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India is facing its worst-ever water crisis, with some 600 million people facing acute water shortage, a government think-tank says. The Niti Aayog report, which draws on data from 24...
MOSCOW: Moscow does not rule out a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump this summer, RIA news agency reported on Friday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry...
WASHINGTON : US President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to call North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday, following their summit in Singapore this week. “I’m going...
Afghanistan succumbed to top-ranked India by an innings and 262 runs inside two days of its maiden cricket Test on Friday, reports AP. India completed its first innings in the...
US President Donald Trump announced hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports on Friday as Beijing threatened to respond in kind, in a move that looks set to ignite...
Uruguay snatched a late winner as they began their World Cup campaign with a dramatic victory over Egypt, who left Mohamed Salah on the bench, reports BBC. Jose Gimenez headed...
ADEN : Forces from an alliance of Arab states fought their way to the outskirts of the airport in Yemen’s main port city on Friday, as the Eid holiday saw...
Former tennis champion Boris Becker is claiming diplomatic immunity against an attempt to sue him, reports BBC. The three-time Wimbledon winner claims his appointment as a diplomat by the Central...
Around 450 workers from multiple construction companies in Bahrain have been denied their wages for over four months, according to a report by www.migrant-rights.org/ All of the construction companies are...
Holy Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the country on Saturday as the Shawwal moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Friday. The eid, , the largest religious festival of Muslims,...
About 1.6 billion Muslims across the world marked the festival this year, report BBC. Eid al-Fitr is "the feast of the breaking of the fast" that begins when the moon...
Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in reported gunfights in Gosairhat Upazila of Shariatpur and Shorsha Upazila of Jeshore on Friday, reports UNB. In Shariatpur, the suspected drug dealer was...
BEIJING: China vowed on Friday to strike back quickly if the United States hurts its interests, hours before US President Donald Trump was due to unveil revisions to a tariff...
KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysian authorities investigating scandal-hit state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) are considering charging former prime minister Najib Razak with money laundering and misappropriation of property, a source...
The World Bank has approved $700 million to improve primary education in Bangladesh. The programme known as Quality Learning for All will benefit more than 18 million children studying in...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will exchange greetings with the people from all walks of life, including party leaders and workers, judges and foreign diplomats at her official residence Ganobhaban...
Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a US-Afghan air strike in Afghanistan, a senior Afghan Defence Ministry official said on Friday, a killing likely to ease tension...
Rice export prices rose this week in India on hopes for increased buying from China, while rates in Vietnam eased from a multi-year peak with the outlook for higher domestic supply. Rates for India's 5 percent broken parboiled variety rose by $5 to $398-$402...
Development of soft and hard infrastructure is needed to boost trade between Myanmar and its western neighbours – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal – which at the moment lags behind...
An Awami League (AL) leader was shot to death by unknown assailants in the city’s Uttar Badda area on Friday afternoon, reports UNB. AB Siddique, officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station,...
New Delhi: In a departure from the past, the Congress did not invite the Pakistan High Commissioner to an Iftar party hosted by Rahul Gandhi that was attended by envoys...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has greeted the country’s people and wished them ‘Eid Mubarak’ from jail on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB. “Our chairperson through those who met her...
On average, 1055 new motorcycles took to the road across the country daily in the first four months of the current calendar year. Statistics available with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Friday touted a three-day cease-fire with the Taliban in an address to the nation heralding the Islamic holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr, according to AP. The...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the army will be deployed in the next general election as per the constitution. “The Election Commission will request the government...
A symposium titled Inaugural Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Manila Symposium on “Enhanced AML and Financial Crime Tools and Techniques” will be held on June 18 in Manila....
Muslims across the country observed Jumatul Wida, the last Friday of Ramadan, with due religious fervour and reverence, reports UNB. Jumatul Wida has a special importance as it is a...
Merchandise export to Russia from Bangladesh increased by 6.23 per cent during July-May period of the current fiscal year. Statistics furnished by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) showed that the...
Banker turned actor Azam Khan has been acting in TV fictions, serials and tele-films for the last three years. This year’s Eid season was bonanza months for him as...
Two people died of ‘heatstroke’ while collecting Zakat clothes at the residence of Sirajganj Zila Parishad Chairman Abdul Latif Biswas in Belkuchi upazila on Friday. They could not be identified...
A 30-kilometre tailback was created on the Dhaka-Mawa highway of Munshiganj district on Friday due to heavy pressure of vehicles and construction work on the expressway, causing immense suffering to...
The government has finalised the draft policy for offering incentives for the permanently disabled fishermen and their families, the fisheries and livestock minister has said. Financial support will also be...
A college student who appeared in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination was killed and another injured when a bus ran them over on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Mandartala under...
Only 43 travellers from Bangladesh visited visa-free Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands in the India Ocean, in the first quarter of the current year. In the past year, the...
Shares of small Japanese shippers jumped this week after the historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sparked hopes of news business ties...
A suspected drug pedlar was killed in a reported gunfight with detective police at Bhadrachand under Gosairhat upazila in Shariatpur in the early hours of Friday. The deceased was identified...
Asian shares wobbled on Friday as investors braced for US tariffs against China, while the euro flirted with two-week lows after a cautious European Central Bank indicated it would not...
BRAC Bank Limited organised an extensive event on “Branch Operations Manager Development Programme” at its Head office in Dhaka. This two-week programme was designed with a view to scale up...
NRB Bank Limited inaugurated its 2nd Agent Outlet as pilot basis at Boroibari Bazar, Kaliakoir, Gazipur recently. Mr. Saaduddin Ahmed, Deputy Managing Director & CRO of the Bank formally inaugurated...
The 2018 FIFA World Cup is set to generate $6.1 billion in revenue, according to its financial documents reviewed by The New York Times. This year's major quadrennial football tournament...
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur launched two journals-Public Administration Journal and Political Science Journal-recently. Vice Chancellor of the university Prof Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah unveiled the journals in a programme held at...
A conference of the Central Leaders and Assistant Central Leaders of Rural Development Scheme of Kushtia Branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held recently at a local auditorium of...
The International Monetary Fund warned on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s new import tariffs threaten to undermine the global trading system, prompt retaliation by other countries and damage the...
The Annual General Meeting of Janata Bank Local Office was held at Head Office, Dhaka recently. Md Abdus Salam Azad, CEO & MD of the bank attended as the chief...
The inter-bank call money rate remained almost stable on Thursday, bankers said. The last working day before the Eid vacation saw a substantial rush for the withdrawal of cash from...
The sales of fragrant attar, prayer caps (topi) and surma (kohl) have marked a sharp rise in Dhaka city ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. According to traders, customers are concluding their Eid...
Prices of fish, meat and aromatic rice have increased ahead of Eid-ul Fitr, adding to the woes of the consumers. Chicken, hilsa, rui, katla, garlic, ginger and some vegetables have...
Torrential rain and strong winds hit Rohingya refugee camps and makeshift settlements in the past week threatening the health and safety of thousands of children as the first major storm...
The holy Eid-ul Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be observed across the country tomorrow, if the Shawal moon is sighted today. A meeting of the National...
Egypt forward Mohamed Salah is "almost 100%" certain to play in Friday's World Cup opener against Uruguay in Yekaterinburg, says boss Hector Cuper. Salah, 25, has not played since injuring...
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