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Documentaries titled 'Cancer Train' back in 2015 brought to the fore a few harsh truths about the unbridled use of hazardous pesticides on crops. A number of leading international TV...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned eight Titas Gas officials including its managing director for investigating allegations of acquiring huge money through gas connections by meter-bypassing and tampering. ACC deputy director...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 20: Hundreds of people, mostly women, in Bagha and Charghat upazilas of the district are improving their living standard by producing silk-yarn. With the training and financial support...
Raw sugar futures rose on Thursday boosted partly by indications that exports from India may take place slightly later than had been expected while coffee and cocoa prices were also...
At least 12 people managed to get registered as MBBS degree holders at Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) without having that degree in the first place. In a...
Under-five mortality rate in Bangladesh is now 32 per 1000 live births. Unicef, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations Population Division and the World Bank Group released the...
Three people, including a child, went missing after a small boat capsized in the Padma River at Dighi Gohailbari in Sadar upazila from Pabna district. The missing people are Hashem,...
Afghanistan posted 128 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 30 overs in their final Group B match against Bangladesh in Unimoni Asia Cup 2018 at Dubai on Thursday....
Four construction workers sustained burn injuries in an explosion in the compressor room of a spinning and knitting mill under Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur on Thursday. The injured were identified...
The 'National Sports Council Bill, 2018' was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Thursday, aiming to make the existing law more time-befitting one. State Minister for Youth and Sports...
Afghanistan scored 43 for 2 in 12 overs in their final Group B match against Bangladesh in Unimoni Asia Cup 2018 at Dubai on Thursday. Winning the toss and electing...
The government on Thursday signed a $50 million grant financing agreement with the World Bank (WB) to strengthen the existing health care services for responding to the health, nutrition and...
The number of country's total internet users has reached 90.5 million (9.05 crore), according to statistics published on the website of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Thursday. The BTRC...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be honoured with two awards for her role over Rohingya issue appreciated by the international community. She will receive International Achievement Award from the Inter...
The National Child Advocacy Forum on Thursday handed over draft of a proposed law on preventing sexual harassment to Deputy Speaker MdFazle Rabbi Miah. The forum, a platform of child...
Police on Thursday foiled an attempt of the Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) to besiege the office of the Election Commission. The law enforcers put barricade at Sonargaon intersection in the...
More than 30 Indian passengers, some bleeding from their noses and ears, have received treatment after pilots 'forgot' to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure, officials said. Jet Airways...
Stock markets nosedived on Thursday, snapping a two days gaining streak, as cautious investors sold shares to bag profit on quick gaining stocks. Market insiders said the cautious investors booked...
The world stocks rose as the fresh US and Chinese tariffs on reciprocal imports were less harsh than feared continued on Thursday. Although the investors remained wary about the next...
The United States said it was ready to resume talks with North Korea after Pyongyang pledged on Wednesday to dismantle its key missile facilities and suggested it would close its...
A makeshift court inside the Old Dhaka jailhouse will continue trial proceedings in the Zia Charitable Trust case in the absence of BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of...
The health department in Ludhiana city, in the north Indian state of Punjab, has started dengue awareness campaign under the slogan ‘Friday, Dry Day.’ The health department has tightened its...
A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident at Semakhali-Laskerpur intersection crossing in sadar upazila of Narail district on Thursday morning. Police said the deceased was identified as Akash Sheikh,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will place fresh specific proposals at the United Nations General Assembly seeking a stronger role from the international community so that Myanmar acts promptly and takes...
An airline has had to send a plane back to the paint shop after the company's name was spelled incorrectly on it. Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific painted its name as...
Beijing regulators are preparing to ban companies from subsidising online movie-ticket sales in China, ending one of the more controversial marketing practices to emerge in the country's film business in...
Four children were killed and at least one woman was wounded when a train struck a ‘cargo’ bicycle, popularly used by Dutch parents to transport their children, the newspaper De...
Club Med is collaborating with global leading ski school Ecole du Ski Francais (ESF) to deliver advanced skiing programmes to China's winter sports enthusiasts. This partnership will attract Chinese snow...
Fewer people fell ill and died from tuberculosis (TB) in 2017 but countries are still not doing enough to end the world's deadliest infectious disease by 2030, a World Health...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given residential flats to two former national footballers and a hockey player. The footballers are Sheikh Ashraf Ali and late Monem Munna and hockey player...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked the seaports to hoist cautionary signal three after a well-marked low pressure developed over the east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas. The depression was...
Bangladesh is the second most gender equal country in Asia, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index. The 2018 report published on its website says the country...
The board of directors of Mutual Trust Bank has decided to convene an EGM to issue fresh capital and bring changes in few clauses of Articles of Association. The board...
Hundreds of passengers have been suffering a lot as a 15-kilometre-long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Daudkandi upazila since Thursday morning. The tailback was seen stretching from Hasanpur...
A delegation of ICSB called on Mr. CQK Mustaq Ahmed, Chairman of Financial Reporting Council (FRC) recently. The Vice President of ICSB Mr. Md. Selim Reza FCS along with Mr....
The government has elevated six secretaries to the rank of senior secretary in a promotion in the civil administration. The Public Administration Ministry has issued a gazette notification in this...
Three people, including an old man, were killed in separate road accidents in Cumilla and Khulna districts on Thursday. In Cumilla, the driver of a Chattogram-bound poultry-laden covered van died...
IPDC Finance Limited recently held its 14th Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) at Spectra Convention Centre, Gulshan in the city, said a statement. A large number of shareholders attended the meeting....
The US economy will expand at a robust pace in coming quarters but slow to 2 per cent by the end of 2019, according to forecasters polled by Reuters who...
A young man was beaten to death allegedly by his rivals over previous enmity in Dohar upazila of Dhaka on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Foysal Sheikh, 18, son...
Bank Asia has inked a MoU with Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited on online gas bill collection through branches and agent outlets of the bank, said a statement....
Stocks on bourses witnessed volatility in early hour of trading on Thursday as investors are active both sides of trading fence. Following the previous two days’ upward trend, the Dhaka...
The dollar hovered near a seven-week low against a basket of major currencies on Thursday, as safe-haven demand for the US currency ebbed on relief that the Sino-US trade war...
Quamrun Nahar, wife of late Mr. Kazi Ashfaq Ur Rahman (Ex DGM & Head of Cards, Pubali Bank Ltd) received a death claim cheque for BDT 2,50,000 and Sumaiya Saleh,...
British Prime Minister Theresa May appealed directly to fellow European Union leaders to drop ‘unacceptable’ Brexit demands that she said could rip Britain apart, urging the bloc to respond in...
After the confirmation of their seats in the last-four stage with Sri Lankans elimination, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will take on each other in the 14th Asia Cup match at Sheikh...
A high-powered government delegation will visit Russia this month to discuss ways to establish direct banking channel between the two countries, officials said. The ministry of commerce (MoC) has been...
A daylong international conference on sustainable development goals (SDGs) will be held on September 23 with intent to create awareness among stakeholders. The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of...
Asian stocks followed global indexes higher on Thursday, as investors took a less bearish view on the impact of the US-China trade war on markets, a sharp contrast to dim...
A total of 21 money laundering charges will be laid against former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak over a $681 million transfer into his bank account, police said on Thursday,...
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