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Turkish warplanes resumed strikes on Kurdish YPG militia targets in Syria’s Afrin region on Friday after a five-day lull that followed the shooting down of Russian warplane elsewhere in Syria,...
Mexican authorities have captured Los Zetas drug cartel member and faction leader Jose Maria Guizar, also known as “Z43”, two security sources said on Thursday. The US State Department had...
A Bangkok-bound Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 12:20 pm on Friday with an hour delay from its original departure time. The BG-088 was scheduled...
Twitter has reported its first quarterly net profit in its nearly 12-year history, helped by a rise in video advertising sales. The news gave a massive boost to Twitter's shares...
Customs intelligence arrested two men along with 31 gold bars from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airporton Thursday evening. Keramat Ali, 58, hailing from Feni, and Lokman, 58, hailing from Kadamtoli in...
The Bangladesh lower order collapsed in their first innings against Sri Lanka in Dhaka, leaving the Tigers all out for 110. Bowlers Akila Dananjaya and Dilruwan Perera ran through the...
Police arrested a government employee from Akhura upazila on Thursday for making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on his Facebook status. Md Mobarok Karim, a field assistant of...
China’s Didi Chuxing and SoftBank Group Corp will roll out a venture in Japan later this year to provide ride-hailing services, amid a global battle to control the technology increasingly...
Police arrested 14 people from different areas of the district on Friday. Police conducted the drive from Thursday night to Friday morning and arrested the 14 people, accused in different...
Bangladesh has jumped four spots to 23 in an annual ranking of the worlds' leading emerging markets. This is the second-largest gain of any market in the 50-country 2018 Agility...
BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Friday protesting its chief Khaleda Zia's verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. As part of their two-day demonastration programme, party leaders...
The city's kitchen market on Thursday felt the heat of the imprisonment of BNP chairperson, affecting supply. A special court sentenced Khaleda Zia to five years in jail convicted of...
Barcelona reached the Copa del Rey final for a record fifth year in a row with a 2-0 second leg win at Valencia in which Philippe Coutinho scored his first...
Bound together, the 10 Rohingya Muslim captives watched their Buddhist neighbours dig a shallow grave. Soon afterwards, on the morning of September 2, all 10 lay dead. At least two...
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis dismissed concerns on Thursday that the United States was being dragged into a broader conflict in Syria, after a major clash with pro-Syrian government forces...
The ten top-traded companies accounted for over 34 per cent of the total transactions on the country's premier bourse on Thursday, with Square Pharmaceuticals making its way to the top...
Usmania Glass Sheet Factory saw its share price rising for the last two weeks although it has no price sensitive information (PSI). The share closed at Tk 123.50 on the...
Local entrepreneurs are gradually focusing on green or environment-friendly factories for enhancing their competitiveness in the global market and for ensuring long-term sustainability, industry insiders have said. Since the Rana...
Sonali Bank called for government intervention to recover huge funds embezzled by Hall-Mark and five other entities as a latest reminder came from above. Recently, the Financial Institutions Division (FID)...
Oil prices fell for a sixth day on Friday after Iran announced plans to boost production and US crude output hit record highs, adding to concerns about a sharp rise...
Major Asian markets suffered sharp losses on Friday, following another day of steep falls on Wall Street. In a volatile week for global investors, Japan's Nikkei 225 index slid 2.7...
The classified loans of the offshore banking units (OBUs) of different banks swelled more than four times or Tk 3.18 billion in the first nine months of the last calendar...
Once upon a time, not so long ago, the people had always been watchful waiting for delivery of money through the postmaster or Runner. This had been in vogue for...
Switzerland has all the elements to generate envy among other nations. It is a heaven of democracy, governance and integrity where rule of law reigns supreme. On the other hand,...
The Amnesty International has claimed that the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar is continuing as the security forces' devastating campaign against the Rohingya population in northern Rakhine State is far from...
The 15th Dhaka International Textile and Garments Machinery Exhibition (DTG 2018), the largest exposition of the country's textile and garment industry machinery, started at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in...
RANGPUR, Feb 8: Hundreds of extreme poor people in different villages of Gangachara upazila under the district have attained financial solvency by making Benarasi sarees in recent years. Several hundreds...
JOYPURHAT, Feb 08: Thousands of optimistic peasants across the district have started harvesting mustard. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, the farmers have grown mustard on...
Senior vice-chairman of BNP Tarique Rahman will run the party as its acting chairman in absence of Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Party leaders said this on Thursday after the BNP chief...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was served papaya juice and assorted fruits after she was taken to old central jail on Nazimuddin Road in Bakshi Bazar on Thursday. As per UNB,...
The central bank predicts that the recent increasing trend of remittance is likely to continue in the ensuing months. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Deputy Governor Abu Hena Mohammad Razee Hassan said...
The country's banking sector has been hitting the newspaper headlines for quite some time, mostly for wrong reasons. The sector is being jolted by scams, one after another. It all...
Her cry of soul rent the atmosphere of the press conference. She is a rape victim and compelled to give vent to her utter frustration and shock at the police...
So, at last a voice was raised in parliament for resignation of the education minister. Here is a minister in whom faith was reposed that he would be able to...
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but an essential foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) in its recent monetary policy expressed concern about higher domestic inflation expectation following higher than target private sector credit growth (19.1 per cent in November 2017 and...
Key to economic progress only a generation ago was the 'lean, mean' approach. Accented by the neo-liberal policy-making framework, it made profit-making the uncompromised goal, to be achieved by workers...
Few creative persons bother about how people receive their work. Many remain so indifferent that they complete their whole careers without a single piece of feedback. In the days of...
Three Rohingya children died when a boat carrying from Myanmar capsized in the Bay of Bengal in Sabrang area of Tekhnaf on Thursday. The boat with around 54 Rohingyas who...
In a previous piece, this scribe had argued that Davos might become the next UN. This partly because of its failure in a number of areas where it has deposed...
The exporters of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector will get 10 per cent subsidy. Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular on Thursday announcing the subsidy for the exporters...
The government announced names of 21 eminent citizens for awarding prestigious Ekushey Padak for 2018 for their contribution in respective fields. The cultural ministry disclosed the names of the recipients...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pondered Khaleda Zia’s current situation while accusing her of unleashing arson attacks and violence over a period of three years from 2013 to 2015. "Where...
Australia’s $40 billion tourism industry is in danger and least prepared to deal with climate change, warned the Climate Council. Some of the country’s most prized natural assets, such as...
President Abdul Hamid has asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to gain public confidence through their works. The President made the directive while a five-member NHRC delegation led by...
Customs intelligence officials arrested two persons with foreign currencies on Wednesday midnight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The arrested persons, Raihan Kaiser and Md Hasan Pinku, were going to Singapore...
Bangladesh National Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia will file an appeal against Thursday’s verdict on Sunday if her lawyers can manage a certified copy of the judgment. BNP standing committee...
Bangladesh’s top order collapsed in the first innings as they managed 56 for 4 against Sri Lanka in the first day of the second Test on Thursday. Liton Das and...
Residents in Bangkok, one of the world's top tourist destinations, were warned on Thursday the city's air quality had hit dangerous levels just days after the country's pollution control agency...
An asteroid, estimated to be between 15 and 30 metres in size, will safely pass by Earth on Friday, NASA has said. The celestial object, designated asteroid 2018 CB, will...
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