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Police have arrested a local leader of Awami league suspected of killing his wife, another Awami League leader in Chandpur. The deceased, Shaheen Sultana Fancy, 55, was the principal of...
The focus of the Bangladesh government's anti-drugs drive would seem to have shifted gears on Monday. Barring any late-night bravura, the country was finally able to pass an entire day...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading Tuesday as some investors are showing their buying appetite on sectors-wise stocks....
Four suspected drug traders were killed in reported gunfights in Mymensingh, Bogura and Rangpur districts early Tuesday as the countrywide anti-narcotics drive continues. In Mymensingh, police recovered the bullet-hit bodies...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is not trying to split the European Union. His remarks come ahead of a visit to Austria, his first trip to a Western...
Four minor boys have drowned in a pond while playing nearby at Randhunimura village under Hajiganj municipality in Chandpur. They all - Rahul, Shamim, Raihan and Liyon - are aged...
Lawyers representing Malaysia’s ex-premier Najib Razak said on Tuesday they had quit as Najib’s wife prepared to make a statement to anti-graft agents as part of an investigation into a...
China has launched an investigation into Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, SK Hynix Inc and Micron Technology Inc, the three semiconductor makers who control the market for DRAM memory chips. A...
The government has allowed import of cleaner-graded furnace oil for consumption in the power plants to generate electricity. The Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) under the Ministry of Power,...
A former officer with the US Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested over the weekend for allegedly trying to spy on the United States for China, the Justice Department said on...
The implementation of the projects funded by the Indian line of credit (LoC) is going on at a snail's pace. Even the slow progress is reported to have irked Prime...
The share prices of some low-cap companies continued to soar 'abnormally' in a bearish market, despite having no price sensitive information (PSI). The share prices of Monno Jute Stafflers, Zeal...
Skilled human resources and tech-savvy banking products have yielded significant returns for Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) in the last consecutive five years. According to MTB top officials, eclectic and expansionary...
Asian stocks pulled back on Tuesday as investors paused for breath after the previous day’s rally, although tech-inspired Wall Street gains supported broader sentiment as focus shifted to bullish economic...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Monday the upcoming budget will see increase in taxes in a few areas as the national election looms. "The new taxes are a very...
Overall shortfall in provision against both classified and unclassified loans in the country's banking system swelled by nearly 18 per cent or Tk 11.91 billion in the first quarter (Q1)...
Reconditioned cars are likely to be pricier in the next fiscal year (FY), as the government might propose a downward revision of the existing year-wise depreciation rates in the next...
The government should formulate a separate law to give Islamic banking a strong legal coverage, experts said on Monday. At the same time, Islamic banks in the country should look...
The Kamalapur Railway Station (KRS) witnessed a big rush of ticket seekers on Monday as Eid-ul-Fitr is drawing near. They thronged the station to buy advance train tickets for June...
Demand for bamboo baskets and crafts is gradually increasing as harvest of vegetables and various fruits like mango, litchi and papaya and tomato going on in full swing. Growers and...
One of the most talked about issues these days all over the globe is the degradation of environment caused mostly by human actions. Change, therefore, is a must at the...
The latest Bangladesh experience is possibly a clear pointer to a camouflage. It is that growth has been satisfactory, but the employment effect of growth is not up to the...
The reckless purchase of topsoil from poor farmers by brick kiln owners in different parts of the country carries dreadful portents. The practice in the long run is feared to...
US first lady Melania Trump will not be joining President Donald Trump on his upcoming trips to the G7 summit in Quebec and the highly anticipated summit between the United...
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says the agency could resume work in North Korea “within weeks” to verify any possible agreement between Washington and Pyongyang. Plans are...
'World Environment Day', also known as environmental awareness day, 'Eco Day' or 'Environment Day' is being observed today. The primary aim of the day is to raise public awareness about...
The theme for the World Environment Day, 2018-"Beat Plastic Pollution"- is a call to action for us so that we come together and combat one of the major environmental challenges...
Human excreta persist to be a taboo issue, even when poor sanitation costs the world USD 260 billion annually and 1.5 million child deaths. Over 2.4 billion people do not...
Whither the 21st Century youth, the very persons we teach yesterday's priorities to confront their future challenges? Faced with eroding coastlines and climate-change refugee prospects, on the one hand, and...
The principal objective of agricultural production in Bangladesh is to ensure adequate food supply for the rising population. The memory of the catastrophic famine of 1974 that led to the...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim on Monday called for increasing budgetary allocation for the health sector to ensure improved health care services across the country. “Though the country...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said the government is not imposing any new tax in the upcoming national budget. “The good news is there is a very limited...
Tunisia's World Cup football team has apparently found an ingenious way to fight fatigue as they fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. In friendly matches against Portugal then...
Claiming that the country's people are now living in peace, Health Minister Mohammed Nasim on Monday said they will not respond to BNP's call for any movement to get their...
Serena Williams has pulled out of the French Open before her fourth-round match with Maria Sharapova on Monday because of an injury that affected her serve. The 23-time Grand Slam...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted an iftar mahfil for the leaders of different political parties at Ganabhaban on Monday. The Prime Minister went round different tables set for the guests,...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will place the national budget for the next fiscal (2018-19) at Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday. This budget will be the 47th national budget of...
Jordan's Prime Minister Hani Mulki has resigned on Monday after days of protests against tax rises and austerity measures. The recent demonstrations in the country, which is a key Western...
Secondary trading of the treasury bills (t-bills) and treasury bonds (t-bonds) declined sharply in the month of April this year. Central bank statistics showed that total turnover of t-bills and...
“Orange Is the New Black” and “That 70’s Show” actress Laura Prepon is married. The 38-year-old tweeted a photo and announced on Sunday that she and 37-year-old actor Ben Foster...
The European Union (EU) delegation in Dhaka on Monday said they expect the authorities will ensure that all incidents involving the deaths of alleged criminal suspects in Bangladesh will be...
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will begin selling tickets from Tuesday for the special Eid service from Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj to various parts of Bangladesh. Road Transport and...
Wrong-way driving is going on in full-swing in the capital despite the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) files over 200 cases on an average and fines several lakh taka per day....
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods and contraband narcotic items worth around Tk 750 million (Tk 75.56 crore) conducting anti-smuggling drives across the country, mostly in frontier areas, in...
The land phone and internet services will remain suspended in Motijheel area from June 8 to 11 due to underground cable relocation by Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) for Metro...
Awami League candidate Habibun Nahar Bina, the wife of newly-elected Khulna Mayor Talukder Abdul Khalek, has been declared the new lawmaker from Bagerhat-3 constituency. She ran unopposed in the Bagerhat-3...
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday warned that their party will be forced to wage a strong street movement if it fails to have Khaleda Zia freed from...
The budget session for the 2018-19 fiscal of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will begin on Tuesday. It will be the 21st session of the current Jatiya Sangsad and last...
Speakers at a seminar in the city on Monday urged the government to submit its observations and documents relating to Rohingyas forced out from Myanmar to the International Criminal Court...
The point-to-point inflation rate in the last month dropped to 5.57 per cent compared to that of 5.63 per cent in the previous month April, official data showed. Bangladesh Bureau...
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