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Bangladesh has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nepal to increase cooperation in the power sector and speed up the process of importing hydro-electricity from Nepal. Apart from importing...
Academy Award-winning composer AR Rahman, whose credits include Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours, is making a foray into non-fiction TV with a new music-based show for Amazon. The...
Anti-tobacco activists have strongly protested against the government's decision to allow Japan Tobacco (JT) group acquire United Dhaka Tobacco Company Limited (UDTC) of Akij group. They said JT was a...
The government released the first installment of cash incentives amounting to Tk 11.25 billion for disbursement among major exporters in fiscal year (FY) 2018-19. The Ministry of Finance issued a...
The speakers at a seminar in the city have suggested to create efficient professionals for textile industries to save hard-earned currency being paid to foreign nationals employed in this sector....
Taliban fighters tried to overrun a provincial capital in Afghanistan early on Friday, hiding inside homes before slipping into city streets in the night to attack security forces and killing...
In a suburban Minneapolis laboratory, a tiny company that has never turned a profit is poised to beat the world’s biggest agriculture firms to market with the next potential breakthrough...
Three union parishad (UP) chairmen have been awarded in Rangpur for their laudable contribution to power wastage prevention, fuel saving, alternative fuel use, renewable fuel and use of solar power...
The euro sank to its lowest levels in over a year on Friday after a report that the European Central Bank is growing concerned about exposure of banks to Turkey....
Brazil complained on Thursday that Venezuela was doing nothing to stop the spread of an outbreak of measles in Brazil and other neighbouring countries that has been sparked by an...
Ryanair pilots are striking in five European countries, forcing the cancellation of a sixth of the firm's flights during the holiday season peak. The 24-hour walk-out involves staff in Germany,...
In the last 18 years, fifty tigers were beaten to death in the areas adjacent to the Sundarbans while over 332 people killed by the big cats during the same...
Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic saw his bid for a fifth Rogers Cup triumph ended by a shock third-round defeat at the hands of Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in Toronto on...
The speakers at a seminar in the city have suggested to create efficient professionals for textile industries to save hard-earned currency being paid to foreign nationals employed in this sector....
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a pistol with magazine, two one shooter pistols and three rounds of bullet raiding an overnight drive on a mango orchard at Shyampur Bazar in...
An escalating trade war between the United States and China could abruptly end a glittering stock market run for luxury goods firms, with some investors already put off by lofty...
Japan's economy expanded at an annualised rate of 1.9 per cent in the April-June quarter (Q2), government data showed Friday. The preliminary data released by the Cabinet Office revealed that...
Oil prices dipped on Friday on worries that an escalating trade dispute between Washington and Beijing will stall economic growth and demand for fuel, even as renewed US sanctions against...
Japan’s Nikkei fell on Friday morning as semiconductor-related shares tumbled after Morgan Stanley downgraded its view on the US chip sector. The Nikkei share average dropped 0.4 per cent to...
A female Hajj pilgrim hailing from Chandpur district died at a hospital in the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia on Monday. The pilgrim Noorjahan Begum, 61, (Passport No-0658901)...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested a man along with 624 gold bars, weighing some 73 kg, from Shikarpur border point in Sharsha upazila on Thursday...
Asian shares were lower on Friday, tracking losses on Wall Street, despite the release of data showing Japan's economy resumed its longtime expansion in the last quarter. Japan's Nikkei 225...
A minor boy drowned in a pond in Bagadi village of sadar upazila in Chandpur on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Swopon, 6, son of Fazar Ali, of the...
China’s decision to remove crude oil from its latest tariff list in an escalating trade war with the United States was a relief to state oil firms prompted by a...
A man has died in a ‘shootout’ with RAB in Munshiganj as security forces continued nationwide anti-drug crackdown. The gunfight took place at Purba Kumarbhog area in Louhajang Upazila around...
Two people, including a child, were killed and seven others injured when a bus overturned and crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Rangpur highway at Palongpara in Sadullapur upazila on...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) approved a charge sheet on Thursday against two persons for their alleged embezzlement of Tk 13.4 million of Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) via signature...
The new Entrepreneurship Support Fund (ESF) will be formally launched on August 12, replacing the existing Equity and Entrepreneurship Fund (EEF). The Bangladesh Bank (BB) will start receiving Expression of...
Asian stock markets fell on Friday amid heightened global trade tensions, while currency markets were whipsawed by a searing selloff in Russia’s rouble after the United States slapped new sanctions,...
Mobile Financial Service (MFS) operator bKash has exhibited a steady growth in number of customers and transactions during last five years. The BRAC Bank subsidiary also registered steady growth in...
The government has initiated to build a tunnel under the busy Airport Road aimed at preventing casualties. It will be constructed close to the July 29 accident site outside Kurmitola...
International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have jointly undertaken an environment monitoring project in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox's Bazarr to...
Applications seeking renewal of fitness certificates for vehicles have marked a 40 per cent rise over the past few days, official figures showed. According to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday laid emphasis on expanding bank branches across the country to foster the financial inclusion. He said currently there are fewer than 10,000 bank branches...
The total import pertaining to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project has emerged as the second largest 'sector' in the country's overseas procurement in the last fiscal year (FY),...
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan hinted on Thursday he might skip the Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates next month to undergo surgery on his finger, reports AFP. "We...
Four-time champion Novak Djokovic and top-seeded Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round of the rainy Rogers Cup on Wednesday. Defending champion Alexander Zverev also reached the round of 16,...
During the first week of August, tensions between the United States and Turkey escalated in the midst of US sanctions. The issue: continued confinement of Andrew Craig Brunson, a Christian...
Pakistani prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan called for more "trustworthy" ties with the United States which have frayed amid US accusations that Pakistan is aiding Islamist insurgents waging war in Afghanistan,...
With Europe smarting under a heat wave -parts of it extending from Spain to arctic Sweden under the sway of record high temperature -it is clear that the planet is...
SYLHET, Aug 09: An eco-park will be set up in Bisnakandi area on the Sylhet-Meghalaya border. The Sylhet divisional administration has taken up the programme. Some 34.59 acres of land...
TANGAIL, Aug 09: Jute harvest is going on in full swing in all the 12 upazilas of the district. Growers are also happy over the good market price as the...
Most of those who travel overseas from Bangladesh for employment are ordinary workers. Unfortunately, they have to face innumerable hassles, both before leaving the country and after reaching their destinations....
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested nine members of an organised gang involved in leaking questions of different public examinations in last six days till Wednesday from different parts of the...
Anthropology as a discipline is well regarded for its 'observation' and 'narrative analysis' methods assisting in understanding society and peoples' lives. Keen observation, engagement, listening, and documenting voices are some...
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 was unveiled on Thursday at the company’s annual ‘Unpacked’ event in New York. The new phone is part of Samsung’s productivity-focused Galaxy Note-series which comes with...
A resurgent southwest monsoon, sweeping large parts of the northern and central districts of Kerala, left an extensive trail of destruction and loss of life in its wake in the...
This series has thus far shown the market anchor shifting from manufacturing to services, and within the services sector, from finance towards information technology (IT). Given its badly mauled fate,...
Of all the phases of age in man's life, adolescence is viewed as the shortest, yet most crucial. It displays the signs of the destination someone is set to reach...
Denying bail a Dhaka court on Thursday sent 22 private university students to jail in two cases filed over vandalism and attacks on police. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Shikder passed...
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