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The rural credit market in has seen a sea-change with the passage of time. This relates to both quality and quantity of services provided. The incremental presence of the formal...
If crisis of natural gas has been endemic in Chattogram, it has become worse of late. One explanation offered by officials at the Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited is that...
A ward councillor candidate in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls was hacked on Monday by miscreants in the Tin-shed area of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) on Monday evening....
The much-awaited Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) will go to its second polls on Tuesday to elect its new mayor and councillors with a big challenge for the two major parties...
A meeting between adult film actress Stormy Daniels and federal prosecutors in New York investigating US President Donald Trump’s long time personal attorney Michael Cohen scheduled for Monday has been...
FARIDPUR, June 25 (UNB): With the arrival of monsoon residents of three upazilas in the district have become busy producing and selling bamboo-made fishing gear, locally called 'Dowari'. Fishing gear...
The Election Commission (EC) on Monday asked the Gazipur SP to refrain from arresting BNP leaders and activists without warrants issued by the respective court ahead of the election there...
Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon came down heavily on Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Monday over some irregularities in the banking sector. Menon criticised Muhith for giving...
The High Court has asked the authorities concerned take effective measures to stop harassing the supporters and agents of the BNP mayoral candidate during Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls. An...
A tribunal in Dhaka has sent a convict, who was sentenced to life term imprisonment in the sensational Biswajit Das murder case, to jail. Earlier, the convict, former Bangladesh Chhatra...
The country which once had very few channels now having more than 30 channels and numbers of other media are also increasing as day progresses. There has been significant increase...
A high-up official of the Election Commission (EC) said all necessary preparations have been completed to hold the elections to Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) on Tuesday (tomorrow) in a peaceful...
Lieutenant General Aziz Ahmed on Monday took over as the Chief of Bangladesh Army for three years. He formally took over the charge from outgoing Army Chief General Abu Belal...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) will accord reception to the newly appointed three national professors. The three professors are: Emeritus Professor Dr. Rafiqul Islam, Emeritus Professor Dr. Anisuzzaman and Professor...
Visiting UN Under-Secretary-General (SG) for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Sunday lauded Bangladesh’s steadfast engagement in global peacekeeping. “This is an opportunity to thank Bangladesh for its extremely strong support...
At least 86 people have been killed in attacks in central Nigeria, police said, an incident that has the potential to exacerbate ethnic tensions in an increasingly volatile region. The...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon formally inaugurated a programme to identify and destroy breeding grounds of Aedese mosquito in all the 57 wards under the DSCC on...
A Sherpur court on Monday sentenced six members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to different jail terms in a case filed under Anti-Terrorism Act. Senior District and Sessions...
President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election as the President of Turkey. In a message sent to the Turkish President,...
The National Sports Council Bill, 2018 was placed in Parliament on Monday with a view to making the existing law more time-befitting. State Minister for Youth and Sports (Independent Charge)...
The 24th death anniversary of Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam, who spearheaded the movement for trial of the war criminals, will be observed in the country on Tuesday. Jahanara Imam, the...
Mentioning that Bangladesh has made an amazing economic progress in recent years, Philippines Ambassador to Bangladesh Vicente Vivencio T Bandillo on Monday said his country is keen to boost bilateral...
Teachers and employees of non-MPO educational institutions on Monday went on hunger strike for an indefinite period demanding enlistment of their institutions under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme. Under...
Four people have died and eight others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Shyamnagar and Sadar upazilas of Satkhira on Monday. Syed Abdul Mannan, officer-in-charge of Shyamnagar Police...
A bill titled, 'The Dowry Prohibition Bill, 2018', was placed in Parliament on Monday incorporating a new provision of punishment for filing any false case. State Minister for Women and...
Incessant rainfall, triggered by monsoon, swamped many parts of the capital on Monday, causing immense sufferings to commuters. Most roads, lanes and bylanes in different parts of the capital went...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the concerned authorities to ensure proper execution of the provision of five-hour driving time of the transport drivers on highways. She also asked for...
The body of a launch staff, who went missing on Saturday, was recovered from the Meghna river near Chandpur launch ghat on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Selim...
Country’s both bourses slipped back into the red on Monday, breaking a four-day gaining streak, as risk-averse investors sold shares to pocket profits. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka...
AM Zia Uddin Mahmood, former chief engineer of Bangladesh Railway (BR), has passed away at the age of 80. He had been living with stomach and lung cancer for some...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Monday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over Rangpur, Barishal, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions in the next 24 hours commencing 12:00 pm today. The BMD...
Germany’s economic boom times are over and Europe’s largest economy is on the way to a more normal growth path, Ifo economist Klaus Wohlrabe told Reuters on Monday after its...
At least six Islamic State (IS) militants were killed after NATO and US-led coalition forces launched airstrikes on IS hideouts in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar Sunday night, authorities said...
US President Donald Trump has said that people who enter the country illegally should be sent back immediately to where they came from without any judicial process, likening them to...
Police busted a fake medicine factory and arrested two people at Durgapur village in Sadar upazila of Gaibandha district on Sunday night. A team of police raided the factory at...
Oil prices fell on Monday as traders factored in an expected 1.0 million barrels per day (bpd) output increase in the wake of an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries...
Most South Korean manufacturers saw a negative impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), fourth major industrial era since the initial Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, on employment. Six...
Indian shares inched lower on Monday, tracking weak Asian peers, as growing trade tensions between the United States and major economies of the world continued to dampen investors sentiment. A...
Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Monday, amid the growing trade tensions between the United States and major economies of the world. The markets surged with the Philippines bouncing...
A delegation of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) led by its President, Mohammad Sanaullah FCS called on Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, Secretary, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance at...
DHL eCommerce has opened a new distribution centre in Melbourne aiming at supporting the strong growth of e-commerce exports out of Australia. China, US, UK, Germany, New Zealand and Southeast...
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) has inaugurated its Anderkilla Branch recently at Anderkilla, Kotwali, Chattogram. Mr. A J M Nasir Uddin,Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation inaugurated the Branch as the...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has organised its 35th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Kurmitola Golf Club in the capital. The board of directors in the AGM approved 10 per cent...
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook the southwestern area of the Peloponnese in Greece in the early hours of Monday. Its epicentre was offshore, 26 km (16 miles) west of the...
The motor vehicle division of Energypac, one of the leading companies in the power and energy sector of Bangladesh, has delivered four units of luxury Ankai Buses to Jatayat Private...
Twenty-eight police officers in the western Mexican state of Michoacan have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a candidate for mayor in the municipality of Ocampo,...
Marin Cilic saved a match point before beating Novak Djokovic to win his second title at Queen's Club. The 29-year-old Croat on Sunday fought back to win the Fever-Tree Championships...
A suspected drug trader has been killed and another injured in an alleged gunfight with police at Chowka in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj early Monday. The deceased was identified as...
The 36th Annual General Meeting of AB Bank was held on Sunday at International Convention City Bashundhara. The Board of Directors proposed “No Dividends” for the year 2017 which was approved...
Speakers on Sunday urged the government to increase budgetary allocation for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector to achieve the SDG 6 goal, said a statement. The Sustainable Development...
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