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A building collapsed in a busy part of Sri Lanka's capital on Wednesday, killing at least seven people, police said. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said fire-fighters and police were searching...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said a 12-member Myanmar delegation, led by its Home Minister, will arrive in Dhaka on Thursday at his invitation to discuss the issue. "Rohingya repatriation...
The pitch at the Shere Bangla National Stadium has been rated "below average" by the ICC for its performance in the second Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. As a...
Visiting European Parliamentary delegation has expressed its hope that all political parties of Bangladesh will stand for establishing real choice of citizens at the ballot box. The delegation came up...
Ripple entered the global financial industry with two products - XRP digital token, and RippleNet money transfer messaging system. Though, most of the banks and financial institutions have yet to...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR), a buzzword in the corporate world of Bangladesh, still has a long way to go to streamline its concept and practice. Overtime, CSR has modishly transformed...
The Election Commission (EC) has said that the court will decide whether BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be able to join the next parliamentary polls or not. EC Secretary Helal...
Agriculture is the largest economic sector of Bangladesh with 62 per cent of its people engaged in agriculture farming to manage their subsistence from agriculture production. Around 87 per cent...
The government has decided to declare the Payra project as ‘national priority project’ to accelerate the speed of its construction work. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said, "We will declare the...
A UAE-based port terminal handling entity DP World has expressed keenness to run Chittagong Port's New Mooring Container Terminal and Bay Terminal. Officials involved made the disclosure in the port...
The trial proceedings in eight cases, including two over August 21 grenade attack and one sedition case, against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman are now underway. He has also been...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) decided to offer local companies Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) facility from March aiming to minimise time and cost for trade related works. Head of...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has signed agreements with 24 banks and financial institutions (FI) for disbursing 7,033 million yen as soft loans to potential borrowers under foreign direct investment. Nineteen banks...
Lawyers of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia are yet to get the certified copy of the verdict that sentenced her to five years' imprisonment in a graft case. Advocate Sanaullah Mia,...
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) executive chairman has stressed on the need of increased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The BIDA Executive...
Stressing on increasing production for food security, President Md Abdul Hamid has said the strategy to meet the shortage through importing food grains is very risky. The President came up...
The government on Wednesday inaugurated Balia-Warsi-Mirzapur road and a bridge over Bongshi River to ease communication between Dhaka and Tangail. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader formally inaugurated the...
The government has taken a mega project involving Tk 56.16 billion to remove water logging from the port city. The Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) will implement the project under the...
Bangladesh urged the European Parliament delegation to encourage its member states to put pressure on Myanmar to ensure peaceful and sustainable return of Rohingyas. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md...
The United Kingdom (UK) unit of BNP has ‘regretted’ the attack on the Bangladesh High Commission in London from a recent demonstration of the party. The demonstration was organised ahead...
Prince Henrik of Denmark, the husband of Queen Margrethe who was famous for his public unhappiness at never being named king, has died at the age of 83. The controversial...
Government has chalked out a plan to set up two labour courts in Sylhet and Rangpur – taking the total number to nine. State Minister for Labour Md Mujibul Haque...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said no corrupt person will be spared during the Awami League rule. "Terrorists and drug traders have no place in Awami League...
A Bagerhat court has sentenced a man to death, another to life-term imprisonment and 29 others to five years jail each for killing a man over a disputed land in...
Two scientists in spacesuits, stark white against the auburn terrain of desolate plains and dunes, test a geo-radar built to map Mars by dragging the flat box across the rocky...
A schoolboy was allegedly beaten to death by rivals at Bokchara intersection under Sadar upazila in Satkhira following dispute over a trifling matter on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified...
About two years ago, the heartwarming story of a remote train station in Japan keeping its doors open for a passenger to travel to and from school touched chords on...
An appeal has been filed seeking BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in jail, to be shown arrested in a defamation case filed for undermining Bangladesh's national flag and map. A...
A Supreme Court lawyer has served a legal notice seeking removal of Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid for his 'failure to prevent question paper leakage in all public examinations.' Lawyer...
Indian state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) has detected some “fraudulent and unauthorised” transactions worth about $1.77 billion at one of its branches in Mumbai. The PNB bank said on Wednesday...
Meghalaya Governor Ganga Prasad on Tuesday inaugurated the ‘Friendship Gate’ at Bangladesh-Meghalaya border. The gate has been constructed near Integrated Check post, 90 km South of capital Shillong on border...
Stocks extended gaining streak on Wednesday with turnover on the major bourse crossing Tk 6.0 billion-mark after seven weeks. A section of the investors on the day showed their buying...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has opened its agent banking outlet at South Jamsha Bazar area of Singair Upazila in Manikganj. Arastoo Khan, Chairman of IBBL was present at the...
South African elite police unit Hawks has raided properties including the family compound of the Gupta brothers, businessmen friends of President Jacob Zuma. News agency Reuters reports quoting spokesman Hangwani...
Toshiba Corp forecast its first annual profit in four years, making progress in its efforts to recover from billions of dollars in losses at its US nuclear unit Westinghouse. The...
BRAC University (BRACU) celebrated the advent of spring along with underprivileged children on Tuesday. In association with its Office of Co-curricular Activities (OCA), the private university organised the programme –...
Soaring gas demand from China, India and Southeast Asia is sucking up an LNG supply glut previously expected to last for years, opening opportunity for new production from East Africa...
Rolls-Royce has been calling its upcoming SUV the “Cullinan Project” for years now as a nod to the 3,106-carat diamond found more than 100 years ago in a South African...
Most of the schools in Slovenia have been closed on Wednesday as some 38,000 teachers held a one-day strike for higher wages in the largest labour protest so far this...
A federal judge in California has dismissed the lawsuit that accused Taylor Swift of stealing lyrics for her hit song ‘Shake It Off’. Two songwriters, Sean Hall and Nathan Butler...
A court in Jhenaidah on Tuesday took cognisance of the charges against eight police personnel for assaulting a woman, demanding extortion and threatening to evict her family. The court also...
Bangladesh has called on the Security Council to act for the world as the custodian for the process of voluntary, safe and dignified return of the forcibly displaced Rohingya to...
A mother has spoken of her relief after a private clinic in Gabon finally released her baby, who was held for months over an unpaid medical bill. The case shocked...
Two people, including a woman, have died in a gas cylinder blast at Adinath Temple in Maheshkhali upazila under Cox's Bazar. The accident took place as they were selling gas...
Uber, the world's largest on-demand ridesharing company, recently announced the launch of uberHIRE in Dhaka. With uberHIRE, riders can book longer duration trips for day-long meetings, shopping or to simply...
One of Walmart Inc’s best chances at taking on Amazon.com Inc in e-commerce lies with six giant server farms, each larger than ten football fields. These facilities, which cost Walmart...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the trial of those involved in corruption, terrorism, and militancy must be held as the government is determined to build a peaceful environment in...
Agriculturists at a post-rally discussion in Rangpur have said Bangladesh has achieved revolutionary success in the agriculture, fishery and livestock sectors. They came up with the observation at the discussion...
French President Emmanuel Macron has threatened to attack Syria if proof emerges that the Syrian government is using chemical weapons against civilians. "We will strike the place where these launches...
Women are more likely to develop breast cancer when a mother or sister had this disease, and the risk associated with family history doesn’t appear to diminish with age, a...
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