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The United Nations Security Council(UNSC) is continuing its mission to Bangladesh and Myanmar, taking a first-hand look at the plight of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled...
Oil prices extended gains on Tuesday, supported by comments from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Oil prices jumped on Monday. Netanyahu said that he was sure US President Donald Trump...
The majority of labour unrest that took place in 2017 was over the payment of wages arrears with highest number of such incidents in the apparel sector, according to a...
Britain has backed a ‘vitally important’ nuclear deal with Iran, after Israel and the US accused the Iranians of pursuing atomic weapons. Israel claimed it had evidence showing Iran covertly...
Bangladesh is observing the historic May Day with due respect as elsewhere in the world. The day commemorates the supreme sacrifices of the workers at Hay Market, Chicago, in the...
WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum on Monday put out word that he is leaving Facebook, which bought the smartphone messaging service four years ago for $19 billion. “It is time for...
US stock markets slipped on Monday as healthcare stocks slid and rising oil prices and a looming deadline for exemptions to US steel and aluminum tariffs weighed on investor sentiment....
A woman and her 4- and 9-year old daughters have been found dead at their home in Dhaka’s Mirpur in a suspected case of murder-suicide, police say, report agencies. They...
The board of directors of nine more listed companies, including three banks, have recommended dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017. Of them, only three recommended higher dividends...
Adult film star Stormy Daniels is suing US President Donald Trump over a ‘defamatory’ tweet about alleged threats against her, her lawyer says. Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, says she...
Myanmar's government leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with United Nations Security Council envoys on Monday over the plight of nearly 700,000 mainly Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh...
The land acquisition process to set up Araihazar Economic Zone (AEZ) in Narayanganj district is now at the final stage, an official said. "We are working on it. We hope...
RANGPUR, Apr 30 (BSS): By virtue of solar power, the lifestyle of around 0.2 million people, living in some 200 remote and hardly reachable riverine char villages of all five...
In a phone call Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani agreed to work together in the coming weeks to preserve the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement,...
Rafael Nadal continues to make winning on clay look all too easy. Nadal extended his dominance on the surface with a 6-2, 6-1 win over 19-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas on...
Upward of 100 people from Central America who travelled north in a so-called "migrant caravan" to seek asylum in the United States are waking up on the Mexican side of...
A police officer was killed on Mondayafternoon in a road accident at Nabnagar area of Jhikargacha upazila on Jashore- Benapole Highway. The deceased was identified as Ahsanullah, 36, in-charge of...
Attestation is such a ubiquitous thing that there will be hardly anybody who does not have to go through the process of attestation. Attestation is an essential prerequisite for getting...
Fortunately for the government, its 'Digital Bangladesh' catchphrase has occupied a significant space in the public sphere over the past years. Unfortunately for the people, digital technology is still far...
The world has undergone a sea change since 1886 when the workers in the US city of Chicago launched the blood-stained agitation to establish eight-hour working day. That was the...
Bayern Munich are without winger Arjen Robben for their Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid. Robben suffered a leg injury eight minutes into Real's 2-1 win at the...
There is a multitude of ideas (read startup and enterprises) that holistically addresses social, business and the environment based solutions for Bangladesh. The beauty of these lies in the fact...
Facebook, known as the world's prodigious social media company, for the first time opened up the touchstone or the pattern it uses to censor speech on its forum, absolutely at...
The recent deal between Alipay, a subsidiary of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, and bKash is a fresh breath of news the country needed. Alas that in midst of ongoing...
No one could have gotten off to a diplomatic start with as much roar as Kim Jong-un this past week. With Moon Jae-in he essentially 'rewrote' Korean history, banning war,...
At least seventeen people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in 10 districts on Monday. The lightning strikes were reported from Narayanganj, Sunamganj, Rajshahi, Jamalpur, Pabna, Moulvibazar, Rajbari,...
The collapse of Rana Plaza in April 2013 saw over 1,100 workers losing their lives and a large number suffering serious injuries. The tragedy left many workers acutely vulnerable. Injured...
Missile strikes on military sites in northern Syria overnight reportedly killed a number of pro-government fighters, including Iranians. The Syrian military said facilities in Hama and Aleppo provinces were struck,...
Lionel Messi on Sunday set another record in his glittering Barcelona career after becoming the first player to score 30 goals or more in seven different seasons in La Liga....
The government has decided to apply 100 per cent merit-based admission policy this year at the colleges across the country. After completing the merit list, additional students can get admission...
A two-day long ‘Bangladesh Denim Expo’ will start from May 09 at International Convention City Bashundhara in the city aiming to highlight equality in the supply chain in order to...
At least 2,123 people were killed while 5,558 others were injured in as many as 1871 road accidents across the country in the first four months of this year. Bangladesh...
How many dealers did you visit before you bought a car? Were you happy with the first quote you got for your kitchen renovation work? Did you assign the job...
Two foreign contractors for have been assigned the task to construct the metro-rail line-6 between Agarogaon and Motijheel. To this end, the government on Monday signed two separate deals with...
Sajid Javid has become new Home Secretary of the United Kingdom after previous interior minister Amber Rudd's exit. British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Sajid as the new home boss...
The board of directors of five more insurance companies has recommended dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, according to separate official disclosure on Monday. The five companies...
A farmer allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Dakhshin Mirzapur under Sadar upazila in Magura on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Tariqul Islam, 45. Quoting family members, Elius...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Monday imposed a ban on carrying explosives, crackers and explosion of firecrackers in the areas of its jurisdiction in the capital ahead the holy Shab-e-Barat...
The government has so far formed wage boards in 38 sectors out of 43 across the country to ensure standard wages for the concerned employees. State Minister for Labour and...
Law Commission Chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque on Monday stressed the need for changing the existing traffic law to prevent growing number of road accidents. The former chief justice was...
Thirteen meritorious students from different departments under the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of Dhaka University (DU) on Monday were awarded Dean's Award for their excellent academic results in Bachelor...
The schedule for 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election will be announced in October next, Election Commissioner (EC) Md Rafiqul Islam said. He came up with the remark at a press...
Kona Software Limited has recently signed a contract with Guardian Life Insurance Limited to ensure insurance for the employees of the company along with family members. The signing ceremony was...
Women workers' participation in the country's trade unions (TUs) and other platforms is still very limited despite their active role in labour rights movements at grassroots level, a study has...
Bangladesh and Nepal will be connected through a tunnel way with an aim to promote the transnational road connectivity. Nepal's Industries and Commerce Minister, Matrika Prasad Yadav came up with...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will brief journalists on Wednesday about the outcomes of her just-concluded visits to Saudi Arabia, the UK and Australia. The press conference will be held at...
Having failed to get permission for a workers' rally at Suhrawardy Udyan, BNP's labour wing Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal has decided to bring out a rally in the city on Tuesday,...
Retail sales in Germany dropped in last month, marking a fourth consecutive drop and dampening cheer around a consumer-led upswing in Europe’s biggest economy, data showed on Monday. The volatile...
Bangladesh could not reap the benefits of cross-border trade, as most of the country's land-ports have remained unused, experts and people involved in such trade opined at a seminar on...
Seven international flights failed to meet arrival schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Monday. Sources at Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) said the BG 128 from Doha...
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