The government has identified six reasons behind leaks of question papers of public examinations. The reasons were identified at a high-level meeting called by Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at...
A team of Computer Science and Engraining (CSE) Department of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has developed a keyboard with artificial intelligence (AI) for the first time. Eminent...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is intensifying monitoring to check tax-dodging at source NBR Chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan came up with the statement while speaking at the opening...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the chief executives of all scheduled banks to maintain one per cent general provision against all unclassified housing finance loans under consumer financing. The central...
The government has promoted three acting secretaries, including those at the Election Commission and Expatriates' Welfare and Oversees Employment Ministry, to secretaries. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in...
Europe has seen a big surge in measles cases in 2017, which the World Health Organization says is a tragedy after a record low of 5,273 cases in 2016. Cases...
Unicef on Tuesday launched a global campaign titled ‘Every Child Alive’ aiming to build consensus on the principle that every mother and every baby deserves affordable and quality care. The...
A six-member business delegation team of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) left Dhaka on Tuesday for India to attend the 'Global Business Summit 2018'. Sheikh...
The government has finalised names of 16 personalities for Independence Award-2018 for their outstanding contributions at national level. The Cabinet Division revealed the names through a statement on Tuesday. The...
Speakers have put emphasis on long-term infrastructure investment plan and more use of inland waterways to reduce container jam in Chittagong port. Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) organised...
Twenty five Bangladesh missions, out of 57 missions in abroad, have failed to achieve their respective export target in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (2017-18). The...
New and potential markets must be explored for diversification and sustainability of RMG sector, said participants at a workshop on Tuesday. They also stressed for variety of readymade garment (RMG)...
A Pakistani cricketer has allegedly committed suicide after he was dropped from an Under-19 team. The cricketer, Mohammad Zaryab, was the son of former Pakistani cricketer Aamer Hanif. Hanif represented...
A fraction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chittagong University (CU) unit on Tuesday called a blockade for an undefined period, protesting the arrest of their fellow men and demanding...
Bangla Academy has taken elaborate programmes to mark the International Mother Language Day on February 21. The month-long book fair (Amar Ekushey Boi Mela), which is already underway, is taking...
Saudi Arabia is going to host its first-ever fashion week in Riyadh next month, from March 26 to 31. Designers from all over the world are expected to join the...
Prices of construction materials on the local market have gone up in recent weeks. Market sources attributed the rise to increase of the prices of raw materials in the international...
A court in Chandpur has sentenced five men to death in a case filed over killing a young man in 2008. Additional district and Sessions Judge Mamunur Rashid handed down...
The diplomatic missions in Myanmar have urged the Myanmar authorities to address the underlying problems, including security, freedom of movement, citizenship and access to livelihoods alongside health and education issues....
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the countrymen to uphold own culture and tradition while keeping pace with the globalisation. "We may have to learn many languages, many things and...
European shares rebounded on Tuesday after ending a three-day recovery in the previous session when Wall Street and Chinese markets were closed for holiday. At 0824 GMT, most sectors and...
Mideast stocks were mostly lower on Tuesday, in line with a pull-back by Asian bourses and oil prices, but Saudi Arabia remained firm in a fresh sign of fund flows...
A Bangkok court has awarded paternity rights to a Japanese man over 13 babies he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers. The ruling allows Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, to pursue custody of...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s lawyers have filed an appeal with the High Court (HC) challenging her sentence in the Zia Orphanage Trust case. Law affairs secretary of BNP Barrister Kaiser...
Two international flights missed their arrival schedules at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital on Tuesday. A flight from Oman was scheduled to arrive at 10:45am, but...
Stocks witnessed yet another bearish session Tuesday, extending the losing streak for the four sessions in a row, as investors went on late hours selling spree. Market insiders said the...
A five-day expo on construction materials began on Tuesday with an aim to promote low-cost housing solution. Bangladesh House Building Research Institute (HBRI) organised the fair on its headquarters premises...
Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) recently has opened its 67th agent banking unit at Baridhara area in Dhaka. Zafar Alam, deputy managing director of SIBL, formally joined the ceremony as...
Indonesia suspended the construction of elevated infrastructure projects, including rail and roads, after a series of accidents raised questions about the safety of a government drive to upgrade transport networks....
Standard Bank Limited has inaugurated its 125th branch at Bagichahat in Chandanaish upazila of Chittagong. Kamal Mostafa Chowdhury, director and founder vice chairman of the bank, was present at the...
The board of directors of Alif Industries has decided to set up two new business units investing in Tk 4.0 billion. According to an official disclosure on Tuesday, the two...
Popular fried chicken chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) was reportedly forced to shut more than half of its 900 UK outlets after facing delivery problems stating shortage of chicken supply....
A bomb blast has rocked Jalalabad city, the capital of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday killing at least one civilian, a local official said. The explosion has left three...
Four people have been killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj highway at Ram Gopalpur area of Gouripur upazila...
At least 50 BNP men have sustained wounds in a clash with police at Supermarket Chattar of Faridpur district town on Tuesday morning. Demanding the release of the party chairperson...
The South Korean government has designated the city of Gunsan as a ‘crisis zone’ for industry and employment, said presidential spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom on Tuesday, after General Motors (GM.N) announced...
Jennifer Lawrence is an Oscar winner and one of the world's highest-paid actresses but now Jennifer Lawrence is turning her back on Hollywood - for a year, anyway. The Hunger...
The Islamic Development Bank or IDB recently approved €94.7 million in loans for housing projects in rural Bangladesh. IDB approved the loan at its board meeting which took place in...
A Bangkok court has awarded paternity rights to a Japanese man over 13 babies he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers. The ruling allows Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, to pursue custody of...
Bangladesh and Myanmar officials are now in discussion over the repatriation of over 6,500 Rohingyas living in no-man's land near Tambru on Bangladesh-Myanmar border. The meeting began at 10:00am on...
Mercantile Bank Limited and Paikarimarket BD.com & Opportunity Marketing (Pvt) Ltd recently signed an agreement at the Head Office of the Bank. Under this agreement, Paikarimarket BD.com will play the...
Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said on Tuesday he can visualise commercialisation of the Uber Air flying taxi service happening within five to 10 years. The US...
Babies who are born much too soon or who arrive weighing too little may not score as high on intelligence tests during childhood as full-term infants, a research review suggests....
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte says he has had trouble sleeping as his side prepare for Tuesday's Champions League last-16 tie against Barcelona at Stamford Bridge. The Blues have won just...
Mexican authorities are investigating the disappearance of three Italian men in the western state of Jalisco. The Naples natives reportedly went missing on Jan 31 after being detained by police...
Three months after Saudi Arabia detained scores of people in a crackdown on corruption, its rulers are trying to reassure investors that the kingdom remains open for business. Foreign and...
Manchester City were sensationally knocked out of the FA Cup by third-tier Wigan Athletic who beat the 10-man Premier League leaders 1-0 in a stunning fifth round upset with a...
Authority of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia, has completed all the preparations to observe Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day tomorrow with due respect and in a befitting manner...
Negotiators from Japan speak about a positive stance by the United States toward an Asia-Pacific trade pack, but also indicated that an agreement alteration at this point would nevertheless be...
Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island has declared a state of emergency as former cyclone Gita approaches the country. Dozens of schools have been shut and roads closed as the...
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