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The predictions were wrong: the global economy didn't collapse after the 2008 financial crisis. Buoyed by taxpayer-financed bailouts, banks recovered and business at most institutions stabilised. But if there is...
South Africa's most explosive and thrilling batsman AB de Villiers has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. AB de Villiers made the announcement in a video message...
Signing of an 'instrument' between Bangladesh and Myanmar for repatriation of Rohingyas notwithstanding, not a single person out of over a million refugees returned home within the last six months....
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested 10 people and recovered 1,08,000 pieces of yaba tablets from their possessions at Kolatoli area in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday...
The Saudi Royal family has released a photograph of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman amid speculation he has been assassinated. Salman had not been seen since April 21 when Iranian...
Detectives arrested six alleged members of a 'carjacking' gang along with stolen vehicles from the capital and elsewhere. During drives conducted on Tuesday, the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has invited Canadian entrepreneurs to invest in special economic zones (SEZs) of Bangladesh. The minister made the invitation during a meeting with Canadian High Commissioner in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted an iftar mahfil in honour of the judges, diplomats and high civil and military government officials on Wednesday. Arriving at the iftar venue, the green...
Four people get life term imprisonment in a case filed over killing a man over a trifling matter in Kendua upazila of Netrokona. District and Sessions Judge KM Rasheduzzaman Raja...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed the eradication of drug abuse is possible with a 'non-political' drive and enforcement of law. "Killing people in crossfires in the...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched 'LTU-VAT Mobile App' to facilitate large taxpayers to get tax related services easily and properly. "We've launched this app to ensure quick...
Three members of a family have died in a road accident at Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj. Two others injured in the accident that occurred when a truck collided with a...
The government is planning to construct 21 power plants, including private sector ones, in the country to generate 23,252 megawatt (MW) of electricity. "The government is constructing 47 power plants...
An infant drowned in a pond at Horaiteka village under Bahubol upazila in Habiganj on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Reduan, 2, son of Shajid Mia of the...
Malaysia will review and possibly end its agreement with a private US firm searching for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday. Flight MH370,...
The government on Wednesday approved the 'Gold Policy-2018' to ease the import and export of the precious metal as well as ensure transparency in its trade inside the country. The...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Wednesday indicated that there is no progress over Teesta water-sharing deal saying that the purpose of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Kolkata visit is something...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has got additional $30 million from the United States (US) for providing food assistance to Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar. This funding comes on...
A joint US-German mission has gone into orbit to weigh the water on Earth. The Grace satellites are replacing a pair of highly successful spacecraft that stopped working last year....
Amazon has defended working with US police forces to provide facial recognition technology, amid concern from civil rights groups. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and others, said the retail...
Indian health officials were checking on Wednesday if a rare, brain-damaging virus had spread to a second state after two suspected cases reported in southern Karnataka, as the death toll...
A woman who said she meet R&B singer R Kelly at a party in 2017 has filed a lawsuit against him, accusing him of sexual battery, false imprisonment and transmitting...
Fifty seven members of six forest robber gangs surrendered to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal along with their arms and ammunition at Labonchora in the district town on Wednesday. While...
Total number of Bangladeshi tourists to India jumped by 24 per cent in the first four months of the current year. Estimate based on Indian tourism ministry statistics showed that...
Prominent Journalist M Kamal Uddin has passed away aged around 62. He breathed his last at 6:15 am on Wednesday at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. M Kamal was suffering...
Stocks ended marginally lower on Wednesday, the penultimate trading day of the week, as investors remained on selling binge, especially on banking stocks. Analysts said the ongoing pessimism kept investors...
The High Court has summoned all the investigating officers (IOs) of 56 graft cases filed over BASIC Bank’s Tk 35 billion loan scam as they failed to complete the investigation...
US President Donald Trump said there was a ‘substantial chance’ his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not take place as planned on June 12 amid concerns...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said 0.10 million Rohingya people, now living in Bangladesh, will be shifted to Bhasan Char Island in Noakhali soon for giving them shelter there until...
Police have arrested two culprits along with 33 crude bombs from Sher-e-Banglanagar in the capital on Tuesday night. "We arrested two people identifying them as Mominul Rahman,31, and Shafiqul Islam,...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) will hold a round table discussion on Companies Act : Critical Reforms for Private Sector Development on May 24 at DCCI Auditorium in...
A criminal gang in South Africa who kidnapped a teenage boy on Sunday are demanding a ransom in bitcoin cryptocurrency of nearly $120,000, police said. Katlego Marite, 13, was dragged...
At least 30 villages in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria district were submerged due to rains and onrush of water from Indian hills over the past several days. Onrush of water...
Singapore’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose lower than expected in April from a year earlier, data showed on Wednesday. The all-items CPI of the city-state edged down to 0.1...
Goalkeeper Nahuel Guzman was called into Argentina’s World Cup squad on Tuesday as a replacement for Sergio Romero after the Manchester United player was cut from the team with a...
Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for a criminal investigation into the head of the country’s football association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, for fraudulently using the President’s name. Deputy chief of staff...
Rohingya Muslim militants in Myanmar killed dozens of Hindu civilians during attacks last August, according to an investigation by Amnesty International. The group called Arsa killed up to 99 Hindu...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited has donated a cabin pick-up to Chittagong District Police Patia Circle under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. Vice Chairman of the Bank Alhaj Mohammad Abdus Salam...
A review meeting on human resources management of banks, arranged by Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) will be held on May 24 at BIBM auditorium in Dhaka, said a...
Southeast Bank Limited (SEBL) has launched a campaign at Dhaka University (DU) to issue Prepaid Mastercard to the DU students. Md Abdus Sabur Khan, Head of Card of the SEBL,...
At least five people were killed and seven injured as a truck hit a human hauler on Bogura-Natore road at Partekur in Bogura sadar upazila on Wednesday. Three of the...
One of the great American authors, Philip Roth, has died aged 85. The Pulitzer, National Book Award and Man Booker International Prize-winning novelist's work drew its inspiration from Jewish family...
Thailand’s Minor International Public Company Limited (MINT) has said that it acquired a stake in Spain-based NH Hotel Group SA for €192 million ($225.79 million) to grow its hospitality footprint...
Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh has honoured the Deputy Managing Director of Abdul Monem Ltd group for his outstanding contribution to the industrial development of the country. A...
The passport of Bangladesh is 94th powerful one in the world, according to an international index released on Wednesday. Apart from Bangladesh, Lebanon also ranked 94th in the latest rankings....
The University Grants Commission has alerted students to the risks of admission to 14 private universities flagged red. The government has already closed some of these universities, some others have...
South African Faf du Plessis scored 67 not out to steer Chennai Super Kings to a dramatic final-over victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad and secure a place in the Indian Premier...
Nine more people have been killed in what security forces described as gunfights as the government expanded its anti-drug crackdown across the country. Law-enforcement agencies said they engaged in gun...
The Southeast Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump tempered optimism over trade talks between Washington and Beijing. The broader Asian stocks outside Japan...
The 10th Private Sector Development Policy Coordination Committee (PSDPCC) meeting took place at the Prime Minister’s Office under the chairmanship of Md. Nojibur Rahman, Principal Secretary to the Prime...
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