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A helper of a truck was killed and three others got injured as two trucks collided head-on over Khulna-Satkhira highway in Tala upazila on Saturday night. The deceased was identified...
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has recently organised a review meeting of the branch managers of its Chandpur main region. The Managing Director of BKB Md Ali Hossain Prodhania attended the...
India and Pakistan have exchanged artillery fire in the disputed Kashmir region forcing hundreds of people to flee, police in Indian Kashmir said, raising fresh doubts about a 15-year-old ceasefire...
Bangladesh and Myanmar have discussed various issues, including Rohingya crisis, in Dhaka city. The discussion took place as newly appointed Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka Lwin Oo met Foreign Minister AH...
A constituent institution under the University of Dhaka has offered a masters’ programme in entrepreneurship economics. The programme, offered by Dhaka School of Economics (DScE), aims at building candidates’ entrepreneurial...
Liverpool stretched their unbeaten home run in the Premier League to 16 games and provisionally climbed one place up to second after yet another devastating performance at Anfield gave them...
A newly married Indian man and his grandmother have been killed after a wedding gift they were unwrapping exploded. Police said, his wife suffered critical wounds in the blast occurred...
American scientists found that tears may hold clues to whether someone has Parkinson's disease, according to a preliminary study that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 70th...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday ordered the High Court for expeditious disposal of its previous rule issued halting the by-election to the Dhaka North City Corporation...
A man was stabbed to death by miscreants at Subidbazar in Sylhet on Saturday midnight. The deceased was identified as Shimul Deb (32), son of Samaresh Deb, a resident of...
Shasha Denims Limited (SDL) will acquire 40 per cent stake of EOS Textiles Mills Limited worth approximately Tk 480 million, said an official disclosure on Sunday. The Shasha Denims said...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will promote one of the most prominent critics from within her conservative party, Jens Spahn, to the cabinet, handing him the post of health minister, Bild...
Rival demonstrations by far-right and anti-fascist groups a week before Italy's general election have led to scuffles with police. Police in Milan used batons as left-wing demonstrators tried to break...
The board of directors of Legacy Footwear has taken a number of decisions including raising fund from the existing directors/sponsors as per the requirements of the company. In this regard,...
The board of directors of United Finance has recommended 10 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said an official...
The 9th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at Pilkhana BDR Headquarters in the capital is being observed on Sunday. A total of 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed...
Mexican authorities have arrested four police officers on suspicion of abducting three missing Italian men for a local criminal gang. State prosecutors confirmed the news on Saturday. A Reuters report...
The board of directors of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) has recommended 30 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said an official disclosure on Sunday....
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading on Sunday as investors were on selling mood. Following the previous week’s...
A man accused of smuggling more than 250 tonnes of cocaine over the past decade has been extradited to the US from Colombia. Prosecutors say Washington Prado Álava, an Ecuadorean...
Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) arranged a daylong workshop on ‘Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)’ on Saturday. RUET's Department of Mechatronics Engineering hosted the workshop to devise ways and...
Billionaire Warren Buffett prodded ordinary investors on Saturday to stay invested in US stocks, ignoring price swings, guidance from people with fancy credentials and the temptation to load up on...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested at least three suspected activists of banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Jamira village in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi...
Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick as Barcelona came from behind to thrash Catalan neighbours Girona. Portu gave Girona a shock early lead, but Lionel Messi set up Suarez to equalise...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro promised on Saturday to recover 70 percent of the country’s lost oil production in the first half of 2018. “I can tell you, the unprecedented injustices...
At least 14 people were killed and 40 others injured as Islamist car suicide bombers and gunmen tried to storm the headquarters of a counter-terrorism unit in the southern port...
To ensure living wage for the country's garment sector, a new study report released on Saturday suggested pushing continuously to increase the minimum wage. "Bangladesh is currently at the minimum...
Cost of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project has more than doubled due to an increase in budgets for its all components, sources said. They said Roads and Highways Department...
The government moves to remove the bar to gold import with a twin objective: check smuggling and make the precious metal available on the domestic market. Under the move-in the...
The UN Security Council on Saturday demanded a 30-day truce across Syria as rescuers in the country’s eastern Ghouta region said bombing had not let up long enough for them...
Sonali Bank's classified credits bloated to Tk 137.98 billion in 2017 with its recovery drive dropping to 8.0 per cent as the defaulters allegedly duped the bankers. Sources in the...
Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor has died of a heart attack, her family says. She was 54. The actress known simply as Sridevi passed away in Dubai late Saturday night, where...
Controversy over renewable energy is less common. In fact, it is the fossil fuel that most often comes under scathing criticism, particularly in the context of global warming. On Monday...
Sunday turns out to be the six-month mark since almost 700,000 Rohingyas, mostly women and children, started fleeing violence in Myanmar and arriving in Bangladesh. Around half a million people...
A total of three men died allegedly after drinking toxic homemade liquor in a wedding ceremony at Habibnagar area in Keraniganj on Saturday. Two among the deceased were identified as...
Country's digital entrepreneurs and industry experts have urged telecom regulator to ‘ensure’ net neutrality for smoother growth and long-term sustainability of the country’s thriving e-commerce sector. Allegations were also raised...
Mindless wastage sometimes emerges as a national trait -- be the scenario a developed country like the USA or a developing country like Bangladesh. In the former case, the people...
Our CorrespondentGOPALGANJ, Feb 24: Farmer Dilip Bala has become self-reliant by cultivating strawberry on a large-scale.Dilip Bala of Raghunathpur village under Gopalganj Sadar has been farming the juicy fruit on...
Police have detained BNP central leaders Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal and Mostafizur Rahman Babul from a protest in front of the BNP headquarter at Nayapaltan of Dhaka. The black flag...
The government will lose only Tk 3.55 billion if the excise duty on bank deposits is withdrawn. This was stated by none other than the agriculture minister, Matia Chowdhury, while...
Bangladesh's best-ever score in the corruption perception index (CPI) of the global anti-graft watchdog, Transparency International (TI), is encouraging. But it is hardly an occasion for celebration. The latest CPI...
Financial crime is not a new phenomenon in the banking world. In both developed and developing economies such crimes are generally committed by bank's staff, customers and others. These include...
The global economy is strengthening and trade flows also have been showing signs of strong revival. But at the same time stock markets are continuing to rise stoking the fear...
Overseas employment has been playing a pivotal role in the country's poverty reduction drive and in improving income distribution. It is indeed an important weapon in addressing the challenges of...
Given worsening economic inequality in the United States, many observers might assume that Americans would want to reduce income differences by instituting a more progressive tax system. That assumption would...
Syrian government forces have killed more than 500 civilians during a week of intense bombardment of a rebel enclave near Damascus, activists say. The victims in the Eastern Ghouta include...
Private commercial banks (PCBS) were allowed to start business in Bangladesh in 1983, during the military regime of Lt. Gen. H M Ershad. The Arab Bangladesh Bank, the IFIC Bank,...
The Detective Branch (DB) of police detained an alleged member of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with 500g of gunpowder in Chapainawabganj on Saturday. Sub-inspector (SI) of...
As air pollution continues to take a worsening turn, environment experts have voiced concern following absence of monitoring and necessary steps need to be taken to control it. It is...
Machine learning expert Alan Edelman will mentor Bangladeshi young programmers to develop new technologies through Artificial Intelligence (AI). Alan Stuart Edelman, father of the programming language Julia, is a Professor...
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