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Seven people have been killed and five other wounded after a truck, carrying sugarcane ploughed through a roadside eatery and five parked vehicles in a town in Batangas province of...
US stocks ended sharply lower on Tuesday, with each of the major indexes suffering their fourth decline in five sessions, fuelled by a selloff in the tech sector. Tech stocks...
A three-year-old child who was burned in a septic tank blast in Mirpur area died in the early hours of Wednesday. Ruhi was among the five people admitted with critical...
Bumper harvest of brinjal has posed problems for farmers in many districts this season in the absence of proper marketing facility and government intervention in ensuring fair price for their...
Bangladesh is one of the worst countries in the world where around 44 per cent of Bangladeshi women suffers from anaemia due to lower intake of nutritious food, according to...
A scandal engulfing Facebook over the use of its data by political consultants widened on Tuesday when a whistleblower said Canadian company AggregateIQ had developed a programme to target Republican...
A freight train ready for trial run from Kolkata to Dhaka Tuesday missed its debut trip as Bangladeshi customs reportedly didn't show the green flag. The train of Container Corporation...
Keith Richards, Managing Director of Engagement and CEO of Personal Finance Society, Chartered Insurance Institute (UK), is a recognised leader within the financial services sector with 30 years' experience operating...
By a seeming contrast to a bearish run of Bangladesh's bourses, trading in open-ended mutual funds finds an exponential growth, with the number of investors in ICB tools showing a...
After days of speculation, it has been confirmed that North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has visited China. The visit, confirmed by China and North Korea, was Mr Kim's first known...
A move is underway for taxing the tycoons operating businesses in tax havens by incorporating international legal provisions into Bangladesh's income-tax law, sources said. At the core of the set...
Nine banks, six owned by government, suffered an aggregate capital shortfall worth over Tk 194.67 billion in the last calendar year mainly as their swelling classified loans took a toll....
Students of Frobel Academy on Monday painted a children-friendly zebra crossing on Panchalaish road, Chittagong, close to the school premises on the occasion of Independence Day, says a press release....
RANGPUR, Mar 27: Apiculture has ushered in a new hope to the farmers of Rangpur region in recent times. According to sources honey collection through beekeeping in mustard and pumpkin...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the countrymen to remain vigilant against those who are trying to stage a comeback upsetting the spirit of independence.“Stay alert against anti-liberation forces’...
State Minister for Information Tarana Halim has underscored the need for empowering women not only in the economic arena but also in the political arena to ensure women empowerment in...
The government will not allow fish import for protecting the local fisheries industry, says the fisheries and livestock minister."We need to discourage import of fishes and milk power for producing...
Rahman Jahangir's death might have struck many in the journo community as something out of the blue. This could have been because they weren't aware of what he had been...
The question of how public resources are mobilised and spent is critical to the relationship between citizens and the state. The government is always expected to respond to this question...
There was a time when many regarded being in the middle of the distribution - socially, politically, and in the business world - as a favourable, stabilising, and desirable...
Riyadh and Moscow are considering extending an alliance on oil curbs to extend controls over world oil supplies by major exporters for many years to come. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed...
Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has made back-to-back apologies for a self-confessed "breach of trust" relating to 'protection of information' on the part of the world's largest social media network....
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Tuesday removed two shops and one passenger's shed at Satmasjid Road in the city's Dhanmondi area. A DNCC team, led by its Executive Magistrate...
A news item published recently in the FE reports the launching of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) aimed at building a network to help tropical countries boost their use of...
When the memories of last year's crippling disease of chikungunya and the scourge of dengue in the capital previously are haunting people, both city corporations give the impression they are...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed shock at recent comments of Myanmar’s military chief about citizenship of Rohingya people. Recently Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said that Rohingyas “do...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said BNP made Bangladesh the world champion in corruption for five times. The Prime Minister also alleged that BNP had hired a special agency to...
Two government organisations - Urban Development Directorate (UDD) and Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on March 15 to develop Mymensingh city corporation,...
An oil tanker of Jamuna Petroleum Company Limited mounted a median strip in the city's Shahbagh area on Tuesday. Witnesses said the Tangail-bound oil tanker carrying 8,000 litres of oil...
News about the Bangladesh cricket went viral on the social media recently when the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) gave a bonus of Tk 10 million (one crore)...
A fire has engulfed the warehouses of privately-owned FR Jute Mill in Khulna city. Khanjahan Ali Police Station OC Md Liakat Ali said the fire originated at a warehouse where...
Two Bangladeshis have been put on the 2018 version of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 Asia list for their contributions towards solving problems through their business initiatives. The two young...
The government of Japan will extended grants to three Bangladeshi non-government organisations (NGOs) for grassroots human security projects (GGHSPs). Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Hiroyasu Izumi signed the 'grant contracts' for...
The High Court has rejected a writ petition challenging a government direction seeking the educational institutes including madrasas to hold national anthem competition in the institutes. A bench of Justice...
Thousands of people on Tuesday are protesting in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, angry at Russian officials over the leisure complex fire that killed at least 64 people, 41 of...
Noted journalist Rahman Jahangir was laid to eternal rest at his family graveyard at Masunda village under Matlab South upazila in Chandpur on Tuesday. He was buried following a namaz-e-janaza...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will start pre-budget discussion with trade bodies and other stakeholders from April 3. The NBR will discuss issues relating to customs and tax with...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu Tuesday assured film exhibitors of government’s support for the improvement of the industry. He game the commitment while speaking to a delegation of film...
US-Bangla plane crash victim Shahin Bepari was laid to eternal rest in Siddhirganj in Narayanganj on Monday night. He died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital while...
There is widespread speculation that a senior North Korean official who made a surprise day-long visit to Beijing was Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Japanese media outlets first reported that a...
India's state-run railways have received more than 20 million applicants for about 100,000 jobs, a railway ministry official has said. The number of applicants is expected to rise further as...
A truck driver and his assistant were killed in a collision between two trucks on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Sonakathia area under Chauddagram upazila in Comilla on Tuesday. The deceased were...
Five people suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out following a blast inside a septic tank in Mirpur area of Dhaka. The injured were identified as land owner...
The International Crimes Tribunal has completed hearing a case filed against four Moulvibazar men for allegedly committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. The three-member tribunal led...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two people, including an Indian national, and recovered 5.800 kgs of gold in Sharsha upazila of Jessore on Tuesday. The BGB men arrested...
The government has decided to keep coaching centres across the country closed from Thursday. The decision was taken apparently to prevent the question paper leak during the upcoming Higher Secondary...
Bangladesh has strongly condemned the recent multiple ballistic missile attacks by the Houthi rebels aimed at Riyadh and other bordering cities of South Western parts of Saudi Arabia. The missile...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said the Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will decide whether BNP will get permission for holding its planned rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in...
A day-long spring festival is going to be held on Dhaka University campus in the capital on Thursday. Dhaka University Cultural Society (DUCS) will organise the festival titled 'Dhaka University...
The members of staff of the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) have donated their one day salary to bring 1000 rickshaw pullers under insurance coverage, said a press release....
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