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Three people, including a Brac official, were killed in separate road accidents in Naogaon, Gazipur and Jhenaidah districts on Thursday and Friday. In Gazipur, a woman was killed when a...
China's telecommunication giant Huawei, under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme "Seeds for the future", has selected ten youngsters from five renowned Bangladeshi universities. The selected students are from Dhaka...
Law enforcers, in special drives arrested 28 suspects including six drug traders, two activists of BNP and two activists of Jamaat-E-Islami from different areas of the district in last 12-hour...
The securities regulator has suspended share trading of three companies for 30 sessions, following 'abnormal' price hikes and 'unusual' trade volumes of the stocks. The companies' share prices rose up...
The renovation of InterContinental Dhaka, formerly known as Sheraton and Ruposhi Bangla hotel, is expected to be completed by this month and handed over to the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)...
An 18th century gold coin featuring the likeness of first US President George Washington sold for $1.7 million at auction on Thursday, with the net proceeds going to charity, the...
IFAD Autos, an automobile dealer, has decided to purchase more 90 decimal of land adjacent to its factory at Dhamrai for future expansion of the company's business. The total cost...
The rupee’s plunge to a record low has worried a wide cross-section of India’s society: companies, importers, those going on vacation and students planning to study overseas. But if the...
Land crisis has hit the efforts to provide "safe and dignified" living environment for the Rohingya in refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. Congestion and overcrowding of camps, particularly in Kutupalong-Balukhali...
The inter-bank call money rate is unlikely to rise ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, as the overall excess liquidity with the banks increased by over 22 per cent or Tk 171...
Asian shares won a modest reprieve on Friday after China and the United States agreed to hold their first trade talks since June next week and as the Turkish lira...
The participation of female labour force in Bangladesh has been almost stagnant in the recent years, and it is actually on the wane in many major manufacturing and service sectors,...
Traders and cattle sellers have started coming to the makeshift marketplaces in Dhaka city with only six days left before Eid-ul-Azha. The Mislum's feast of sacrifice falls on August 22....
Pangaon container terminal, the country's first inland container facility, handled 28,702 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) during the last fiscal year (FY), up by nearly 140 per cent from FY 2016-17....
Sales of refrigerators in city markets have marked a significant rise ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, according to traders. The demand for the home appliance usually goes up during the time of...
Bangladesh have stormed into the final of SAFF Under-15 Women’s Championship by blowing hosts Bhutan away 5-0. They now need to beat India in the final next Saturday to defend...
Like in the other countries, 'Education Science' has become an independent discipline in the academic arena of Bangladesh. Keen interest in this discipline is growing day by day among the...
The growth and evolution of a nation's culture is a continuous process. It never stops. By changing character and forms, it keeps progressing from one phase to another. Moreover, it...
The prices of cattle and other sacrificial animals including goat and sheep start galloping two to three weeks before Eid-ul Azha in the country. While it is almost axiomatic that...
The previous 'Businesses in Flux' piece (August 13, 2018) elaborated the 'carbon triangle' underpinning of the US economy. With a different cast of characters (companies), a similar troika may be...
Dhaka's ranking in the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest Global Liveability Index has dipped two notches down to 139th out of 140 cities surveyed. Its last but one position, however, corresponds...
Of the 35 per cent population in the country currently living in urban areas, about 60 per cent resides in the 11 city corporations, while 40 per cent inhabits the...
We are blessed with the good news that the Boro paddy harvest this season has hit the all-time high to stand at 19.6 million tonnes. The total food-grain supply has...
The euro recovered on Thursday from its weakest since late June 2017 and the dollar fell after news that a Chinese delegation will travel to the United States (US) for...
Oil edged higher as global markets steadied on Thursday, recouping some of the previous day's 2.0 per cent slide, though a weakening outlook for crude demand kept prices in check,...
SYLHET, Aug 16: Farmers of Sylhet division are passing busy time in growing Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy in a bid to get a bumper yield of the main crop of...
TANGAIL, Aug 16: Banana growers of different upazilas in the district are making a handsome profit this season. Sources said a good number of people have become self-reliant by cultivating...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said there is no doubt that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was also involved in the conspiracy of Aug 15 massacre. “Zia’s wife (Khaleda) brought...
Aretha Franklin, the "queen of soul" who became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died in Detroit at the age of 76. The...
Six digital centres have been established to ensure easy, fast and low-cost access to public and private services for RMG workers in Gazipur and fisheries workers in Khulna. The centres...
The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has summoned BNP leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury over allegations that he had laundered money and undeclared assets, reports bdnews24.com. The opposition politician has been...
Police say they have arrested 97 people in 51 cases over alleged violence and instigation on the social media during student protests for safe roads in Dhaka. After DMP News,...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered 1,440 bottles of Phensidyl from a truck and arrested its driver and helper in the district town early Thursday. The arrestees were identified...
Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday caught a Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) engineer red-handed while he was taking bribe from a businessman in Narayanganj. The arrested bribe-taker is identified...
Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic struggled with a stomach issue as he came from a set down to beat Adrian Mannarino and progress in Cincinnati. The 13-time Grand Slam winner defeated...
A Spanish top-flight game will be played in the US, the first time a La Liga match has taken place overseas. The plan is part of a 15-year partnership between...
Former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has died on Thursday aged 93. He was being treated for age-related illnesses in Delhi's AIIMS hospital. Vajpayee was one of the founding...
A Dhaka court on Thursday granted a three-day remand of an Eden College student in a case filed under Information and Communication and Technology (ICT) Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court...
Prof. Dr. Takaaki Yoshioka of Teikyo University in Japan on Thursday called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md Akhtaruzzaman at his office on the campus. The possibility of...
The government will build a modern eco-park and botanical garden in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram district at a cost of Tk 1.50 billion. Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF), in...
Examination of a mummy has revealed the original ancient Egyptian embalming recipe - first used to preserve bodies. A battery of forensic chemical tests carried out on a mummy that...
Passengers continued to suffer as they were getting stuck in a 32-km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Thursday. Nazrul Islam, superintendent of regional Highway Police, said the tailback on the...
A court on Thursday denied bail to 12 private university students accused in two cases filed over vandalism and attacks on police during the student movement demanding road safety, reports...
The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has interrogated seven officials of Petrobangla as it opened a probe into the disappearance of coal from the Barapukuria plant, reports bdnews24.com. ACC's Deputy Director...
Nearly one in ten UK shoppers (9 per cent) admit to buying clothing only to take a photo on social media according to a survey commissioned by the credit card...
A mysterious Russian satellite displaying ‘very abnormal behaviour’ has raised alarm in the US, reports BBC citing a State Department official. "We don't know for certain what it is and...
The High Court has cancelled the exam for recruitment of Janata Bank executive officers amid allegations of question leaks and ordered a test retake. The HC bench of Justice Justice...
European shares inched up after China said it would hold trade talks with the US this month, spurring a risk appetite recovery, although Italian shares fell sharply as Atlantia sank....
A goldsmith was found dead at Sahilpur on Cumilla-Sylhet highway in Brahmanbaria sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Samir Banik, 45. Local people spotted the body...
The Bangladesh High Commission in Pakistan has observed the National Mourning Day with due honour and respect to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Bangladesh High...
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