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The organisation that decides the Nobel Prize for Literature has said it will not announce an award this year, after it was engulfed in a scandal over sexual assault allegations....
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has advised nine tips to avoid lightning strikes as the number of deaths from the lightning is being increasing. It recently posted the tips on its...
Faisal Mohammed Al Shimmari farms in some of the most extreme conditions in the world, at Al Ain, an oasis in the United Arab Emirates desert, where temperatures can reach...
A high-profile delegation of representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is visiting Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar today. A 53-member delegation of representatives of OIC-member countries arrived at...
Xerox on Thursday said its current board and management team, which included Chief Executive Jeff Jacobson, will stay, after a settlement agreement it had reached with dissenting shareholders to oust...
Southeast Asian stocks were mostly lower on Friday, as investors turned cautious ahead of the release of US payrolls data later in the day. The US jobs report for April...
Superhero movie “Black Panther” scored a leading seven nominations on Thursday for the MTV Movie & TV awards, delivering a knockout punch to box-office blockbuster “Avengers: Infinity War.” Supernatural television...
Tired of living in fear of arrest or running afoul of drug traffickers, Romairo Aguirre is ready to destroy his illegal plantation of 1,500 marijuana bushes in the mountainous Cauca...
The net foreign investment in the Dhaka bourse turned negative in April, after a month's break, as the foreign fund managers followed a 'go-slow' strategy. The overseas investors collected shares...
BRAC Bank Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Selim RF Hussain, Deputy Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer A K Joaddar and Head of Treasury and FI Md Shaheen Iqbal...
At least 125 people are now reported to have died in fierce dust storms in northern India, with officials warning of more bad weather to come. High-speed winds and lightning...
Three-dimensional printers are letting doctors in Minnesota make simulated body parts in a hospital and a Brooklyn startup create rocket engines designed to put satellites into orbit, executives said Thursday...
A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her mentally challenged son in Keraniganj Model Town area early Friday. The deceased has been identified as Shahida Haq, 54, wife of...
A youth was killed when a pick-up van hit him in the city's Arambagh area early Friday. Bacchu Mia, sub-inspector of Dhaka Medical College Hospital Police camp, said Shaon, 18,...
A flight linking Singapore and the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur has become the busiest international route in the world, research shows. Planes made 30,537 trips between the two airports from...
Sheikh Afzal Hossain, a resident of Bishwanath upazila under Sylhet division, has become self-reliant by setting up a pigeon farm at his residence where he usually rears foreign species. At...
The dollar held steady against a basket of currencies on Friday, having retreated from four-month highs on profit-taking, with the focus on whether US jobs data will provide the spark...
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party avoided a wipeout in London local elections and eked out gains in Brexit-supporting regions elsewhere, early results on Friday showed, although her Labour opponents...
A court in Chattogram on Thursday sent Adnan Mirza, who was arrested in connection with the murder of a schoolgirl Tashfia, to jail. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Salem Mohammad Noman...
Police in a drive arrested four suspected criminals along with arms at Charkalibari Moylakanda in Sadar upazila on Thursday. The arrestees were identified as Mostafizur Rahman, 30, Saifur Rahman, 27,...
The securities regulator has finally approved the proposal made by a Chinese consortium for being the strategic partner of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). The approval came Thursday at a meeting...
Twitter has urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather...
President Donald Trump is expected to pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear agreement on May 12. Tehran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, with China, France,...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao has said the Bank will continue its support for Bangladesh for its future economic development. Also lauding Bangladesh's ongoing economic growth, the ADB...
Asian shares stepped back while the Japanese yen held onto overnight gains in early trading on Friday as financial markets turned their attention to the looming US payrolls data for...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has sought an allocation of Tk 6.0 billion for its Equity and Entrepreneurship Fund (EEF) in the fiscal year of 2019 to finance agro-based projects, officials...
It is time for the BRTA (Bangladesh Road Transport Authority) and others concerned to show some actions. A few road accidents that left some people dead or maimed in Dhaka...
Myanmar under the rule of military generals was wrapped in an iron curtain but it did not earn the infamy of a rogue state then. With Aung San Suu Kyi...
The reported move by the government to encourage the country's pharmaceutical sector by providing generous tax holiday and cash incentive to producers of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) is no doubt...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated on Thursday the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mizanur Rahman in connection with alleged accumulation of wealth illegally. ACC's spokesman Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB that Mizan...
Over the last few years, there were apparent signs of a spectacular revival of the Dhaka film industry. True to the expectations of the movie industry people, viewers returned to...
It is not just Hungary "looking more and more like Russia," as a CNN piece observed of Viktor Orban's re-election as prime minister for the third straight term in early...
Academic freedom is a precious commodity, critical to ensure that discovery of the truth is not encumbered by political or ideological forces. But this does not mean that intellectuals should...
Education is a shared responsibility; and accountability is obviously a major concern when it comes to ensuring an inclusive, equitable and quality education for all. Despite enormous progress in education,...
SYLHET, May 03: A team of researchers have detected sporadic attack of insect of Hemiptera family on litchi trees at places in Sylhet although it was almost non-existent in the...
RAJSHAHI, May 03: Battery-driven auto-rickshaws (easy bikes) and two-seated rickshaws have become the main reasons of city traffic jam. Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) was issuing those rickshaws trade licences as...
Although relatively new as a concept, statehood is drilled in every adult's psyche. Not long ago, Europe was fragmented in small squabbling duchies. Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino and the...
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi recently inaugurated the long-delayed new airport in the capital, Islamabad, replacing the cramped Benazir Bhutto airport often criticised by travelers, reports Reuters. A Pakistan...
US President Donald Trump has assured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of continuing his country's pressure for the safe and voluntary return of the Rohingya people to their homeland as he...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a Hundi trader along with Tk one million from Benapole Bazar area of Sadar Upazila on Thursday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as...
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has approved a joint offer by China’s Shenzhen and Shanghai bourses to buy 25 per cent of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). The SEC gave...
CNG filling stations will remain closed for two more hours during the month of Ramadan, which means a six-hour stoppage a day, aiming to boost supply to power plants. The...
The body of a newborn was recovered from a toilet of Barguna General Hospital on Thursday morning. Hospital superintendent Dr Md Sohrab Uddin said cleaner Hasina Begum of the hospital...
A case was filed over the recovery of the body of a schoolgirl from the bank of Karnaphuli River near Patenga sea beach in the port city Chattogram. Victim's father...
LNG import may push up the local gas price enormously if inefficiency in energy use is not stopped. Energy experts at a seminar on Thursday came up with the apprehension...
Justin Langer has been named as Australia's new head coach, replacing Darren Lehmann, who resigned in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal. The former opener, currently in charge of Western...
The authority of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has started repairing the damaged roads of the city to make those fit for vehicular movement before June next. "The repair will...
The upward trend of inward remittances continued in April following stable exchange of local currency against the US dollar, officials said. The remittance inflow was estimated at $1.33 billion in...
Gibson Brands Inc, the maker of guitars played by the likes of BB King and Elvis Presley, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday with a plan to reorganise...
Bangladesh government has sent several letters to the UK Home Office to bring convicted BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman from London. "This is a part of our ongoing process to...
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