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As five Myanmar journalists were sentenced to decade-long prison terms for reporting the alleged existence of a military-run chemical weapons factory in Myanmar a few years ago, Aung San Suu...
Several hundred students of Law department of Rajshahi University (RU) on Thursday blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of those RMCH interns assaulted' one of their...
There is a déjà vû sense today, ten years after the Great Recession began in 2007. Very much like in 1939 when the 20th Century's deepest, widest depression ended, today's...
DCCI chief said to develop capital market, cooperation and coordination between Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh Securities & Exchange Commission, stock exchanges and Insurance Development Authority are needed. DCCI President Abul Kasem...
The European economy, in the strongest expansion in a decade, registered 2.5 per cent gross domestic product growth in 2017, the Eurostat agency said on Wednesday. That's the growth rate...
Ruling party Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman has said that some particular newspapers have started assassinating the character of Members of Parliament (MPs) afresh. The lawmaker from Narayanganj said this...
Two recent spectacles involving teenagers and youths have not escaped attention of the conscious sections of society. They stand out in sharp contrast to one another. One scenario finds many...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to provide additional cash to banks if needed ahead of March-end to give flexibility to lenders to manage their liquidity mismatches. The...
Like globalisation, 'digitalisation' has already changed the world. The rapid proliferation of information and communications technology (ICT) is an unstoppable force, touching virtually every sphere of modern life, from economies...
The Bangladeshi Taka fell a sheer 7.0 per cent against the US Dollar during calendar year 2017 after being range-bound for three years. Economists say the recent import of grains,...
The United Kingdom is likely to withdraw the ban on cargo flights from Dhaka to London on Sunday with some observations, says a government official on Thursday. The official at...
BNP on Thursday expressed concern over putting its chairperson’s special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas on five-day remand. In a statement, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir warned that...
At least 21 women were either ‘raped’ or ‘gang-raped’ in public transport across the country in the last 13 months. Nine of them were gang-raped by drivers and helpers of...
Bank Indonesia (BI) has kept its policy rate unchanged on Thursday as expected, as it looks to maintain stability in the struggling rupiah currency following an unexpected spike in global...
Israel inflicted heavy damage on Gaza's infrastructure four years ago during a bruising 50-day war with Hamas militants. Now, fearing a humanitarian disaster on its doorstep, it's appealing to the...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged the government of devising a plan to eliminate leadership of the party. "They're devising a blueprint to eliminate BNP leadership and keep...
Remittance inflow through the proper channels has increased owing to initiatives taken by the central bank. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir made the remark when the Board of...
Bangladesh Railway has so far completed six projects out of 12 taken under the first Line of Credit (LoC) deal. The disclosure was made at a review meeting in the...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines, has announced Thursday a 1 percentage-point cut on banks’ reserve requirement ratio (RRR). The central bank reduced the...
Teachers were warned in advance about the teenager who allegedly carried out a mass shooting at his former school in Florida, US media are reporting. Nikolas Cruz has been charged...
High-flying Sri Lanka emerged as winner against Bangladesh with 20 balls to spare in the first T20 international at Mirpur in Dhaka. This has been the Lankans' highest chase in...
The government is planning to introduce a new method of public examinations from the next year aiming to prevent the widespread question leakage across the country. Secondary and Higher Education...
Chirkut, a Bangladeshi musical band, got nominations in three categories in the Jio Filmfare Awards (East) in India. The band received nominations in the category of best lyrics, best music...
Most of the Gulf markets were sluggish on Thursday because of mediocre corporate earnings, but Saudi Arabia’s stock market rose, encouraged by strong global bourses. The Saudi index gained 0.7...
European stocks edged up on Thursday, Airbus shines after investors brushed off a spike in US inflation, turning their focus back to company earnings from heavy hitters including the aerospace...
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the current education system is not fully suitable for improving necessary manpower to build a developed economy by 2041. One of the biggest challenges...
At least twenty-one dolphins were killed and washed up on a beach in northern Mexico after attack by another species of the marine mammals. The federal environmental protection agency said...
The US Embassy in Dhaka, including its consular section, will remain closed on February 18 and February 21 to celebrate the President's Day, a US national day, and in observance...
A journalist was killed in a clash over land dispute at Khilbaicha of Sadar upazila in Laxmipur on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shah Monir Palash, district correspondent...
President Abdul Hamid offered ziarat at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) and Hazrat Shahparan (R) in Sylhet on Thursday afternoon. President Hamid, who arrived here by a Biman Bangladesh...
The board of directors of IDLC Finance Limited has recommended 30 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said an official disclosure on Thursday. The...
Stocks returned to the red amid choppy trading Thursday, as investors were mostly on selling spree ahead of dividend declarations. Following the previous two days’ positive trend, the Dhaka Stock...
A union parishad chairman was chopped to death in an attack by some miscreants at Narail’s Dighlia union parishad premises on Thursday noon. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Latifur...
Prof Zahir Raihan, a teacher of Rajshahi University (RU) has been allegedly assaulted by a group of interns at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Wednesday night. The teacher of...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and UNICEF Bangladesh have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve the delivery of basic services to the children in urban poor communities. They have...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced another round of peaceful countrywide programmes demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. Fresh programmes will cover the collection of...
Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has provided scholarship to the meritorious children of its employees in different academic levels (PSC, JSC, SSC, HSC, Honours and Masters-2017 etc). Kazi Sanaul Hoq,...
State-owned vessels Bangali and Madhumoti are counting deep losses despite classy looks and modern services, the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) has said in a report. The IMED found...
Standard Bank Limited recently signed a participatory agreement with Bangladesh Bank (BB) on the JICA-assisted Foreign Direct Investment Promotion Project. The private bank’s managing director Mamun-Ur-Rashid and the central bank’s...
Britain blamed Russia for ‘NotPetya’ cyber-attack last year, publicly pointing the finger at Moscow for spreading a virus which disrupted companies across Europe including UK-based Reckitt Benckiser. The malicious attack...
Speakers at a discussion on Thursday called for sufficient allocation of budget and its proper implementation to help curb violence against children and their overall development. They also advocated for...
Nepal's prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has resigned Thursday after his party lost parliamentary elections, paving the way for a new government. He made the announcement a day after the...
Search engine giant Google has been netting ‘huge profit’ through its dynamic network of advertisements that show up in more smartphone apps than any other technology company. That is the...
Indian fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee has apologised after facing backlash over his comment on Indian women who do not know how to wear 'saree', a traditional garment. At an event...
Wardah Cosmetics has recently launched the biggest fashion and beauty-related online live tips and talk show named ‘Wardah Inspiring Beauty’ for Bangladeshis. With the show scheduled to take place in...
A nexus of land port and customs officials, police, and local political goons is allegedly involved in rampant extortion at Burimari land port, sources said. The organised extortion at every...
The High Court on Thursday ordered a judicial probe into the allegations of question paper leaks in the ongoing Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations. Following a writ...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged arms trader from Balukhalichhara area in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday night. The arrestee was identified as Md Abu...
The municipal government of Chongqing, Tsinghua Unigroup and Sino IC Capital in China have signed a strategic agreement to set up an integrated circuit (IC) investment firm with a registered...
Women whose postpartum depression lasts for several months are at heightened risk of having depression that lingers for years among mothers, a study suggests. It may affect their children, showing...
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