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At least 26 people have been killed after a fire ripped through a drug rehabilitation centre in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, local media reported on Friday.. Television pictures showed flames leaping...
Snow storms shut most of Ireland on Friday and forced Britain to call in the army to battle some of the worst weather seen in nearly 30 years. After a...
European shares slipped to new two-week lows on Friday after Donald Trump said the United States would impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, prompting worries over a global trade...
Washington is watching “carefully” the situation in the Bangladesh-Myanmar border after Burma’s deployment of additional troops on their side. Bangladesh protested against the move on Thursday afternoon by summoning Myanmar...
Scientists say diabetes is five separate diseases, and treatment could be tailored to each form. Diabetes - or uncontrolled blood sugar levels - is normally split into type 1 and...
Oscar-nominated films with a woman in the starring role are more profitable than their male-led counterparts. Female-led films earn higher box office returns - despite usually lower production budgets, according...
Picture an old telephone exchange with operators connecting calls manually, add vast computing power by putting it on the Amazon cloud, and you have Working Group Two — a new...
Crypto-currencies are killing people in a "fairly direct way", Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said. He was referring to the way digital currencies like Bitcoin are used to buy drugs...
Kenya’s public university lecturers have resumed a nationwide strike over low pay, nearly three months after ending a similar protest. Strikes by public workers in the East African country have...
Appreciating the current economic growth in Bangladesh, the United Nations has laid emphasis on having an ‘inclusive’ growth without compromising with environmental sustainability. “It’s important that the growth is inclusive....
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) inked an agreement with APON Foundation to help the underprivileged street and working children to open their own bank accounts with MTB. Tarek Reaz Khan,...
Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw at relegation-fighting Las Palmas on Thursday in an unexpected setback that left them with a five-point lead in La Liga ahead of their...
A young man was stabbed to death over a trifling matter at Mohishkotha in Sadar upazila on Thursday night. Redwanur Rahim, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said Mahbub Islam, 35,...
US oil prices were mixed on Friday, after three days of declines, but any gains were limited as Asian share markets extended a selloff on Wall Street after news of...
Paris St-Germain forward Neymar will have surgery on Saturday after fracturing a metatarsal and spraining an ankle during Sunday's Ligue 1 victory over Marseille. Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar confirmed...
China and Hong Kong stocks fell on Friday, in line with Asian peers after President Donald Trump announced the US would impose hefty tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. By...
The 26th Chittagong International Trade Fair organised by the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry begins Saturday in the port city. The month-long trade fair will be participated by Thailand...
Asian shares posted steep declines Friday, adding to global stock market losses after President Donald Trump vowed to impose stiff steel and aluminum tariffs, sparking fears of a trade war....
Two people were killed and another was injured as a truck hit a second stationary truck on Banghabandhu Bridge West road in Konabari area of Kamarkhanda upazila early Friday. The...
As the government starts open market sale (OMS) of rice from Sunday, prices of the staple increased last week in the city retails. Seasonal coarse rice Swarna sold at Tk...
Private power generation companies will enjoy exemption from payment of advance income tax (AIT) on import of power plants, equipment, erection materials, machinery and parts, according to a recent order...
US Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson will step down from the job in May, she said on Thursday, joining a growing list of senior State Department officials to resign from...
Deputy Assistant to US President Donald Trump Lisa Curtis will arrive in Dhaka city on Friday (today) on a three-day official visit. During the visit, Curties, who is also US...
Ten top-traded companies captured more than 20 per cent of transactions on the country's premier bourse on Thursday, with Monno Ceramic Industries making its way to the top of the...
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) entered a negative territory in February, as the foreign fund managers went on a selling spree throughout the month amid political...
Rekindled tensions have roiled Myanmar-Bangladesh border as the Burmese soldiers have fired shots in the air hours after Dhaka protested against deployment of additional troops. Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP)...
China warned Taiwan on Friday it would only get burnt if it sought to rely on foreigners, adding to warnings from state media the country could go to war over...
Iran has detained 35 women for trying to attend a football match. They tried to go to a game between Tehran teams Esteqlal and Persepolis on Thursday. Iran said they...
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he would impose hefty tariffs on imported steel and aluminium to protect US producers, risking retaliation from major trade partners like China, Europe and...
Ministry of Road, Transport and Bridges (MoRTB) has placed almost double demand than the government's proposed allocation in the budget for the next fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, on the ground...
Bangladesh's position in respect of overall rule of law performance is one of the lowest in the globe, according to the 2017-2018 of the World Justice Project (WJP) index. Bangladesh...
The flow of inward remittance dropped by nearly 17 per cent in February despite maintaining an upward trend in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY), officials...
Country's state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) are far behind the private commercial banks (PCBs) in technology-based banking in terms of infrastructure, clientele base and transaction amount, a study reveals. The study...
The government is at 'capacity payment' risk from the day one of starting commercial operation of the country's first LNG import terminal as necessary transmission pipeline to evacuate re-gasified LNG...
On the occasion of Women's Day IDLC has arranged "Purnota Fair 2018" for women entrepreneurs at Jessore Zilla School Field, Jessore, according to a statement. IDLC arranged the fair showcasing...
RANGPUR, Mar 01: Litchi growers of Rangpur division are in joyous mood as the blooming litchi trees across the region have assumed a captivating eye-catching look with huge flowers predicting...
Stock market across the world is a very sensitive place. Increase or decrease in prices of stocks is a natural process of this market. There is a need to have...
A few weeks ago, while briefing the media after the weekly cabinet meeting the cabinet secretary said that the cabinet division had asked the road and bridges ministry to examine...
John Reid's daring 1919 book, Ten Days That Shook the World, gave a first-hand account of one of 20th Century's most tumultuous moments: the collapse of Russia's Romanoff Dynasty and...
Reacting to the US envoy’s recent comments stressing an all-inclusive election, senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed asked the diplomat to ‘play the role’ in bringing all parties in the...
President Md Abdul Hamid on Thursday asked Turkish investors to establish a 'Turkish Industrial Zone' in Bangladesh for bilateral benefit. The President came up with the remark when a...
The book makes significant value addition to the growing body of literature on development economics. Its publication, as Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed himself, the author, himself says, has been motivated by...
In the wake of the ever-increasing congestion at the Chittagong port, the move by a section of the country's shippers to use Kolkata's Haldia port as an alternative arrangement for...
The largely concrete-and-iron neighbourhood of Manhattan in New York City has for ages been dotted by green spots. Apart from the Central Park, a number of blocks in the area...
That Myanmar is on a morbid mission to wipe out the Rohingya people not only from Rakhine but also from history is clear enough. Its latest sinister drive to bulldoze...
Britain's Andy Murray is planning to return to the practice court towards the end of March and could be back in action before the grass-court season. The 30-year-old, who had...
Oil fell for a third day on Thursday, dropping toward $64 a barrel as rising US inventories, record output and a stronger dollar outweighed high OPEC compliance with its...
Owning a stake in the demutualised Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has suddenly become very important as bids to this effect from two consortiums, one each from China and India, have...
Bangladesh, Russia and India have signed a memorandum on trilateral cooperation in the implementation of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) construction project. Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom issued...
The government on Thursday brought out a colourful roadshow from the capital to different districts of the country in a bid to encourage people to use jute products, marking the...
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