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Members of Border Guard Bangladesh recovered 42 cocktail bombs from Saorapara and Lakkhir char areas of the river Padma under Shibganj upazila of the district on Thursday morning. Acting on...
Ahmedabad-based Natural Storage Solutions Pvt Ltd (NSSPL) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dhaka-based Star Infrastructure Development Consortium Ltd for setting up a cold storage facility...
At least three people died and seven others were injured when a bus hit three human-haulers after running over two pedestrians at Kathi on Gopalganj-Kotalipara road in Sadar upazila on...
SSC examinees faced hassles to reach centres on time on Thursday amid heightened security in the city because of verdict in BNP chief Khaleda Zia graft case. Rickshaws and CNG-run...
BNP has announced a two-day countrywide demonstration programme for Friday and Saturday in protest of jailing their Chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection to a graft case BNP secretary general Mirza...
After BNP chief Khaleda Zia was jailed for five years, Law Minister Anisul Huq said it depends on the Supreme Court decision whether she can contest the next election. The...
Expressing reaction over the verdict in BNP Chief Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case, the BNP said the judgment was nothing but a political vengeance of one certain...
Turnover on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) came down to Tk 3.0 billion Thursday, dipping to 19 months low, as participation of investors on the trading floor was thin due to...
An activist of ruling Awami League was shot dead and at least five other activists received injuries in a clash between its two factions in Kanchan Bridge area of Rupganj...
Philippine security forces on Thursday shot dead three terror suspects allegedly involved in the attack of the southern Philippine city of Marawi in May last year. Brigadier General William Alunday...
Bangladesh's spin strength dismantled the visiting Sri Lanka’s batting line up in the 1st innings of the 2nd Test of a two-match series as Abdur Razzak took four on his...
Jamuna Bank Foundation has organised free eye camp, diabetes, gynee, and general treatment services at Chatak barat govt Primary School premises at Shathea in Pabna recently. The foundation also distributed...
Agitated BNP men clashed with police at Chankharpul when the latter were heading towards Bakshibazar special court accompanying the motorcade of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia ahead of the verdict set...
A special court in Dhaka city has sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to five years in jail in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of Special Court-5...
Eight people have been killed and nine others taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries as a construction site collapsed at Foshan city in southern China’s Guangdong province. The city’s...
Samsung Electronics’ (005930.KS) ailing chairman, Lee Kun-hee, was named by South Korean police on Thursday as a suspect in an 8.2 billion won ($7.5 million) tax evasion case that involved...
The Bank of Korea (BOK), the central bank of South Korea, has said that it would keep interest rates accommodative for now because inflation is tepid and consumers are saddled...
Painkillers not only can relieve one's physical symptoms, but may also have psychological effects, new research suggests. Researchers from the University of California found that taking common painkillers like ibuprofen...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet members of North Korea’s Olympics delegation on Saturday, including North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, the Blue House said on Thursday. Moon...
Leaders and activists of BNP attacked the High Commission on Wednesday afternoon over the verdict in the graft case against Khaleda Zia after staging a protest programme on the premises...
Rice production in Bangladesh in 2017-18 is forecast down slightly from a year ago, according to a Feb. 6 Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report from the Foreign Agricultural Service...
Germany’s trade surplus fell in 2017 for the first time in eight years, data showed on Thursday, in a further sign that vibrant domestic demand is sucking in more imports....
At least seven people have been injured after a hot-air balloon carrying them, was hit by a surprise weather change and crash-landed on Thursday in a field near Australia’s southern...
Suicide rates in the United States spiked almost 10 percent following the death in 2014 of actor Robin Williams, and spiked even more among men and those who ended their...
Police have got locked into a clash with BNP activists at the Kakrail intersection in Dhaka city on Thursday. The clash took place as a motorcade carrying the party’s...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has entered the Bakshibazar special court in the city as the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against her and her son Tarique Rahman is...
An Indian woman has accused her husband of stealing one of her kidneys as her family failed to meet the husband’s demand for dowry. Police have already arrested her husband...
The Bank of England (BoE) is expected to say on Thursday that another rate hike could be nearing as the country’s economy grows faster than expected ahead of its departure...
A three-day 10th Asia Pharma Expo-2018 kicked off in Dhaka city on Thursday. It will display latest pharmaceutical products, manufacturing and packaging machineries and laboratory supplies from local and international...
Bollywood actor Jeetendra was accused of sexually harassing his cousin, who has come forward to file a police complaint 47 years after the alleged incident. Jeetendra, whose real name is...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the newly-set up 'Sheikh Hasina Cantonment', aiming to strengthen the defence system in the country's southern region. She opened the cantonment on the...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited organised monthly business review meeting at its head office on Tuesday. Md Habibur Rahman, managing director of the bank, inaugurated the programme as chief guest, according...
Japanese shares rise on Thursday as buyers looked for bargains on shares which were beaten down heavily early in the week. The Nikkei ended up 1.1 per cent at 21,890.86...
Bakshibazar goes under security blanket: Law enforcers have taken unprecedented security measures in Bakshibazar and its surrounding areas in Old Dhaka on Thursday as a makeshift court is set to...
Hong Kong ticked up on Thursday, after overnight losses on Wall Street. The Hang Seng Index was up 0.06 per cent at 30,342.53, while Chinese H-shares listed in Hong Kong...
China stocks hit six-week lows by midday Thursday and were set for their third session of losses in a row, even as the country’s trade data for January exceeded market...
A female lawyer was injured during a scuffle with law enforcers while pro-BNP lawyers were staging demonstration in front of the High Court over the verdict of a graft case...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) arranged a meeting of the board of directors on Wednesday at Islami Bank Tower in Dhaka. Arastoo Khan, chairman of the bank, presided over the...
US Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday the United States wants to peacefully dismantle North Korea’s nuclear programme. But he warned Pyongyang not to underestimate US military strength or...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has started for the court to hear the verdict in a graft case against her today. She left her Gulshan residence about 11:42am. Tension mounts Tension...
A Swiss mobile phone operator says its data systems were breached late last year and the contact details of about 800,000 customers were compromised. Swisscom said Wednesday that the names,...
Customs intelligence seized Indian Jardaa, Skin cream, jewelry and fire crackers worth Tk 2.0 million from Benapole-Khulna commuter train on Thursday. On secret information, a team of customs intelligence conducted...
The board of directors of Prime Insurance Company Limited has recommended 15 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said an official disclosure on Thursday....
Sevilla recovered from a humiliating loss to Eibar by booking their place in the Copa del Rey final for a second time in three seasons, beating Leganes 2-0 on Wednesday...
Employees of a German company donated almost 3,300 hours in overtime so a colleague could look after his son with leukaemia, local media report. The 36 years old single dad,...
Asian shares were mixed on Thursday with some benchmarks erasing early morning gains. Investors remained skittish after this week’s financial turmoil and overnight losses on Wall Street. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Patuakhali on Thursday morning on a daylong visit to Patuakhali and Barisal districts to inaugurate 'Sheikh Hasina Cantonment' and 54 development projects. She will address...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading Thursday as investors showed their buying appetite on large-cap stocks. However, the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to visit Barisal on Thursday to open a cantonment named after her located on the bank of Payra River in Lebukhali area. The PM...
There is mounting evidence the food on a person’s plate can alter cancer's growth and spread, say Cambridge scientists. Animal research, published in the journal Nature, showed breast tumours struggled...
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