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Owner of the cargo vessel, which capsized in the Pashur River near the Sundarbans three days ago, did not take any step to salvage it until Tuesday. The vessel, MV-Bilash,...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday refuted the allegation of blindfolding and picking up of three leaders of the quota reform movement on the previous day...
Two women were killed in two separate road accidents in Mirsharai Upazila in Chattogram on Tuesday. One of the deceased was identified as Sajeda Begum, 42, wife of Akhter Hossain...
After a two-year suspension of direct Dhaka-London air cargo flights, the UK government has lifted the ban on airfreight, following strenuous efforts made by the Bangladesh authorities to improve standards...
For all the concern over trade flows and balances nowadays, the largest deficit the world must confront is one of leadership. With the United States retreating from its global role,...
A suggestion has been put forth recently by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the bank owners to reduce lending rate and bring it down to single digit. Meanwhile, interest rate...
Foreign remittance to Bangladesh constitutes the single largest source of foreign exchange earnings and plays a critical role in the socio-economic development of the country. Remittance has resulted in improved...
A five-day long photography exhibition titled 'Because I was There-2' began at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the city on Tuesday. A total of 166 photographs of Bangladeshi and...
The holy Shab-e-Barat will be observed in the country on the night of May 1 as the Shaban moon was sighted in sky of Bangladesh on Tuesday. The National Moon...
Alistair Legge PSM, senior governance adviser of International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), a US-based international organisation, called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman on the...
Mohammad Ponir Hossain, a Bangladeshi photojournalist, is a member of the photography team of Reuters that won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. Hossain was a part of the photography...
The Ministry of Labour and Employment will give 10 readymade garment (RMG) factories 'Peshagato Sastha and safety Uttam Charcha Purasskar' (Occupational Health and Safety Best Practice Award) on the occasion...
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that "there seems to be a European civil war" between liberal democracy and rising authoritarianism. He urged the EU to renew its commitment to...
Three suspected robbers were killed in a 'gunfight' with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Dhamrai Upazila in Dhaka on Tuesday. RAB-2 Company Commander Anwar Razzak said the ‘gunfight’ took...
Six pro-Awami League teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) (anti-VC group) were assaulted during a scuffle with another faction of pro-AL teachers (who support the Vice-Chancellor) at the transport gate on...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL) on Tuesday donated Taka one million to General and Cancer Hospital Research Foundation and Diabetes Centre to construct its new hospital near Dhaka-Chittagong Highway. AIBL...
Arastoo Khan resigned from the post of chairman of the Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) on Tuesday. The former secretary of the government resigned from the post on personal ground....
Almost half of the survivors of Rana Plaza collapse still remain unemployed due to various physical and mental complications. According to a follow up survey on some 200 survivors by...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged to provide education for all -- the key to achieving the overarching vision of inclusive development in the light of sustainable development goals. “We...
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar has said the government is going to include information and communication technology (ICT) in primary curriculum within next two years. "Where only...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered nine gold bars weighing 1.0 kg from Putkhali area under Benapole Port Police Station on Tuesday noon. Tipped off, when a team of...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 9 gold bars weighing 1 kg from Putkhali area under Benapole Port Police Station in Jashore on Tuesday noon. Tipped off, when a...
Turkish deputy prime minister said the ruling AK Party will discuss a suggestion by the nationalist MHP party to hold the presidential election in August this year, more than a...
Md Golam Rafi Khan and Rafat Shams, 12-year-old football enthusiast s from Bangladesh, have been selected as country’s representatives at the global FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP (F4F) social programme. The F4F...
The government is considering formulating a Jute Pulp Paper Act, aiming to bring back the past glory of golden fibre. The move came following requests from businesses and trade bodies....
Poland violated EU law by ordering large-scale logging in one of Europe’s oldest woodlands, the Bialowieza forest, the European Court of Justice has ruled. Bialowieza forest has been designated a...
Bangladesh, India and Nepal will carry out a trial bus run on April 23. Two buses carrying 35 passengers will travel from Dhaka to Siliguri and onwards to Kathmandu, according...
It was a pulsating sight at the centre point of Dhaka city on Friday last when thousands of residents participated in a token street cleaning drive. At the call of...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced five former officials of Oriental Bank Limited, now known as ICB Islamic Bank, to 68 years imprisonment each and fined them Tk 40.02 million...
Nepali Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation is preparing to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh to strengthen energy cooperation between the two countries, according to a...
NEW YORK, Apr 16 (Reuters): An Ecuadorian bank and Wells Fargo have reached an out-of-court settlement over a 2015 cyber heist, providing a possible precedent for the Bangladesh central bank's...
Cell phone operators have called for exempting internet usage from all value added tax (VAT), supplementary duty (SD) and surcharge in the upcoming budget, noting that such move would help...
A suspected member of an outlawed party was killed in a 'gunfight' between his cohorts and detectives at Jakura Balurghat under Sadar upazila of Rajbari early Tuesday. The deceased was...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recently donated Tk 50 million to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund as part of the bank’s corporate social responsibility. Director of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL)...
Govt Titumir College student Rajib Hasan, who died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Tuesday after getting his right arm lost being pressed between two buses in Dhaka city, will...
Reuters won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for international reporting and photography while the New York Times and Washington Post shared honours for exposing sexual harassment in America and detailing the...
Private think-tank Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has termed the country's banking sector as an 'orphan' due to continual abuse of the government. While presenting the budget recommendations for Fiscal...
A five-day long International Folklore Workshop titled ‘Fifth Folklore Summer School’ will draw its curtain on Tuesday at the Bangla Academy premises. The closing ceremony of the workshop organised by...
A teenager has been stabbed to death in east London. The victim, believed to be aged 18, was found injured in Chestnut Avenue, Forest Gate, on Monday night. He died...
An alleged drug pedlar received bullet injury in a gunfight with police at Pagla Nischintapur area under Kutubpur union of Narayanganj on early Tuesday. Manjur Kader, Officer-in- Charge (acting) of...
One international flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines failed to meet its arrival schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Tuesday. BG 236 from Jeddah was supposed to arrive the...
Myanmar’s new president said on Tuesday over 8,000 prisoners will be freed in an amnesty, a move the government said would bring about humanitarian support amid the country’s political reforms...
The 5th SME Development Working Committee (SMEDWC) Meeting of BUILD took place at the conference room of the Ministry of Industries recently, said a statement. Chaired by Muhammed Abdullah, Secretary...
Hinting towards positive vibes in the domestic tourism industry, the inflow of foreign tourists in Nepal (via both land and air routes) has increased by 14.2 per cent to 288,918...
BNP on Tuesday demanded deployment of army at least seven days before the mayoral elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations billed for May 15. The party also sought immediate...
A South Korean actress, once kidnapped by North Korea and forced to make films for the state, has died at 92. Choi Eun-hee was a leading actress in the South...
A report published by the Health Effects Institute, says that 95 per cent of the world’s population breathes dangerous air. According to the study, China’s air pollution exposures have stabilised...
A MoU was signed between Sarathi – Progress Through Financial Inclusion project of Swisscontact Bangladesh and Bank Asia Limited for bringing RMG workers under financial inclusion. This project is funded...
A prisoner, who was serving a five-year imprisonment in a drug case, died at Satkhira jail on early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Golam Mostafa, 30, son of Aziar...
A six-member BNP delegation sat in a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Tuesday morning ahead of the mayoral elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations. The...
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