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A military court in South Sudan has sentenced 10 soldiers to jail terms ranging from seven years to life for raping foreign aid workers and murdering a local journalist. The...
A daylong international conference on biochemistry and molecular biochemistry was held at Rajshahi University (RU) on Thursday. The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biochemistry organised the conference where more than...
An elderly woman was trampled to death while another injured by a wild elephant at Rajmura in Banskhali upazila of Chattogram on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mariam Khatun,...
Beijing expressed anger on Thursday after a British Royal Navy warship sailed close to islands claimed by China in the South China Sea late last month, saying Britain was engaged...
DHL, the leading global brand in the logistics industry, has driven India’s journey in logistics innovation, with the DHL India Innovation Day held in Mumbai this year. More than 20...
The Bangladesh Embassy in Japan has established contact with Bangladesh nationals living in the Hokkaido area hit by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake on Thursday. No Bangladeshis were reported to be...
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number three as the Well Marked Low Over Northwest Bay and adjoining area...
European shares fell on Thursday as fresh losses in emerging markets and worries Washington will follow through on plans to levy an extra $200 billion of Chinese imports kept investors...
Dragon Ginseng International Group, the pioneer of Ginseng healthcare companies, has made its entry into the world with Belt and Road opportunities. It joined the Belt and Road Summit in...
The board of directors of City Bank has decided to invest Tk 1.30 billion as share capital in City Brokerage, a subsidiary of the private bank. The bank will invest...
British luxury goods maker Burberry has announced that it will stop the practice of burning unsold goods, with immediate effect. The fashion label also said it would stop using real...
Roy Moore, the former US Senate candidate from Alabama has filed a $95 million defamation lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen, claiming he was duped into appearing on the British comedian’s...
Malaysian immigration department rescued 65 Bangladeshis, believed to be victims of human trafficking, in Bandar Baru Nilai of Negri Sembilan on Wednesday. All the victims were found at the dormitory...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to exercise austerity in electricity consumption as they may not get it at such a lower rate in the future. "With the improvement...
An army personnel was crushed under the wheels of a train at a level crossing near Banani Rail Station in Dhaka's Cantonment area on Thursday. The deceased has been identified...
Emirates Airline is offering special fare across its global network to inspire the travellers to visit their favourite cities and explore new destinations. To avail the competitive fares customers have...
Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders reopened Ethiopia’s embassy in the Eritrean capital Asmara on Thursday, state affiliated Ethiopian Fana Broadcasting said. Reuters reported citing Fana Broadcasting that Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy...
Health experts at a post-rally discussion have stressed ensuring proper maternal, newborn and child health services to further reduce the neonatal death rate to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs)....
More than 2,000 school dropouts, including 1,120 girls and 30 transgender, were given technical skill development training for making them worthy citizens in the city. BRAC, an international development organisation...
A suicide attack at a wrestling club in a Shi’ite neighbourhood of the Afghan capital Kabul and a second explosion apparently targeting emergency services and journalists at the site killed...
The Supreme Court of India lifted a colonial-era ban on gay sex on Thursday, in a landmark judgement activists hope will improve rights for the LGBT community in the country....
The state-run Petrobangla will start importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar regularly on September 9, officials concerned said. It is going to begin the regular import following successful feeding...
Facebook (FB.O) said on Thursday it will invest more than $1.0 billion to build its first data centre in Asia in Singapore, slated to open in 2022. Facebook’s facility will...
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has told US lawmakers the company’s algorithms have not always been ‘impartial’. He said the platform ‘unfairly’ reduced the visibility of 0.6 million (600,000) accounts,...
Novak Djokovic sweated it out from behind the baseline to beat Australian John Millman 6-3 6-4 6-4 at the US Open on Wednesday and set up a semi-final with Japan’s...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh arrested two people with US $89,800 (Tk 7.543m) from Amrakhali check post at Benapole port area in Jashore on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as...
Many senior officials in President Donald Trump's administration have been working from within to frustrate parts of his agenda to protect the country from his worst impulses, an anonymous Trump...
Go BD Go Limited has clinched the title "Best Travel Management Company in Bangladesh" at The World Travel Awards (WTA) 2018. In the 25th year celebration of World Travel Awards,...
A suspected robber and an alleged criminal were killed in separate 'gunfights' with police in Bagura and Narayanganj districts. In Bogura, suspected criminal Akand, 32, of Manikchawak area, was killed...
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity Secretary General Mozammel Haque Chowdhury was arrested from his Sanarpar residence at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj on early Thursday. He was arrested in a case filed with...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants to denuclearise the Korean peninsula during US President Donald Trump’s first term, as he agreed to hold a third summit with...
Asian shares fell for a sixth straight session on Thursday as oil skidded and safe-haven gold gained, with investor confidence shaken by turmoil in emerging markets and jitters over a...
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is set to finance a $1.0 million project in Bangladesh under its newly innovated 'reverse linkage' modality. The Jeddah-based lender will sign a memorandum of...
The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka bourse fell 37 per cent month-on-month in August this year on the back of falling trade volume and value. Market insiders said sluggish...
At least two people were killed and 38 went missing after a powerful earthquake paralysed Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, media reported, but the death toll was likely...
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) has revised its CSE30 and CSE50 indices based on the performance of the listed companies, said a statement. The new indices will come into effect...
Runner Automobiles has moved to produce motorcycles of 165cc to 500cc based on imported parts and raw materials, said a company statement. The commerce ministry gave its consent to import...
Transfer Pricing Cell (TPC) of National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been in a dysfunctional state during the last five years due to lack of necessary expertise and skills of...
The government is going to scrap a good number of unfit buses of the state-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC). Official sources said the vehicles that have become unfit for...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) embassy in Dhaka has taken a new move to 'select' a number of local recruiting agencies to submit visas to the embassy for hiring...
The government is set to raise bank borrowing significantly in September as part of financing its budget deficit for the current fiscal year (FY), officials said. It may borrow upto...
The Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC)’s online learning academy, BYLCx, has launched 25 specialised courses with an aim to develop the career of Bangladeshi youths and to meet industry demands....
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has revealed a possible date for voting in the next parliamentary polls though the Election Commission is the authority to fix and announce it. The voting...
Scandal involving Facebook and Cambridge Analyticaa is probably the worst form of digital mishap in recent history. Personal data sharing between the UK-based political consulting firm Cambridge Analyticaa and the...
Five long years have passed since US President Barack Obama proposed and Russian President Vladimir Putin unfortunately rejected negotiations designed to cut their excessive nuclear stockpiles by one-third below the...
The taxman has taken umbrage because Tk 150 billion worth of what he believes is due revenue hasn't come to the exchequer. The pot is a mix of public and...
The private sector is an indispensable partner in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for any developing country. In developing countries, private sector operations constitute 60 per cent of...
The ministry of shipping (MoS) has once again urged businesspeople to make good use of the waterways between the Chittagong Port and Pangaon Container Terminal at Keraniganj, Dhaka. It is...
Since long, we have been hearing that Bangladesh is negotiating Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with such and such countries. These countries include Sri Lanka, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand, and also China,...
SYLHET, Sept 05: Aus harvest is nearing to end in all the four districts of Sylhet division. So far 152,220 hectares of land have already been harvested, an official informed...
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