A woman who attacked two people with an axe in an Australian convenience store has been convicted of attempted murder. Evie Amati, 26, carried out the unprovoked attack in Sydney...
A bus rammed a motorbike, leaving a motorcyclist dead and a pedestrian injured at Moghbazar in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam Rana, 30, son...
Five hundred runners on Friday participated in the 5 km run at Hatirjheel to promote good health, fitness and positivity among the young generation putting forward the demand for safe...
Italian economic growth is likely to weaken in coming months, national statistics office ISTAT said on Friday. In its monthly economic bulletin, ISTAT said its latest composite leading indicator “continues...
Vogue India's decision to put the 18-year-old daughter of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on their cover has come in for major criticism. Many have posted angrily on social media...
An Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely spread over tens of kilometres and poses a high regional risk given its proximity to borders, a World Health...
Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci has rejoined Serie A champions Juventus from AC Milan, while striker Gonzalo Higuain has moved the opposite way. AC Milan will pay 18 million euros for...
Global technology company Xiaomi has announced Redmi S2 to be available nationwide in the Bangladesh market. The users can purchase Redmi S2 now from daraz.com.bd, more than 100 Mi Authorised...
Parts of New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington, ground to a halt on Friday after a substation fault cut off power to the nation’s parliament, shut down traffic signals and plunged...
The Department of Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) of Dhaka University (DU) has celebrated its 56th founding anniversary with the theme, “Mass Media, Mass People and Democracy.” To marking the...
Assailants in apparently coordinated attacks burnt down 11 schools for boys and girls in Pakistan's north before fleeing, a local police officer and residents say. Police officer Mohammad Bashir says...
General Motors Co (GM.N) is seeking an exemption to a 25 per cent US tariff on its Chinese-made Buick Envision sport utility, the automaker said on Thursday, in a move...
Unlike previous times, the influx of cattle across the border from India has drastically come down ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, thanks to enforced vigilance by BGB and BSF. Now a handful...
As Europe bakes in another heatwave, forecasters say the all-time temperature record could be broken in the coming days. The current European record is 48°C (118.4°F) set in Athens in...
Republican and Democratic US senators introduced legislation on Thursday to impose stiff new sanctions on Russia and combat cyber crime, the latest effort by lawmakers to punish Moscow over interference...
Apple Inc on Thursday became the first $1 trillion publicly listed US company, crowning a decade-long rise fueled by its ubiquitous iPhone that transformed it from a niche player in...
Law enforcers in Costa Rica recovered two tons of cocaine from a low-profile boat, a kind of boat frequently used by drug traffickers because they are difficult to detect by...
India has asked Britain to extradite billionaire jeweler Nirav Modi, one of the main accused in the $2 billion loan fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB). Modi’s whereabouts have...
Bus Owners stopped operating long route buses in Rajshahi, Bogura, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Sunamganj and Joypurhat districts protesting vandalism during the ongoing demonstrations of students demanding justice for their two fellows...
Toyota Motor Corp on Friday posted a 19 per cent profit jump for the first quarter (Q1) on the back of higher sales and cost reductions in Asia. Operating profit...
Commuters continued to suffer for the sixth consecutive day in Dhaka city on Friday as transport workers refrained from operating buses fearing vandalism by students demanding safe road and punishment...
The families of some of the victims of the US-Bangla airplane crash in Nepal are finally going to receive compensation from the insurer on August 6. According to the officials...
Many slum people have started living in brick-built house driving out their long-lasting living life in thatched or mud-house in Rajshahi city. “I had never thought, even in my dreams,...
Japanese shares inched up in cautious trading on Friday as Sino-US trade tensions and upcoming trade talks between Washington and Tokyo kept investors on guard. Bucking the cautious mood, however,...
Parts of New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington, ground to a halt on Friday after a substation fault cut off power to the nation’s parliament, shut down traffic signals and plunged...
Two people including a woman were stabbed to death in two separate incidents in Gazipur and Thakurgaon district on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Champa Akhter, the worker of...
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday won a election as the ruling party maintained control of the government in the first vote since the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe....
A female student of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her house at Daspukur in Rajshahi city on Thursday night. The...
Prices of chicken, egg, onion and vegetables have increased further this week, adding to the woes of consumers already battered by high prices of essentials. The prices of broiler chicken...
United Power Generation & Distribution Company Limited dominated the Dhaka bourse's transaction chart while top ten traded firms captured about 25 per cent of the turnover value on Thursday. Brokers...
The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka bourse fell 11 per cent year-on-year in July this year on the back of falling trade volume and value. Market insiders said the...
Each bank has to establish a separate internal audit (IA) department, which will speed up the recovery of loan though legal measure, according to a study. The study, conducted by...
The Customs Wing of National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a standing order on Wednesday to ensure common valuation process of imported products in a bid to check under-invoicing. As...
Asian stocks inched on Friday following a tech-led rise on Wall Street, although the latest exchange of trade threats between Beijing and Washington capped gains and drove safehaven flows to...
Business leaders have expressed their gratitude to Financial Express Editor AHM Moazzem Hossain for his contribution to promoting the country's trade and commerce. Expressing their deep shock at the demise...
The Editors' Council has expressed its heartfelt sorrow and condolence at the untimely demise of AHM Moazzem Hossain, editor and publisher of The Financial Express. In a condolence message, it...
SYDNEY, Aug 02 (Reuters): Australia's trade surplus blew past expectations in June as exports to China boomed to their second highest on record, a sign the commodity-leveraged country was weathering...
It took three young lives and continuous street demonstrations before a directive from the Prime Minister emanated cancelling the route permit of the Jebel-e-Noor bus company. The majority of demonstrators...
Dhaka city has been in turmoil for consecutive five days. For the last few days, the capital virtually came to a standstill. Students, those of colleges in particular, took over...
The Financial Express is in mourning now. It has lost its guardian angel, its captain, steward and the driving force behind the work ethics he set as a benchmark for...
The International Tiger Day 2018 has coincided with a government circular on tours of the Sundarbans. The day is observed annually. Issued by the department of forest, the circular proposes...
Throughout history, migration has been a part of human experience. For many people, including children and their families, leaving home to settle in a new community is a milestone in...
Fiscal measures play an important role in business activities. Both local and foreign investors frame their business plans on the basis of new fiscal measures shown in national budgets every...
Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has teamed with a Spanish company to conduct a feasibility study on building subways in the capital. BBA and the Spanish firm TYPSA signed an agreement...
In the conduct of international relations, there are no permanent foes and no permanent friends, but only permanent interests. Thus, Lord Palmerston who served twice as the Prime Minister of...
Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister-to-be, has invited former Indian cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Navjot Singh Sidhu and actor Aamir Khan to his oath-taking ceremony on August 11, reports...
Nowhere else must one look to understand the causes of structural change than economic dynamics. Endogenous technological developments affect more people a lot faster than anywhere else; democratic elections used...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday alleged that the activists of BNP's student body Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Jamaat's student wing Chhatra Shibir instigated the students to go on movement....
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 02: More than 12,000 blacksmits in Bogura, Natore, Joypurhat and Sirajganj districts are actively involved in making iron tools. Sources said many unemployed youths have attained financial solvency...
SYLHET, Aug 02: Farmers in Sylhet division are busy cultivating Transplanted Aman (T- Aman) paddy. Some 21,378 hectares of seedbed have already been prepared, an official of DAE, Sylhet divisional...
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