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PM greets Raushan, Ershad on Eid Prime Minister greets Raushan Ershad, Ershad on Eid-ul-Fitr Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted Begum Raushan Ershad, leader of the opposition party, and PM's...
Police arrested 49 people including ten suspected drug peddlers from different parts of Rajshahi city from Tuesday evening till Wednesday morning. Police also recovered drugs from their possession, said a...
Mideast stocks mostly rose in early trade on Wednesday, with Saudi Arabia gaining for a fourth straight day. The Saudi index climbed 0.6 per cent in the first hour, with...
An explosion at a grain storage facility in the eastern French city of Strasbourg seriously injured three people on Wednesday morning, emergency services said. It was not immediately clear what...
European shares edged higher on Wednesday, underpinned by gains in tech and commodity-related stocks, although trading was cautious amid worries over Italian spending plans and global trade. The pan-European STOXX...
Three suspected forest robbers were killed in a 'gunfight' with police at Maidakhesha canal in the Sundarbans in Koyra upazila on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Akbar Ali, 37,...
Stocks ended higher for the second day in a row on Wednesday amid budgetary expectations. DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, finished the day at 5398 points,...
At least 192 people are reportedly missing and 75 are dead as a result of the explosion of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on Sunday, officials say. Villages on the...
The government has started the process to launch another satellite, ‘Bangabandhu-2’, ahead of the expiry of the country’s first satellite ‘Bangabandhu-1’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday. The prime...
An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked an army post in the western Badghis province in Afghanistan, killing six soldiers and wounding seven. Abdul Aziz Beg, head of the...
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has accepted the resignation of the central bank governor, he said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of departures as the 92-year-old leader purges...
Both outgoing Air chief Marshal Abu Esrar and newly appointed chief Air Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Jatiya Sangsad office on...
Uber, the world's largest on-demand ridesharing company, has launched insurance programme for its riders and drivers in Bangladesh. The policy will provide both riders and drivers with free coverage for...
Body of the foreign ship captain who went missing after slipping into the Karnaphuli River at Chattogram port on Monday night was recovered from under a jetty of the port...
Two more people have died overnight in security forces’ anti-narcotics operation amid growing criticism from rights groups and rival political parties. Police claimed that one suspect was killed in an...
A court in Chandpur on Tuesday sent the husband and his second wife to jail in connection with the murder of Shahin Sultana Fancy, a central Mohila League leader. Shahin...
Murder, suicide, car crashes, and addiction have all contributed to a spike in deaths among US children and teens in recent years, a government study suggests. The death rate for...
Police have arrested singer Asif Akbar over a case under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act filed by lyricist, composer, and singer Shafiq Tuhin. He was detained from his...
The Council of Fashion Designers of America has paid tribute to Kate Spade, who died on Tuesday, calling her "a great talent who had an immeasurable impact on American fashion"....
bKash Limited, the largest mobile financial service provider in the country, signed an agreement with Sonali Bank recently, facilitating bKash customers to make e-challan payment for all type of public...
BRAC Bank Limited has marked World Environment Day reiterating its strong commitment to green banking. On the occasion, BRAC Bank presented plants to its customers and stakeholders as a part...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading Wednesday as some investors are showing their buying appetite on sectors-wise stocks....
Facebook says it has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies including Huawei, the world’s third largest smartphone maker, which has come under scrutiny from US intelligence agencies...
An Argentine judge has charged the widow and son of the late Colombian drug trafficker Pablo Escobar with money laundering, according to the judicial system’s news service. Federal judge Nestor...
A suspected drug peddler was killed in a reported gunfight with police at East Sriramdi of Chandpur district town early Wednesday amid the ongoing anti-narcotics drive. The deceased was identified...
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland has announced that he will step down. Sutherland said the ‘time is right’ for him to depart his position, which he has held for...
Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Wednesday ahead of a meeting of major industrialised economies overshadowed by tension over US steel tariffs. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose 0.1 per cent...
A young labourer and a minor boy were killed after an under-construction bridge collapsed upon them at Paikura village in Mohonganj upazila of Netrokona on Tuesday. The deceased were identified...
Argentina have cancelled a World Cup warm-up match with Israel, apparently under political pressure over Israel's treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain told the ESPN sports channel...
The project-executing agencies concerned have sought two more years to complete building the country's first dedicated bus rapid transit (BRT) line, officials said on Tuesday. If the time extension is...
Egypt has raised the price of piped drinking water by up to 45 per cent, the decision has been published in the country's official gazette. The rise also includes a...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday a decision by US President Donald Trump to set up a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was ‘brave and mature’,...
ZTE Corp has signed an agreement in principle that would lift a US Commerce Department ban on buying from US suppliers, allowing China’s No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker to get...
The government will reimpose 28 per cent import duty on rice in place of the existing 2.0 per cent to ensure that farmers get fair prices for the staple they...
The expatriates' welfare ministry has initiated a move to be more cautious in selecting and sending female workers abroad to lessen workplace abuse. Under the process, a team of officials...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith expressed his deep annoyance at the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation's (BPC's) failure to pay its debt to the government. "The BPC is violating both policy and rules...
Three people were killed while another one injured in a head-on collision between two trucks on Bangabandhu Bridge link road at Saratoil in Kalihati upazila of Tangail on Wednesday. The...
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBA) may suspend flight operation on four international routes during this Hajj season, a source said on Tuesday. The four international routes connect the country with...
The country's export earnings grew by 6.66 per cent to US$33.73 billion in the first eleven months of the current fiscal year over the corresponding period of last fiscal year....
The central bank has again directed the commercial banks to ensure that the loans they disburse are not diverted to uses other than the ones proposed originally, officials said on...
NILPHAMARI, Jun 05: The Saidpur Railway Workshop is repairing 90 coaches for smooth journey of home bound railway passengers during the upcoming Eid festival. Some of the coaches would be...
There is an old Bengali proverb,"Durattar chhaler obhab hoi na" - an evil soul is never short of deceit. Then you have Joseph Conrad (1911) remind you, "Men alone are...
The country's agriculture sector is far different from what it was a decade ago. While a good deal of activities earlier done manually has been replaced by mechanised methods, farm...
When the gap between demand for, and supply of, particular goods and services is too large and an ever-widening one, propensity to indulge in irregularities and exploit the situation among...
The Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA) and Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Nepal jointly hosted a Round Table Meeting on “Nepal-Bangladesh Relations: Exploring Trade and...
Bangladesh scored meagre 134 runs for 8 wickets in stipulated 20 overs in the second T20 international against Afghanistan at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun, Uttarakhand in India....
Tailors in Dhaka usually have a hectic time during Ramadan to make dresses for the Eid-ul-Fitr, but this year the business is slow due to a drastic fall in orders....
During my school life a story circuited in the neighbourhood about the fate of a gold medal received by a respected lawyer of the town for his performance in the...
Bangladesh scored 81 runs for 3 wickets in 10 overs in the series levelling second T20 international against Afghanistan at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun, Uttarakhand in India....
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the upcoming national budget will not be public welfare-oriented one. "No one can expect a public-oriented budget from an anti-people...
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