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A police constable, who went missing after jumping into the Kaliganga River for arresting a convicted accused at Joynagar village in Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon, found dead in the...
A joint working committee has been formed recently to take necessary steps for implementing new Value Added Tax (VAT) law from the fiscal year 2019. The committee comprises representatives of...
The Philippines decried what it said was interference in its internal affairs by the European Parliament, which urged the Southeast Asian nation in a resolution to end “extrajudicial killings” and...
In Chuadanga, a man was found dead at Garchapra village in Alamdanga upazila, while in a separate incident police recovered a decomposed body of a young girl in Gazipur. Quoting...
The headmaster of a local Government Primary School was found dead at Dumuria village in Adamdighi upazila on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Abdur Rashid, 50, headmaster...
The authorities of Dhaka University’s Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall have allegedly harassed students in the name of investigating the reported abuses of quota protesters by Iffat Jahan Isha, a leader...
Atletico Madrid slumped to a 3-0 defeat at resurgent Real Sociedad on Thursday which means Barcelona need one more victory to wrap up a 25th Spanish La Liga title while...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of Philippines, said that authorities may hold off adjusting interest rates for the rest of the year if the next inflation...
Japanese shares were flat in choppy trade on Friday morning as worries about slower smartphone demand hit technology shares, while financial stocks rallied helped by higher US yields. The Nikkei...
Top 10-traded stocks Thursday captured 40.4 per cent of the turnover featured by Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). On the day, the premier bourse featured a turnover of above Tk 5.77...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has intensified its monitoring and supervision to gauge the real situation in the country's foreign-exchange market through scrutinising banks' statements. Under the latest move, the central...
The management of Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) held a meeting with their TREC (Trading Right Entitlement Certificate) holders on Thursday to discuss different issues including possible way of increasing turnover...
Chairman of Delta Brac Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DBH) Nasir A Choudhury presiding over the 22nd annual general meeting (AGM) of the company in the city on Thursday which was...
Oil prices on Thursday hit highs not seen since 2014, built on the ongoing drawdowns in global supply and as Saudi Arabia looks to push prices higher, though US crude...
Last October, at the height of a political crisis in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, a letter arrived at the Iraqi oil ministry in Baghdad from Igor Sechin, head of Kremlin oil...
Asian shares slipped on Friday as a warning on smartphone demand from the world’s largest contract chipmaker slugged the tech sector, while high oil prices stirred inflation fears and undermined...
The United States contemplates imposing direct sanctions against Myanmar for what it calls "a clear case of ethnic cleansing", a senior American diplomat has said. "People in congress and administration...
Bangladesh has finally decided to sign a 'letter of exchange' to enjoy duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) market access on 97 per cent tariff lines in China, trade officials have said....
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urged on Thursday all the political parties to get united in waging movement for holding the next general election under a non-party neutral...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called for a comprehensive reform of the Commonwealth to achieve the desired goals and meet evolving needs and expectations of the member states. "We...
Only a few multinational companies (MNCs) are operating in Bangladesh -- and those with global reputation are even fewer. Some little known foreign companies have entered the country's market in...
The bad news is that people around the world have dumped an estimated 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic on the planet. Half of this huge plastic trash has been...
The latest information about more than a hundred small and medium-sized industrial units' location in the vicinity of the Sundarbans makes a bad case not just for the environmentalists but...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been listed by US-based Times magazine as one of the 100 most influential people for the year 2018. US President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said countries need to collaborate with countries of other regions for capacity-building, technology sharing, research and to harness blue economy. "As the idea of...
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Thursday discussed the future of Europe after Britain leaves the European Union next year in talks with top Romanian leaders. Gentiloni met Romanian counterpart...
Coming out of a meeting on the April Fool's Day the Finance Minister (FM) announced a reduction in the cash reserve ratio (CRR) from 6.5 to 5.5 per cent. Shortly...
UNICEF is willing to work with University Grants Commission (UGC) for developing curriculum on Communication for Development (C4D) at tertiary level education of Bangladesh To this end, a letter of...
It was an afternoon spell of rain. This type of downpour is not an uncommon phenomenon around this time. Thus the one-and-half-hour downpour accompanied by gusts on Pahela Baishakh was...
Hundreds of noisy protesters greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he arrived in London on Wednesday, demonstrating over a rising tide of sexual violence at home, including two particularly...
SYLHET, Apr 19: Wheat growers of Sylhet division have achieved a good production this season. A total of 1,569 hectares of land were brought under the farming of the crop...
RANGPUR, Apr 19: Farmers of different upazilas in the district are getting financially benefited by growing snake bean (Barbati) on their lands in recent years. Due to congenial weather, low...
Holders Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) North Zone brightened their chance to retain the league title with a convincing innings and 28-run victory over Islami Bank East Zone on the 3rd...
Three policemen were injured in a gunfight with suspected yaba peddlers in the capital’s Gendaria area on Thursday afternoon. Police also arrested a suspect with gunshot wounds and recovered 2,000...
Members of Editors' Council, an association of newspapers editors, will meet Parliamentary Standing Committee on Posts, Telecommunications and ICT on April 22 to place their proposals regarding amendments to the...
We have long heard of the Israel-Palestine chasm dragging on and on, without end in sight, for a century or so (recall how one of its springboards was the infamous...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her outstanding leadership in handling the Rohingya crisis. "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been showing outstanding leadership in handling the Rohingya...
Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mostafa Jabbar on Thursday warned that cyber criminals would not be spared even if they deleted their contents on social media sites. "There are...
President Abdul Hamid on Thursday gave assent to five bills passed in the 20th session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad. The bills are: the "Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial...
Experts at a seminar have called for making the river routes in Sundarbans off-limits for ships carrying oil, chemical, coal and harmful materials. The speakers expressed their concern over the...
Bangladesh sent 2,49,528 workers overseas with employments and received USD $ 4,530.46 million as remittance till April 13 this year that contributed significantly in the socio-economic advancement of the nation....
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said the Editors' Council that steps will be taken to place editors’ recommendations, regarding some sections of the proposed Digital Security Act, before a...
Talks between Exxon Mobil and Iraq on a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure contract have reached an impasse, Iraqi officials and two industry sources said, in a potential setback to the oil major’s...
China is well prepared to handle any negative effects from its trade dispute with the United States, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, adding that Beijing’s tariff hikes on US...
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed May 13 for holding hearing on framing charges against BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia in Niko graft case. Mahmudul Kabir, judge of Dhaka Special...
The government is yet to make any progress in reforming the existing quota system for government jobs, although the Prime Minister announced to abolish it a week ago, according to...
Pro-Awami League 'blue panel' teachers on Thursday swept Dhaka University syndicate, academic council, and finance committee elections by securing 12 posts out of 13. The white panel, backed by BNP...
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq has said the government will launch free medical services for the freedom fighters within a month. He made the remarks at a rally...
An SSC examinee drowned in a pond at Boyra Police Lines area in Khulna city on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Sajid Arefin Siddiqi, 15, son of Selim...
Former 911 operator in Houston, Texas has been found guilty of hanging up on emergency calls. Crenshanda Williams, 44, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months of...
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