A faction of pro-Awami League teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Wednesday observed a two-hour strike, demanding action against the teachers who allegedly assaulted their fellows on April 18. Over...
The government will be able to eliminate malaria from the country in next five years. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim came up with the statement on Wednesday. "If...
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of bdjobs.com AKM Fahim Mashroor was released on Wednesday afternoon hours after his detention from the Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka. Earlier, a team of Cyber...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will interrogate Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman on May 3 for allegedly acquiring illegal wealth. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of ACC Kanak Kumar...
The mastermind behind ATM card forgery, who was arrested on Tuesday night from Dhaka's Mirpur area, learned the skill to clone ATM cards from Russia. The arrested ringleader of ATM...
While on vacation, what would you rather do? Laze on the beaches, stroll along the promenade, enjoy the balmy evenings sipping ice tea, shop your heart out and sample the...
The board of directors of First Security Islami Bank Limited has recommended 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017. An official disclosure on Wednesday...
A self-styled Indian spiritual guru who claims millions of followers worldwide has been given a life sentence for raping a 16-year-old girl. Asaram Bapu carried out the 2013 attack at...
Stocks returned to the green on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing, as some investors went on late hours buying spree on sector-wise stocks. Dealers said the market rebounded as optimistic...
A college student died from snakebite at Mokamia village in Betagi upazila of the district on Tuesday night. The youth was identified as Gopal Chandro, 23, a third year student...
Police detained AKM Fahim Mashroor, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of bdjobs.com, on Wednesday from Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka. The law enforcers detained him around 1pm over his Facebook post...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed left Dhaka for Cambodia on Tuesday along with a high-level business delegation, including ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman, to attend a bilateral meeting with the business...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) assured Tuesday the exporters to consider their demands for providing equal budgetary facilities to all export-oriented sectors. "This year we will try to provide...
The Government Railway Police (GRP) in Chattogram on Wednesday recovered bodies of two minor children from the roof of an inter-city train. Identities of the minors could not be known...
South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Asgar Ali Hospital to facilitate its clients in the hospital. According to the MoU,...
The Taliban announced the start of their annual spring offensive on Wednesday, dismissing an offer for peace talks by President Ashraf Ghani but pledging to focus on US forces in...
Russia said on Wednesday that it expected to sign a deal with India this year on the sale of S-400 surface-to-air missiles, the Interfax news agency reported. It cited Russia’s...
The only polar bear ever born in the tropics has died in Singapore of age-related ailments. "We have jointly made the difficult but necessary decision to not revive Inuka from...
BNP’s acting chief Tarique Rahman has no national identity card, according to a local media report. The new findings came amid the debate over the handover of his passport to...
Novartis’s foray into digital technology intensified on Wednesday as the Swiss drugmaker launched a mobile-phone based app to help collect data from people participating in eye disease studies. It is...
Telecom and ICT Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said the country’s first space satellite Bangabandhu-1 will launch on May 7. “The latest rescheduled date of launching the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 is now...
Credit card holders of LankaBangla Finance Limited (LBFL) will now enjoy EMI facility up to 6 months at zero per cent interest under ezypay scheme to buy air tickets and...
Police in the north China city of Tianjin confiscated 600 computers used to mine bitcoin cryptocurrency after the local power grid operator reported abnormal electricity usage, Xinhua reported Wednesday. “Eight...
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) will finally incorporate the rational suggestions in the draft Code of Corporate Governances (CCG), proposed by the different trade and corporate bodies and professional...
Argentina’s central bank (BCRA) held its benchmark interest rate at 27.25 per cent on Tuesday, reiterating in a statement that high-frequency indicators suggested core inflation would remain high in April,...
An Indian spiritual guru who claims to have millions of followers worldwide has been found guilty of rape. A court in the northern city of Jodhpur ruled that Asaram Bapu...
Semi-nomadic herdsmen armed with guns carried out an attack on a church congregation in a central state of Nigeria, killing 16 people on Tuesday, said police. Hundreds of people have...
Venture Capital and Private Equity Association of Bangladesh (VCPEAB) Monday demanded of the government to withdraw stamp duty on Collective Investment Scheme (CIS). It also demanded tax exemption for...
Speakers at a function in Rangpur have urged Islamic scholars for preaching the real spirit of Islam, a religion of peace, to stop evil forces in the country. Rangpur divisional...
Thailand's domestic car sales rose 12.1 per cent to 95,082 cars in March from a year earlier, boosted by Bangkok Motor Show and improving public and private investment, the FTI...
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 24 April 2018 - OKI will unveil two brand new label printer models at the Labelexpo Southeast Asia 2018, at Booth F21, from 10-12 May,...
Peanut farming is gaining popularity among the farmers in Brahmanbaria upazila as they can cultivate it at a little cost as well as can make good profit. Similar to past...
Jubilee USA Network has called for providing permanent debt relief to Caribbean and small islands, including Dominica and Barbuda, ahead of the next hurricane season. The people are still recovering...
The board of directors of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recommended 20 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said an official disclosure on Wednesday....
As part of its seven-day political programme, BNP on Wednesday formed a human chain in Dhaka demanding its chairperson Khaleda Zia's release from jail. Leaders and activists of the party...
Another Mohamed Salah masterclass helped Liverpool take control of their Champions League semi-final - but two late Roma away goals gave the Italian side a glimpse of hope for the...
The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) is organising an evening of Bengali Classical Songs by Ms Alif Laila on Saturday at 6.30 pm at Kobi Sufia Kamal Auditorium in the...
Mayor A G M Nasir Uddin of Chattogram City Corporation has recently launched a beautification project with an aim to modernise the port city. The project, implemented by Berger Paints...
Stocks crept higher in the early hour of trading Wednesday as some investors are active on sector-wise stocks amid ongoing quarterly earnings declaration. Following the previous three days’ correction, the...
Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a listed criminal from Brac office area in the district town early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Khademul, son of Rezaul Haq of...
US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have suggested there could be a new agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme. After talks in the US, Trump, who is...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested the kingpin of a credit card fraud gang in Dhaka city. Huge clone cards and card marking equipment were also recovered from his...
A housewife was killed as a bullet fired 'mistakenly' from the firearms of an alleged criminal at Nayanpur village in Dagonbhuiya upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Sharmin...
Firefighters in Indonesia are struggling to contain a blaze at an oil well in the northwestern province of Aceh that killed ten people and injured as many as 40, authorities...
The board of directors of Heidelberg Cement Bangladesh Limited has recommended 150 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said an official disclosure on Wednesday....
Bharti Airtel Ltd posted its lowest quarterly profit in nearly 15 years on Tuesday, as a price war in the telecoms sector continued to hurt, while revenue was hit by...
Share price of Jute Spinners, a "Z" category company, is soaring despite the company's production suspended nearly two years since June 2016. Within three consecutive sessions, the company's share price...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is not issuing licence to operate new money changers, considering the present 'over saturation and chaotic state' of the business, said officials concerned. The central bank also...
Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has forwarded a proposal to Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase to award a US$ 120-million contract to a Russian company for providing consultancy services...
The demand for Bangladesh Taka (BDT) in the money market fell drastically mainly due to the recent slash of the cash reserve requirement (CRR) by 1.0 percentage by the central...
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