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Bangladeshi expatriates living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) sent over 17 per cent, or US$2,591.58 million of the total inflow of remittance $14,978.86 million in the outgoing fiscal...
The Indian actress and the American pop star are believed to have been dating since May and, according to American celebrity site People, they became engaged last week in London...
A doctor’s narration of an incident of a patient with symptoms of lung and stomach infection, frequent stomach ache, loose motion and distension underwent every possible investigation. Finally, it was...
Cattle traders in the district are now busy fattening their cattle using harmful steroid in a bid to make quick buck during the Eid-ul-Azha, a festival when Muslims sacrifice millions...
Paraguay Agriculture Minister Luis Gneiting, his vice-minister and two others have died when an airplane carrying them to the capital Asuncion crashed into a wetland. National Emergency Secretariat head Joaquin...
Barely 20 months ago when Uber cars hit Dhaka’s streets, many had the expectation that the ridesharing service would bring about a cultural change in the city where auto-rickshaw drivers...
Water levels at 41 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 48 stations recorded fall. Among the 94 monitored stations, four river stations...
The economic growth of Taiwan is likely to slow in the second quarter (Q2) amid trade tensions between the United States and China, according to Reuters poll. The median forecast...
Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician comfortably ahead in Pakistan elections, but will need a coalition to form the government. His party bagged 110 seats, 27 short of majority mark 137 in 269 seats...
Nokia's operating profit declined sharply in the second quarter of 2018, announced the Finnish information technology company in its interim report released. Compared with the same period in 2017, Nokia's...
In the five years since Malians last chose a president, they’ve suffered violence from Islamist militants, Tuareg separatists, drug traffickers, ethnic vigilantes and Malian security forces. Yet when it comes...
Asian shares were mostly higher Friday as investors shrugged off Facebook's nearly $120 billion overnight plunge in market value, the biggest-ever one-day loss in dollar value for a US company....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there is no political reason behind imprisonment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. "She (Khaleda) is now in jail for embezzlement of orphans' money," Sheikh...
South Korea said on Friday it had scrambled military jets to intercept a Chinese military aircraft that entered the South's air defence territory, reports Reuters. The Chinese plane spent more...
European shares inched up in early trading on Friday and were set to end the week at six-week highs, helped by an easing of fears over US tariffs and good...
An Australian woman who dumped her partner's dismembered body next to a road and set it alight has been found guilty of murder. Lindy Williams, 60, was sentenced on Friday...
Petronet LNG Limited, the biggest liquefied natural gas importer of India, has submitted a firm proposal to set up an LNG import facility in Bangladesh at an investment of about...
Restriction has been imposed on carrying firearms including the licensed ones and traffic movement in Rajshahi for the forthcoming election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) scheduled to be held on...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said the perpetrators of heinous crimes against Rohingyas in the Rakhine State of Myanmar must be held accountable. He emphasised that the international community...
An Indian woman has been detained after a dead infant was found on board a domestic flight from Guwahati in north-east India to the capital Delhi. The cabin crew of...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Friday predicted that heavy to very heavy rainfall may occur at places over Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi and Barishal divisions in the next 24 hours ending...
The 91 Days Bangladesh Compounded Rate (BCR) has been declining for the last couple of days, according to the statistics available with Bangladesh Bank. “This is a reference rate which...
Harvesting of jute plants get momentum in all the six upazilas of Narsingdi district following adequate rainfall in the recent days. The farmers are now engaged in separating fibers from...
Samsung Display, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, on Friday said its recently developed unbreakable, bendable screen has passed safety testing in the United States, allowing the firm to...
Bangladesh has set a new record for opening letters of credit (LCs) for imports. In the first 11 months of fiscal 2017-18, $64.4 billion of LCs was opened, up 48.25...
Nepal government held its first digital Cabinet meeting by using laptop computers in the cabinet on Thursday, as part of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s commitment to go paperless. This...
Croatia will pay 4.2 million Euros, or 31million Kuna for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) membership this year, the government said. The government said this in response to a...
Outlying Japanese islands were pelted by intense rain on Friday as a powerful typhoon bore down, threatening the main islands with heavy rain at the weekend and putting areas already...
Spain's tax office has accepted a deal with Cristiano Ronaldo to plead guilty to tax fraud and pay a fine of close to €19 million (£16.9 million) in exchange for...
“Charlie’s Angels” are returning to the big screen next year for a third outing, this time with a female director and a multi-racial trio of women led by Kristen Stewart....
Brazil's population is expected to peak at 233.2 million in 2047, the local statistics agency has said. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Brazil's population, which...
Hospitals that switch from paper to electronic health records may eventually see lower death rates than they had before, but a US study also suggests that fatalities may first increase...
Facial recognition technology does not yet have "the diversity it needs” and has “inherent biases”, a top Google executive has warned. The remarks, from the firm’s director of cloud computing,...
A blood moon will appear in the night sky around much of the world on Friday night (today) as the moon moves into the shadow of the earth for the...
The government has set up a centre to test software quality, a move hailed as ‘another step forward by Digital Bangladesh’ initiative. Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy...
Profit growth for China’s industrial firms eased in June from the previous month, as factory production slowed amid rising trade frictions with the United States and Beijing’s ongoing efforts to...
Three suspected robbers, a 'drug trader' and an 'outlaw' were killed in separate gunfights with police and RAB in Cumilla, Sirajganj, Tangail and Rajbari districts on Friday. Of them, three...
Oil prices edged down on Friday after three days of gains, but were still supported by Saudi Arabia’s halt on transporting crude through a key shipping lane, falling US inventories...
There is no possibility to get the Road Transport Act (RTA) passed by parliament before the next national election, said sources. But it is necessary to pass and implement the...
A housewife was found dead at Jhapa village in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Airunnesa, 45, wife of Azibor Rahman of the village. Locals spotted...
Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique has met Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader with the general election months away. They held the meeting at the Secretariat for...
US President Donald Trump has accused Twitter of restricting the visibility of prominent Republicans, without providing evidence, and the avid user of the social media platform promised to investigate. Trump...
A suspected robber was killed in a firing by Ansar men of Abul Khair Steel Mill at Sonaichhari Shitalpur Chowdhurypara in Sitakunda upazila under Chattogram region early Thursday. The deceased...
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune took a more than $15 billion hit on Thursday, as the social media company suffered the biggest one-day wipeout in US stock market...
The IPO subscription of Silva Pharmaceuticals Limited will start on Sunday and end on August 05, according to a disclosure posted on the DSE website on Thursday. The Bangladesh Securities...
Five banks and British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited (BATBC) have reported increased earnings per share (EPS) for April-June quarter of this year compared to same period of the previous...
Police recovered the body of an official of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) from a hotel in Cox’s Bazar district town on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as...
The most common complaint the garment workers lodge through a helpline service is about non-payment of wages and compensation, according to the Alliance. The workers in the Alliance-listed garment factories...
North Korea transferred 55 cases carrying the remains of soldiers killed in the Korean War, the White House said on Thursday, a first step by Pyongyang to implement an agreement...
Asian stocks struggled to gain traction on Friday, following a mixed Wall Street finish and as the worsening Sino-US trade dispute kept investors in the region cautious, despite signs of...
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