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'A drug addict youth' cut off his mother's fingers at Reshom Potti in Rajshahi on Sunday morning. The injured woman is Habiba Khatun, 75, wife of Lutfar Rahman. Sources at...
The country is set to observe one-minute blackout commemorating the black night of March 25 in 1971. Pakistani occupation forces carried out brutalities and cowardly attacks on the unarmed people...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her determination to take Bangladesh forward with the spirit of Liberation War. Sheikh Hasina also urged all to work together in a planned way...
A court in Rangpur on Sunday sentenced a retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police and his wife to life term rigorous imprisonment for murdering their housemaid after rape about 15...
Question sets for the upcoming Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will be decided by lottery 25 minutes prior to the examinations in an effort to curb leaks. Secondary...
The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division will decide whether garment exporters’ organisation BGMEA will receive more time to demolish the illegally constructed 16-storey building in the Hatirjheel industrial area in Dhaka....
The first Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) meeting between Bangladesh and Egypt was held at the state guest house 'Meghna' in Dhaka city on Sunday. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and...
Australia’s Steve Smith and David Warner have stepped down as captain and vice captain following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, Cricket Australia said in a statement on Sunday. Wicketkeeper...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed an appeal seeking harsher punishment of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case in which she was earlier sentenced to five...
Creditors of British restaurant group Prezzo have backed a restructuring plan that will see it close 94 outlets - about a third of the chain. It is estimated the move...
Bank Asia Limited has recently inaugurated a training programme titled ‘Orientation Course for the Tellers’ at its training and development centre in the city’s Lalmatia area. Md Arfan Ali, President...
A Jubo League activist was shot to death by miscreants at Purbobhujpur Mirerkhilbari in Fatikchhari upazila in Chittagong early Sunday. The deceased has identified as Mohammad Harun, 35, son of...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his ratings in a slump amid a suspected cronyism scandal and cover-up, apologised again on Sunday for causing anxiety and loss of confidence in his...
Two policemen were killed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in a bomb attack that targeted the local security chief two days before a presidential election. Five other people were...
A delegation of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) met the chairman of BSEC, Prof Khairul Hossain Sunday at his office in the city, said a press release. The DSE delegation included...
Roger Federer will lose his world number one spot after defeat at the Miami Open - and has announced he will miss the clay court season, including the French Open....
Nine deaths have been recorded following a cholera outbreak in Nigeria's northeastern state of Bauchi, local authorities confirmed. A total of 324 cases of cholera have been confirmed so far...
The 3-day 15th international tourism fair 'US- Bangla Airline Dhaka Travel Mart- 2018' ended recently in the capital with spot orders and transactions worth over Taka 45 million which is...
A large number of farmers in Panchagarh are expecting a bumper yield of Boro paddy during the current season. Availability of agricultural inputs such as fertilisers, pesticides and favourable weather...
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) recently signed an agreement to implement VEEFIN, a solution for Supply Chain Finance platform to facilitate easy and instant finance to the suppliers and distributors of...
A four-year-old child has died after he was struck by a truck at Nawabganj Upazila in Dhaka. The accident took place at Baruakhali neighbourhood on Saturday night, said local police...
The head of the World Trade Organization called on Friday for restraint and urgent dialogue within the WTO system to stop trade frictions damaging the world economy, which he said...
The head of Alphabet Inc’s autonomous driving unit, Waymo, said on Saturday that the company’s technology would have safely handled the situation confronting an Uber self-driving vehicle last week when...
RFL Plastics Limited, the largest producer of household plastics products in the country, is offering10 per cent discount on its all kinds of plastic chair, said a statement. Besides, customers...
The first person to win the Eurovision Song Contest, Lys Assia, has died at the age of 94, competition organisers have announced. She took the prize for Switzerland in 1956,...
The Agent Banking Outlet of First Security Islami Bank Ltd started its operation recently at Dubli Bazar, Muksudpur, Dhaka. Mr. Syed Waseque Md Ali, Managing Director of First Security Islami...
Italy's centre-right bloc and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement joined forces Saturday to elect a speaker for each chamber of parliament, in what could be a test run for a...
The first scheduled non-stop flight between Australia and the UK has touched down in London’s Heathrow Airport. Qantas Flight QF9 completed its 14,498km (9,009-mile) journey from Perth in just over...
Citibank, N.A. Bangladesh announced the winners of ‘Citi- Anondo Alo Shahitto Puroshkar’ 2018 in a ceremony recently. Citibank, N.A. Bangladesh and Anondo Alo jointly organised the annual Shahitto Puroshkar to...
Local value addition by the country’s Ready-Made Garments (RMG) industry stood at 74.84 per cent during the first half of the current fiscal year. Bangladesh Bank estimated the local value...
Congo’s military said it had killed 13 militiamen during clashes with an unidentified group after coming under attack in the country’s volatile northeastern Ituri province. Ituri is the latest part...
Close linkage between industry and institute can be the vital means of boosting publicity, quality and expansion in technical education besides industrial development. All concerned should come forward and work...
At least seven people were killed in a confrontation with police in Rio de Janeiro’s Rocinha favela on Saturday and several others were injured, as an army takeover of Rio’s...
A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist was stabbed to death allegedly by his rivals at PDB area in the district town on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Md...
Eighteen distinguished personalities have received this year’s Swadhinata Padak (Independence Award), the highest civilian honour in the country. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over the award at a function organised...
A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines failed to meet its arrival schedule at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday. BG 087 from Malaysia was scheduled to arrive at the airport...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed an upward trend in early hour of trading on Sunday as investors were active on sector-wise stocks amid optimism....
The board of directors of Mercantile Bank has recommended 17 per cent cash dividend and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017. The final...
Detective Branch of Khulna Metropolitan Police in a bust arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 11,000 pieces of contraband Yaba pills from Sonadanga bus stand area in Khulna city...
Bodies of five young men have been recovered two days after a boat, carrying 14 passengers, sank in the Shitalakkhya River following a collision with a cargo vessel in Rupganj...
Cricket Australia chief executive officer James Sutherland says he is ‘shocked and extremely disappointed’ and has begun an investigation into the ball-tampering scandal involving the Australia team on tour in...
China’s air force has held another round of drills in the disputed South China Sea and the Western Pacific after passing though Japan’s southern islands, the air force said on...
Throat-slit body of a man has been recovered in Kuladi village of Bharara union in Pabna Sadar upazila on Sunday morning. Abdur Raja Bahadur, Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Police Station said...
The board of directors of five listed companies, including two banks, have recommended dividend in last week between 10 per cent and 100 per cent for the year ended on...
Some unidentified miscreants shot a local leader of ruling Awami League (AL) dead in Titas upazila of Comilla on Saturday night. The AL activist was identified as Mohammad Monir (48),...
Police and politicians backed by the country’s former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Muslim riots that rocked Sri Lanka’s Kandy district this month, according to witnesses, officials, and CCTV footage...
A student of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) was killed and three others sustained burn injuries in a blast at a building of Masterbari area under Bhaluka upazila...
Unplanned urbanisation has been taking place in the rural areas where land use is not maintained properly, speakers said Saturday. If the practice is not reversed, it will not only...
Global payment technology titan Visa is planning to introduce its new solution option in Bangladesh this year, a senior company official has said. The company looks to launch the contactless...
Despite having higher economic growth, Bangladesh couldn't create requisite job opportunities, thereby putting the country's sustainable growth potential at risk, economists said. They said a higher number of unemployed people...
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