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A Mumbai hospital has brought its renowned doctors to Bangladesh for the first time for a medical seminar and OPD programme in the field of cancer care, organ transplants and...
A three-day expo titled ‘REHAB Housing Fair Sydney-2018’, kicked off on Saturday in Australia aiming to help promote the sector among non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs). Real Estate and Housing Association of...
Two minor siblings drowned in a pond at Tariaani village in Haziganj upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Mahmuda Akhter, 8, and Kawsar Hossain, 9, daughter and...
US President Donald Trump sparked anger in France and Britain by suggesting looser gun laws could have helped prevent deadly attacks in Paris in 2015, and linking a wave of...
The pass rate in the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent exams has slipped 2.58 percentage points year-on-year to 77.77 per cent this year. But the number of GPA 5.0 scorers...
A BNP backed councillor aspirant for Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election was attacked by some unidentified gunmen at Jamuna Road in Khulna’s Khalishpur area on Saturday night. Three miscreants riding...
Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in Manchester United’s history, underwent emergency surgery on Saturday for a brain haemorrhage, the club said. “The procedure has gone very well but...
Polling booths opened in Lebanon on Sunday for the country’s first parliamentary election in nine years, a period marked by stretches of political paralysis and war in neighbouring Syria. Voting...
At least 16 miners have been killed and more than a dozen others remained trapped after an explosion in a coalmine in southwest Pakistan, officials said. Saturday's blast in the...
A head-on collision between a tour bus and a car left at least nine people dead in Brazil’s southern Parana state on early Saturday, said highway police. The accident occurred...
A total of 2,031,889 students are awaiting the results of their SSC and equivalent exams, which will be published this afternoon. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid is scheduled to announce...
The board of directors of 16 banks, out of 30 listed banks, declared lower dividends for 2017 than that of the previous year as the profit margins declined due to...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has urged the government to reduce corporate tax and surcharge on net wealth in the upcoming budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2018-19....
The non-tax revenue dived even as the cumulative collection of domestic revenue grew 54.55 per cent to Tk 1.26 trillion in the eight months to February, the ministry of finance...
Land development and the construction of embankment have emerged as the most challenging task, raising fear about missing deadlines for the country's major economic zones. The problems pushed the builders...
Deaths from lightning strikes have been a common occurrence in the country for ages. Puzzlingly, their frequency has recently marked a sharp increase. Over the last 10 years, the lightning...
Immediately after the first consignment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) arrived at the Chottogram port, state-run gas distribution companies submitted proposals for gas tariff hike to the energy regulator. Gas...
An irony is that the financial information that the initial public offerings (IPOs) carry always present an 'attractive' picture about the companies but the stock market faces a severe shortage...
CHATTOGRAM, May 5 (BSS): Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Saturday there will be no change in the constitution even if BNP stays away from the next parliament...
FE ReportWell performing frontier markets like Bangladesh, Vietnam and Sri Lanka offer exceptional growth potential and will soon take the lead in venture capital (VC), private equities (PE), corporate and...
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is set to sign a joint venture contract on Sunday to establish a coal-fired power plant having 1,320 megawatt (MW) generation capacity. "As part of...
The luxurious foliage that formed such a pleasant natural barrier around one side of the National Parliament didn't come up on its own. It was planned, planted and nurtured. So...
Since the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949, Germans have looked back anxiously to the collapse of the Weimar Republic in the early 1930s and the rise...
Stoke's 10-year stay in the Premier League has come to an end on Saturday after they were relegated to the Championship by Crystal Palace's second-half resurgence. Home fans streamed out...
Lawyers for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia say she has asked them to convey the news of her illness to court during hearings on her bail. Five lawyers – Zainul Abedin,...
The Maldives is a chain of atolls in the Arabian Sea, south west of Sri Lanka with only a population of 400,000, has been in the news since the beginning...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the mystery behind Tonu murder case to be revealed soon as the investigation is being conducted by a high profile team. The minister...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has proposed staging what would effectively be a mini-World Cup, featuring eight international teams, every two years in addition to the traditional event. The tournament, known...
To accept handouts for one's needs is injurious to pride - be it for an individual or nation. When poverty was grinding, Bangladesh and other similarly placed countries swallowed it...
A robotic geologist armed with a hammer and quake monitor rocketed toward Mars on Saturday, aiming to land on the red planet and explore its mysterious insides. In a twist,...
At least three people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Sunamganj and Rajbari districts on Saturday. In Sunamganj, a farmer and a female student of Islamganj Degree...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Saturday said a total of 22,500 new buildings will be constructed at educational institutions across the country. "These buildings will be multi-storey," the minister...
Rising income inequality has been the subject of considerable debate in recent times. An Oxfam report presents that top 1 per cent of population possesses more wealth than the rest...
It is essential that the country's banks and financial institutions take more interest in investments with green initiatives than others to save the environment. So it is heartening to see...
Two local organisations representing Bangalee settlers in the Chittagong Hill Tracts have called a 48-hour strike starting Monday morning in Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban. The shutdown across the three hill...
BNP on Saturday demanded reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) with neutral persons before the announcement of the schedule for the next general election. The party also turned down the...
South Africa will sustain average economic growth of 4.91 per cent per year for the next eight years until 2026, according to a new report by Harvard University’s Centre for...
Garment workers demanded fixing of the minimum wage of the country's garment workers at Tk 16000. Garment Workers Coordination Parishad, a platform of 52 organisations for RMG workers, came up...
California’s economy has surpassed that of the United Kingdom to become the world’s fifth largest, according to new federal data made public on Friday. Despite having a population of only...
The US Navy has said it will re-establish its Second Fleet, as Russia becomes more assertive. Chief of Naval Operations Adm John Richardson said the fleet, disbanded in 2011, would...
United Arab Emirates (UAE) forces have occupied sea and airports on Yemen's remote island of Socotra, a day after deploying four military craft and more than 100 troops there. UAE...
A woman has been allowed to enter a Japanese traditional bullfighting ring for the first time after a ban was lifted in a bid to modernise the sport. Yuki Araki...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will pursue a new ‘Strategy 2030’ aiming to attain a resilient, inclusive, prosperous and sustainable Asia and the Pacific. Tackling poverty and rising inequality, fostering...
The public subscription of SK Trims and Industries will start on May 14 and will be continued till May 22. SK Trims, which received BSEC approval in February, is set...
Vietnam's total goods retail sales and consumer service revenues in the first four months of this year rose 9.8 per cent year-on-year to 1,399 trillion Vietnamese dong (over 61.6 billion...
Private jute millers have sought waiver of source tax on export earnings in the upcoming national budget for 2018-19 fiscal year (FY). They said earnings from this sector have declined...
A massive awareness campaign and regulatory reforms are essential to encourage Bangladeshi expatriates to send home their hard-earned money through secure and authorised fund transfer channels, said the country director...
A twelve years old school boy was killed as a truck crushed him in Monirampur Upazila in Jashore district Saturday. The victim was identified as Raihan, 12, a resident at...
Former UN chief Kofi Annan has urged Facebook Inc to consider establishing a special team to respond more quickly to threats of sectarian violence in countries such as Myanmar that...
The country's businesses have urged the government to strengthen market monitoring during the holy month of Ramadan with a view to keeping the prices of essentials stable and protecting the...
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