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Italy's right-wing populist Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, on Tuesday, has prompted a new outcry by saying he wants a census of the Roma community that would lead to non-Italians being...
The chief minister of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has resigned on Tuesday after the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) quit a coalition with...
The government has postponed a programme to celebrate the successful launch of Bangabandhu-1, country's first commercial satellite. The decision was taken on Tuesday considering the worsening flood situation and inclement...
Mauritius, a popular destination in the Indian Ocean, is yet to be attractive to Bangladeshi visitors. In the past year, only 1,157 Bangladeshi tourists visited the panoramic island, while 1.34...
Flash floods in South Asia have killed dozens of people and displaced more than a million, most in northeast India and Bangladesh. The Brahmaputra river, which flows from the Himalayas...
The green field investment across the world declined significantly in the past year, according to World Investment Report (WIR) 2018. It showed that the value of announced greenfield projects dropped...
Food Minister Quamrul Islam has said food stock capacity of the country has now stood at 21,18822 metric tonnes (MT). “The country’s total food storage capacity now stands at 21,18,822...
Law enforcers detained at least 64 people in Sherpur and Chapainawabganj districts during anti-drug drives from Monday night to Tuesday morning. In Sherpur, 40 people were arrested along with 37...
A court in Cox's Bazar has sent a former Officer-in-charge of Kutubdia Police Station, Altaf Hossain, to jail in a bribe case. Cox's Bazar District and Session Judges Court Judge...
At least 128 passengers were missing after a ferry sank in Indonesia’s Lake Toba on Monday evening, a search and rescue official said on Tuesday. “Many people have reported their...
The United Nations Refugee Agency has said 68.5 million people were displaced as of the end of 2017. Among them were 16.2 million people who became displaced during 2017 itself,...
A motorcyclist was killed in a road mishap at Ponditgram area of Sadar upazila in Natore on Tuesday noon. The deceased was identified as Abdur Razzak, 27, son of Abul...
Leaders and activists of BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Thursday demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. The programme is also meant for mounting...
Women outnumbered men among the staff of the Secretariat of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in the last year. There were 333 women and 292 men staff at the WTO...
A Kenyan high court judge ordered on Tuesday the release on bail of 43 suspects in a $100 million graft case related to money lost at the government-run National Youth...
Stocks finished flat in the green on Tuesday with the turnover on the major bourse hitting 10 weeks high. Following the previous day’s marginal correction, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)...
A septuagenarian man was killed allegedly by his son-in-law over family feud at Laxmikhola village in Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Kashem Ali,...
An airplane belonging to a private company crashed in Antananarivo on Monday killing all five people on board, the Civil Aviation of Madagascar said in a statement, without disclosing the...
Secondary trading of treasury bills and treasury bonds increased slightly in May after it had declined sharply in the immediate past month. The turnover stood at Tk 7.13 billion in...
At least six children were killed and one was rescued Tuesday after a car carrying them plunged into a roadside pond in India's eastern state of Bihar, officials said. The...
Collection of nomination papers for contesting in the forthcoming election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is ongoing. Till Monday afternoon, 90 candidates collected nomination papers from the office of district...
The latest move by Bangladesh to encourage local pharmaceutical manufacturing may hurt Indian exports in near future, according to a report published by Livemint on Tuesday. Titled as ‘Bangladesh’s bulk...
Mars will look bigger and brighter in the coming weeks than it has appeared in the last 15 years, according to NASA. On July 31, Mars will travel to the...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives arrested three suspected members of banned Islamic outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from different parts of Chapainawabganj Sadar and Shibganj upazilas on...
The world's oldest known Sumatran orangutan has died in an Australian zoo aged 62, leaving behind 54 descendants. Puan, described as the "grand old lady" of Perth Zoo, was euthanised...
US rapper XXXTentacion, who quickly rose to fame with two consecutive hit albums, has been killed aged 20. He was leaving a motorcycle dealership in south Florida on Monday when...
Dhaka and Chittagong bourses witnessed volatile trading in early hour of trading Tuesday as investors are active on both sides of the trading fence. The presence of the investors is...
A motorcycle rider and a pillion passenger were killed when the motorbike plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Rokanpur in Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj on Tuesday. The...
Outbreaks of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) killed 23 people in Saudi Arabia between Jan 21 and May 31 this year, the World Health Organization said on Monday....
On June 24, when Saudi women are allowed to drive for the first time, Amira Abdulgader wants to be sitting at the wheel, the one in control, giving a ride...
China has granted over $100 million in military aid to Cambodia, Cambodia’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, highlighting the strong ties between Beijing and a government that critics accuse of...
Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain has urged Finance Minister AMA Muhith to lower taxes on liquor to attract more foreign tourists. He made the call in parliament on...
Turkish air strikes killed 26 militants and destroyed their gun positions, shelters and ammunition stores in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq this week, Turkey’s armed forces said on Tuesday. Reuters...
The water levels of the Monu and Dhalai rivers have subsided a little, but the flooding in Moulvibazar district has worsened after a portion of a dam to protect the...
North Korea's Kim Jong-un is making a two-day visit to China, a week after meeting US President Donald Trump. It is expected he will discuss sanctions and the commitment he...
Two Bangladeshis were burnt to death as a fire broke out at a fume factory in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. They have been identified as Kamrul...
Harry Kane’s stoppage-time winner ensured England started their World Cup campaign with victory after Tunisia threatened to snatch a point in Volgograd. Kane scored his second goal of the game...
A sell-off in Chinese stocks drove Asian equities to a four-month low on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on Chinese goods in an escalating tit-for-tat trade...
A young man was found dead at Gacha in Gazipur city on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Abdul Wahab, 26, son of Asad Ali of the area. Motaleb...
Three children of a family drowned in a pond at Chakboitha village in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Monday. The deceased were identified as Fahim, 8, son of Abu...
Five shops were gutted in a fire which broke out at a market in Brahmanbaria municipality area on Monday night. Fire service sources said the fire originated from electric short...
A Rohingya leader was hacked to death in front of the distribution centre at Balukhali camp by so-called "opponent group" on Monday night. Deceased Md Arifullah, 36, passed BA honours...
The length of relationship between buyers and suppliers has little impact on the nature of buying practices, according to a latest report. Besides, the majority of suppliers -- 60 per...
Around 37 per cent of software installed on personal computers across the world is still unlicensed, according to a new survey. The BSA Global Software Survey, which came out earlier...
The country received nearly US$ 900 million in remittances in the first half of the current month as overseas Bangladeshis sent higher volume of money back home ahead of the...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to lend US$50 million to help Bangladesh promote microenterprises led by women, finance ministry officials said. The fund will be channelled through Palli...
The public subscription of VFS Thread Dyeing Limited will open on June 24 and continue till July 02, officials said. The company will raise a fund worth Tk 220 million...
The customs authority is set to introduce a rule to maintain the record of the inbound and outbound overseas passengers. With the new rules, the government will be able to...
US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to impose a 10 per cent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, prompting a swift warning from Beijing of retaliation, as the...
The proposed 'Overseas Equity Investment Guidelines 2018' are set to be ready for receiving approval from the government shortly, officials said. When contacted, senior secretary of Financial Institutions Division Md...
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