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An entire village is in deep mourning over the death of one of its most revered and respected members, Guru Suruj Dewan. Guru Suruj, 78, was a Holy Man, wise...
Bull Run may be over: The current state of our export performance should be a wake-up call. For two decades, 1991-2011, Bangladesh exports were on a tear, growing at double-digit...
Legal complexities over the construction of the third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) have been settled, paving the way for floating an international tender by Civil Aviation Authority...
Is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) resilient enough to thrive amid the regional and global transformations taking place today? While the global economy continues its broad-based expansion, disruptive...
The two-day fourth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) Summit concluded in Kathmandu, Nepal on August 31, 2018. The First Summit was convened in Bangkok,...
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Sunday asked the country's specialised hospitals, medical colleges and sadar hospitals for taking necessary steps to ensure the proper treatment of the...
If investment in education pays the richest dividend, use of capital for power generation should not be far behind in accruing benefits for a nation. On that count, the government's...
Many had pinned their hope on a possible turnaround in the fortune of the Bangladesh stock market following the much-hyped purchase of 25 per cent stake of the Dhaka Stock...
Hatirjheel was supposed to be the lungs of Dhaka City. It had all the makings of becoming so. But alas, for the horrendous civic sense of the authorities and the...
Speakers at a protest rally held in Dhaka city have demanded immediate release of Shahidul Alam, an internationally acclaimed photographer, and also release of student leaders arrested during recent safe...
Former President Barack Obama said on Saturday that November midterm elections would give Americans “a chance to restore some sanity in our politics,” taking another swipe at his successor as...
A medical board will be formed to check the health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and make recommendations to take necessary steps for her medical treatment. Home Minister Asaduzzaman...
BOGURA, Sept 09: A good number of farmers in Shibganj, Sherpur, Shajahanpur, Sariakanndi, Sonatola and Dhunot upazilas of the district are taking preparation for the cultivation of early winter cauliflowers....
A cookeries godown was gutted as a fire broke out in Baroquarter area under Pahartali thana in Chattogram city Sunday. The fire originated from an electric short circuit from the...
China's trade surplus with the United States widened to a record $31 billion in August as exports surged despite American tariff hikes, potentially adding fuel to President Donald Trump's battle...
This industrial giant was built in the 1960s in East Germany. Poetically nicknamed the Blue Miracle, the huge bucket wheel excavator is believed to be the largest piece of abandoned...
Police on Sunday arrested eight people in a case filed over carrying out attack and vandalism at a house of a religious minority member at Gilapol village of Sharsha Upazila...
On his first night as a trainee paediatrician in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Mohamad Chisti watched three children die of pneumonia. Oxygen was being delivered to them, through a face mask or...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive on Sunday arrested the owner of 'Ganj-e-raj Paribahan' bus from the district town in connection with the death of one-year-old Akifa,...
A total of 49,716 hajj pilgrims have so far returned home by 133 hajj flights – 68 Saudi Arabian Airlines and 65 Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The return flights will continue...
On the edge of a desert in far western China, an imposing building sits behind a fence topped with barbed wire. Large red characters on the facade urge people to...
The 10th Jatiya Sangsad will go into another session in a suitable time in October, before the eleventh parliamentary election. Meanwhile, the 22nd session of the current parliament started at...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has put a strong vigilance mechanism in place to keep tax evasion in check. Official sources said NBR took the move as it does not...
JUBA, South Sudan: A commercial plane crashed into a lake in South Sudan on Sunday, killing 18 people, a local official said. The 19-seater commercial Baby Air plane had been...
Primary and Mass Education Minister Advocate Mustafizur Rahman today (Sunday) urged everyone to work together to attain cent per cent literacy rate by 2030. “It is possible to achieve literacy...
Bangladesh has announced to support Estonia for its bid to become non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali made the announcement during a meeting...
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said Bangladesh is now one of those countries which are leading the digital industrial revolution. “Country’s all Union Parishads (UPs) would...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will inaugurate the construct work of two railway projects through video conferencing today (Monday). The two projects, Kulaura-Shahbajpur Section Rehabilitation...
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will set up solar panels on the rooftop of government buildings in Jamalpur district this year. District BPDB officials said under the project on ‘Implementation...
Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) will host an evening of Nazrul Sangeet, Rabindra Sangeet and modern songs by Debolina Sur on Monday evening at Kabi Sufia Kamal auditorium of Bangladesh...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu today (Sunday) said the government will set up two new leather industrial estates in Chattogram and Rajshahi divisions to expand the sector in the country....
An unidentified group has shot and hacked a local council chairman to death in Satkhira’s Kaliganj upazila. The incident took place at Krishnanagar Union’s Beledanga Bazar area at around 11:00...
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has expressed uncertainty over completion of the Padma Bridge construction work by the scheduled time. “The Padma River is the most unpredictable one....
A teenage girl has committed suicide by jumping into Dhaka’s Dhanmondi lake after an altercation with her younger sister, police said. The girl has been identified as 17-year-old Mosharat Khandaker...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s lawyers have urged Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain to take legal action over handling of the Zia Welfare Trust graft case in a makeshift court on...
Stocks ended marginally lower on Sunday, snapping a three-day gaining streak, as risk-averse investors opted to book profit on sector specific stocks. Market insiders said stocks fell marginally as investors...
A college student died from electrocution at Sreefaltala in Rupsha upazila of Khulna on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Alimur Islam, 21, son of Habibur Rahman and a...
China is participating for the first time in Australia’s largest maritime exercise as more than 3,000 personnel from 27 countries engage in joint training off the strategic northern port of...
Japan’s agriculture ministry said on Sunday it had confirmed the country’s first outbreak of swine fever in 26 years and suspended exports of pork and wild boar meat. The fever,...
At least six people died in South Sudan on Sunday when a small aircraft carrying passengers from Juba International Airport to the city of Yirol crashed, an eye witness said. ...
A man was hacked to death allegedly by his son at Pirpur village in Ataikula upazila of Pabna on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Abu Hanif Khan, 60....
Officials of the Department of Narcotics Control arrested two siblings along with hemp from Foyla village in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah on Sunday morning. The arrestees are Atiar Rahman and...
Two Bangladesh-based research teams have announced that they have successfully mapped the genome sequence of the hilsa fish. Though both groups conducted their research separately, they announced their results to...
A lighter ship carrying cement clinkers has sunk in the Bay of Bengal after a collision with another vessel, the BIWTA says. The accident occurred near Noakhali’s Tangarchar, about a...
The Indian High Commission in Dhaka has announced the reintroduction of its popular yoga course ‘Yoga@ihcdhaka’ at its premises in Baridhara. Classes will begin from Friday September 14th and every...
Google removed a YouTube advert by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after authorities complained that the videos would violate an election silence law before Sunday’s vote for regional governors, an...
Over 2000 people visited the Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP) pavilion of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) during the three-day fair ended on Saturday. They were was inspired by the design...
A corporate agreement was signed between Brand Beetle Bolt and renowned IT firm Winbiz Digital Limited recently. Under this agreement, all women officers of Winbiz will avail the monthly installment facility...
With no long-range missiles on display, North Korea staged a military parade on Sunday focused on peace and economic development, filled with coloured balloons and flowers to mark the 70th...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the international community to come up with specific effective steps to force Myanmar to take back their over one million forcibly displaced nationals living...
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