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A suicide bomber killed 13 people and wounded more 25 during rush hour on Monday at the entrance to Afghanistan’s rural rehabilitation and development ministry in Kabul as workers were...
The National Housing Authority (NHA) is building 2,600 flats for the poor and mid-income people at Mirpur in the capital. The flats are being constructed under two projects – Swapnonagar-1...
Watford reached an agreement to sign Gerard Deulofeu on a permanent basis from Barcelona , both clubs confirmed on Monday afternoon. The Spanish forward joins the Hornets for a fee...
Department of Shipping on Monday issued a set of directives to ensure security for lives and properties of home-goers of river routes during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr and rainy season. The...
The government has taken a big move to issue about 30 million higher technology-based e-passports for the citizens of the country aiming to make Bangladeshi passports more safe and secured....
Muslims across the country are set to observe the holy Shab-e-Qadr or Lailatul Qadr, Tuesday night when the first verses of the holy Quran were revealed to Prophet Hazrat Muhammad...
Three people, including a minor girl, died from electrocution in different parts of port city Chattogram on Sunday night. Zahurul Islam, sub-inspector of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) police camp,...
The public hearing on the proposals for raising gas prices started at the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) in Dhaka on Monday. On the first day of the hearing held...
US President Donald Trump said on Monday his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore could “work out very nicely”. According to Reuters, Trump mentioned that...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return home on Tuesday night wrapping up her four-day official visit to Canada to attend the outreach session of G7 Summit. The prime minister joined...
The World Day Against Child Labour will be observed on Tuesday across the country and elsewhere the world. Each year on 12 June, the World Day brings together governments, employers...
New educational institutions will be included in the list of Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme though the issue was not mentioned in the new budget. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid...
Law enforcement agencies, including narcotics department, filed 1,06,536 cases against 1,32,883 drug peddlers on charge of drug abuse in 2017. “Police, RAB, BGB, Coast Guard and all law enforcement agencies...
The Jatiya Sangsad Speaker on Monday congratulated Bangladesh women cricket team for achieving a historical victory over India by three wickets in the Asia Cup T-20 cricket final in Kuala...
Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisting local cautionary signal number three. All fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay have been...
The parliament has passed the supplementary budget of Tk 153.398 billion for the fiscal 2017-18 to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries and divisions. Finance Minister AMA Muhith placed...
A tribunal on Monday sentenced four people to death for killing a minor girl after rape in 2003. The convicts are Sujon, Alamin, Abul Kalam and Shahdat. All of them...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for medical tests on Tuesday if she agrees, the inspector general of prisons has said. “The code...
European shares jumped on Monday after Italy’s new economy minister promised to keep the country in the euro. Euro zone banks rose 1.5 per cent, helping the pan-European STOXX 600...
Agrani Insurance Company Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Zantrik Limited at its corporate office in the capital recently. Md Anwar Hossain, chief executive officer (CEO) of...
A two-day e-commerce exposition has been being held at BRAC University in Dhaka city since Sunday, aiming to help promote the sector among young entrepreneurs. Organised by BIZ BEE, the...
Britain’s Rolls-Royce said a costly compressor problem that had grounded Boeing planes had now been found in a different type of engine, compounding pressures on a group that is due...
Four people were killed when a small plane lost altitude, slammed into trees and caught fire in a field just north of an airport in southern Wisconsin in the United...
Dhaka stocks ended almost flat on Monday, after two days of negative trading in the past two straight sessions on pre-Eid sale pressure. Market insiders said the market closed almost...
Grameenphone, Telenor Group and UNICEF recently joined hands to create opportunities for a meaningful and safer digital participation in Bangladesh. Under this agreement, Grameenphone, Telenor Group and UNICEF will launch...
The United States Embassy in Dhaka including its consular section and the American Center will remain closed on Wednesday (June 13) and Sunday (June 17) in observance of Shab-e-Qadr and...
The 8th Annual General Meeting of NCCB Securities and Financial Services Ltd was held at its Head Office recently. Md. Amirul Islam FCA, FCS, Chairman of NCCB Securities and Financial...
Trust Bank Limited (TBL) has signed an agreement with Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College (SRCC) recently for collection of student’s tuition fees through ‘t-cash’ and providing all other financial services....
France’s farm minister said on Monday that a decision by farmers to launch a blockade of oil refineries and fuel depots to protest a government decision to allow Total to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that a comfortable environment has been arranged for Khaleda Zia in jail. "A comfortable environment has been arranged for her in jail,” the prime...
An Afghan official says a roadside bomb struck a microbus in the eastern Ghazni province, killing six people. Arif Noori, a spokesman for the provincial governor, says women and children...
A Dhaka court on Monday has granted bail to singer Asif Akbar in a case filed by lyricist and composer Shafiq Tuhin on charges of music piracy and threatening him...
A collision between a pick-up van and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Naogaon-Rajshahi highway in Chairman intersection area in Manda upazila, left a man and his granddaughter dead on Monday morning....
Gabriel Jesus, Neymar, and Philippe Coutinho scored as Brazil swept aside Austria 3-0 in their final World Cup warm-up game in Vienna on Sunday. Manchester City striker Jesus calmly curled...
A mild earthquake jolted different parts of Sylhet on Monday morning. The 4.9 magnitude earthquake was felt around 10:53am, reports UNB. The epicentre of the earthquake was Gowhati in Assam,...
Japan's core private-sector machinery orders increased 10.1 per cent in April from a month earlier, the government said in a report on Monday. According to the Cabinet Office, the orders,...
A man has been killed in an alleged shootout with the Detective Branch of Police in Dhaka’s Bhatara cattle market area. The man has been identified as 28-year-old Shariful Islam....
The board of directors of Kay & Que Limited has adopted a draft scheme of amalgamation of Multisourcing Limited (Transferor Company) with Kay & Que (Transferee Company). The amalgamation is...
Oil prices fell on Monday, pulled down by rising Russian production and US drilling activity creeping to its highest in more than three years. Analysts expect surging US output to...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading Monday as some investors are showing their buying appetite on sectors-wise stocks....
A woman and her 10-year old son were killed and her brother suffered injuries when a wall of a water tank collapsed on them at Narsinghapur Banglabazar area of Ashulia...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her request for deportation of Nur Chowdhury, one of Bangabandhu’s convicted killers, as she held a meeting in Quebec with her Canadian counterpart Justine...
A former rising star in Hong Kong’s radical youth opposition was sentenced to 6 years in jail on Monday for rioting and assaulting police, one of the city’s harshest sentences...
A rescue vessel carrying 629 migrants is stranded in the Mediterranean after Italy's new interior minister refused permission for it to dock. Matteo Salvini, leader of the right-wing League, said...
North Korean state media has raised the possibility that the isolated country could "establish a new relationship" with the United States. It comes a day before North Korean leader Kim...
Speakers at a discussion on Sunday stressed the need for amending the proposed budget for the next fiscal year (FY) to make it employment-focused. They also emphasised the importance of...
Bangladesh's progress in green business in a number of cases is yet to leave any visible impact on effective and efficient green growth businesses. Lack of a comprehensive green growth...
The growing export of Bhutanese boulders to Bangladesh has faced some problems recently while crossing the Indian territory. In two such incidents, boulder trucks were stopped in the Indian territory...
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) on Sunday expressed frustration as the budget proposed for fiscal year 2018-19 did not focus on the country's capital market as per their expectations. It...
CHATTOGRAM: Traders as well as common people are now afraid of fake notes of Tk 500 and Tk 1,000 denominations during transactions amid reports of counterfeit currency seizures. Law enforcement...
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