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More than three million people died in 2016 due to drinking too much alcohol, meaning one in 20 deaths worldwide was linked to harmful drinking, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has signed a Trade Facilitation deal with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support international trade business. Md Obaidul Islam, Executive Vice President and Head of Financial...
European Council president Donald Tusk has said a compromise with the UK over Brexit is ‘still possible’, after Theresa May warned she was prepared to walk away from talks. In...
Police have recovered a grenade as labourers found it while digging soil for constructing a drain in Madrasa intersection area of Natore district town on Saturday morning. Natore Police Station’s...
A motorcyclist was killed and 38 ready-made garment (RMG) workers were injured as a minibus carrying the workers aboard hit the motorcycle and overturned on Dhaka-Aricha highway at Bhatbar in...
Police say a man has been killed during a shootout between two groups of drug traffickers in Jashore town. Law enforcers recovered the body from the town’s Shankarpur Bablatala area...
World shares hit a six-month high on Friday after China’s moves to boost domestic consumption bolstered a rally driven by investor bets the latest US-China trade fracas was unlikely to...
Dhaka North City Corporation Panel Mayor Osman Gani died at a hospital in Singapore on Saturday morning. He was 69. He, who had been suffering from lungs cancer, breathed his...
A student of North South University NSU) was killed as a truck hit the motorcycle he was riding on Bypass Road in Jamalpur district town on Friday night. Also identified...
US stocks were mixed on Friday while the S&P 500 and Dow reached record highs ahead of Monday’s major sector reshuffle, capping a week that largely shrugged off trade worries....
China’s most senior envoy inaugurated a new embassy in the Dominican Republic on Friday after the Caribbean country cut ties with Taiwan in a move that prompted US concern over...
More than 200 fishermen have remained missing after at least 15 fishing trawlers reportedly capsized in the Bay of Bengal due to rough weather and high tide in the 24...
China has cancelled upcoming trade talks with the United States and will not send vice-premier Liu He to Washington next week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources. The Wall...
Pop singer, actress and designer Rihanna can add another accolade to her growing list of achievements after being given a new ambassadorial role by the government of Barbados. The artist,...
A captain’s knock by Rohit Sharma after a four-wicket haul by Ravindra Jadeja has fired India to an easy seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh who were blighted by another batting debacle...
A motorcyclist was gunned down by miscreants at Jugidanga area on Khulna-Mongla highway on Friday night. The victim was identified as Hasan Sheikh, 35, son of Jahangir Sheikh of Bagmara...
Bangladesh set 174-run target for India in the opening match of Asia Cup Super Four game in Dubai on Friday. Tigers managed to score 173 runs losing all wickets in...
ORLANDO, Sept 21: A planet-hunting orbital telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system discovered two distant planets this week five months after its launch from Cape Canaveral,...
Two of America's largest media companies are about to settle a bidding war to buy a coveted overseas competitor, reports CNBC. Twenty-First Century Fox and Comcast will go head to...
Cambodia has granted a pardon to an Australian filmmaker jailed in August on espionage charges for six years. A court in Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, issued a warrant on Friday...
HONG KONG: The overall economic impact of Typhoon Mangkhut, the most intense storm to hit Hong Kong since records began, is expected to be "significantly" higher than that caused by...
MANILA: The Philippines on Friday temporarily suspended all quarrying operations in seven regions following a landslide near a limestone quarry that killed at least 29 people, with dozens more feared...
Law Minister Anisul Huq has claimed those who wanted to stage a judicial coup using former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha are now trying to resurface again. The minister came...
A French woman and her daughter are bringing a law suit against Orange Bank to try to recover some of the 439 million euros ($516 million) they say they lost...
The National Weather Service reported Thursday that the overwhelming amount of rain from Hurricane Florence over three days was a “1,000-year” event. But these once-rare events are poised to become...
Japan's space agency (JAXA) believes it has successfully landed two robotic explorers on the surface of an asteroid, making history. "We don't have confirmation yet, but we are very, very...
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards and army carried out a joint aerial military drill in the Gulf on Friday in what official media said indicated the “pounding reply” that awaited the...
The government has taken a project for modernization and expansion of three Jute mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) at a cost of Tk 1.74 billion to retain...
Maldives president Abdulla Yameen is a ruthless political operator who has cracked down on threats to his rule, say diplomats and former colleagues - including jailing his own half-brother in...
Facebook will no longer send employees to work at the offices of political campaigns during elections, the company has announced, reports BBC. The social network used to offer dedicated staff...
A bus belonging to IndiGo Airlines caught fire at the airport in Chennai while ferrying passengers of a domestic in-bound flight, according to airport officials, according PTI. No one was...
Copper prices on Friday were on track for their biggest weekly rise since early June as investors calculated that a trade dispute between the United States and China could cause...
A boat procession was held in the Bhairab river on Friday to create awareness in saving the river from pollution and grabbing, reports UNB. Make Clean and Safe Noapara Association...
Four suspects, including the prime accused, have given confessional statements in a case filed over the killing of teenage girl Rumi Akhter after rape in Bishwanath upazila of Sylhet. Sylhet...
India won the toss and sent Bangladesh into bat in their opening Asia Cup Super Four game in Dubai on Friday. Bangladesh brought back Mushfiqur Rahim and Mustafizur Rahman in...
Akshay Kumar-fronted sports drama Gold has become the first Bollywood film ever to release in Saudi Arabia, according to a report published on www.hindustantimes.com. The Reema Kagti-directed film is only...
The holy Ashura was observed by the Muslim community in Bangladesh and other parts of the world on Friday, the 10th day of Muharram, amid heightened security measures. The day...
KATHMANDU, Sept 21: China has granted Nepal access to its land and seaports, top officials of the two countries announced earlier this month, ending the landlocked Himalayan nation's dependence on...
Canadian lawmakers have unanimously voted to declare crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims by the Myanmar military to be genocide. The House of Commons endorsed on Thursday the findings of a...
A prominent US daily "The Washington Times" has said that Imran Khan elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan offered Washington with a rare window to reset relations with its...
BNP on Friday described the order of Special Judge Court-5 to continue the trial in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case inside Old Dhaka Central Jail in absence of Khaleda Zia...
China has told the US to withdraw sanctions on its military over purchases of Russian jets and missiles or "bear the consequences", reports BBC. The US says China has contravened...
Three Bangladeshi young girls returned home through Benapole check post in Jashore on Friday after serving three years jail in India. Abdul Wahab, commanding officer of Benapole Checkpost BGB, said...
Indian shares recouped most losses after key indexes plunged over 3.0 per cent in afternoon trade on panic-selling in housing finance and property stocks, according to Reuters. The broader NSE...
BENGALURU, Sept 20 : Rice export prices in India recovered this week after demand improved, while rates for the Vietnamese variety eased despite the prospect of orders from typhoon-hit Philippines,...
Five people were shot, including an eight-year-old girl, in Syracuse, New York on Thursday, the city’s police chief said, according to Reuters. Police responded to a shooting in the city...
Britain will leave the European Union without a deal unless the bloc’s leaders soften their position on the Irish border, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling briefed the media. EU leaders abruptly...
Pakistan announced Thursday that Saudi Arabia has agreed to join and invest “heavily” in its ongoing China-funded bilateral infrastructure and industrial development projects. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s extensive meetings...
Ankara’s chief prosecutor ordered the detention of 110 soldiers from the air force on Friday for suspected links to a US-based cleric Turkey says orchestrated a failed coup in 2016,...
A day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will become a $5 trillion economy by 2022, the World Bank board Friday endorsed an ambitious five-year Country Partnership Framework...
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