A college student was killed when she fell from a human hauler at Shanir Akhra Bus Stand area in city's Kadamtali area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Nusrat...
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell below 5,800-mark once again as investors went on panic driven sell-off on major sectors. Market operators said the investors went...
A motorcyclist was killed as a human hauler hit his two-wheeler at Mallikpur in Sunamganj municipality area on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Ruhul Amin Hridoy, 27, son...
Avengers: Infinity War made history with a $630 million global opening weekend take, according to estimates. Industry tracker Exhibitor Relations made the estimate, even though the film has not yet...
Iran said on Monday cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the United States will further destabilise the Middle East, a senior official said. The official added that Tehran will continue its...
The 19th Annual General Meeting of Mercantile Bank Limited was held at FARS Hotel & Resorts, Dhaka Monday, said a statement. A large number of shareholders of the Bank attended...
Expressing their determination to resolve the ongoing Rohingya crisis, the visiting team of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Sunday said their priority is to expedite implementation of the...
Singapore and Hong Kong have come up on top across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region as having the most favourable policies for cloud adoption, according to a report from the...
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT), the central bank of Turkey, has lifted its year-end inflation forecast to 8.4 per cent from 7.9 per cent previously. The...
Meghna Bank Limited has signed an agreement with Irving Aviation Ltd in its Head Office at Gulshan, Dhaka recently. Meghna Bank Credit Card holders can avail 0% Insta-Pay EMI Facilities...
US telecoms giant T-Mobile has agreed to buy its rival Sprint in a $26 billion (£18.9 billion) deal. The merger of America's third and fourth largest mobile carriers is designed...
Digital services provider Robi has entered into a strategic partnership with Singer Bangladesh with an aim to provide customers visiting Singer’s retail outlets with digital services of Robi and Airtel....
Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Monday as easing tensions in the Korean peninsula boosted investor sentiment, while Singapore stocks surged to a 10-year high. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific...
Two farmers were killed in separate incidents of lightning in Sunamganj and Habiganj districts along with another college student in Chuadanga on Monday. A farmer was killed after being hit...
Nearly 1,500 new words and expressions have been added to the Tibetan vocabulary. A national committee on standardisation of the Tibetan language released the words and expressions, which have largely...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said Bangladesh expects China, Russia, India and Japan to play a major role in resolving the Rohingya crisis. "We expect China, Russia, India and...
Members of the visiting UN Security Council delegation have assured all concerned of helping Bangladesh and Myanmar to expedite the implementation of the Rohingya reparation agreement signed between the two...
Asian shares were mostly higher on Monday following the release of reassuring manufacturing data for China, though a number of the Asian markets are closed for holidays. The Hang Seng...
When Hong Kong unveiled plans last year to encourage biotech companies to list in the city by loosening listing rules, the financial industry and investors cheered. Hong Kong was an...
A landslide in northern China trapped and killed nine people Monday morning beneath the falling earth. More than a hundred firefighters, rescue workers and medical staff were sent to the...
The board of directors of Bata Shoe has recommended 105 per cent final cash dividend in addition to 230 per cent interim cash dividend declared earlier and paid in December...
The heat shield for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s upcoming Mars rover suffered a fracture during testing recently, but the situation will not affect the mission's launch...
The boards of directors of three more listed banks – Jamuna Bank, Trust Bank, and Dhaka Bank – have recommended dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, according...
Meghna Bank Limited has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Irving Aviation Ltd at the bank’s head office located in Suvastu Imam Square in the city’s Gulshan area....
Police in Tangail on Sunday arrested the wife over the killing of former Army sergeant Mohammad Shamim in Gopalpur upazila in 2016. The detainee, Razia Begum, was the mastermind of...
About 50 people from a Central American migrant caravan including women, children and transgender individuals tried to seek US asylum on Sunday but were not allowed to cross the Mexico...
Launch and ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River have been suspended due to bad weather. The authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) suspended the services...
The prices of most of the shares witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading Monday, amid the government holidays, as risk-averse investors are selling shares amid ongoing quarterly earnings....
A farmer allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Dakhshin Mirzapur village in Magura sadar upazila on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Tariqul Islam, 45. Quoting family members,...
A young man was found hanging at a residential hotel in Kolatali Zamzam Hatchery area of the district town on Sunday night. Police recovered the hanging body of Nezam Uddin,...
The Rajshahi Medical University (RMU) is going to launch its academic activities very soon. The varsity authority will appoint manpower to 70 posts as early as possible in order to...
Police arrested three young men on Sunday afternoon in connection with the gang rape of a teenage girl in Shiroil Colony Kanamor area in the city. The arrestees are Abu...
World number one Rafael Nadal produced an imperious display to win his 11th Barcelona Open title with a 6-2 6-1 win over Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas. Nadal, 31, who won...
Police arrested a madrasa student and three others on charges of attacking and vandalising the Dhaka University vice chancellor’s residence about three weeks ago, during the agitations for reforms the...
At least 21 people including a photographer of French news agency AFP have been killed when two blasts rocked the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, officials said. But there was...
Britain's home secretary Amber Rudd has resigned, saying she ‘inadvertently misled’ MPs over targets for removing illegal immigrants. Rudd, who was due to make a Commons statement on Monday, was under...
Barcelona secured the league title in Ernesto Valverde's first season as manager with a Lionel Messi-inspired victory over Deportivo La Coruna, who have been relegated. Barca only needed a draw...
Three crew members of a transport plane have lost their lives after the aircraft crashed near one of the largest Libyan oil fields, says Libya’s oil agency. A statement by...
The call money rate in the local money market took a dip to the lowest level in more than one year on Thursday, the last working day before the weekend,...
Bangladesh's garment workers earn inadequate wages and mostly rely on excessive hours of overtime for an insignificant amount of money, according to a recent report. The report titled 'Toward Fair...
Some 227 large companies still remain under the purview of the field-level Value Added Tax (VAT) offices despite having eligibility to come under the functional supervision of Large Taxpayers Unit...
The country's overall import grew by more than 14 per cent in the first nine months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2017-18, mainly due to higher import of food...
At least 14 people were killed in lightning strikes in eight districts-Sirajganj, Magura, Noakhali, Brahmanbaria, Naogaon, Rangamati, Gazipur, and Sunamganj- on Sunday, report agencies. In Sirajganj, five people, including father...
Business entities in Bangladesh can benefit immensely from the emerging blockchain technology, a leading technology expert has said recently. "Loyalty point systems built on blockchain are poised to be a...
Mongolia and Singapore are the final two sites under consideration for the upcoming summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, reports CBS News citing administration sources....
Kevin Gameiro's second-half penalty earned a laboured 1-0 win for Atletico Madrid at Deportivo Alaves, putting the onus on Barcelona to achieve a positive result in their clash with Deportivo...
Bangladesh has the enviable record of becoming the first country in the world to have banned polythene shopping bags. Many developed countries reportedly tried to emulate the feat rather unsuccessfully....
The process of making the national budget for the next financial year is already on. People at the Ministry of Finance (MoF) would soon burn midnight oil to locate sources...
Of late different segments of tourists have reportedly shown interest in undertaking adventure tourism in the country. It would have been good news had the ground reality been favourable. It's...
The first solo album of Lutfun Nahar Pakhi was released under the banner of Laser Vision on Saturday. Arranged and produced by Autumnal Moon, the album ‘Bhalobasho Mor Gaan’ is...
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