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The killing of a man under the wheel of a BMW car speeding recklessly on the wrong side of the road made news in some of the newspapers. But it...
Just before sundown on Jan. 30, a group of women day labourers from the Shantal indigenous community are in a rush to wind up their work harvesting potatoes in a...
Prices of imported garlic have surged in the last three days, hitting the pocket of consumers. A rise in the import cost has led to the price hike, traders said....
The United Kingdom has dropped a hint to lift ban on direct cargo flights from Dhaka to London soon. Visiting British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson came up with the UK's...
US Vice-President Mike Pence has skipped a dinner at which he was due to share a table with North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam. Mr Pence briefly encountered...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said their party will carry out a peaceful and non-violent movement demanding the release of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia. He also...
SLOW-MOVING and manually driven rickshaws are a cause for traffic gridlock in the country. They slow down the traffic and create sufferings for the commuters. But in spite of its...
The scam-hit Farmers Bank is in acute liquidity crisis as it got involved in widespread corruption in disbursement of loans and advances. However, the government has taken a decision to...
ACCORDING to reports, question of English paper II of the ongoing SSC examinations was leaked prior to the exam on Wednesday last. It was posted on the facebook shortly after...
BANGLADESH is a success story in terms of economic development as acclaimed at home and abroad. Averaging an economic growth of 6.0 per cent since 2003, which placed it among...
The size of the construction industry in Bangladesh is bigger than that of the readymade garment (RMG) sector. Use of cement and steel has recorded a dramatic growth, riding on...
A slump in the country's finished leather exports is quite worrying. This also indicates that Bangladesh's leather industry, being constrained with limited options, is not yet poised for challenging deals...
A Dhaka court on Friday put Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) President Rajib Ahsan on a five-day remand for questioning him in police custody in a sabotage case filed with Paltan...
A Dhaka court on Friday granted a five-day remand to BNP chief Khaleda Zia's special assistant Samsur Rahman alias Shimul Biswas in a case filed under Special Power Act with...
US Vice President Pence dismissed gave North Korea a cold shoulder during the opening ceremony at Winter Olympics on Friday in PyeongChang. The opening ceremony marks the historical handshake among...
A flawless diamond, the size of a large strawberry, is expected to fetch a world record price when it comes to market at Sotheby's in London this month. Weighing just...
Reuters has revealed details of an investigation into a mass execution of Rohingyas by soldiers and villagers, which it says lies behind the arrest of two of its journalists in...
A soil research finding shows that over two-thirds of the country's agricultural lands lack essential organic elements because of the indiscriminate use of chemical overdoses and over-exploitation of lands for...
Have you been thinking about your life after retirement? Do you have a plan that keeps you as happy in your retired life as you are now? I haven't reached...
The US has disqualified itself from being an 'honest broker' in the Middle East peace process, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas has said as he criticised his American counterpart Donald Trump...
British Secretary of State of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Jhonson called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Friday. Briefing reporters after the meeting, PM's press...
US President Donald Trump signed a major budget deal into law early Friday morning, hours after Congress voted to end a brief government shutdown overnight. The House of Representatives voted...
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson has termed the Rohingya crisis a “man-made tragedy”. He said the problem could be resolved with the 'right political...
Newly appointed Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain paid tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his graveyard at Tungipara in Gopalganj on...
In recent days, the initial New Year optimism of many investors may have been jolted by fears of an economic slowdown resulting from interest-rate hikes. But no one should be...
China, once the final resting place for half the world's trash, has just banned the import of certain plastic, paper and textile waste. Western countries are scrambling to shift 'the...
We all know that fertility in Bangladesh has been declining over time. In fact, reduction in fertility has been one of the drivers to 'development puzzle' that Bangladesh is ascribed...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has claimed the verdict against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia would intensify the party's internal feuds. The road transport and bridges minister made the remarks...
Bangladesh and India have reached an agreement to set up more border ‘haats’ in the near future considering the local demand. The two countries took the decision at Bangladesh-India commerce...
Police filed two cases against around 300 leaders and activists of BNP, including its Khulna unit chief, in Khulna and Sylhet. The cases were filed on Friday in connection with...
The United Nations is observing present situation of Bangladesh over the conviction of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case. UN Secretary-General`s deputy spokesman Farhan Haq came up with...
A six-day long Iranian film show has begun at the Bangladesh National Museum in Dhaka on Friday evening. The festival was arranged by the Iranian Cultural Centre to mark the...
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson arrived in Dhaka Friday afternoon on a two-day visit in Bangladesh. His maiden visit as foreign secretary aims to...
Almost all makeshift shops at different areas in the capital were closed on Friday following the order by police citing security reason, traders said. Police called upon the vendors using...
Human eggs have been grown in the laboratory for the first time, say researchers at the University of Edinburgh. The team say the technique could lead to new ways of...
Four family members of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia met her at the old central jail on Nazimuddin Road in Old Dhaka on Friday. Khaleda's brother Shamim Iskander along with the...
The US government staggered into another shutdown on Thursday night after an outspoken fiscal conservative in the Senate singlehandedly delayed action by Congress on a stopgap funding bill wrapped up...
BNP leaders and activists brought out a procession from Baitul Mukarram national mosque after Juma prayers protesting their party chief Khaleda Zia’s conviction in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. They...
The consumer inflation of China eased lowest since July 2017, even as global stock markets nosedive on fears that price pressures are slowly building in the United States and Europe....
Japan has warned Prime Minister Theresa May that its companies would have to leave Britain if trade barriers after Brexit made them unprofitable. “If there is no profitability of continuing...
The US Senate approved a budget deal including a stopgap government funding bill early on Friday, but it was too late to prevent a federal shutdown that was already underway...
BNP on Friday expressed concern over the media reports that its chairperson has been kept in jail like an ordinary prisoner. He came up with the allegation while briefing at...
A woman has been killed while taking a selfie with a friend on a train track in Thailand. A friend said they had been drinking and decided "to take a...
A day after Bangladesh confirmed that it would sue a Philippines bank in US for damages over the 2016 cyber heist, Manila-based Rizal Commercial Bank Corp or RCBC has threatened...
New Zealand shares extended losses to a fourth consecutive session on Friday. The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index fell about 1.0 per cent or 84.770 points to finish the session at...
Australian shares fell to a near four-month low on Friday as Wall Street was hammered by renewed selling on worries of higher inflation and interest rates. The S&P/ASX 200 index...
The revenue authority has claimed Tk 9.24 billion in unpaid taxes from mobile telephone operator Robi Axiata Limited. The National Board of Revenue INBR) has sent five letters to the...
Hong Kong shares slipped on Friday, led by the financial and property shares, after steep falls overnight in Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was down more than 3.0...
Two persons have been arrested in possession of 31 gold bars (over five kg) worth around Tk 30 million at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday night. The arrested are...
Japan’s Nikkei share average tumbled on Friday after another torrid day for Wall Street, with oil-related stocks leading the broad declines as crude prices slumped. The Nikkei finished down 2.3...
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