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Nobel Peace Prize winner Iran’s Shirin Ebadi has said her fellow laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has sold her soul to the devil. “Suu Kyi has chosen to turn a...
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday urged the country's female leaders to work together for enhancing the competence of women by arranging training programmes and workshops on ICT issues....
Police arrested the alleged mastermind behind the murder of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Chittagong city unit leader Sudipta Biswas from Muradpur area of Chittagong on Wednesday night. The arrestee was...
Bangladesh has strongly asked Myanmar to remove heavy military presence near Tumbru border at Naikkhongchhari in Bandarban. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh also handed over a “strong protest”...
Appreciating the current economic growth in Bangladesh, the United Nations (UN) has laid emphasis on having an 'inclusive' growth without compromising with environmental sustainability. "It's important that the growth is...
Industries minister Amir Hossain Amu has rebutted the criticisms over the installation of quick rental power plants in the country. The launching of quick rental power plants was initially criticised...
Bangladesh has taken the foremost position in sustainable green industrialisation in the readymade garment (RMG) sector with the sub-continental region’s highest number of 67 USGBC LEED certified factories. “Bangladesh is...
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair of 2018 experienced record sales of books compared to previous years. The book fair concluded on Wednesday with the presence of huge booklovers at...
Deposits with the school banking accounts at commercial banks have crossed Tk 13 billion (Tk 1,300 crore) at the end of December 2017 as this banking is gradually getting huge...
Robi has agreed to pay its due taxes by Sunday after the Supreme Court cleared way for the National Board of Revenue to block its account. Matiur Rahman, the head...
The third span of the Padma Bridge will be installed in the second week of this month. An official of Bridges Division made the disclosure in the city on Thursday....
The members of Border Guard Bangladesh(BGB) have been put on high alert as Myanmar Border Police (BGP) took position along Tumru border in Naikhongchhari in Bandarban with heavy arms and...
A trader leader was hacked to death by miscreants in rail gate area in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abul Hossain alias Akol Miah,...
Russia has developed a new cruise missile that is invincible, according to President Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin made the revelation as he laid out his key policies for a fourth...
BNP has decided to hold a public rally in the capital on March 11, demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. The party has also sought permission...
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) is going to add three new vessels to its fleet. The ships, three oil tankers and three bulk carriers, have 39,000 tonnes of capacity each. Shipping...
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour is set to arrive in Bangladesh on Friday on a four-day official tour to see the current situation of the Rohingya refugees....
People living in the country’s south-western part are going to get a relief from load-shedding and other power-related interruptions as four major projects involving over Tk 40 billion are being...
The 26th Chittagong International Trade Fair-2018 (CITF-2018) is set to begin in the port city on Saturday. The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCCI) is organising the month-long fair...
Unidentified miscreants stabbed a college student to death at Laxmibazar in the capital on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Md Ranak, 18, a student of class XII of New...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has made a cynical economic prediction, saying the world is heading toward another financial depression like the one in 2008. The billionaire made the prediction in...
The government will take action against deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman after getting probe report. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan came up with the statement on Thursday at...
The government has appointed Bangladesh Bank’s Executive Director Ahmed Jamal as Deputy Governor of the central bank on contractual basis. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification in this...
The government will start Open Market Sale (OMS) of coarse rice and flour across the country on Sunday. Under the programme, rice will be sold at the rate of Tk...
Stocks jumped on Thursday as optimistic investors went on buying spree, especially banking sector issues, amid dividend expectation. Brokers said the market rose sharply after two days slow trend as...
BNP has started distributing leaflets across the country, including the capital, demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi launched...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao has left Dhaka after wrapping up his three-day official visit to Bangladesh. The ADB president left the city by a flight of...
Indian soldiers have killed two Pakistani troopers in the latest ‘unprovoked’ fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, says Pakistan's military. The gunfire from Indian troops on Wednesday struck...
The government has started an anti-drug information campaign across the country. The Narcotics Control Department started this in Dhaka city through a press conference on Thursday. Similar press conferences were...
The High Court (HC) has declared parliament membership of Awami League MP Nizam Uddin Hazari legal. The single bench of Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique passed the order on Thursday....
The head of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has stepped down, citing health reasons. Chief Executive Scott Blackmun recently revealed he was battling prostate cancer, but has faced extensive...
Three workers have died in a landslide when they were illegally extracting stones from a quarry in Sylhet on Wednesday, police have said. Death toll reached eight in a week...
This year's hajj flights carrying Bangladeshi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia will begin from July 14, Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman said on Thursday. A total of 1,27,198 pilgrims -...
Technology giant Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it will buy solar power from the Sunseap Group in Singapore, the technology company’s first renewable energy deal in Asia. Microsoft will purchase...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said the government is optimistic about striking a free trade agreement with the United States of America, briefly known as USA or US. Bangladesh is...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the agriculture ministry to include agriculture in curricula to encourage students to properly know about cultivation system. "I would like to tell the agriculture...
Most uses of insecticides known as neonicotinoids represent a risk to wild bees and honeybees, the European Food Safety Authority has confirmed. The use of neonicotinoids has been restricted in...
Antoine Griezmann gave a mesmerising display for Atletico Madrid, bagging all four goals in their 4-0 romp of Leganes on Wednesday to cut the gap on leaders Barcelona to four...
ACI Motors Limited has signed a dealership agreement with Kobelco Construction Equipment India Private Limited (KCEI) for marketing and sales excavator in Bangladesh. Dr F H Ansarey, managing director &...
New Zealand’s intelligence agency on Thursday confirmed for the first time that a teenager tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the southern city of Dunedin in...
Scientists say they have observed a signature on the sky from the very first stars to shine in the Universe. They did it with the aid of a small radio...
FASTBOOKING has selected Cendyn, the leading CRM and sales platform, to provide the hospitality industry with the best-of-breed CRM solution through their connectivity platform. This collaboration will provide seamless connections...
Boris Johnson has said the row over the border in Northern Ireland is being used to frustrate Brexit. The foreign secretary insisted there were "very good solutions" to avoid the...
Police in a drive arrested a man along with heroin worth Tk 10 million from a bus at Hatikumrul Golchattar in Salonga upazila under Sirajganj district early Thursday. The arrestee...
Japanese shares fell to a one-week low on Thursday, with precision machinery makers hit by the euro’s weakness against the yen and most sectors in negative territory. The Nikkei dropped...
Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday as sentiments got dragged down by a slide on Wall Street. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 1.6 per cent in early trading to 21,726.26....
The Supreme Court has stayed for three days a High Court order, clearing the way for the government revenue authority to freeze all the bank accounts of Robi Axiata on...
The United Kingdom (UK) is focusing more on Bangladesh and its economy as it moves on to become a middle-income country soon and aspires to be a developed one by...
Rwandan government has closed down more than 700 churches for causing noise pollution and failing to meet the requirements of the building regulations. Most of them are small Pentecostal churches....
The board of directors of Linde Bangladesh Limited has recommended 140 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said an official disclosure on Thursday. However,...
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