The latest measure by President Donald Trump of the United States of America was to withdraw from another international deal on May 08, 2018. It was the Joint Comprehensive Plan...
An under-trial prisoner died at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Khokon Miah, 45, son of Suva Miah of Bangshal Sayeed Hazi Sarker Lane...
SYLHET, May 13: Farmers of Sunamganj district are in trouble as they could not able to harvest paddy on 5,000 hectares of land. Sources said about 70 per cent of...
Work on a railway overpass at Fathepur in Feni will be completed in 25 days, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said. He came up with the disclosure...
US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, have arrived in Israel on Sunday ahead of the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem on Monday....
The Indian High Commission has decided to accept visa applications of Bangladeshi nationals without prior appointment at Sylhet, Mymensingh and Barishal centres. The move, to be effective from May 20,...
In sports, injuries are inevitable. Sit back for a few seconds and think of the challenges that athletes face: exhausting training schedules, gruelling fitness sessions, lost matches, excruciating pain, unbearable...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Sunday reiterated again that there is no scope for any price hike or artificial crisis of commodities during the month of Ramadan. "Sufficient sugar, gram, edible...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after successful launching of the country's first communication satellite into the space. The Prime...
The workers of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company went on an indefinite strike on Sunday to press home their 13-point demand, including payment of dues. The workers stopped working from 6...
Six members of one family were behind a wave of blasts targeting three churches in Indonesia's second city of Surabaya, police say. At least 13 people were killed and dozens...
The suspect in a deadly knife attack in central Paris on Saturday evening is a French citizen born in 1997 in Russia's republic of Chechnya, sources say. Named by media...
A special tribunal Sirajhanj on Sunday sentenced four female members of banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to five years in prison in a case filed under the Explosive...
The government on Sunday rolled out a $2.48 million project which will involve up to 10,000 farmers and 55 farmer organisations (FOs) in developing their capacity to establish market linkage...
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing until June 25 on charge framing against BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia in Niko graft case on health ground. Judge Mahmudul Kabir...
The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday has declared June 26 as the fresh date for holding Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) elections, reports BSS. The date was fixed at a meeting...
University of Development Alternative has arranged a daylong workshop on career development at its auditorium in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka recently. UODA founder and president Professor Mujib Khan inaugurated as...
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed wants to know the total cost of Bangabandhu Satellite-1 launching project. The BNP leader made the demand on Sunday while addressing a discussion in Dhaka,...
The four-day 'Bangladesh Furniture and Interior Decor Expo-2018' began on Sunday to showcase the strength of the country’s furniture and home furnishing sectors to both global and local buyers. Commerce...
Administrator of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mark Green will visit Rohingya camps on Tuesday. Mark Green will arrive in Dhaka on Monday before his journey to Cox's...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) requested the government on Saturday for sufficient allocation in the upcoming national budget for the development of country's agriculture sector....
The government is going to review the existing yield rates on savings certificates after the next national budget, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Saturday. "Ideally, the yield rates on savings...
The government plans to launch lightning forecast system for the first time in the country aiming to reduce the loss of lives. Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has set...
Stocks witnessed yet another bearish session, extending the losing streak for the eight sessions, as investors kept their cautiousness intact ahead of Ramadan. Market insiders said most of the investors...
Bus transport workers and owners have called in a strike on the Dhaka-Chattogram route from morning to evening on Monday to protest the intense traffic congestion all over the highway....
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has recently organised a conference for the officials of the bank’s Rural Development Scheme (RDS). The RDS officials of Jessore and Khulna zones were present at...
A gun battle raged between Afghan security forces and a handful of militants following a series of explosions in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday that killed at least...
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) have picked-up three Bangladesh nationals from Paria border in Baliadangi upazila of the district early Sunday. The detainees are: Shah Alam, 35, son...
Summit Gazipur II Power, a 300 MW HFO-fired power plant, has started its commercial operation at Kodda in Gazipur, says Summit Power, which has 20 per cent stake in the...
A gang of muggers attacked two ‘bKash’ agents and snatched away Tk 1.1 million after shooting them at Chandana intersection area of Sadar upazila in Gazipur on Sunday. The...
Mercantile Bank Limited has recently signed an agreement with TRADEASSETS, a block chain-powered e-marketplace for banks. Shamim Ahmed, Senior Executive Vice President, also the Head of International Division of the...
German Radoslav Albrecht founder of an online bank has created a banking system where clients are able to transfer loans anywhere in the world using Bitcoin. Bitbond uses cryptocurrencies like...
Quota reform activists have given the government an ultimatum to publish a gazette notification by Sunday afternoon abolishing the existing quota system in government jobs as per the Prime Minister's...
In seven days, Dinjapur district has seen import of more than 10,000 tonnes of onion from India through Hili Land Port (HLP) at Hakimpur upazila, according to customs officials and...
An Iranian court on Sunday sentenced eight men to death over attacks that killed 18 people at the parliament and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s mausoleum last year, in the first deadly...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she firmly believes that the army will stand by the people and help the government manage state affairs when necessary. “Whenever the current government will...
The Khulna City Corporation election aspirants and their agents were seen to be working relentlessly in electioneering as the last day of campaign approaches on Sunday. All the mayoral and...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country’s power sector dropped sharply in the past year despite huge commitment from India and China for the last couple of years. Central bank...
An elderly woman was killed as a bus crushed her on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway at Godagari municipal area in Rajshahi on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Rasheda Begum, 60,...
Some investors are betting on shares of homebuilders to outperform US stocks at large, but with interest rates expected to rise they may have to wait several months before those...
At least 26 people were killed and seven others wounded in an attack in Burundi’s northwestern province of Cibitoke, less than a week before a constitutional referendum, a local administrator...
Israel's Netta Barzilai has won the Eurovision Song Contest for her quirky dance song Toy - complete with its trademark chicken dance. She had been an early favourite, but the...
Violent rainstorms in the northwest Pakistan have left at least 15 people dead and dozens others injured, officials in Pakistan say. Latif Khan, a senior disaster management official, says Sunday...
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of SK Trims & Industries will begin tomorrow (Monday), which will raise Tk 300 million from the general public under the fixed price method....
North Korea has scheduled the dismantlement of its nuclear bomb test site for sometime between May 23 and 25 in order to uphold its pledge to discontinue nuclear tests, the...
The role of the nurse is fulfilled when met with efficiency through serving patients with affection and humanity. The country needs skilled and devoted nurses. Such observation came at a...
Former European champions Hamburg SV were relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time on Saturday despite a 2-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach as Borussia Dortmund scraped into fourth place...
Babies in South Asia are more likely to be breastfed than any other region in the world and are breastfed for longer, Unicef said in a new analysis released on...
Prices of most of the stocks on both bourse witnessed upward trend in early trading Sunday as investors were seen active on sector-wise issues amid ongoing earnings declarations of financial...
A special programme was held recently at the BRAC Learning Center in Dinajpur to disburse loan to 10 taka account holders under refinance scheme of Bangladesh Bank. National Bank Ltd...
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