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At least four people were killed and 23 others injured in two separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Naogaon districts on Friday morning. In Sirajganj, two people were killed and...
The Philippines is planning to take President Rodrigo Duterte’s ferocious drugs war to schools with the inspection of bags and lockers, as well as random testing for teachers, to curb...
Taliban militants killed at least 16 Afghan police and two civilians in western Badghis province after their three-day ceasefire for the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday ended at the weekend, officials said on...
More than 11,000 students took admission in various colleges of Delhi University, almost six times higher than the previous year, official said. After the first cut-off list released, about 11,000...
Armed with interactive online courses, generous funding and new dedicated research institutes, China’s universities are on the frontlines of an effort to promote the thinking of President Xi Jinping to...
European shares rose slightly on Friday morning but the markets are set for worst week in three months as the realities of rising global protectionism sank in, particularly for the...
Asian shares slipped on Friday following Wall Street losses overnight as investors were still wary over trade disputes between China and the US as well as between the US and...
The fourth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is likely to be held in Kathmandu on August 30-31. All the seven member...
Electric car maker Tesla's move last week to cut 9 per cent of its workforce will sharply downsize the residential solar business it bought two years ago in a controversial...
Two people were killed and 23 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Bogra highway in Bhuiyanganti Bazar area in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj on Friday...
The core consumer prices in Japan gained 0.7 per cent in May from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. According to the data from the ministry of internal...
An Indonesian court on Friday sentenced to death a cleric linked to Islamic State, for masterminding from his jail cell a string of deadly militant attacks across the world’s largest...
The European Union (EU) has introduced retaliatory tariffs on US goods as a top official launched a fresh attack on President Donald Trump's trade policy. The duties on €2.8 billion...
Demi Lovato has released a surprise single called Sober where she appears to suggest she's broken her sobriety. In the chorus she says: "Mommy, I'm so sorry I'm not sober...
The government has extended the deadline for completing the remediation work in garment factories, inspected under national initiative, up to December 2018. State minister for labour Mujibul Haque Chunnu came...
The demographic trend is no secret: the populations of the United States and other major industrial countries are getting older, and fast. That means workforces are aging too, but employers...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) urged the government to withdraw value added tax (VAT) from the IT-based service sector. The call came at a meeting...
Two people were killed when a truck hit a van at Godown Para in Sapahar upazila headquarters of Naogaon region on Friday. The deceased were identified as Abdus Salam, 24,...
Israel’s UroGen Pharma plans to begin a mid-stage trial of its treatment for bladder cancer patients in August, after positive interim results last month from an advanced trial of a...
Two suspected drug traders were killed in reported gunfights with police in Tarakanda and Trishal upazilas of Mymensingh early Friday. In Tarakanda, Ali Hossain, 38, son of Shahed Ali of...
OPEC scrambled on Thursday to agree on raising oil output, with Saudi Arabia warning of shortages but Iran holding out against a deal amid the prospect of lower exports due...
Brazil said that they will train coaches along with school students of Bangladesh to help the country improve its football. State Minister for Sports Biren Sikder revealed the development after...
The central bank has asked the non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to fix the interest rates on deposits at reasonable level for ensuring stability in the country's financial sector. The advice...
The securities regulator has formed an one-member enquiry committee to probe into the 'unusual' and 'suspicious' transactions conducted by Commerce Bank Securities and Investment Limited. The committee has been asked...
Euro zone finance ministers on Friday extended maturities and deferred interest of a major part of their loans to Greece along with a big cash injection to ensure Athens can...
The 32nd annual general meeting (AGM) of Delta Life Insurance Company Limited on Thursday approved 25 per cent cash dividend for each share of Tk 10 each for the year...
The subscription to rights shares of Zaheen Spinning Limited will open on July 29 and will continue till August 26. The company will raise a capital worth Tk 985.52 million...
Police have found a man, his son and daughter dead in Narsingdi's Raipura upazila. The bodies of Kajol Mollah, 32, and his eight-year-old daughter Kakoli and five-year-old son Swan were...
A school teacher was found dead at his Syedpur Sarkarpara house in Thakurgaon sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Ismail Hossain, an assistant teacher of Gedapara...
A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was held reportedly with 54 pieces of Yaba tablets from Binodpur Bazar in Mohammadpur upazila under Magura district on Thursday. The arrestee was...
A mobile court in Rajshahi on Thursday sentenced 23 people to six months' jail for drug abuse. Mahbubul Alam, director of RAB-5, said the elite force in a drive arrested...
Oil prices rose by more than 1.0 per cent in early Asian trading on Friday, pushed up by uncertainty over whether OPEC would manage to agree a production increase at...
Malaysia has named Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, a former central bank deputy, as the new governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, a spokesman for the prime minister said on Friday, following...
The kitchen markets in the capital saw another round of price hike this week, with fish, potato and other vegetables getting dearer. After Eid holidays, the markets are yet to...
Asian shares slid to their lowest in six months on Friday, on signs US trade battles with China and many other countries are starting to chip away at corporate profits,...
Argentina are facing the prospect of an early World Cup exit after a dreadful error from goalkeeper Willy Caballero set Croatia on their way to victory and a place in...
E-commerce business has been expanding fast in the country over the years riding on the ever-increasing internet facility, sector insiders said. The size of e-commerce market crossed the Tk 17.0...
The central bank has planned to issue prudential guidelines for implementing the proposed cut in the banks' lending and deposit rates. To discuss the matter, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) will...
Kylian Mbappe became France’s youngest scorer at a World Cup when he earned Les Bleus a 1-0 win against Peru in their second Group C game, sending the South Americans...
Green economy has emerged as a strategic priority for many governments. It is an alternative to today's dominant economic model, which exacerbates inequalities, encourages waste, triggers resource scarcities, and generates...
Much was learned from the May 2018 China-US trade relationship. Beginning with a spat, it experienced a brief ceasefire, before returning to the embedded antagonisms. To wit, the United States...
Date-expired and substandard foreign medicines are reportedly entering the country's local markets through informal channels due to lax monitoring and supervision. Although authorised agencies are allowed by the Directorate General...
Two cities -one, the capital of Bangladesh and the other, the capital of West Bengal, India -have similarities in many ways. Dissimilarities between the two are striking too. Where the...
It was not long ago when banks had brought down interest rates on both lending and deposits. None coerced the banks to go for it. They did it at the...
BERN, June 21 (Reuters): The Swiss National Bank maintained its expansionary monetary policy on Thursday, citing a "fragile" exchange rate situation.The exchange rate situation made it essential for the Swiss...
There is nothing that can better define the power of football and make a football fan dance in an ecstasy of joy when seeing the ball hit the back of...
This year's Eid festivities have visited Bangladesh with a difference. Perhaps it is the first time a great world festivity has coincided with the jubilations of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the...
Banks will not get corporate tax benefits in the proposed budget if they do not lower interest rates on loans for businesses, said the chief of tax administrator. “Banks are...
At least 10 people were killed and 50 others injured in separate road accidents in Khulna, Bhola, Kishoreganj and Khagrachhari districts on Thursday. In Khulna, five people were killed and...
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry on Thursday recommended submitting a report on the draft of Blue Economy Authority Act within a month. The committee came...
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