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Turkey cannot fulfil unlawful requests” regarding US Pastor Andrew Brunson’s ongoing case, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying by the Hurriyet newspaper early on Wednesday. The case of...
US Vice President Mike Pence has called on Myanmar’s government to reverse a court ruling that imprisoned two Reuters journalists for seven years and to release them immediately. The journalists...
A state of emergency has been declared in Louisiana and Mississippi as Tropical Storm Gordon batters the US Gulf Coast. Gordon made landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border, the...
The Agriculture Training Institute (ATI), Jhenidah, is now prepared to give seedlings of late T-Aman variety among the growers. Official sources said the variety is flood-tolerant. Stagnant floodwater will not...
The flow of remittances grew by more than 7.0 per cent in August as expatriates sent increased amount of money on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. The money sent home by...
Two motorcyclists have been killed when a tractor rammed their motorbike at Chithulia in Shaghata upazila of Gaibandha on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Sajib Ghosh of Shaghata...
Police in a drive arrested five members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Mirzapur in Sherpur upazila of Bogura district early Wednesday. The identities of the arrestees...
A garment worker has to work 28 hours more a month than the working hours stipulated in labour law 2006, a study has revealed. Besides, garment workers work 2.5 extra...
A powerful typhoon killed 10 people in western Japan and an airport company started to transfer some 3,000 stranded passengers by boats from a flooded airport, the government said on...
The securities regulator has approved the IPO (initial public offering) proposal of Genex Infosys for raising a capital worth Tk 200 million from the market. The approval came on Tuesday...
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) will develop the water supply system at Purbachal, the biggest planned township in the country, under the public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement by 2019. RAJUK opened...
The government is set to introduce an index to assess the level and quality of transport system in the capital city by evaluating the data on 10 indicators, including accidents....
The number of outbound workers dropped by about 38 per cent in the last eight months of the current calendar year, compared to the same period of the last year....
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has turned down a plea of Janata Bank, seeking Tk 110.49 million for its Janata Exchange Company (JEC), Italy to recoup the loss incurred in last...
Oil prices rose sharply on Tuesday after the evacuation of two Gulf of Mexico oil platforms in preparation for a hurricane, reports Reuters. US light crude rose $1.31 a barrel...
BOGURA, Sept 04: Parija and Jirashail growers of Sherpur upazila in the district are dishearten due to low market price of the paddy varieties. Sources said cultivators are getting Tk...
'One doth the scathe and another hath the scorn' is an adage that fits in well with the government's reported move to raise the import duty on both raw and...
From what one gathers reading news reports, job prospect for expatriates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is heading for the worst ever scenario. There were prior indications from...
A report carried in this paper on August 26 titled, "RMG industry steadily getting corporatised" highlighted the benefits to be had from the development in the status of the sector....
Although the prices of commodities in general show an upward trend, the price of rawhide marks decline almost every year. The tannery owners are buying hides at a lower price...
This Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is an embodiment of two major priorities of the United Nations: to pursue fair globalisation and to promote development that leaves no one behind in...
Bangladesh have started their SAFF Championship campaign by avenging their loss to Bhutan in Asian Cup playoff for qualifiers. Topu Barman put the hosts ahead in the third minute from...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed two cases against five people, including managing director of Regency Packaging Ltd and Regency Trims Ld Yogesh Kakar, over money laundering and tax...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Tuesday transferred its 25 per cent stake to Chinese consortium on completion of relevant formalities under the exchange’s demutualisation move. The premier bourse received a...
On the last day of the last month, in an interview with the Bloomberg News, President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw the United States (US) from the World Trade Organisation...
Back in 1965, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, then France's Minister of Finance, famously called the benefits that the United States reaped from the dollar's role as the world's main reserve currency...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said representatives of local government bodies are backing the plying of three-wheelers and human-haulers on highways. Quader mentioned that the government is...
‘Akash Beena’, country’s first Dreamliner 787-8, will make its maiden flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the flight, reports UNB. ...
About 70 per cent of the Rohingyas living in various camps in Bangladesh do not believe that the Myanmar government would eventually recognise their rights, a new study on repatriation...
Awami League candidate Abdus Salam Murshedy has become the Member of Parliament (MP) from Khulna-4 constituency in an uncontested by-election. The former president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters...
Japan has been hit by its strongest typhoon in 25 years, with officials warning more than a million people to evacuate their homes. Typhoon Jebi made landfall in western areas,...
The government has moved to set up a special court for the trial of former prime minister Khaleda Zia inside the Old Dhaka jailhouse in the Zia Charitable Trust case,...
A man was allegedly hacked to death by some miscreants over previous enmity at Mandia area under Harinakunda upazila in Jhenidah on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Toaz...
The Election Commission (EC) should earn the confidence of people over e-voting, experts said. The use of electronic voting machines should be left with the people and the Election Commission,...
Dr Arif Alvi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has become 13th President of Pakistan, according to unofficial and unconfirmed result. The ruling PTI with the support of its allied parties nominated...
Five people died as flyover collapsed following heavy rains in Kolkata, the capital of India's West Bengal state, on Tuesday. Authorities said several people are feared trapped under the debris....
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will continue exporting crude oil despite US efforts to stop it through sanctions, reports AP. Speaking to a group of oil officials on...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said today (Tuesday) said they have taken a month-long campaign to bring discipline in the traffic management system. “Route permit of the vehicles...
The first significant steps towards legally protecting the high seas are to take place at the UN in New York, reports BBC. These waters, defined as the open ocean far...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the long-awaited mega strategy 'Bangladesh Delta Plan (BDP) 2100' in a bid to tap the huge potentials of Bangladesh as a delta country...
Water levels in 49 rivers stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise and 36 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored water level stations, six...
Police in a drive detained a total of 16 local leaders and activists of BNP from Goalbazar union parishad chairman's residence under Osmani Nagar upazila in Sylhet on Monday night....
A madrassa student died while undergoing treatment at Jessore General Hospital after receiving snakebite in Jashore early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Tamil Hossain Hridoy, 14, a class nine...
Customs officials recovered 13 gold bars, weighing 1.51 kg, from a cartoon at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Tuesday. A team of customs officials conducted a drive at...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against a railway official for amassing wealth illegally. Mohammad Sharif Uddin, deputy assistant director of ACC, filed the case against assistant...
Sony has ended its repair service for the PlayStation 2, more than 18 years after it first went on sale. The console was first released in Japan in March 2000...
BNP's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the government is conspiring to create a communal division in the country to fish in troubled waters. The BNP...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia has urged fuel filling stations in the city not to supply fuel to motorcyclists without helmets. “We have already requested the fuel station authorities...
A youth camp with participation of 150 students from Bangladesh began today (Tuesday) in Kunming, the major south western city of China as a part of ongoing efforts to increase...
French President Emmanuel Macron hopes to draw a line under a raft of troubles plaguing his 16-month-old presidency and to re-energise his economic reform drive with a cabinet reshuffle on...
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