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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Myanmar should take lessons from the religious harmony of Bangladesh. "I think Myanmar should take lessons how to run a country by keeping religious...
No student from 109 educational institutions has been able to come out successful in this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations. Of them, 96 institutions are under the...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said the election commission wants secured environment for upcoming Khulna City Corporation election. The EC has taken all the measures for the voters...
A massive cholera vaccination campaign began on Sunday in Ukhiya and Teknaf sub-districts to protect nearly one million Rohingyas from potential outbreak of the disease during the ongoing monsoon season....
A five-day long honey fair has begun on Sunday in the capital to promote the idea of honey farming with modern technology and to spread knowledge of numerous uses of...
Customs officials arrested an employee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines along with 6.960 kilograms of gold from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in Dhaka. The total cost of the gold is...
Police detained BNP's Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman from Gazipur on Sunday afternoon. Before the arrest, the BNP leader and former minister attended a press conference. Gazipur City Corporation BNP...
The government has taken an initiative to formulate a gold import policy to check smuggling of the commodity and help boost duty collection from the sector. To this end, the...
Bangladesh Trading Corporation (TCB) on Sunday began its commodity selling programme throughout the country including the capital ahead of the holy Ramadan at subsidised prices. Under the programme, the TCB...
Days after a historic inter-Korean summit Lee Min-bok, a defector who has been flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the North for 15 years, received a call from an official at Seoul's...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a daylong drive on Saturday filed 2,813 cases on charges of traffic rule violation. Traffic division in their simultaneous drives on the city streets also...
The earnings of listed cement companies declined moderately for January-March quarter of 2018 as compared to the same period of previous year as profit margins squeezed due to multiple reasons...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday urged Canadian entrepreneurs to invest in one of the 100 Special Economic Zones of Bangladesh availing of the incentives and facilities are on offer...
IBN Sina Trust, one of the corporate sponsors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL), has completed sale of its entire holdings in the company. Earlier on April 26, the trust...
With the demand for hybrid seeds rising, the private seed sector has witnessed a steady growth in the country over a decade. Private companies and traders now meet over 90...
The use of low-grade and inefficient batteries remains unchecked due to the establishment of a number of illegal and unauthorised manufacturing units across the country This causes losses of revenue...
Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has urged Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader to suspend enforcement of the axle load control for the month of Ramadan considering...
The government has finally commenced the 25-year concessional period of Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) project more than four years after signing the contract with a foreign company. Sources said Bangladesh...
Planning experts at a programme on Saturday said Bangladesh could not bring even one per cent area under proper planning. Although it is claimed that 6.0 per cent of the...
Sylhet education board fell at the bottom of this year's SSC and equivalent examination results in terms of pass rate, according to the results published on Sunday. Pass rate...
A total of 1574 educational institutions achieved 100 per cent pass rate in this year's SSC and equivalent examinations, while the number was 2,266 last year. Of those, 184 institutions...
The paramilitary force Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a huge quantity of smuggled goods and illegal drugs worth about Tk 840 million from different border areas of the country last...
A hawker died in his attempt to make a quick escape to avert a 'cleanup drive' launched by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Saturday, witnesses said. The tragic end...
A total of 1,10,629 students attained the highest Grade Point Average (GPA-5) in the SSC and equivalent examinations under 10 education boards across the country this year which was 1,04,761...
Stocks finished slightly lower on Sunday after volatile trading as investors were active both sides of trading fence. Market operators said the market edged down as investors were busy with rebalancing their...
Import payments of capital machinery jumped by 42 per cent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year. Commodity-wise import statistics recorded by the custom authority and released...
The High Court has stayed the Gazipur City Corporation elections for six months after hearing a petition against redistricting in the area. The decision by Justice Naima Haider and Justice...
Turkey will retaliate if the United States enacts a proposed law that would halt weapons sales to the country, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday. Lawmakers in the US...
The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates on ice this week, capping a sharp swing in the outlook for the British central bank, which might now struggle...
US President Donald Trump spoke with Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday on issues including the Iran nuclear deal, a week before the president is to decide whether Washington...
Terming it 'impractical', Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday turned down BNP's demand of reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) with neutral individuals before the next general election. On Saturday,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday laid emphasis on maintaining a peaceful atmosphere in the hill tracts. "Make it sure peace prevails there… we do want that. All must maintain...
A man was killed by lightning strike in Goainghat of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Makdul Ali, son of Asgar Ali of Chantabari village in...
The High Court has granted six-month interim bail to four BNP leaders including the party chairperson's adviser Kabir Murad in a case filed under special powers act. The other three...
ActionAid Bangladesh will disclose a research findings on “Sexual Harassment at Educational Institution and Workplaces: Implementation Status of the 2009 Supreme Court Guideline” on May 7. Kazi Reazul Hoque,...
The Anti-Corruption Commission or ACC has questioned two businessmen over an alleged bribery of Tk 40 million borrowed from Farmers Bank and later sent to an “important” person’s bank account...
The 77.77 per cent pass rate in this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams is the lowest in nine years, but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says it is...
A two-day long ADBI Sessions on Financial Inclusion, Financial Literacy, and Infrastructure Development on Asia and the Pacific Economies begin on May 11 at Suzhou, PRC. The sessions will disseminate...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said Iran has plans to respond to any move by US President Donald Trump on the 2015 nuclear agreement and the United States would regret...
Net inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the United States of America (USA) to Bangladesh dropped by 23.50 per cent in 2017. Latest statistics, released by Bangladesh Bank, showed...
A team led by University of Washington researchers reported on Thursday in the journal Science a new way to encode information using magnets that are just a few layers of...
To see the storm that online video game “Fortnite” has unleashed on the world, just visit Jett Sacher in Brooklyn. The 13-year-old spends an hour or two every day on...
Midland Bank Limited (MDB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a five star chain hotel Amari Dhaka located at Gulshan in the capital. Under the agreement, MDB Visa...
Billionaire Warren Buffett has been buying a boatload of Apple Inc shares and on Saturday suggested he would buy even more shares at the right price. At Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s...
Value of e-commerce transaction based on debit and credit cards crossed Tk 7 billion in July-February period of the current fiscal year (FY18). Bangladesh Bank statistics showed that the amount...
Two international flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday. BG 022 from Muscat was scheduled to arrive...
A health official says 10 Cambodian villagers have died and 120 others are sickened after drinking water suspected to be contaminated with insecticide. The head of the Kratie Provincial Health...
Juventus came from behind with three second-half goals to beat Bologna and put them just one win away from a seventh successive Serie A title. But Juve could be crowned...
Police arrested a young man on charge of raping a schoolgirl at Bagantuli in Shibganj upazila on Saturday noon. The arrestee was identified as Sifat Ahmed Apple, son of Nazrul...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug peddler with 2,952 pieces of yaba pills conducting a raid on Kharibona area under sadar upazila of the district on Saturday night....
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