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Bangladesh and Indonesia is in discussion to sign a preferential trade agreement to reduce the trade gap in favour of Bangladesh. Indonesian Ambassador to Bangladesh Rina P Soemarno informed this...
The United Kingdom (UK) wants to invest in a big way in Bangladesh to help achieve its middle-income country status saying the next generation of British Bangladeshis can make the...
Former teacher of Chittagong University and Jagannath University Mir Mosharraf Hossain, who died of liver cirrhosis at an Indian hospital, was buried at his village home in Bhola on Monday...
US President Donald Trump issued an all-caps threat to Iran after the country's president said earlier in the day that pursuing hostilities against his country could lead to "the mother...
The Dhaka bourse on Monday closed marginally higher riding on banking sector. The broad index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) displayed volatility throughout the whole session. At the end...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has urged the Japanese government to withdraw the alert imposed on its citizens travelling to Bangladesh. “No logical ground is prevailing now, so Bangladesh would be...
A student of North South University (NSU), who went missing since Saturday night, was found dead at a canal at Bhaterchar under Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj on Monday. The deceased...
Ten students of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) of Dhaka University (DU) on Monday received 'Professor Sitara Parvin Award' for their excellent performances in BSS (honours) examinations...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has formed a committee to probe the allegations of coal-related corruption at the power plant in Barapukuria of Dinajpur. ACC Deputy Director Shamsul Alam will lead...
The three-day annual conference of the deputy commissioners (DCs) will begin on Tuesday (July 24) in the capital. The main programme of the DC conference will be held at Shapla...
A Satkhira court on Monday sentenced a man to death and two others to life term imprisonment for killing a college student in 2014. The condemned convict is Dr Saifullah...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government official should abolish so called 'red tape' culture for the welfare of the grassroots people. "Though ‘red tape’ is not used nowadays,...
A new drug to treat malaria has been given the green light by authorities in the United States. The medicine is specifically for the recurring form of malaria, which makes...
An American Airlines flight carrying International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde made an emergency landing in Argentina shortly after taking off from Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport on Sunday, several...
A fire at a residential building early Monday killed five people in northern India, police said. The fire broke out from an apartment building early in the morning in Mandi...
Two people were killed and as many injured as a pick-up van and a covered van collided head-on on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Boishamura under Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria on Monday...
A roundtable on "Energy Sustainability: Role of Banks and Financial Institutions" held Sunday put thrust on diversifying the energy basket by minimising dependence on fossil fuels and increasing alternative green...
Paddy farmers in Sylhet region are in great trouble due to low market price of their hard-earn produce in the open market. Boro production was good in the region but...
The securities regulator has asked Zaheen Spinning, a listed company, to submit revised proposal of issuing rights shares. At the same time, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has...
Bangladeshi student Auddithio Nag has won bronze medal in the 29th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) held in Iran. The award was announced and distributed on Sunday, UNB reported citing a...
Gunmen entered the governorate building in Erbil, the seat of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq on Monday, and fired from windows at security forces, a deputy governor...
An intense heat wave in Japan pushed temperatures to 41.1 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday in a city northwest of Tokyo, marking a record high for the country,...
Police have filed a charge sheet against eight of 21 suspects believed to be involved in the 2016 militant attack on Gulshan’s Holey Artisan Bakery, which led to the deaths...
A fire broke out at the Detective Branch (DB) office of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) headquarters in Laldighi Par area in the city on Monday morning. Sarwar Jahan, operator of...
The High Court (HC) has directed a Comilla Special Judge Court-1 to dispose of the bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in an arson case filed under the...
Customs intelligence officials seized 870 cartons of illegally imported cigarettes from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday morning. Acting on a tipoff, a team of customs intelligence officials conducted a...
Country's leading private power producer Summit Power Limited (SPL) has secured the Integrated Management System (IMS) certifications for its Barisal and Narayanganj Unit II plants from Bureau Veritas. Sohel Azad,...
The winners of the first ever football World Cup team management game in Bangladesh ‘IDLC Kickstart Fantasy Football challenge’ were awarded at a ceremony recently held at IDLC’s office Head...
Nicole Maines, a transgender activist who won a discrimination lawsuit after her school refused to let her use the girls’ bathroom will be TV’s first transgender superhero. She will star...
China on Monday launched an anti-dumping probe into stainless steel imports worth $1.3 billion, including from a privately owned Chinese mill with operations offshore, after complaints that a flood of...
The authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science & Technology University (BSMRSTU) have decided to open three new departments and an institute in its 2018-19 academic session. The departments are...
The Dhaka bourse started Monday’s session with a positive note and maintained the trend for one hour of the session. The market opened positively and DSEX — the broad index...
Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil announced his retirement from international football with immediate effect on Sunday, hitting out at what he perceived to be unfair discrimination surrounding his meeting with Turkish...
KUALA LUMPUR - Media OutReach - 23rd July- Colony, a lavish coworking space and serviced office located in the heart of KL, has unveiled a prototype for its future luxury...
Academic activities at Fatehpur Government Primary School under Keshabpur upazila in Jashore are being hampered seriously after its tin-made roof has been damaged by a nor'wester recently. Now a total...
Somalia’s al Shabaab group said on Monday its fighters had attacked a military base in the south of the country, killing 27 soldiers. “We first attacked the base with a...
The share price of five listed companies rose abnormally despite having no undisclosed price sensitive information (PSI) regarding the price hike of the shares. Following the unusual price hikes of...
NRB Bank Limited, a leading 4th generation bank of the country started formal operations of Bondhu Agent Banking at Balinga Bazar, Biyanibazar, Sylhet on Sunday in an effort...
Fourteen people, including a young girl, were shot near downtown Toronto, police in Canada’s biggest city said on Sunday, with one person killed and the gunman also dead. The young...
US President Donald Trump will showcase American-made products ranging from beef jerky and cowboy boots to the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet on Monday, as his administration wages trade...
BRAC Bank Limited in association with Telenor Health organized a healthcare program for the valued customers of the bank’s women banking proposition, TARA. The country’s renowned physicians --...
US President Donald Trump warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani not to threaten the United States again, after Rouhani cautioned Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran. “Never, ever threaten the...
European finance leaders called for progress on global rules to tax the digital economy at a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Argentina on Sunday, putting them...
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has finally taken steps to realise outstanding cargo-handling charges from non-scheduled freighters, officials said. A two-member committee has already been formed to realise the charges for...
Errant drivers of CNG-run autos are going to lose their driving licences for overcharging passengers with a cynical disregard for using meters. The government will go heavy-handed with the wayward...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday approved charge sheet in a case over the incident of embezzling Tk 108 million from Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB). The case had been filed...
Private sector credit growth exceeded the target, set by the central bank earlier, in June despite a declining trend in recent months, officials said. The growth in credit flow to...
The government has no plan to import salt ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, as the country now has a stock of around 0.4 million tonnes of the essential item, officials said. The...
Asian shares dipped on Monday on fears of more protectionist measures from the United States while the dollar declined against major currencies after US President Donald Trump criticised the Federal...
A record partnership by Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan has fired Bangladesh to a convincing 48-run victory over West Indies in the first ODI. The hard-hitters bagged another record...
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