for catching hilsa from the Padma River defying a government ban. A team...
Venezuelan consumer prices rose 488,865 per cent in the 12 months ending in September as the country’s hyperinflation continues to accelerate amid a broader economic collapse. Daily inflation is now...
Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management will hold a research workshop on “Money Laundering Vulnerabilities in New Payment Systems: Bangladesh Context” at the BIBM Auditorium on October 10 at 10.00 a.m....
European Union environment ministers will seek a compromise on Tuesday over how tough to be on curbing carbon dioxide emissions from cars and vans, with Germany warning too tough targets...
Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) will hold a seminar to make retail investors aware on primary market on Thursday to celebrate World Investors Week (WIW)-2018 jointly with the investors of...
Three judges, who were appointed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday, have been sworn in. Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain administered the oath at the Supreme...
The 20th meeting of Risk Management Committee (RMC) of the Board of Directors of Jamuna Bank Limited was held at Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka. The meeting was presided over by Md....
US software giant Microsoft is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $7.5 billion purchase of privately held coding website GitHub, two people familiar with the matter said...
India hopes to secure a waiver from US sanctions on Iran before they take effect on November 4, as it had significantly cut Iranian oil imports before the deadline, officials...
The central bank has issued revised risk management guidelines for banks to ensure a sound risk management culture in the country's banking sector. "The modification of the prudential regulations is...
The board of directors of Generation Next Fashions Ltd has recommended 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018. The final approval of dividend will...
The prices of most of the shares saw upward trend in early hour of trading Tuesday as investors continued their buying appetite on sector specific large-cap stocks. Following the previous...
Conducive environment for Rohingya repatriation in Myanmar's Rakhine state still remains a far cry, a joint assessment report said. Many communities, especially the Muslims are not allowed to move freely...
Oil prices rose on Tuesday as more evidence emerged that crude exports from Iran, OPEC’s third-largest producer, are declining in the run-up to the re-imposition of US sanctions and as...
Protesters in Venezuela have accused the government of murdering a jailed opposition lawmaker, who the authorities say killed himself. Crowds were calling for justice at a rally outside the Sebin...
Alphabet’s Google will shut down the consumer version of its failed social network Google+ and tighten its data sharing policies after announcing that private profile data of at least 0.5...
The indefinite strike enforced by truck owners and workers continued to disrupt goods transportation throughout the country. It has resulted in a hike in the prices of some commodities. The...
Asian shares hit 17-month lows on Tuesday as China allowed its currency to slip past a psychological bulwark amid sharp losses in domestic share markets, a shift that pressured other...
India's #MeToo movement arrived in a cascade of allegations as women took to Twitter to call out comedians, journalists, authors, actors and filmmakers - in the process, they have sparked...
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its global economic growth forecasts for 2018 and 2019, saying that trade policy tensions and the imposition of import tariffs were taking a...
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