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In the age group of septuagenarian, we obviously had interest in the proceedings of the general elections in Pakistan held on July 25. There were allegations of rigging and behind-the-scene...
While having a cup of coffee after my tour at BMW Welt in Munich, Germany, this year in January, I was imagining the future of a car, which will not...
Australia's population reaches 25 million for the first time on Tuesday, according to official estimates. The milestone, driven significantly by migration, has magnified debate about the merits of a "big...
The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to send Drik Gallery Managing Director Shahidul Alam, now on a seven-day remand, to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved a revised project to acquire additional 500 acres of land for Araihazar Economic Zone in Narayanganj following the...
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia’s tourist island of Lombok topped 100 on Tuesday. Rescuers found victims under wrecked buildings, while thousands left homeless in the...
Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who has been linked with a move to Real Madrid, did not report for training with the Premier League club on Monday. And it is understood...
Alibaba Group plans to merge its food delivery units and raise funds for the combined business, intensifying a battle with Tencent-backed Meituan Dianping for dominance of China’s booming on-demand services...
The government on Tuesday approved 11 development projects including the smart electricity bill prepaid meter installation project at a total cost of Tk 64.48 billion. The approval came at...
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu has described the statements from the US Embassy and the United Nations overt attacks on student protesters demanding safe roads as “unwarranted” and “undesirable”. “There...
The point-to-point inflation rate dropped by 0.03 percentage point in the first month of the current fiscal (FY19), according to the official data. As per Bangladesh Bureau of Statistic (BBS)...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will hold a meeting with the vice-chancellors of all the private universities on Wednesday. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 3:00pm at the International...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will release new currency notes for Taka 10, 20, 50 and Taka 100 in the market from August 13 ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. A press release issued by...
A Satkhira court on Tuesday sentenced a man and his father to death for killing his wife over a family feud at Chanduria village of Kolaroa upazila in the district...
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) on Tuesday expressed its deep concern at the incident of alleged torture on renowned photographer and human rights activist, Shahidul Alam, during his time in...
India has arrested Mohammed Jahidul Islam, a leader of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), for his involvement in Bihar's Bodh Gaya explosion. The National Investigation Agency of India...
The new transport law approved by the government is a jugglery of numbers, says a senior BNP leader. “This law is not adequate for safe roads. Under the proposed law,...
The initial public offering (IPO) lottery draw of ML Dyeing Ltd will be held on Thursday (August 9), officials said. The event will be held at the auditorium of the...
Appier, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, has launched AIQUA, a proactive marketing automation platform. It launched the platform, now available throughout the Asia-Pacific, on Tuesday, according to a Media...
Singaporeans are increasingly reliant on credit cards and, with their economy improving, they are also swiping plastic more frequently than ever. Monthly billings per card hovered between S$300 to S$400...
Security forces temporarily blocked the entrance to Nigeria’s parliament on Tuesday, preventing lawmakers and others from entering for up to an hour, witnesses said. Witnesses said armed men wearing the...
A wheat-laden lighter vessel capsized in the Bay of Bengal Tuesday morning. MV Pathgati-2, carrying 1,100 kilograms of wheat was bound towards Narayanganj. It sinked in the Bay after it...
A woman who sold her son to paedophiles on the dark net for sex has been jailed for 12 years and six months by a court in southern Germany. The...
Local multi-brand electronics retailer Best Electronics has kicked off a promotional campaign 'Helicopter Eid Offer 2018' for its customers. Director (Marketing) Mr Syed Tahmid Zaman Rashik, along with other high...
The Detective Branch of police will investigate an attack on a car carrying US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat in Dhaka. Some unidentified men attacked Bernicat’s car in Mohammadpur on Saturday as...
Journalists have given the government a 72-hour ultimatum to arrest those who attacked some of their colleagues covering the ongoing popular movement demanding safe roads. Otherwise, they will go for...
Written tests for the 38th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) will begin from Wednesday. Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) issued a press release on Tuesday afternoon asking the examinees not to...
PepsiCo Inc has appointed Ramon Laguarta to take over as chief executive from Indra Nooyi, handing the reins to a veteran who led the company’s fast-growing emerging markets business. Laguarta,...
Police have recovered the body of a newlywed woman from a pond in Dohar, four days after her marriage. The victim has been identified as 18-year-old Shikha Akter, wife of...
North Korea released a South Korean citizen detained in July after crossing the border into the North, the South’s Unification Ministry said on Tuesday. The prisoner was a 34-year-old man...
AHM Moazzem Hossain, editor and publisher of The Financial Express (FE), passed away at a Dhaka city hospital on Wednesday, August 01, 2018, leaving an irreparable loss for the media...
Compliance level of placing graphic health warning (GHW) in packets of Bidi and smokeless tobacco (SLT) is low in Bangladesh; though there exists a relevant law, which was enforced in...
Singapore has started scanning travellers’ eyes at some of its border checkpoints, its immigration authority said on Monday, in a trial of expensive technology that could one day replace fingerprint...
A delegation of Turkish officials will head to Washington in two days to discuss an ongoing row between the two NATO allies, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, citing diplomatic...
Japan on Monday marked the 73rd anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima during the Second World War, with the city's Mayor making a fresh call for a world...
The European Union (EU) has expressed concern over the recent violent clashes in Dhaka that erupted after the deaths of two students in a road crash. The EU heads of...
BRAC Bank Limited organised a workshop on “Prevention of Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism” in Chattogram, said a statement. A total of 140 officials of the Chattogram Region...
President Donald Trump’s top security adviser on Monday urged Iran to take up an offer of talks with the United States or suffer more pain from economic sanctions, but Iran’s...
The admission test for the first year honours courses under the academic session 2018-19 of Rajshahi University (RU) will be held on October 22 and 23 next, official said. “To...
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited (LHBL) and Citibank, N.A., Bangladesh have signed an agreement towards cooperation that enables LHBL to implement its ‘Supplier Invoice Financing’ programme, said a statement. The programme enables LHBL...
Eleven US passengers who survived an Aeromexico crash in the northern Mexican state of Durango on July 31 filed lawsuits against the airline in Chicago on Monday, according to a...
Rupali Bank Limited has signed an agreement with US-based CBW Bank in New York recently for easy transfer of remittance to Bangladesh, said a statement. Managing Director and CEO of...
Stocks witnessed an upward trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday as investors were showing their buying spree as students’ road safety protests eased some extent. Following the previous...
A rebound in battered Chinese stock markets on Monday helped lift Asian equities, which also drew support from earnings-led gains on Wall Street in a welcome relief for investors grappling...
A drug addict was beaten to death by a drug trader over trivial matter at Digha village in Ishwardi upazila in Pabna on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as...
A suspected drug pedlar was killed in a reported shootout with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Bamandanga area of Gaibandha’s Sundarganj upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has decided to review the performance of 13 listed companies which failed to declare dividend for the last five years. “The performance of the following...
A Dhaka court has extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia until September 5 in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. Acting Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam passed the order on...
International tobacco manufacturer, Japan Tobacco Group, is going to acquire the tobacco business of Akij Group, the second largest tobacco company in Bangladesh. The two entities signed an agreement in...
The government has set up a temporary control room in the city to avoid any possible labour unrest in the apparel sector, officials said. The control room has been established...
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