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A former Chinese Communist Party official once tipped for a top leadership position has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery. Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member, is the...
A youth was stabbed to death in the city's Dakkhin Banasree on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Jakir. Rahima, a local resident of Dakhin Banasree, briefed that she...
The Supreme Court (SC) is hearing an appeal by the Anti-Corruption Commission challenging the High Court’s bail order for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case....
US president Donald Trump will announce on Tuesday whether he will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and a senior US official said it was unclear if efforts by European...
The northeastern districts of Bangladesh and adjacent areas in India may face flash floods due to heavy rain. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre has warned of possible flash floods...
Extremists carried out an attack on Kenyan soldiers’ patrol car in Somalia, leaving nine troops dead, says Kenya’s president. President Uhuru Kenyatta mourned the soldiers who were killed Sunday evening...
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned has after allegations of physical abuse by four women were reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine. Governor Andrew Cuomo...
Public subscription of Aman Cotton Fibrous is set to begin on June 03 for raising Tk 800 million from the capital market under the book-building method. The public subscription of...
Ten top-traded companies captured nearly 27 per cent transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Monday with Beximco topping the list for the 25th running sessions. Market operators said the...
Premier Cement Mills reported its consolidated earnings per share (EPS) of Tk. 2.04 for January-March 2018 as against Tk. 2.05 for January-March 2017. The company's consolidated EPS was Tk. 2.56...
Two statutory regulatory orders (SROs) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) regarding tax exemption have created confusion among the investors of the private plants in economic zones (EZs), officials...
The central bank has asked the five state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) to submit their action plans as early as possible to improve financial health through reducing the volume of classified...
The government is set to approve Tk 1.73 trillion Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year on Thursday, with the transport sector receiving the highest funds, officials said...
President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) Nihad Kabir said Bangladesh has been facing several challenges in environmental front. The challenges include air and water pollution, loss...
Hezbollah's leader says the Iran-backed militant Shia group and its allies have achieved "victory" in Lebanon's first parliamentary elections since 2009. Although the official results have not been announced, Hassan...
RAJSHAHI, May 07: Hundreds of acres of standing Boro paddy have been plunged underwater at the Beel Kalam of Tanore upazila. Due to incessant rain and on rush of water...
RANGPUR, May 07: Pointed gourd (Potol) growers of the district are expecting a good yield of the vegetable during the current season. According to sources due to congenial weather and...
The ready-made garment (RMG) workers have long been pressing for making their wages adjustable for inflation. The issue came to the fore once again on Saturday when a platform of...
The 45th annual meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has rightly expressed deep concern over the systemic brutal acts perpetrated by...
Lebanon's Sunni Muslim prime minister has said his political party lost a third of its seats in parliament on Monday in the country's first elections since 2009. Saad Hariri said...
Bangladesh has rejected Pakistan's claim over the Dhaka Declaration of the just-concluded OIC Council of Foreign Ministers. Pakistan had claimed the declaration was not discussed with the member states and...
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday stayed a High Court (HC) order for eight weeks that had declared illegal the increasing of retirement age of freedom fighters in government jobs...
Bangladesh achieved the lower middle income country status in 2015, with the hope of graduating from the list of Least Developed Countries (LDC) by 2024. At the same time, we...
It has been ostensibly established across the globe that journey by train is less risky. But Bangladesh railway has disproved this perception. Accidents are regular phenomena. A series of heart-breaking...
Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to his inauguration on Monday for a new six-year term in a Russian-made limousine, ditching his old stretch Mercedes to send a patriotic message of...
Bhutan is the only country in the world where smoking is officially banned. Like most bans, there are slippages. In a tiny, sparsely populated country, such bans are easier to...
Everyone, it seems, is talking about inequality. Media outlets publish article after article on the topic. Politicians include it in their speeches and platforms. Yet, even though economists like Thomas...
Just as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once went into the Rohingya camps to affirm how we would curtail our consumption so those refugees could eat, she went to the Commonwealth...
BNP-backed mayoral candidate Hasan Uddin Sarkar has filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order that stayed Gazipur City Corporation election for three months. Sagir Hossain...
Though Bangladesh 'successfully hosted' the 45th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Pakistan raised some questions regarding the Dhaka Declaration. Bangladesh,...
Eight people, including a schoolgirl, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Habiganj, Sunamganj, Sherpur and Cumilla districts on Monday. In Habiganj, two farmers were killed and another...
A female college teacher and a bank officer were found dead at a flat of a two-storey building at Dakkhin Jhiltuli of Faripur on Monday. Police recovered the bodies of...
The United Kingdom on Monday pledged fresh humanitarian support for the Rohingya refugees ahead of the looming cyclone and monsoon season. They also vowed provide vaccine to almost one million...
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern over the initiative of setting up a coal-fired power plant at Tengragiri reserve forest in Barguna and Power Development Board's (PDB) signing...
Liverpool-linked Ousmane Dembele is not for sale and he is an investment for the future, said Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu. "The option of selling him is not on the...
The High Court (HC) on Monday upheld death penalty for two, who were earlier sentenced to death, in a case filed for killing Ashikur Rahman Khan Opu in 2008 in...
Speaker of the parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said trade inequality needs to be removed for mutual benefits of different countries. She also highlighted the role of parliament members...
The World Thalassemia Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe on Tuesday to create awareness about the deadly disease and the importance of blood donation....
The nation is set to celebrate the 157th birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore in a befitting manner across the country tomorrow. On the 25th of Baishakh in 1268 Bengali...
Country Director of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Manmohan Parkash on Monday met Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman on the campus. He was accompanied by Zahir Uddin...
Draft of new dowry act incorporates a new provision of five years imprisonment for filing any false case under the law. The cabinet on Monday gave final approval to draft...
President Md Abdul Hamid has paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mausoleum at Tungipara of Gopalganj. The President...
The rainfall that is now occurring across the country may increase from Thursday, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Monday. "The rainfall may increase across the country from May 10 giving...
Seven people, including a schoolgirl, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Sherpur, Habiganj and Sunamganj districts on Monday. In Sherpur, four people, including a schoolgirl, were killed...
The High Court has expressed shock over tragic death of college student Rajib Hossain whose right hand was lost after being pressed between two buses in the city. An HC...
The offices of government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions will remain open from 9:00am to 3:30pm on every working day during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan. The government on...
Deputy Inspector General of police Mizanur Rahman did not submit required documents sought by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to conduct investigation regarding his wealth and earnings. ACC Secretary Md Shamsul...
Parliamentary standing committee on public assurance on Sunday recommended that the monitoring of 'One House, One Farm' project and Palli Sanchay Bank should be intensified. The committee also suggested implementing...
Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves rose to $33.11 billion at the end of April, $709 million higher than one month earlier. The central bank on Sunday also said the reserves were...
Stocks witnessed another downward trend on Monday, extending the losing spell for the four consecutive sessions, as investors went on late hours selling spree, particularly bank and telecom stocks. Market...
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