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The Trump administration and key Asian allies are preparing to expand interceptions of ships suspected of violating sanctions on North Korea, a plan that could include deploying US Coast Guard...
Mustard output has dropped sharply this season due to flooding and waterlogging, causing huge losses to farmers as well as beekeepers. The beekeepers estimated that honey production has plummeted by...
A former senior official in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Rick Gates has pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States and lying to investigators. He said on Friday that...
Bangladesh's budgeting process is least transparent in South Asia as the system lacks sufficient public participation or oversight, says a survey that attributed the lapses to institutional shortcomings. The survey...
Signing of a deal with Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) to expand trade with East European countries mainly targeting duty-free market access to Russia was deferred again as the text of...
At least two people have been killed in a shooting following a dispute at the nation's vast National Autonomous University, said Mexico City officials. The university authority hasn’t identified the...
People are now increasingly taking recourse to putting their money in metal chests, commonly known as sinduk, to avoid extra costs and risks of saving with the banking system. A...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has called for an end to the sugarcane cultivation in the country, saying that the lands used for growing the produce should be used for cotton...
A move is underway to make India's Haldia as "transshipment port" for Bangladesh's export-import trade as an alternative arrangement to leapfrog shipping congestion, amid some reservations, though. Sources said the...
The much-awaited US$3.0 billion (Tk 247.49 billion) Chinese loan for the Padma Bridge railway link mega project is likely to be confirmed next month, as Bangladesh has removed the 'obstacle'...
People are using education as a tool for bettering their lifestyle. The aim of life cannot be materialised, if one fails to identify the aim of education. Education is the...
When the month-long Ekushey Book Fair is going on amid a lot of enthusiasm, a very few people know that a library played a vital role in shaping up the...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a report recently raised its forecast on Bangladesh's rice import to 3.4 million tonnes in 2017-18, which is more than double its earlier...
What kind of life the average citizens the world over aspire for? A life that is successful, may be. Successful but on which count? It is mostly success from the...
The United States (US) is due to announce its largest package of sanctions yet against North Korea to further pressure Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programme, as South Korea...
Many farmers are leaning towards cultivation of sweet potato in the region, including char (riverbed) areas, as the crop has a high demand with a potential to fetch a good...
Stocks nosedived last week that ended Thursday, after single-week break, as investors sold shares throughout the week amid ongoing liquidity shortage. Market operators said the persistent liquidity shortage coupled with...
Scam-hit BASIC Bank has requested the government to make available a fresh fund worth Tk 25 billion to meet its huge capital shortfall urgently, officials concerned said. Managing Director...
If globalisation means increasing integration among nations on a world scale aimed at bringing uniformity in development, the process is often found falling short of and incompatible with social and...
The causal connection between food availability and food security is amply found in available literature. Mistakenly perhaps, it has long been presumed that availability of food automatically translates into access...
The government has finally agreed to allow cash incentive to information and communication technology (ICT) exporters for a range of products against export performance. Much to the satisfaction of the...
Beijing has cracked down on insurance and financial giant Anbang, taking control of the conglomerate and prosecuting the firm's head. Wu Xiaohui, who was already detained by authorities last June,...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed that their party is now much stronger and more united than in the past after the imprisonment of its chairperson Khaleda...
At least 14 people died and 22 others were injured in separate road accidents in five districts on Friday. Mymensingh suffered the highest casualties, where four people died after a...
The leaders of two key African countries resigned their posts within 24 hours of each other last week. South Africa's Jacob Zuma finally buckled under pressure from his own party...
In the age of Industry 4.0, machines are getting cheaper than low-cost labour with the looming threat for developing countries like Bangladesh to suffer from premature 'deindustrialisation'. The theory of...
More than 720,000 Rohingya children are threatened either by the approaching cyclone season in Bangladesh or by ongoing violence and denial of their basic rights in Myanmar. The UNICEF revealed...
A schoolboy was strangled by unidentified miscreants at Borogachi Bhatapara in Bholahat upazila in Chapainawabganj on Friday noon. The deceased was identified as Rajib Ahmed, a class VII student of...
President George Bush, following the 9/11 attack on the Twin Tower, while building the "coalition of willing" to punish the perpetrators and the country which sheltered them, threatened the international...
A mobile court Friday sentenced three businessmen to nine months imprisonment each for selling endangered species of turtles in Shakhari Bazar area in the capital. The convicted were Ponir Chandra...
February 24 marks the second death anniversary of the iconic central banker, A.K.N. Ahmed, who presided over the Bangladesh banking sector in the turbulent days of seventies. His towering presence...
A three-day 'Chittagong Divisional Digital Innovation-2018' fair began in the port city on Friday aimed at making people aware of e-technologies and reach government services to the people's doorstep. Divisional...
The first global cross-border e-commerce conference was held on February 09-10, 2018 in Beijing, China with the theme: "promote sustainable cross-border e-commerce with an innovative, inclusive, strategic and collaborative approach"....
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained 11 foreign nationals near a Rohingya refugee camp at Ukhia in Cox’s Bazar on Friday. The law enforcers claimed that the arrestees did not have...
A former Russian diplomatic official and an Argentine police officer were among those arrested in connection with a large cocaine seizure at the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires that prompted...
A global money-laundering watchdog has decided to place Pakistan back on its terrorist financing watchlist, a government official and a diplomat said on Friday, in a likely blow to Pakistan’s...
Sisimpur has attracted huge crowd at children’s corner of Amar Ekushey Book Fair like every year. Parents gathered Bangla Academy premises with their children on Friday like every day holidays...
The three-day Second International Sufi Fest, a musical festival of traditional music, kicked off in the city on Friday with the theme 'Music for Unity'. Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor...
The Human Rights Watch has said Myanmar may have destroyed evidence of atrocities by troops through demolishing at least 55 villages in the northern part of Rakhine State. The group...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith Friday emphasised the need to increase cotton production in order to meet ready-made garment (RMG) sector as the sector relies heavily on imported cotton. "Now, the...
President Abdul Hamid on Friday sought cooperation from Singapore for the repatriation of Rohingyas who took shelter in Bangladesh. President Hamid said this when Singapore President Halimah Yacob phoned him...
Train communication of Sylhet with the capital resumed, after 16 hours after Dhaka-bound Upaban Express with 1,000 passengers aboard derailed in Srimangal of Moulvibazar. Railway engineer Mujibur Rahman said rail-links...
The High Commission of Indian in Bangladesh will set up its office in Sylhet within next two months, said High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Sringla on Friday. "The office will...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao will pay a two-day visit to Bangladesh from February 27. During the visit, the ADB president will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Finance...
China’s Huawei is forging closer commercial ties with big telecom operators across Europe and Asia, putting the company in prime position to lead the global race for next-generation 5G networks...
The parents of First Lady Melania Trump have been granted permanent status in the US, said a lawyer. However, questions remain about how and when they received their green cards....
The Fourth Bangladesh Expo 2018 started at Bhrikutimandap Exhibition Hall in Kathmandu of Nepal from Friday. The five-day trade fair will continue until February 27 aiming to promote the existing...
Law enforcers have so far arrested 153 people in 52 cases filed over alleged question leaks since the start of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations on February 1. Education Minister...
A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Boro Kumira bridge area of Sitakundu upazila in Chittagong early Friday. The identities...
Eight Bangladeshi school students have attended a 10-day International Smart Holidays camp in Russia. This camp was organised under “Rosatom School” project in the serene nature of Penza region of...
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