A day-long workshop was held at University Grants Commission (UGC) on Saturday, aimed at creating awareness on medical e-resources among the medical professionals. UGC Digital Library (UDL) and Wolters Kluwer...
The authorities will consult with expert doctors if anything is required beyond the jail code regarding treatment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal made the remarks...
A nude gunman has killed three people at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee, police say. The man burst into the restaurant at 03:25 in the suburb of Antioch and...
The United Arab Emirates said Qatari fighter planes intercepted a civilian aircraft carrying 86 passengers to Bahrain on Sunday, UAE state news agency WAM reported. Quoting its civil aviation authority,...
Uganda plans to slap a new tax on social media users from July this year to raise revenue. Local human rights activists denounced the move as another attempt by the...
Police arrested a female cricketer along with 14,000 pieces of Yaba pills from a bus at Natun Bridge area under Bakalia Police Station in Chattogram on Sunday morning. The arrestee...
BNP has requested the government to ensure proper treatment of Chairperson Khaleda Zia at United Hospital. BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan and vice chairman Hafizuddin Ahmed made the...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has asked Robi Axiata Limited to pay Tk 189.3 million VAT (value added tax) as License Acquisition Fee and Tech-Neutrality for 4G/LTE service...
About 2,600 more union parishads will be brought under high speed internet connections through optical fibre cable aiming to reach the goal of building 'Digital Bangladesh'. The internet connections will...
The government has postponed the second paper of the HSC geography exam after a test centre mistakenly opened a packet of question sets, a day before the exam. The exam,...
The initial probe report provided by Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority over US-Bangla plane crash contains 'inconsistencies'. Chief Executive Officer of US-Bangla Airlines Imran Asif came up with the allegation at...
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed with China on April 28 to get loan for the 'Rail Link' project of the much awaited Padma Bridge. Under the MoU...
A four-day trade fair titled 'Thailand Week 2018' begins at a city hotel on Monday to showcase Thai products and explore new areas of cooperation between Bangladesh and Thailand. Commerce...
The World Book and Copyright Day will be observed in the country on Monday. Bangladesh Knowledge and Creative Publishers' Association will organise a seminar titled 'Role of Copyright Law in...
SR Group will offer 15 per cent discount to the cardholders of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL). EBL cardholders can enjoy the discount offer at Garlic ‘n Ginger restaurant, a venture...
A menu of the first meal ever served aboard the Titanic has fetched £100,000 at auction. The lunch, including consommé mirrette, sweetbreads and spring lamb, was served to officers on...
Stocks ended lower on Sunday, snapping two-day gaining streak, as risk-averse investors booked quick-profit on sector-wise stocks. Market insiders said the market slipped into the red as most of the...
Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) on Sunday called on the revenue authority to declare seven-to-eight-year tax holiday for the tanneries that have relocated to the Savar Tannery Estate. They also proposed...
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry on Sunday instructed drone enthusiasts to obtain permission to fly the devices until regulations were finalised, a day after security forces shot down a recreational drone...
The Sustainable Urban Wash (SUW) programme is running successfully in Rangpur region to ensure supply of pure drinking water, hygienic sanitation and sewerage systems for 18 low-income communities in the...
Bangladeshi tourists are regularly ‘ill-treated’ at the Petrapole land port, according to a news report of The Hindu Business Line (HBL). It said that lack of facilities and rampant malpractices...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion or RAB in a drive arrested two young men along with a foreign made revolver from Chowkidekhi in the city on Saturday evening. The arrestees...
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 31 people and wounding more than 50, most of...
Prime Insurance has recently celebrated its 22nd anniversary at Royal Tuplip Sea Pearl Beach Resort, Inani, in Cox’s Bazar. Chairman of the Company Mr. Md. Zakiullah Shahid, was present along...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines sold tickets totalling nearly Tk 14 million at the concluded international tourism fair in the capital, said the organisers on Sunday. A good number of people visited...
The outcome of next month’s election in Malaysia may hinge on the performance of a party that has strived for decades to turn the country into an Islamic state and...
A four-day trade show titled 'Thailand Week 2018' will begin on Monday at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. The 16th edition of the event will be organised aiming...
Asian Paints Bangladesh Ltd., one of the largest paints manufacturers in Bangladesh, recently has launched two new products, Apex Ultima Protek and Royale Aspira at International Convention City, Bashundhara, said...
Teachers of Dhaka University (DU) formed a human chain on the campus on Sunday morning with a call to ensure security of the university students. The DU teachers in the...
Two international flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines failed to meet their arrival schedules at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday. BG 087 from Malaysia was scheduled to arrive at the...
Two BNP leaders have gone to the office of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan seeking an update on the health of party chief Khaleda Zia who has ‘fallen ill’ in prison....
Verne Troyer, who is best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers films, has died at the age of 49. Troyer, who was 2ft 8in (81cm) tall, also played...
The Global Society for Supply Chain Professional (GSSCP) has recently organised a day long workshop titled ‘The Future of Supply Chain Management’ at the Grand Oriental Hotel in Gulshan in...
ACI Motors organised a higher training programme for the police members on riding of latest 250 cc Yamaha Motorbike. The training session was conducted by highly skilled trainers Okada Norio...
A father and his son were killed while another three injured as a private car hit a covered-van on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Nishinda in Bhaluka upazila on Sunday morning. The...
The 4th Annual General Meeting-2016 of Union Bank Limited was held at the head office of the bank at Gulshan Saturday, said a statement. Shahidul Alam, Chairman, Union Bank Limited...
COX'S BAZAR: The country is unlikely to achieve the target of salt production this season as output in the salt beds is not satisfactory. Due to failure to meet the...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not doing enough beyond preventing the next global economic crisis from taking place and reducing inequality, says the Jubilee USA Network in a statement....
A special court in Dhaka on Sunday again extended until May 10 the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Md Akhteruzzaman of Special...
Apple said component failure in a limited number of MacBook Pros has caused built-in battery to expand, adding, it will offer worldwide free replacement for such batteries. The flaw, reported...
Global growth has further strengthened and is increasingly broad-based, driven by a strong rebound in investment and trade, according to a communiqué of the 37th meeting of the International Monetary...
A mobile court run by the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB has sentenced seven people each to two years in jail for selling ‘Jatka’ or Hilsha fry in Dhaka. Executive...
The board of directors of Bangladesh National Insurance Company Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said an official disclosure Sunday....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her firm resolve to take back BNP acting chairperson Tarique Zia from London by any means and bring him under the ambit of...
The organiser of anti-government protests in Armenia says he will hold talks with Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan early on Sunday. Nikol Pashinyan has been leading calls for Sargsyan to resign...
An accused of a rape incident was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Hijaldi village at Kolaroa upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Sohag Dalal of...
Stocks witnessed volatility in early hour of trading Sunday as investors were active on both sides of trading fence amid ongoing quarterly earnings disclosure. Following the previous two days’ positive...
A man was found dead in front of Khajura police outpost in the district town on Saturday night. Masudur Rahman Masud, a sub-inspector at the police outpost, said locals found...
The board of directors of Eastland Insurance Company Limited has recommended 7.50 per cent cash and 7.50 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017. The...
The World Bank's shareholders on Saturday endorsed a $13 billion paid-in capital increase that will boost China's shareholding but bring lending reforms that will raise borrowing costs for higher-middle-income countries,...
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