The posts of different government jobs, which remain vacant for not getting eligible candidates from quota, will be filled from merit lists. The government issued a notification in this regard...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to remain united against militancy, terrorism and corruption. “We have to work together to protect the youth from militancy, terrorism and drugs,” she...
Sri Lanka shut down social messaging networks including, Facebook, on Wednesday to control violence targeted at the country’s minority Muslims even after the imposition of emergency in the Buddhist-majority island....
Renowned paediatrician Prof Dr Shahana Akther Rahman has been made the first-ever woman pro-vice chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Dr Shahana, chairman of Paediatrics Department of BSMMU,...
Three workers were killed and another three injured as the roof of a refuelling station collapsed on them at Khanpukur in Panchagarh on Wednesday noon. The deceased were identified as...
Coca-Cola is planning to produce an alcoholic drink for the first time in the company's 125-year history - with an alcopop-style product in Japan. It is keen to cash in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday on a four-day official visit at the invitation of her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong. During her visit, a...
Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) has decided to provide allocation and registration of .bd (dot bd) and .bangla (dot bangla) domains at a flat yearly rate of Tk 800 from...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) should be shut down and a jute cell should be opened in the ministry instead. "In the...
A suspected robber was killed and another injured in a 'gunfight' with law enforcers in Munshipara graveyard area of Rangpur early Thursday. The identity of the deceased could not be...
A photo showing presence of a Royal Bengal Tiger in Malnichhara Tea Estate area in Sylhet has gone viral on Facebook drawing huge public attention. One Mohammad Mansun saw the...
Bangladesh and Kuwait have agreed to formulate Cooperation Agreement on Manpower (2000) and form a Joint Working Group under the aegis of the deal. "Both sides have also agreed to...
Stocks slipped into the red on Wednesday, after single-day break, as investors went on late hours selling binge on sector-wise stocks. Market operators said the market ended lower amid ambiguity...
Indian fans often treat their favourite Bollywood stars like deities and a Mumbai-based fan of Sanjay Dutt’s films has just done the same thing. Nishi Harishchandra Tripathi, who died aged...
The government has recruited nearly 80 per cent of the women police in the last nine and a half years, surging the number 11676 from 2520, official data shows. According to the...
The German government has grave concerns about the resignation of US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries said on Wednesday, adding that she hoped that Trump...
More female workforce participation in a country corresponds with higher GDP, as does greater gender equality overall, a growing body of research suggest. And a crucial element of this is...
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 has shaken the east of the Kuril Islands, in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, according to the US Geological Survey. Xinhua news agency reported citing the...
President Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka for India on Thursday, on a five-day official visit, to participate in the Solar Summit on March 11. He will also join in...
Buddhist mob attacked mosques and businesses belonging to Sri Lanka’s minority Muslims overnight, despite the imposition of a state of emergency to restore peace in the bitterly divided island, police...
A group of senior BNP leaders led by Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is likely to meet Chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail on Wednesday. The BNP leaders were permitted...
Liverpool strolled into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League with a goalless draw against Porto on Tuesday, completing a routine aggregate victory after their 5-0 first-leg win in Portugal....
Fiorentina have retired the shirt number worn by Davide Astori, the Italian defender who died on Sunday at the age of 31. Astori's former club Cagliari have also retired the...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Bangladesh and Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka have officially launched the “HSBC - IBA Business Case Competition 2018”, said...
Leathergoods And Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding & Cooperation Agreement with Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (LEFASO) Monday at LFMEAB conference...
Britain’s grand welcome for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will begin on Wednesday with a lunch with Queen Elizabeth, as the two countries seek to widen longstanding defence ties...
At Sweet Waters, a village in central Kenya, Veronicah Nyambura stands under the hot sun between two fields. One is full of lush plants - but the other has crops...
Six policemen - four officials and two constables - in Brahmanbaria have been suspended for hiding a drug recovery. They are sub-inspectors Shyamal Mazumdar, Monir Hossain; assistant sub-inspectors Faruque Hossain,...
Pepsi Black, a zero calorie carbonated beverage, has been introduced in Bangladeshi market keeping its maximum taste unchanged. Transcom Beverages Limited (TBL), the franchisee of PepsiCo in the country, brought...
United Nations officials in Mali have paid tribute to four fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers who were killed in the line of duty in the Mopti region of the country last week....
A delegation of ICMAB led by its President Mr. Mohammed Salim FCMA called on Mr. Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, Secretary in Charge, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance at his office recently to...
The company behind the 2013 film, “The Wolf of Wall Street”, agreed to pay the United States government $60 million to settle a civil lawsuit that sought to seize assets...
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur arranged a seminar on exchange of reserach findings at the university. Mashreki Mustari, a researcher now studing in Tokyo University of Japan was the main discussant...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday, beginning her four-day visit in the city-state. The visit follows an invitation by her counterpart Lee Hsien Loong, Foreign...
IPDC Finance Limited recently sponsored ‘WALCOM 2018- The 12th International Conference and Workshops on Algorithms and Computation’. This International event with series of workshops were jointly organized by Bangladesh University...
A new American musical Tuesday became the most nominated production in the history of the Oliviers, British theatreland's own "Oscars". The musical Hamilton has emerged with 13 nominations, the Society...
Four dementia scientists have shared this year's 1 million Euro brain prize for pivotal work that has changed our understanding of Alzheimer's disease. Profs John Hardy, Bart De Strooper, Michael...
Media reports alleging that the United States had banned high-level meetings with Polish officials, as part of protest over the new Holocaust law, have been denied by Poland and the...
A three-day long banker-women entrepreneur conference and commodity fair begins on the premises of Shishu Academy premises in Dhaka Thursday to mark 'Women's Day'. Bangladesh Bank arranged the event which...
Fast food chain McDonald's has started offering fresh beef in burgers sold at its US restaurants. McDonald's is looking to improve food quality and ward off competition from premium burger...
Mr Mamun-Ur-Rashid, Managing Director & CEO of Standard Bank Limited congratulated Mr Ahmed Jamal at his office on being appointed as Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank. EVP & Head of...
A gunfight between police and robbers has left a ‘robber’ dead in Gazipur. The dead, Rouf Haolader, 38, was named in 16 cases over robbery and other charges, said Md...
Global stocks and the dollar slumped on Wednesday after a key advocate for free trade in the White House resigned, fanning fears that President Donald Trump will proceed with tariffs...
Mercedes and BMW both sold more cars in South Korea than General Motors for the first time last month, helped by the growing popularity of German premium brands and as...
US president Donald Trump has said the United States will counteract any attempt at meddling in the November 2018 elections. Trump on Tuesday, said that there was interference by Russia...
Things are looking up for a US economy that struggled in recent years to boost growth and inflation, so the Federal Reserve should expect to gradually raise interest rates, an...
Nitol Insurance Company has recommended 14 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said an official disclosure on Wednesday. The final approval of this dividend...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading Wednesday as some investors are active on sector-wise issues. Following the previous...
At least 18 people were killed by a magnitude 6.7 quake that struck Papua New Guinea’s mountainous Southern Highlands early Wednesday, an official said, adding to the death toll from...
The world’s biggest container shipper, Maersk Line said one of its container vessels caught fire in the Arabian sea and four crew members went missing while 23 others were evacuated...
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