NATORE, Oct 06: People of Lalpur upazila in the district are losing their interest in commercial buffalo farming.Upazila livestock office source said buffalo rearing was popular among the poor across...
The government has imposed a 22-day ban on catching, carrying, hoarding, trading and transportation of all kinds of fishes, with particular emphasis on Hilsha and Jatka (Hilshafry), in the sweet...
Around ten kilometres of land along the Surma and Lova rivers in Kanaighat upazila are at the risk of erosion. The embankment along the Surma river and number of houses...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she has dedicated her life for the countrymen and she has no expectation except building Bangladesh as a happy and prosperous country. Sheikh Hasina...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that BNP wants to create anarchy across the country centring the forthcoming parliamentary polls. “A peaceful environment is prevailing in the country....
A mobile court in Sirajganj on Saturday sentenced a milk trader to three months jail after a live fish (locally known as Tengra) was found in a container of adulterated...
James Bond will ‘probably’ never be played by a female actress, the film series' executive producer has said. Barbara Broccoli, who is in charge of casting 007, told the Guardian:...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to 'finish' Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Sinjar and Qandil regions to avenge eight Turkish soldiers killed in a bomb attack in south-eastern Turkey earlier...
European Council President Donald Tusk has said the EU and the United Kingdom will likely reach a Brexit deal before the end of this year. “I have a hope, which...
Around 50 people died and another 100 suffered serious burns after a fuel tanker collided with a vehicle in Congo on Saturday. Deputy Governor of Kongo Central province, Atou Matubuana...
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Saturday said Bangladesh has now reached a position, from where it can play the role of global leader in digital industrial...
After the government recognised top Qawmi degree 'Dawrae Hadith' as a master's degree, noted educationists think it will be a useless exercise unless the curricula of such informal madrasa are...
The managing director of Farmers Bank, in its endeavour to increase customer’s services in its all 57 branches, has launched a countrywide tour. Md. Ehsan Khasru, the chief executive officer...
A large poster of President Paul Biya hangs like a street sign in Cameroon's western city of Bafoussam. "The force of experience," reads the poster in reference to President Biya's...
President Abdul Hamid has stressed on early orientation for the politicians it is inappropriate to become a politician overnight. The President also urged all political parties to promote them who...
A highly venomous green mamba snake that escaped from its presumed owner on Tuesday after biting her in the Czech capital, Prague, has been caught. The snake had gone into...
Myanmar has come up with another false claim insisting Bangladesh's St Martin's Island as part of their territory. The move prompted Dhaka to react sharply and lodge a strong protest...
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Saturday said they mulling to file a writ petition with the High Court against the fictitious cases filed against their leader and activists. "We...
BNP chief Khaleda Zia has been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for treatment. Earlier, prison authorities shifted Khaleda Zia to BSMMU from old Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday...
Torrential rains drenching the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, have caused considerable damage to many homes and led to the disappearance of one person, Honduran authorities reported on Friday. According to the...
The prison authorities of old Dhaka Central jail has shifted BNP chief Khaleda Zia to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for her treatment. The BNP chairperson was escorted out of...
A farm in Silicon Valley which is capable of autonomously growing and picking leafy greens is about to be operational, reports BBC. For the last two and a half years,...
Egypt used air force helicopters on Saturday to fight a fire which swept through palm plantations in the southwest of the country, threatening residential areas, state news agency MENA reported....
An eight-year-old girl found a pre-Viking-era sword while swimming in a lake in Sweden during the summer. The girl, Saga Vanecek, found the relic in the Vidostern lake while at...
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) has forecast that Myanmar's economy is expected to grow 7.4 per cent in this new fiscal year 2018-19 which started on October 1. The...
Oscar winner Ben Affleck recently revealed he had completed a 40-day residential alcohol rehab program but said that battling addiction “is a lifelong and difficult struggle.” Affleck, 46, who also...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that the party's 25,70,547 leaders and activists have been implicated in 90,340 false cases over the last 10 years. Presenting the statistics...
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday allowed the marketing of a new hearing aid device that can amplify sounds for individuals 18 years or older with...
The World Bank (WB) has approved $515 million US dollar for three projects in Bangladesh to improve coastal and marine fisheries, forest management, and rural roads. These financings will help...
The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has arrested two people over allegations of spreading anti-state rumours on their You Tube channel. The detainees, Khalid Bin Ahmed and Mohammed Hizbullah were...
A total of 1,106 small and medium-sized enterprises in China have debuted on the National Equities Exchange And Quotations Co, Ltd (NEEQ), also known as the "new third board," in...
The chance of the UK and the EU agreeing a Brexit deal has grown in the last few days, the head of the European Commission has said. Speaking to the...
Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla visited Chandpur and attended a number of events on Friday. The High Commissioner joined a luncheon meeting hosted by Dr Dipu Moni,...
Prime Bank signed a MoU with The Westin Dhaka recently at Bank’s head office. ANM Mahfuz, Head of Consumer Banking of Prime Bank and Md. Al Amin, Director of Sales...
Mercantile Bank Limited has recently signed an agreement with Medinova Medical Services Ltd in presence of the Bank’s MD & CEO Kazi Masihur Rahman. The agreement was signed by Mohammad...
The prison authorities of old Dhaka Central jail are set to shift BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Saturday afternoon for her treatment. She...
Bangladesh girls have stormed into the final of SAFF U-18 football championship with a thumping win over hosts Bhutan. Golam Rabbani Chhoton’s team dominated the semifinal to win it 4-0...
The grand finale of season two of the popular television reality show 'Ispahani Mirzapore Banglabid' was held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city on Friday night. The country's...
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has insisted the stalled plan to sell shares in oil giant Aramco will go ahead, promising an initial public offering by 2021. “I believe late 2020,...
Lubna Al Olayan has been appointed as the chairperson of a Saudi Arabian bank, first women in the history to run a bank of the country. The businesswoman will chair...
The government has fired two directors from the Janata Bank which is buckling under a huge amount of default loans. The two are Manik Chandra Dey, an additional secretary at...
Police recovered the hanging body of an unidentified man from Khan Jahan thana in Khulna city on Saturday morning. Locals spotted the body hanging from a tree at Shiromoni bypass...
At least 12 people are reportedly missing since Friday evening after a trawler capsized in Turag River of Ashulia. Fire-fighters from Tongi and Ashulia fire service stations have been engaged...
Stocks rebounded last week, ending a four-week losing streak, as optimistic investors showed their buying appetite on large-cap issues. Brokers said most of the investors were buying shares from heavyweight...
Mir Akhter Hossain Limited, a construction sector company, will hold a road show for eligible institutional investors on October 17 as the company plans to go public under book building...
Three more quay gantry cranes reached at the Chattogram port on Friday morning. A Chinese vessel, MV Xing Jin Cheng Hai Yaag, carrying the gantry cranes, arrived at a jetty...
A man was killed and five others were injured as a human hauler plunged into a roadside ditch on Magura-Jashore highway at Bhaina intersection in Magura Sadar upazila on Friday...
The SWIFT has moved to train Bangladeshi bankers and ministry officials to help them prevent, detect and respond to fraudulent acts, sources said. The move has been made as criminals...
The banking sector has set a new milestone as the number of bank branches across the country crossed the 10,000 mark. The number of bank branches both in the private...
The country's biggest hub for embroidered textiles is set to be established in Jamalpur at a cost of over Tk. 21 billion. Bangladesh Handloom Board finalised the Tk. 21.13 billion...
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