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Law enforcers in special drives arrested 21 people, including seven suspected drug pedlars, from different areas of Dinajpur district in the last 12-hour until 8:00 am on Friday. Law enforcers...
The Dhaka city development authorities have asked a private housing company to stop illegal sand filling at Ashulia within seven working days. Sushanta Chakma, secretary of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK),...
Burt Reynolds, whose good looks and charm made him one of Hollywood’s most popular actors as he starred in such films as “Deliverance,” “The Longest Yard” and “Smokey and the...
US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stressed on Thursday that he believes the judiciary has broad authority to check the power of the White House, but refused to criticise the...
Facebook has removed a feature that allowed users to translate Burmese posts and comments after a Reuters report showed the tool was producing bizarre results. A Reuters investigation published on...
A temple employee died of suffocation as a fire broke out at Askar Dighier Par in Chattogram city on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Arun Chakrawarty, 60, accountant...
A suspected drug pedlar was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Nayadiari in Gomostapur upazila early Friday. The deceased was identified as...
A front-runner in Brazil's presidential election, Jair Bolsonaro, has been stabbed during a campaign rally. The far-right politician was attacked in the midst of a crowd in the south-eastern state...
Asian shares carved out a 14-month trough on Friday as investors feared a new salvo of Sino-US tariffs could come at any moment, while a slump in US chip stocks...
US job growth likely accelerated in August, with the unemployment rate expected to have fallen back to an 18-year low of 3.8 per cent, which would bolster views that the...
In contrast to the automatic oil pricing formula followed throughout the world including countries in this subcontinent Bangladesh sticks to a very old and traditional system of it, which is...
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rattled the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido doubled to at least 16, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday, with more than...
The US government on Thursday charged and sanctioned a North Korean man in the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack and the 2014 cyberassault on Sony Corp, US officials said. The...
Some 76 students and organisations have got BASIS National ICT Awards 2018 in 35 categories for their outstanding contributions to advancement of the digital Bangladesh process. Bangladesh Association of Software...
Sonali Bank has sought guarantee worth Tk 60 billion from the government to urgently meet its huge capital shortage, officials said. It also wants commission on a Tk 942 billion...
The government is considering a plan to convert the offshore Sangu gas field into an underground storage to store the imported LNG. Storing natural gas in sub-surface geological formation is...
The International Criminal Court ruled on Thursday that it has jurisdiction over alleged deportations of Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh as a possible crime against humanity, reports Reuters. The...
Bangladesh have put one foot in SAFF Championship semifinals with a victory over Pakistan in their second Group A match. Topu Barman, who had scored once in the 2-0 win...
The Roads and Highways Department's submission of the second revision proposal for completion of 29-kilometre Jamalpur-Madarganj road-widening work is nothing but the perennial problem bedevilling the country's development projects. Unacceptable...
When anywhere a divorce application is filed every hour on an average, it is understandable how the married life of the population there has gone haywire. The total number of...
A concept from the dismal science that you can sink your teeth into easily is the Gini coefficient, which measures income inequality. This fraction varies from zero (perfect equality) to...
The Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is the crucial pillar in promoting China-Africa strategic relations. FOCAC summit 2018, held at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing on September 03-04,...
Except in a symbolic capacity, Prince Charles rarely enters the domain of international politics. Yet, in early July 2018, to end a conference on a West Balkan summit in London,...
Last year, thousands of hajj pilgrims had suffered for the delay in getting valid visas from the Saudi authorities. Complexities over payment of additional fees for repeat pilgrims and services...
Some people dread the very idea of retirement. They can't think of a life without work. They want to remain engaged in activities, both physical and mental, till they become...
North Korea's Kim Jong Un has given his first time line to achieve denuclearization, aiming for the end of US President Donald Trump's first term, and has agreed to a...
Russia's military chief of staff says that the military exercises that begin next week, expected to be the biggest in three decades, will involve nearly 300,000 troops. The Vostok 2018...
Oil rose on Thursday, encouraged by a weaker dollar and evidence of strong US fuel demand, though demand prospects remain clouded by the turmoil engulfing emerging markets and an escalation...
The book titled 'Essays on Islamic Banking and Finance' is a collection of some selected articles and case studies written by Dr. Mahmood Ahmed. He is Director General of Islami...
Overseas visitors to Ireland spent a total of 2.27 billion euros (2.64 billion US dollars) in the first half (H1) of 2018, up 8.5 per cent compared with the same...
BOGURA, Sept 06: A good number of people in the district have attained financial solvency by cultivating varieties of flower. A decade ago, farmers of Sadar, Shibganj, Shajahanpur and Sherpur...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said he will not contest in the upcoming parliament elections. “I am not contesting elections. I will propose my younger brother MA Momen’s name...
US worker productivity rose at its fastest pace in more than three years in the second quarter (Q2), as previously reported, but the trend in productivity growth remained moderate. The...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed a ban on carrying all kinds of firearms, explosives and other harmful objects around the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban from Saturday midnight to ensure smooth functioning...
A three-day Bangladesh trade fair will kick off in New York City on September 21, which will be organised to bolster business relations with the United States. The trade fair...
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has expressed his high hope that the GDP growth rate in the current fiscal year (FY19) would reach 8.25 per cent surpassing the fiscal target...
Gulf stocks were mostly mixed on Thursday while Saudi stocks extended losses after a 3.0 per cent plunge a day earlier, as investors were rattled by turbulence in emerging markets....
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said their party will fill candidates in all the 300 constituencies in the upcoming national election, aiming to return to power for ensuring...
In Bangladesh, 35 per cent students aged between 13 and 15 reported being bullied one or more days in 30 days or involved in a physical fight at least once...
The general point to point inflation rate dropped 0.54 per cent to 5.48 percentage point in August from the previous month due to the slight decrease in food inflation, according...
The literacy rate in the country is now 72.9 per cent which was 72.3 last year. Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman made the disclosure on Thursday. There are...
Meghan Markle was named the best dressed woman of 2018 by People magazine on Wednesday in a rare accolade for royalty by the celebrity publication, reports Reuters. Markle, 37, who...
Police on Thursday arrested 10 people, including prime accused Nazrul Islam, in connection with the murder of a forest guard at Bhujpur in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram. Officer-in-charge of Bhujpur...
A total 13,750 doctors qualified in the MCQ type written part of the 39th (Special) Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination . A total 13, 219 candidates have come out successful...
Police have filed charges against two owners of transport company Jabale Noor and four workers in a case over the deaths of two college students in the Airport Road crash...
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Thursday rejected the latest appeal by jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that he be allowed to run in next month’s election,...
The board of directors of The Peninsula Chittagong has recommended 5.0 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018, said an official disclosure. The board has...
A tribunal here on Thursday sentenced 10 people to life term imprisonment each for killing a college student at Kumirdanga village in Terokhada upazila in 2009. Khulna Speedy Trial Tribunal...
Stocks ended the week's last trading session on a positive note on Thursday, extending the gaining streak for second day in a row as investors continued to show their buying...
Claiming that its 1,500 leaders and activists were arrested and 80,000 unidentified people were made accused across the country in 12,000 cases over the last two weeks, BNP on Thursday...
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