Russian President Vladimir Putin has rounded on US critics of his first bilateral summit with President Donald Trump. Certain forces in the US wanted to sacrifice US-Russian ties for their...
Australia is overtaking the UK as the world's second biggest destination for international students, says research from University College London. Researchers at UCL's Centre for Global Higher Education say the...
Barishal Board has secured the top position among eight general educational boards with 70.55 percent pass rate in the HSC examinations this year. Some 62,173 students appeared in the examination...
Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her daughter and the hanging body of the woman's husband from their house in Haidorabad area of Gazipur on Thursday morning....
Police are believed to have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in Salisbury in March, according to reports. Several Russians were...
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are likely to be shifted from Adiala jail in Rawalpindi to the rest house of Sihala Police Training College...
A total of 400 educational institutions have achieved 100 per cent pass in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations this year. The number of institutions securing 100...
Summer 2018 has so far given us Love Island, a heatwave, and England doing better than anyone expected in the World Cup. The last thing anyone is thinking about is...
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is planning to procure Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) spending Tk 26 billion (Tk 2,600...
Young people who regularly use sunscreen reduce their risk of skin cancer by 40 per cent, according to a study by scientists from Australia's University of Sydney released on Thursday....
Bangladesh and Germany on Thursday signed a government-to-government agreement on e-passport following the government's decision to issue electronic passports alongside the machine readable passports (MRP) for the citizens of the...
BNP Thursday said it got permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police DMP) to hold a rally in the capital on Friday demanding the release its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail....
Stocks inched higher on Thursday after volatile trading as most of the investors were active both sides of trading fence amid ongoing earnings declaration. The market opened on positive note...
A four-day international rating chess tournament has been kicked off at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) campus in the city’s Bashundhara area. As part of celebrating its 25th anniversary,...
Near about 2000 poor patients received free treatment and necessary medicines at a ‘Free Medical Camp’ at Kangshi Alhaj Adam Ali Dakhil Madrasa Complex under Ujirpur thana of Barisal district...
Samsung has launched their wide range of mobile accessories in Bangladesh. The world’s leading smartphone manufacturer announced this in a statement on Thursday. Customers can now choose and buy from...
Ethiopia has appointed its first ambassador to Eritrea in two decades in the latest sign of rapprochement after a border war, the state-affiliated Fana news agency said on Thursday. An...
Alphabet’s Loon says it would deploy its system of balloons to beam high-speed Internet access with Telkom Kenya from next year to cover rural and suburban populations, marking its first...
Novo Nordisk, in association with ‘Comilla Club’ and ‘Bondhu Forum Comilla’, has organised a free medical camp and rally about health awareness, Diabetics & Glaucoma in Comilla city recently. Freedom...
A day labourer, who went missing on Tuesday, was found dead at a water body in sadar upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Ariful Sheikh, 35, son...
The dollar held firm against its peers on Thursday, supported by bullish comments from the US Federal Reserve chairman, which affirmed expectations for at least two more interest rate hikes...
The authority concerned could not start the much desired water supply and sanitation project at Jagonnathpur upazila headquarters in Sunamganj due to absence of site selection. Locals said the concerned...
Upmarket British fashion label Burberry destroyed more than £28 million in unwanted products this year to stop them falling into the 'grey market' and being bought by the 'wrong' people,...
The International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICC,B) has organised a workshop on ‘Changing Faces of International Trade Fraud : Current Risks, Prevention & Responses’ recently. The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce...
President Abdul Hamid has arrived back home on Thursday following his medical check-up in London. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG202) carrying the President landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International...
Nazmul Huda’s Trinamool BNP and eight other parties want to join the ruling coalition led by the Awami League to establish a secular Bangladesh. The leaders of the nine parties...
Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited (WHIL), a sister concern of the country’s electronics giant Walton Group, has been honoured with National Environment Award 2018.’ This year, the local company received the...
Large shipping losses have declined by 38 per cent globally over the past decade, Allianz has revealed in its annual Safety & Shipping Review. According to the Allianz Global Corporate...
Amazon.com, world's largest e-commerce company, said Wednesday its prime members worldwide purchased a record of more than 100 million products during the 36-hour Prime Day this year. The Prime Day...
Deer poaching and hunting in the Sundarbans under Satkhira range have increased at an alarming rate as poachers become desperate, bringing a new threat to this vegetarian animal. The biggest...
Two people were killed when a bus rammed a human-hauler at Deluabari Bus Stand in Manda upazila of Naogaon on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Taslim Uddin, 45, son...
The Metal (Pvt) Limited, one of the leading companies in mechanised agriculture and construction sector, has won the prize of Best Booth on Display at the 4th ‘Bangladesh Buildcon International...
Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office Niels Annen on Thursday held ‘political talks’ with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali at the State Guesthouse Padma in Dhaka city....
A rickshaw-van puller was found dead at Muradpur in Bagatipara upazila of Natore district on Thursday. Abdullah Al Mamun, officer-in-charge of Bagatipara Police Station, said locals spotted the body of...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire a minority stake in China’s Focus Media Information Technology Co Ltd to tap into the...
At least ten people were killed and nine others injured after a passenger bus skidded off a mountainous road and fell into a deep gorge in northern Indian state of...
Australian employment surged by the most this year in June as firms took on more full-time workers, yet the jobless rate held steady as more people entered the labour force...
Israel’s parliament has passed into law a controversial bill that defines the country as an exclusively Jewish state. The “Jewish nation state” bill downgrades Arabic as an official language and...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) during a drive arrested three members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with their organisation’s handbook from Ruerbhag in Natore Sadar upazila...
The board of directors of Marico Bangladesh Limited has declared 150 per cent interim cash dividend, said an official disclosure on Thursday. The board of directors has declared the interim...
The government has started the process of identifying environment-friendly goods under its negotiations with the World Trade Organisation (WTO), officials said. Under the initiative, the designated cell of the commerce...
Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s political party said it would appeal a $10 million fine from the National Electoral Institute (INE) for breaking campaign finance rules. INE voted 10-1...
The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) 2018 and its equivalent examinations were published on Thursday, showing the pass rate at 66.64 per cent, which is 2.27 per cent lower...
Malaysia has detained seven people for suspected militant-linked activities, including a man who allegedly made death threats against the country’s king and prime minister, police said on Thursday. The Muslim-majority...
Two people were killed in a reported gunfight with a joint team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on Marine Drive road in Cox’s Bazar’s Himchhari...
The Turkish government has ended the nationwide state of emergency that was imposed two years ago after a failed coup attempt, state media say. Under the state of emergency, tens...
The initial public offering (IPO) lottery draw of VFS Thread Dyeing Ltd will be held today (Thursday), officials said. The event will be held at the auditorium of the Institution...
Berger Fosroc Limited, a joint-venture company of Berger Paints Bangladesh and UK-based construction chemical manufacturer Fosroc International with equal stakes, is set to start commercial operation soon. The US$ 6.30...
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he holds Russian President Vladimir Putin personally responsible for Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. “Just like I consider myself to be...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has delisted Rahima Food Corporation and Modern Dyeing & Screen Printing as the companies were not in operation for long time. The board of directors...
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