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Rail communications have resumed between Sylhet and the rest of Bangladesh after an eight-hour pause. Train services were on halt as trees fell on the railroads as storms swept over...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to award 165 meritorious students from public and private universities with the Prime Minister Gold Medal-2017. The UGC took the decision on Tuesday...
An Indian Naval ship carrying relief goods for the Rohingyas reached Chattogram on Tuesday. The ship 'Airavat' sailed from Vishakhapatnam of India The relief materials will be handed over at...
Various initiatives will be taken for the retired journalists for providing different facilities including pension and group insurance. Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Tuesday said this while speaking...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian on Monday and Tuesday. Chinese state media reported that it is...
The point-to-point inflation last month of the current fiscal (FY18) dropped by 0.05 percentage points compared to that of the previous month of March, showed official data. According to Bangladesh...
The government on Tuesday revised the cost of the ongoing Joydevpur-Elenga 4-lane road construction project, raising it by 66 per cent to Tk 55.93 billion from the current cost of...
Cricket Australia (CA) says the December 6-10 Test at Adelaide Oval will be a day match after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) declined its overtures for...
Bangladesh Coast Guard on Tuesday night seized 1.4 million Yaba tablets from a boat on the western side of St. Martin's Island in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district. Acting...
Seeking adoption, a couple in Malaysia were happy to have a bonny boy aged about 1 year. The parents were aware that the infant had a medical condition that was...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has launched e-ticket selling service through mobile phone and mobile banking. The airlines authority made the announcement through a press release on Monday, reports BSS. From now...
A seven-member delegation of the Yunnan Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee from Kunming visited the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry Monday. The delegation headed by Vice Chairman of the...
The government should establish a dedicated bank for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to provide hassle-free financial services for the entrepreneurs, speakers at a discussion said on Monday. Also, easy...
UNICEF is scaling up humanitarian assistance and life-saving interventions for the refugee children and women along with the vulnerable host population in Cox’s Bazar with US$15.7 million funding received from...
The World Bank (WB) is allegedly going 'very slow' in providing no objection certificate (NOC) in favour of environmentally critical projects which are to be financed from its own coffer,...
The number of active mobile money accounts has declined drastically in the country in the recent months following the central bank's new regulations on mobile financial services (MFS). According to...
More than 1000 housing companies are operating in the country defying a government's directive, which has made REHAB membership mandatory for running business, industry insiders said. The ministry of commerce...
Two international flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines failed to meet their arrival schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital on Tuesday. BG 136 from Jeddah was supposed...
US First Lady Melania Trump has been caught up in another plagiarism row, following the launch of her new online safety for children campaign on Monday. A booklet put out...
Bangladesh has been ranked 18th out of 25 nations in the Asia-Pacific region on an index that measures country’s overall power situation. The Lowy Institute Asia Power Index measures power...
Daraz Group, a leading e-commerce company operating in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Nepal on Tuesday announced that the company was fully acquired by Alibaba to become a member...
Elections will be held in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on September 30, Kurdish broadcaster Rudaw said on Tuesday, citing regional prime minister Nechirvan Barzani. Rudaw is close...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has rescheduled its trading time during the holy month of Ramadan. Share trading on both bourses will take place from 10:00am to 2.00pm without any...
Stocks witnessed yet another downward trend Tuesday, extending the losing spell for the five consecutive sessions, as investors continued their selling binge on banking and telecom stocks. Analysts said the...
A Rajshahi tribunal has sentenced two JMB militants to death and three others to life term imprisonment for killing Rajshahi University (RU) teacher Prof Rezaul Karim Siddiquee in 2016. After...
The world Red Crescent and Red Cross day was observed on Tuesday in the district as elsewhere in the country with the theme of "everywhere for everyone". Narsingdi Red Crescent...
Katy Perry came as an archangel, Rihanna dressed like the pope, and Kim Kardashian was a golden goddess for New York’s Met Gala on Monday on a night of high...
The Supreme Court (SC) has deferred until Wednesday a hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, pending a verdict. The hearing came after...
A growing movement in the UK is shifting the power of catching speeding motorists from the police, to the people. "My daughter was going to school and one of her...
The agriculture production of Philippines rose 1.47 per cent in the first quarter of 2018 from a year earlier, driven by gains in crop, livestock and poultry sectors, the statistics...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred the announcement of its judgement in the New Eskaton double murder case filed against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling Awami League lawmaker Pinu...
The results of 15th edition of “Battle of Minds 2018” was announced recently. “Je Ne Sais Quoi” of IBA was declared as the champion, followed by First Runner-up “Undercats” from...
A female farmer was killed after being hit by a thunderbolt at a haor in Purangaon village of Bishwambharpur upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Shahara Banu,...
In separate anti-crime drives, members of police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 30 suspects on various charges from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 8...
Mr Mamun-Ur-Rashid, Managing Director & CEO of Standard Bank Limited inaugurated a two day-long workshop on Customer Service & Marketing of Bank’s Products organised by the Training Institute of the...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) arranged a seminar on “Leadership: Driving Performance through Diversity” at SIX SEASONS Hotel, Gulshan, Dhaka recently, said a statement. ...
The High Court has issued an order to provide Tk 10 million as compensation to the family of Rajib Hasan, a student of Govt Titumir College, who got his right...
Md Liakat Hossain Moral and Md Afzal Karim have recently been promoted as deputy managing directors of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB). Thakur Das Kundu, however joined Karmasangsthan Bank as DMD....
The Anti-Corruption Commission has interrogated BNP leader Tabith Awal over allegations of amassing wealth illegally. Tabith, also the vice president of Bangladesh Football Federation, arrived at the ACC headquarters around...
Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday following an upbeat finish on Wall Street, while oil prices fell back from a three-year high. Chinese benchmarks surged after Beijing reported that...
Japanese shares rose on Tuesday as tech shares rallied and Takeda Pharmaceutical jumped after a report the drug-maker will make a formal offer to buy Shire for $62 billion. The...
The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) is unlikely to give permission to establish small private economic zones anymore as it considers bringing utilities to a large number of tiny sites...
The rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country remained suspended from early Tuesday following the collapse of a tree on the tracks in the hilly area of...
Fighting great odds and overcoming seemingly insufferable obstacles, an SSC examinee secured a GPA of 3.61 in his exams writing with his feet as he has been without his arms...
The sixth edition of Telenor Youth Forum (TYF) rolls out with the call to action “Bright minds, reducing inequalities”. TYF 2018 is looking for talented individuals to represent Bangladesh at...
A goods train and a passenger train collided in southern Germany on Monday, rail operator Deutsche Bahn said, and local media reported two people were killed. The collision took place...
Harvest of Boro paddy is progressing fast in all the seven upazilas in the district with much enthusiasm. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers of the district cultivated...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed positive trend while port city’s bourse saw negative trend in early trading Tuesday amid slow trend. Brokers said the investors remained followed cautious stance...
Former world number one Novak Djokovic showed signs of a return to form with an impressive 7-5 6-4 victory over Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the opening round of the Madrid...
Two people were killed and three others were injured when a speeding bus ran over them on Hatikumrul-Banpara highway at Ramchar in Ullahpara upazila on Monday noon. The deceased were...
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