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A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Chhechrapukuria under Debidwar upazila in Cumilla in the early hours of Saturday. Deceased Sumon, son...
The World Accreditation Day-2018 will be observed in the country like elsewhere in the world today (Saturday June 9). This year, the theme of the day is “‘Accreditation: Delivering a...
A US special forces soldier has been killed in an attack by suspected al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia, officials say. Four other US soldiers and a Somali soldier were wounded...
Chinese government hackers compromised the computers of a US Navy contractor and stole a large amount of highly sensitive data on undersea warfare, including plans for a supersonic anti-ship missile...
The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced a three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday at the end of this week, their first offer of its kind, following a ceasefire announced by...
With Eid-ul Fitr only seven days away, prices of meat and spices have increased further in the city markets, adding to the consumers' woes. Prices of beef, chicken, garlic, ginger,...
A think-tank has opposed the new budgetary proposal for slashing the corporate tax rate of banks and financial institutions (FIs). Such a move, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said...
The government is considering extension of counter-guarantees worth Tk 48 billion for Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC), officials said. This will facilitate uninterrupted import of fertiliser. When contacted, a deputy...
The Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has termed the proposed national budget for the next fiscal year (FY), 2018-2019, 'highly challenging'. In a post-budget reaction on Friday,...
Finance Minister A M A Muhith backtracked on Friday from his position regarding formation of a banking commission by this month. Rather, he wanted to pass the responsibility of forming...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday defended his proposal to cut corporate tax rates for banks and financial institutions, saying that the move is intended to help bring down the...
Attaining the increased revenue target for the new fiscal will continue to be a major challenge, despite a rise in the number of tax payers, said a leading chamber. The...
Rice export prices in India fell this week to their lowest this year. It happened before top buyer Bangladesh slaps import duty on exports of the grain after domestic production...
Many of the microplastics in human body come from the air inhaled, according to a research, reports BSS. It may cause a wide range of diseases including respiratory and cardiovascular...
Top seed Rafael Nadal will bid for a record-extending 11th French Open title after breezing past fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro in the semi-finals. Nadal, 32, won 6-4 6-1...
A large number of women, mostly Muslims from different walks of life, different cultural backgrounds yet having one thing in common - the desire to wear a dress that guards...
Developing countries are facing the issue of increasing unemployment particularly with educated young people of the country. Bangladesh is also facing the issue. A potential solution to the problem can...
Before we start discussing 'civil society' extensively, let us give a brief definition of it first. What is the civil society? Even though we all may have our own personal...
By all means, a drama has been enacted by President Donald Trump of the United States (US) with regards to Korean Peninsula since the Democratic Republic of Korea, a pro-communist...
An analysis of results involving the 32 teams at the 2018 FIFA World Cup shows that Belgium have been the most attacking and Morocco the most defensive team over the...
The government of Japan has allocated 200 million Japanese Yen or approximately US$ 1.78 million to UNHCR for its programme to support the Rohingya in Bangladesh. This assistance is to...
Iran criticized a US request that Saudi Arabia pump more oil to cover a drop in Iranian exports and predicted OPEC would not heed the appeal, setting the stage for...
The whitewash of the Shakib-led Tigers at the hand of the Afghans in the T20I series held in Dehradun, India has deeply disappointed the cricket-lovers of the nation. It is...
Bangladesh is a delta crisscrossed by numerous rivers and boasts of 24,000 kilometre-long waterways. But the navigable river-routes vary from 3,865 km during the dry season to 5,968 km during...
The novelty is largely missing in the proposed budget for the incoming fiscal year (FY), 2018-19. Most bits of it -- whether its aggregate size or its resources mobilisation part...
Imagine a scenario where, on a fine morning, the people wake up to find that a flat in their locality has suddenly turned into a centre of attraction for the...
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) transforming nearly every sector, from transportation to medicine to defence, have been dramatic. So it is worth considering what will happen when it becomes even...
The theme of World Accreditation Day, 2018 focuses on how accreditation delivers a safer world. June 09 marks World Accreditation Day -- a global initiative, jointly introduced by International Accreditation...
Standby Letter of credit is a promissory note issued by a bank which undertakes to pay one party to a contract to the beneficiary when the other party has failed,...
US President Donald Trump said on Friday Russia should also be attending a Group of Seven nations summit, as he prepared to fly into a chilly reception at the meeting...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached Toronto on Friday evening (Bangladesh time) on a four-day official visit to Canada. The Prime Minister will the outreach session of the G7 Summit...
The government has planned to bring all courts of the country under ICT to infuse more dynamism in case management through e-judiciary. In his budget speech for the fiscal year...
Three construction workers have died after falling from a high-rise building in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka. According to bdnews24.com, the victims have been identified as Md Saidul, 35, Md Mokhles,...
West Ham's Argentina midfielder Manuel Lanzini will miss the World Cup after suffering a ruptured anterior knee ligament injury in training on Friday. Lanzini was named in Jorge Sampaoli's 23-man...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said all targets set in the proposed budget for next fiscal year (2018-19) are achievable. “Whenever we place a budget, then we definitely...
Law enforcers in separate incidents arrested three people, including an Indian national, along with 71 gold bars at Sylhet MAG Osmani International Airport and Benapole checkpost on Friday. In Sylhet,...
US celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s food-and-travel-focused ‘Parts Unknown’ television series, has died at the age of 61, the network said on Friday. Bourdain hanged himself, the network...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the government has proposed the new budget for the 2018-19 fiscal considering the interest of the people and the development of...
Premier League clubs will have a winter break in February from the 2019-20 season. The break will be staggered across two weeks, with five matches on the first weekend and...
Forest Department and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 240 kg venison from a boat in the Baleswar River at Napitkhali near the Sundarbans in Bagerhat early Friday....
David and Victoria Beckham are donating their royal wedding outfits to raise money for victims of the Manchester bombing. Twenty-two people died in last year's attack. The Duke and Duchess...
Singapore police arrested two South Korean media staff for trespassing the home of the North Korean ambassador in the city-state. “Two South Korean men, aged 42 and 45, who were...
Six people were killed and two critically injured on Friday when a minivan carrying Iraqi and Syrian migrants crashed into a wall and overturned on a northern Greek motorway, police...
A woman was killed as a bus knocked her down in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Samiran Akhter...
The search for survivors from deadly eruptions of Guatemala's Fuego volcano was temporarily suspended on Thursday due to dangerous conditions for rescue workers, as the death toll from the disaster...
A 500-year-old copy of a letter in which Christopher Columbus describes his voyage to the Americas has been returned to Spain after US authorities tracked down the document, which had...
A joint team of customs intelligence and armed police battalion (APBN) arrested a man along with 60 gold bars weighing around 10kg from Sylhet Osmani International Airport on Friday morning....
Members of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) held 17 Rohingyas from Nayanpur Bazar in Kasba upazila on Thursday. Those held include five men, seven women and five children. Maniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday proposed an allocation of Tk 530.54 billion for education in the national budget for 2018-19 fiscal. Muhith said, 7,000 primary schools with...
A worker was killed and two others were injured as a wall of an under-construction building collapsed on them at Purba Hasamdia in Bhanga municipality area of Faridpur district on...
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