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Chilli cultivation has changed lots of the char farmers of Fulchhari and Shaghata upazilas in the district in recent years. According to sources, the char farmers of the upazilas used...
Comedian Bill Cosby was convicted on Thursday of drugging and sexually assaulting a onetime friend in 2004, marking the first such conviction of a celebrity since the #MeToo movement that...
The Jahangirnagar University (JU) has installed a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) machine at the Wazed Miah Research Centre of the university for conducting advanced research. Prof Farzana Islam, the vice-chancellor...
Nigerian forces repelled an attack by Boko Haram militants in the northeast city of Maiduguri on Thursday, the military said in a statement, the second such clash in a month....
Women exposed to high levels of air pollution may have less success getting pregnant with fertility treatments or staying pregnant, compared to women breathing cleaner air, a South Korean study...
House prices in United Kingdom (UK) rose a bit more quickly in April after touching a seven-month low in the previous month, the mortgage lender Nationwide said. The Nationwide said...
The leaders of the two Koreas planted a pine tree on the heavily fortified border dividing their countries on Friday as the afternoon session of their summit got under way....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call for putting continued pressure on Myanmar from different levels for the safe return of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. The appeal was made...
The Government of Kazakhstan has allocated 0.50 million US dollars as humanitarian aid to Rohingya refugees who have taken shelter in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar district. Mr. Barlybay Sadykov,...
Vietnam has expressed its keen interest to establish direct air connectivity with Bangladesh. Vietnam Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh expressed her country's desire on Friday while holding a meeting...
Vietnam has sought Bangladesh's support to its candidature for membership to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-2021 session. Vice President of Vietnam Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh sought the...
Police recovered the slaughtered body of a cloth trader in Konkolosh area in Beanibazar upazila on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Shaiban Ahmed, 55, owner of 'Aboroni...
Around 200 young people including 80 women were given entrepreneurs development training in Rajshahi for making them competent alongside generating new employment. Industrial Support Centre (ISC) of Bangladesh Small and...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will get a tour of a museum and dinner with President Xi Jinping on Friday, the first day of an ice-breaking visit to China in which...
Forest officials in a drive seized timbers worth Tk 5 million from a forest in Dighinala upazila on Thursday. Harunur Rashid, an official of the Naraichhari range, said a team...
The US Senate has confirmed former CIA director Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, ending a tough confirmation battle. Mr Pompeo had been accused by Democrats of being a war...
The supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through pipeline is delayed for a month although a specialised vessel of Excelerate Energy reached Bangladesh with the first shipment of LNG from...
A young man was stabbed to death by miscreants following a dispute over sharing business money at Kazirbazar Bridge in the city on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad...
Antoine Griezmann punished Arsenal's lax defence late on as 10-man Atletico Madrid salvaged a draw from the Europa League semi-final first leg at Emirates Stadium. The visitors were on the...
Japanese stocks rose on Friday morning as chip-related firms rallied after brisk earnings forecasts from Advantest and Kyocera, but a profit warning from index-heavy Fanuc saw its shares nosedive. The...
The US government may start scrutinising informal partnerships between American and Chinese companies in the field of artificial intelligence, threatening practices that have long been considered garden variety development work...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel in a raid arrested a suspected smuggler along with seven gold bars worth Tk 3.50 million from a bus in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district...
Two suspected robbers were killed in separate gunfights in Laxmipur and Rajshahi districts on Friday. In Laxmipur, an alleged robber—Nurul Alam alias Nuru, son of Samsuddoha of East Zafarpur village...
Airbus posted a slender first-quarter profit after delays in engine deliveries for its A320neo passenger jet, and it also cut production of the larger A330 due to weak demand. Europe’s...
Speakers at a pre-budget discussion called for stepping up monitoring of implementation of the gender responsive budget to help ensure women empowerment in the country. They also called for increasing...
Asian shares rose on Friday after US equities were buoyed by a rebound in technology stocks, while markets in Seoul were underpinned by optimism as leaders of North and South...
The securities regulator on Thursday approved the drafts of three rules and regulations prepared for brining changes in the existing ones. The approvals came at a meeting at the office...
There will be no trading at the DSE and CSE on Sunday as it will be a public holiday on the occasion of Buddha Purnima, according to the stock exchanges....
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) Chairman Akkas Uddin Mollah presiding over the 263rd meeting of the bank's board of directors at its head office in the city recently, while the...
Prices of vegetables increased significantly last week, hitting hard the common people, already battered by soaring prices of other daily essentials. Traders attributed the hike to the persisting nor'westers that...
Government employees will be entitled to receive a maximum of Tk 7.5 million and a minimum of Tk 3.0 million in home loans according to their national pay-scale grade. An...
The board of directors of 12 more listed companies, including four banks, have recommended dividends for the year ended on December 31, 2017. Of them, six companies recommended lower dividends...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached Sydney this (Friday) morning on a three-day official visit to Australia at the invitation of her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull to receive the Global...
Chinese digital payment giant Alipay operated by Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial expanded its footprint to hold a major share in the rapidly growing mobile banking market in Bangladesh. The Ant...
The central bank has started the process of developing a collateral database in order to prevent document forgery and corruption during sanctioning loans, officials said. "We've taken the moves to...
Smiling and holding hands, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met at the heavily fortified demilitarized zone between the countries on Friday in the...
Sixty per cent of youths feel that a person of a particular religion should not participate in festivals of other religions or take food during that time while 50 per...
The European Union will extend its arms embargo on Myanmar for another year this week and may then move to target more Yangon generals with fresh sanctions, EU diplomats and...
Trade Mission to Bangladesh, in partnership with Indonesia will contribute to the people’s welfare and boost economic, investment and trade benefits of both countries. Deputy Trade Minister of Indonesia Ms...
The concessions being sought by the private commercial banks (PCBs) from the government to cope with the ongoing liquidity crunch have only exposed a series of failures of relevant parties....
The arrest of the driver, conductor and helper accused of attempting to sexually harass a female student of the Uttara University on a moving bus has brought to an end...
The Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), unlike some of his predecessors, has come up with a positive note on bonded warehousing facility for manufacturing export products. Of...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 26: Professor of Agronomy and Agricultural Extension Department of Rajshahi Department Dr. Aminul Haque innovated a new paddy variety named 'Rabi Dhan-1'. The yield of the new variety...
For once, Real Madrid didn't need Cristiano Ronaldo to score. After finding the net in every Champions League game this season, Ronaldo had to let others grab the spotlight on...
The European Union (EU) has started monitoring imports of aluminium to determine whether US tariffs have led to a surge in shipments of the metal into Europe, the EU official...
Is the Islamic world in the 21st Century entering where the Christian world was during the 16th and 17th centuries, when the Catholic Church, spearheaded by the Vatican, began to...
French President Emanuel Macron in an address to the European Parliament last week articulated truths that resonate across the regions beyond the Atlantic. He warned that "nationalism and authoritarianism are...
"It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams" - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Today is the 82nd birthday...
Perhaps there are few countries in the world where the subterranean demon in man pops up as appallingly as it does in Bangladesh. The monstrous force comes out not on...
Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Madhupur under Tarakandha upazila in Mymensingh on Thursday evening. The deceased were identified as Anamul Haque, son of Mufazzel Hossain of...
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