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China on Thursday sent five Zhuhai-1 remote sensing satellites into space on a single carrier rocket. The Long March-11 carrier rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest...
A Rajshahi University student sustained injuries as a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly beat him up on Friday evening. Jihad Hossain, a 4th year student of Anthropology Department...
At least 47 people drowned when their boat capsized as they fled clashes between soldiers in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo and armed men who had crossed the border from...
Australia will send a military patrol aircraft to monitor North Korean vessels suspected of transferring prohibited goods in defiance of United Nations sanctions, Defence Minister Marise Payne said on Saturday....
A suspect in at least eight cases has been killed in an alleged shootout following his arrest in Mymensingh. The shootout occurred early on Saturday, when police had taken Kala...
At least 50 shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at a market of Bhola district town early Saturday. The fire broke out from a shop in Monohari...
Two leaders of the armed Houthi group have been killed after a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit the Houthi’s Interior Ministry in Yemen’s city of Sanaa, Saudi state TV Ekhbariya...
The government has provided BJMC with Tk 1.0 billion in loan to pay due wages to the employees and officials of state-run jute mills who have long been passing hard...
A man allegedly beat his father-in-law to death at Sonaharpara village in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna on Friday evening over a trifling matter. Md Shariful Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Chatmohar Police...
As Bangladesh is poised to graduate to a developing country, the government is getting prepared to claim new facilities in the global market, officials said. The national committee on export,...
The government has cut its high rice import target by 500,000 tonnes in the current financial year on the back of the "stabilised" local market. The ongoing Boro harvest, the...
Despite notable expansion of financial services in recent years, just half of Bangladeshis aged 15 or above remain without a bank or mobile money account, a recent World Bank study...
As the mango harvesting season nears, traders suggested setting up mango ripening/processing plants in the country to ensure supply of better quality mango and increase its export. They also recommended...
As wastewater assumes mountainous volumes in different localities in many countries of the world including Bangladesh and as water is becoming increasingly scarce, recycling or reuse of wastewater could be...
Railway is a popular mass transportation system in the world with its origin in the 19th century. It has proved to be both passenger and environment-friendly -- especially suitable for...
The drug market in the country's vast rural area is perennially beset with scores of irregularities and disadvantages. Prominent among them is the pervasive presence of spurious drugs manufactured by...
If a person went into coma, say, 25 years ago or in the early 90's and regained his consciousness now, would s/he been able to recognise the world as it...
Over 40,000 Rohingya families in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar refugee camps have now been trained in shelter upgrade techniques ahead of the fast approaching monsoon and cyclone season. Women are playing...
Health-conscious people across the world are avoiding the use of harmful polythene and other synthetic materials in their daily lives. This change is creating a good demand for jute and...
Obesity has become an increasingly serious problem around the world and it is regarded as one of the major risks to human health. Many factors such as more wealth and...
The shareholders of BRAC Bank Limited approved 25% stock dividend for the year 2017 at the 19th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Bank held at BRAC-CDM, Savar Thursday, said...
Israel must stop the excessive use of force by its security forces along the Gaza border and must hold to account those responsible for the many deaths and injuries sustained...
Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation (BTF) and Cosmos Group are jointly organising a 'Blood Donation Camp' at Cosmos Centre in the city's Malibagh area on Saturday for the thalassemia-affected children. All donors...
The government has formed a high-profile committee to investigate the recent attack on the Bangladesh High Commission in London. Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York...
There has recently been a flow in anti-dumping cases around the world, and Bangladesh, unfortunately, is no exception. There are allegations that Bangladesh has been dumping, meaning exporting some goods...
Ruling Awami League (AL) has welcomed the informal meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be held on April 27-28 in China's Wuhan. "We...
App-based ride-share services, including Uber, Pathao and the like, are transforming Dhaka's transport sector. Ride-share operations have emerged mostly in Bangladesh's capital, although they are expanding. Dhaka has a massive...
The gas crisis has been a thorn perpetually pricking Bangladesh economy since 2005-6. During the early days of the crisis, the shortage of gas affected mostly power generation leading to...
On the surface, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer appears to have made an ironclad case against China in the so-called Section 301 report issued on March 22. Laid...
Vietnam is keen to develop its friendship and cooperation with Bangladesh and the two countries can share experience in economic development, poverty reduction and gender equality promotion. Vice President Dang...
BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman should return home to clear the smokescreen created over his Bangladeshi citizenship. Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya made the remarks on...
Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta will leave the Spanish club at the end of the season. The Spain midfielder, 33, has made 669 appearances in 16 seasons, winning 31 trophies with...
At least seven students were stabbed to death in a knife attack outside a school in northern China. More than 12 students were injured in the attack near a secondary...
Food Minister Quamrul Islam has sought support from all stakeholders, including private sector, to ensure safe food healthy life of the people. Alongside the government's efforts, all stakeholders should extend...
Pop group Abba have returned to the studio to record their first new music since the 1980s. The Swedish quartet said the new material was an "unexpected consequence" of their...
The Transparency international, Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the authorities concerned to review some provisions of drafted act for government employees. The watchdog made the call through a statement on Friday...
China has confirmed US$2.67 billion loan for the Padma railway link construction project of Bangladesh. To this end, an agreement was signed between the two sides on Friday at EXIM...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received the prestigious Global Women's Leadership Award at a ceremony in Sydney of Australia. Sheikh Hasina received the award at a Gala Dinner of the...
Claiming that the ruling party has no popularity, BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday said Awami League will face dire consequences if a fair election is held. "The...
The government through its different organisations including National Legal Aid Services Organization (NLASO) has provided free legal assistance to 3,00,598 people from 2009 to March, 2018. "Of these, only NLASO...
The United Nations said the situation in Rakhine State of Myanmar remains extremely concerning. Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric came up with the statement at a in a...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Christine Schraner Burgener as new special envoy to Myanmar. The UN Secretary-General made the announcement on Thursday, report global news agencies. The announcement...
A high-profile delegation of the UN Security Council is coming to Bangladesh to visit Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar. UNSC President for April Gustavo Meza-Cuadra will lead the UNSC delegation,...
Detectives arrested 45 leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami along with explosives from a resort at Pubail area of Gazipur on Friday. A team of Detective Branch of police arrested them, including...
Jagannath University has decided to abolish multiple choice questions (MCQs) from admission tests and all other examinations from starting next year. The university took the decision in a syndicate meeting...
Two people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between an ambulance and a truck at Ghoga Battala on Dhaka-Bogura highway in Sherpur upazila on Friday noon....
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind and lighting flashes is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet and...
Britain is banking on a series of ancient mines on its southwestern tip to secure a slice of the global electric car revolution. The English county of Cornwall and the...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have agreed to work for the “complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula”. They signed the "Panmunjom Declaration for...
Shahriar Caesar Rahman, a Bangladeshi conservation biologist specialising in reptiles, is one of the six who won the prestigious Whitely Award for working in grassroots nature conservation in the world's...
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