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Amid the fast increase in the use of environment-hostile polythene and plastic products in the country's urban areas, their economic potential largely remains untapped. Their recycling carries great prospects. That...
Food production in Bangladesh marked a consistent rise over the last few decades, riding on which the country is marching on its way to achieve agricultural sustainability. This result also...
Populist economics has rarely had it so good. The US economy is roaring, the stock market is soaring, and the Trump administration's protectionism has apparently had a negligible impact on...
It's widely accepted that progress in technology has potential to improve health and livelihoods of people living in poorer countries. That is why technology transfer agenda is being promoted to...
Bangladesh and India have agreed to sign a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement or CEPA. India has already entered into such agreements with a few other countries such as South Korea,...
It's good to learn that more than half of the world's population has turned into middle class or upper class in recent times. The growth of such class is so...
Successful implementation of SDGs in Bangladesh will largely hinge on how effectively it is integrated into national planning as well as localisation at district and upazila levels. At national level...
SYLHET, Oct 03: Farmers in Sylhet division are about to complete transplantation of T-Aman paddy cultivation in the region, DAE officials and farmers said. Already the DAE's target is surpassed...
FARIDPUR, Oct 03 (UNB): While his fellow-villagers are engaged in traditional farming, Bachchu Mollah, a farmer of Sadar upazila, has come up with a unique idea - farming spinach in...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Wednesday said that government has set a target to reduce the rate of poverty by 1.6 to 1.8 per cent a year through...
An aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines made an emergency landing amid panic among the passengers at Osmani International Airport in Sylhet on Wednesday afternoon. The plane, however, landed safely with...
The Election Commission has officially named Awami League candidate Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah as the mayor of Barishal City Corporation. Returning Officer Md Mujibur Rahman announced the results at the regional...
Police arrested four suspected activists of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with crude and molotov bombs at Fouzadari in Meherpur district early Wednesday. The arrestees are Abdul...
The 'National Sanitation Month October-2018' was inaugurated at the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) auditorium in the capital on Wednesday, aimed at achieving hundred per cent hygienic sanitation across...
Frustrated by delays in new medicines reaching their own country, a small but growing number of patients are turning to an online broker that bills itself as a legal version...
Two minor boys drowned in a pond at Atakra village under Laksam upazila in Cumilla on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Mahi Uddin, 8, son of Foyez Ahmed and...
Water levels in 12 rivers stations, monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), have marked rise and 80 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, one...
The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Wednesday started public hour service to provide hand to hand support to mass people. Under the service, anyone can visit Room no-322 of the ministry...
Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh, who was appointed the force commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in July 2016, has completed his mission recently....
A young man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Arabpur level cossing in the district town of Jashore on Wednesday noon. The deceased was identified as Jasim...
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods and contraband drugs worth over Tk 715 million (Tk 71.56 crore) in mostly frontier areas across the country throughout September this year....
Russia and India are set to sign a deal worth more than five billion dollars on the delivery of Russian S-400 missile systems to New Delhi, according to the Kremlin....
A court in Cumilla has rejected the bail petition of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed over the deaths of eight people in an arson attack in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the new Digital Security Act is meant to combat the abuse of digital platforms in spreading radicalisation, terrorism and pornography that often leads to...
Customs intelligence officials arrested a man and recovered 12 gold bars from his stomach at Benapole check post on Wednesday noon. The arrestee was identified as Shaidullah Khan, 37, son...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is addressing a press conference to brief journalists about the outcome of her recent weeklong visit to the United States to attend the 73rd UN General...
American scientists Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith and British scientist Gregory P. Winter won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for research using directed evolution to produce enzymes for...
Traffic division of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in their simultaneous drives on the city streets on Tuesday filed 4,436 cases against different modes of vehicles for traffic rule violation....
Stocks ended higher on Wednesday as optimistic investors showed their buying appetite on large-cap stocks, particularly banking stocks. Market insiders said most of the investors were buying shares on heavyweight...
At least 34 migrants have died in a shipwreck in the western Mediterranean, which 26 people survived, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday, citing the Moroccan navy and a...
Bangladesh is likely to make the biggest jump in the global rankings of the size of the economies by the next 12 years, according to a long-term projection of the...
Popular reality show 'Ispahani Mirzapore Banglabid’ is set to start its second year competition on Friday aiming to motivate the young generation to use and practice Bangla language correctly. Channel...
MetLife Bangladesh and Freyssinet Menard Northern Emirates LLC inked a group insurance agreement recently. According to this agreement, MetLife Bangladesh will provide Group Life and Medical Coverage to the eligible...
Prime Bank Ltd organised an awareness programme on preventive care for cardiac problems and it’s management on the occasion of World Heart Day-2018 for it’s Monarch Customers at Dhaka recently....
The cabinet has accepted recommendations for abolishing quotas for class I and II government jobs. The decision was taken at its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the...
A three-day "Yamaha Riding Fiesta", hosted by ACI Motors ends on Wednesday at International Convention City Bashundhara. ACI Motors Managing Director Dr. F H Ansarey inaugurated the event on October...
Bangladesh is the second largest ship scraping country in the world, according to a report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). It showed that in...
The United States is expected to announce in the coming days that it will use offensive and defensive cyber capabilities on behalf of NATO if asked, a senior Pentagon official...
Facebook Inc’s Instagram app was down on Wednesday for some users across several cities around the world, including London, San Francisco, and Singapore. Facebook and Instagram were not immediately available...
13.04 per cent of candidates have successfully passed the entry examinations of Dhaka University’s ‘Ka’ unit under Science faculty for 2018-2019 academic session. The results of the admission test were...
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has asked India to support Bangladesh and pressure Myanmar for the safe and dignified return of Rohingyas to their homeland. Speaking up for Bangladesh, he...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted dry weather with temporary party cloudy sky at most places across the country in next 24 hours ending at 9:00 am tomorrow. The Met...
In the new movie “Venom,” British actor Tom Hardy plays an investigative journalist whose body is invaded by an alien with violent instincts who feeds on a diet of human...
Yemen’s cholera outbreak - the worst in the world - is accelerating again, with roughly 10,000 suspected cases now reported per week, the latest data from the World Health Organization...
The High Court (HC) has granted anticipatory bails to seven top BNP leaders including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed with Hatirjheel Police station. A...
President Donald Trump made an undiplomatic remark about close ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, saying he warned Saudi Arabia’s King Salman he would not last in power “for two weeks”...
European champions Real Madrid fell to a surprise Champions League defeat by CSKA Moscow in Russia on Tuesday night. Real Midfielder Toni Kroos gifted the hosts their goal in the...
Australia will remove a controversial tax on female sanitary products following years of campaigning by women's groups. Currently, tampons and sanitary pads are sold with a 10 per cent goods...
The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain in August has fallen, a 1.9 per cent decrease year-on-year, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) has reported. A total of 10.2 million...
The High Court has fixed Sunday for hearing the writ petition filed seeking its directives on dissolution of the 10th parliament 42 days ahead of the national election and formation...
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