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Seasonal rawhide traders fear losses after the Eid-ul-Azha this year as the wholesalers in Dhaka are reportedly waiting for the prices to drop. Usually, the wholesalers get busy in the...
Japan’s Nikkei edged up on Thursday after a weak yen supported overall sentiment, but a profit warning by Germany’s Continental dragged down auto stocks and tire makers, reports Reuters. The...
Deposit through agent banking outlets reached Tk 20.12 billion by the end of the past fiscal year (FY18), according to the latest statistics of the central bank. It showed that...
India's Reliance Communications Limited said on Thursday it completed the sale of its media convergence nodes (MCNs) and related infrastructure assets worth 20 billion rupees ($285.4 million) to Reliance Jio...
Bangladesh has been ranked as the 57th top merchandise exporting country in the past year, according to the World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2018. The report, released last month...
FIFA has taken temporary control of the Uruguayan soccer federation because of governance concerns as the country campaigns with Argentina and Paraguay to host the 2030 World Cup, reports AP....
Many traders who brought cattle from outside the capital but failed to sell those before the Eid-ul-Azha were still waiting for customers at the markets in Dhaka on the Eid...
A former South American soccer official convicted on corruption charges in the sprawling FIFA bribery scandal was sentenced in federal court to four years in prison on Wednesday, reports AP....
Secondary trading of Treasury Bills (T-bills) and Treasury Bonds (T-bonds) jumped significantly in the first month of the current fiscal year (FY19). Latest statistics, released by the central bank, showed...
More than 0.21 million new motorcycles got their registration from Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) in the first seven months of the current calendar year. Of these, some 57,631 new...
The rate of internal migration in Bangladesh declined to 73.8 per thousand of population in the past year from 76.7 per thousand in 2016. The ‘Report on Bangladesh Sample Vital...
An indigenous man was beaten to death by miscreants at North Bangatali of Baghaichhari in Rangamati on Wednesday night. The victim was identified as Mission Chakma, an activist of Parbatiya...
Two women were killed in a road accident at Nazirabazar in Burichang upazila on Dhaka-Chattogram highway of Cumilla on Wednesday night. The victims were identified as Farhana Begum, wife of...
North South University student Saidur Rahman Payel had promised to buy a large cow for Eid-ul-Azha to celebrate the homecoming of his expatriate father and brother for the festivities. But...
Kuldip Nayar, renowned journalist, author and human rights activist passed away on Thursday in Delhi. He was 95. Nayar, a former editor of The Indian Express, was also the author...
A man was killed and five others injured in a clash between two groups centring the selection of sloughing place at Ratanpur village in Barishal’s Mehendiganj upazila on Wednesday morning....
Crowds gathered around screens outside Zimbabwe’s top court on Wednesday to watch a legal showdown challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s July 30 election victory, according to Reuters. Many more around the...
The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country Wednesday with due solemnity, religious fervor and zeal. On the occasion, the Muslims across...
The Kochi airport, shut since August 15 due to heavy flooding after rains devastated Kerala, will reopen on August 29, three days later than earlier announced. The airport had yesterday...
Ten minutes and 17 balls. That’s all it took for India to wrap up a big win over England on Wednesday and keep the Test series alive, reports AP. In...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday said her government has taken all necessary measures so that people can travel to their village home to celebrate holy Eid-ul-Azha with their kith and...
Both Dhaka South and North City Corporations started disposing of the wastes of sacrificial animals at 2 pm Wednesday as per prior announcement to keep the city clean and check...
Afghanistan hopes Russia can press Taliban insurgents into holding peace talks with the government, Afghanistan’s top security official said on Wednesday after he met Russia’s ambassador in Kabul, according to...
Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has reportedly sought the death penalty for five activists, including the female rights defender Israa al-Ghomgham, reports BBC. Human Rights Watch said they recently went...
The Nepal government has formed a seven-member committee to hold talks with China to implement an agreement on energy cooperation, a senior official said, according to a report by India...
A senior Iranian cleric warned Washington on Wednesday that if it attacked Iran, the United States and allied Israel would be targeted, as a war of words escalated after the...
The Nepalese Government is attempting to crack down on insurance fraud schemes perpetrated by powerful brokers in trekking and mountaineering in the country, which sees insurers put out of pocket...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia passed around an hour with her relatives and took food they cooked for her on the Eid day on Wednesday, reports UNB. Though her party leaders...
The author of the book “Crazy Rich Asians”, which inspired the Hollywood hit film of the same title, is wanted in his home country of Singapore for defaulting on his...
Kerala is the second largest coffee producing state in India, contributing to over a fifth of the country’s total production and employing over 44,000 people, according to a report by...
MUMBAI: UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline Plc has requested bids by mid-September for its $4.3 billion Indian consumer-health unit, which owns the popular malted milk brand Horlicks, people with knowledge of...
At least three people including a child were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a three-wheeler on Kushta-Jhenaidah highway in Bottala area on Wednesday noon, reports UNB....
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government on Tuesday lifted political censorship on the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) and Radio Pakistan by allowing these to air point of views and news...
A college student was hacked to death by some stalkers at Namagonda in the municipality area on Tuesday night for protesting an incident of eve-teasing, reports UNB. The victim was...
President Donald Trump suffered twin setbacks on Tuesday with two ex-advisers facing prison sentences - and one of them saying Trump told him to commit a crime - possibly hurting...
Transparency Market Research (TMR) observed that the Bangladesh corn oil market is increasingly competitive due to presence of numerous local and international players and influence of intense internal competition. Some...
CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull clung to power on Wednesday as rebel Liberal party lawmakers pressed for a second leadership contest just a day after he narrowly survived a...
Democratic Republic of Congo has approved four more experimental treatments against the deadly Ebola virus, the health ministry said as it raced to contain an outbreak in its violence-torn east,...
US and Chinese officials are set to resume contentious trade talks on Wednesday under the cloud of a prediction by US President Donald Trump that there would be no real...
The under-pressure lira held steady against the dollar on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Turkey had made a “big mistake” in not freeing a US...
A fire broke out Wednesday on the 12th floor of a residential building in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, killing four people and injuring 12 others, officials said, according...
Australian gelato franchise Gelatissimo will open stores in Bangladesh and India in September as part of its latest line-up of international expansions. Joining franchises in South East Asia and the...
Kuwait and Iraq will appoint consultants soon to study the development of shared oilfields, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Bakhit al-Rashidi said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Production from cross-border oilfields has...
BNP senior leaders failed to meet their chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Old Dhaka Central Jail in the capital on the Eid day on Wednesday, reports UNB. Senior BNP leaders,...
President Md Abdul Hamid hosted a reception on the Eid day at Bangabhaban for the people of all classes and professions, including distinguished people, senior politicians, higher-ranking government officials, foreign...
BNP on Wednesday feared that the PM’s comment involving its chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman with August 21 grenade attack may influence the verdict of the case,...
A motorcyclist was killed and another seriously injured at Samra in Ramganj Upazila on Ramganj-Hajiganj road on Wednesday morning, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Faruk Hossain, son of...
A water tank explosion at a building at Pallabi in the capital on Tuesday night left at least 11 people, including eight of two families, injured. Conditions of some of...
The Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital hosted a total of five Jamaat (congregations) of Eid-ul-Azha on Wednesday morning. The first Eid Jamaat was began at 7:00am, the second...
Three people have been killed and two others injured after a bus crashed head-on into an autorickshaw in Bagura’s Shajahanpur on Eid morning, reports bdnews24.com. The accident occurred on the...
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