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Hundreds of Bangladeshi music lovers were recently enthralled by the wonderful performance of the Jiangdu Spring Drum Art Troupe from China and they clapped and waved energetically as musicians played....
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Syed Ahmed Jamal, 55, outside his home in Lawrence, Kansas, on January 24. Syed Ahmed Jamal has since been detained and will...
Newly appointed Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Sunday said he will always try his best to coordinate among the functions of three organs of the state-- legislative, executive and...
Tourism ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will gather in Dhaka on February 5 and 7 to talk about tourism potential among 57 member states and discuss ways...
The standard of service and quality of goods overseeing authority has carried out a mobile court drive against traders who sell impure drinking water at Mirpur in Dhaka city. Along...
An oil tanker with 22 Indian sailors on board is reported missing off the coast of Benin, a West African country for last three days. It is suspected that the...
Actress Nicole Kidman indulges in beauty treatment that costs $7,000 before she walks a red carpet. Reportedly, the star is said to maintain her flawless, dewy glow thanks to HD...
Kenyan police detained a third opposition legislator who attended a symbolic ‘swearing-in’ of opposition leader Raila Odinga that was a direct challenge to President Uhuru Kenyatta, who won re-election in...
A day after meeting with her party's national executive committee, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit with the party's standing committee members tonight (Sunday night) to work out...
President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset arrived in the city on Sunday on a four-day official visit to boost the 46-year-old ties between the two countries. President Abdul Hamid...
The joint North and South Korean ice hockey team is set to play its first match on Sunday, ahead of the Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea. The match is an...
A 500-year-old secret code used in letters between one of Spain's most famous monarchs and a military commander has been cracked. Ferdinand of Aragon's letters have tantalised historians for centuries....
Colombia's government has opened its first shelter for Venezuelans who are pouring across the border in ever-larger numbers to escape their nation's economic crisis. The bare-bones shelter opened Saturday near...
The Supreme Court in the Maldives is trying to impeach President Abdulla Yameen, who has not obeyed its order to release opposition leaders arrested after unfair trials, the island nation’s...
The Afghan forces during military operation in the northern Faryab province, have killed at least five militants including their local commander on Saturday, a local official said. "Security and defence...
Actor Uma Thurman has accused movie producer Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting her at a London hotel after they worked together on the 1994 hit film “Pulp Fiction.” In a...
Giampaolo Pazzini struck an 89th-minute equaliser on his Levante debut to earn his side a deserved 2-2 draw against struggling giants Real Madrid on Saturday. Madrid stay fourth in La...
A crane used for construction of light rapid transport infrastructure has collapsed in Indonesia's capital on early Sunday, killing four workers, said an official. "The crane collapsed in East Jakarta...
A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team has discovered a population of planets beyond the Milky Way galaxy. Using microlensing -- an astronomical phenomenon and the only known method capable of...
Farming of Boro paddy is going on fast in the project command areas of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) in the district during the current season. The BMDA set a...
A senior official of ruling African National Congress (ANC) wants South African President Jacob Zuma to step down. His demand came as a fresh pressure on Zuma who has been...
Country's plastic goods manufacturers urged the government Saturday to accelerate implementation of the planned industrial park to help bring discipline the sector. Currently, many small and medium plastic-processing factories remained...
Potato farmers who suffer financial losses every year due to outbreak of late blight disease in their farms could now get relief, as a project has been launched under which...
Moscow has denounced US military proposals to develop new, smaller atomic bombs mainly to deter any Russian use of nuclear weapons. Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov called the move "confrontational",...
Police have rescued an kidnapped trader from Kamalganj of Moulvibazar two days after he was taken. Law enforcers have also detained three over the abduction, said Shamshernagar Police Outpost Inspector...
Subscription of 'Credence First Shariah Unit Fund' will begin today (Sunday) while public subscription of Advent Pharma is set to begin on February 11. The initial size of the Credence...
Country's lone active urea fertiliser unit, Shahjalal Fertiliser Factory, is now set to halt for gas cut that would make public exchequer count huge costs in import bills and subsidies....
US House Speaker Paul Ryan deleted a tweet on Saturday cheering a $1.50 increase to a Pennsylvania school secretary’s weekly pay because of a $1.5 trillion tax cut after it...
A proposal put forward for exempting banking companies from the purview of the labour act aiming to help protect the sector from possible challenges is now under scrutiny, sources said....
Local pharmaceutical companies are widening production of anti-cancer drugs, making those available at much lower prices in recent times, industry insiders said. At present, according to them, five companies are...
At least 11 soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in a suicide attack near an army base in northern Pakistan, officials said, in a region that was once controlled by...
Syrian rebels shot down a Russian warplane on Saturday and killed its pilot on the ground after he ejected from the plane, Russia’s defense ministry and Syrian rebels said. The...
The board of directors of GSP Finance has recommended 23.50 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017, said an official disclosure on Sunday. The final...
Three hundred Central American migrants being transported in dangerous conditions in tractor-trailers were rescued in two Gulf coast states, Mexican authorities reported on Saturday. A statement from the National Immigration...
High tax incidence and lack of incentives hinder business expansion of national flag-carrier vessels with a resultant loss of Bangladesh's market share to foreign shippers in international trade, businesses say....
A dead goose that fell out of sky, knocked a hunter unconscious at Easton in the state of Maryland, a Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The incident occurred when...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government cannot afford to fulfil many demands without making plan and budgetary allocation. She came up with the statement while addressing "Shikka...
Law Minister Anisul Huq has dismissed claims that seniority has been breached in the latest appointment of chief justice. “I have great objection about claims that seniority has been breached,”...
Four people were killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in the country. According to Xinhua News Agency, the blast Saturday at the Jinshan Chemical Plant Co., in Linshu...
Signs that a long-awaited correction may have arrived on Wall Street will keep investors on edge on Monday after the S&P 500 closed off the week with its biggest percentage...
Stocks on both bourses witnessed a steep decline in the first hour of trading on Sunday as investors are on selling spree, fearing a further fall. Following the previous week’s...
Newly appointed Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has joined office. The Attorney General's office and the Supreme Court Bar Association accorded reception to the new Chief Justice on Sunday morning....
The Planning Commission (PC) has approved a Bangladesh Railway (BR) proposal for studying the feasibility of introducing circular train service in Dhaka. The BR is willing to introduce circular trains...
SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Feb. 2, 2018--S&P Global Ratings today lowered its long-term corporate credit rating on PT MNC Investama Tbk. to 'CCC-' from 'CCC'. "In addition, we lowered our...
The Department of Architecture of Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) inaugurated a two-day long `Architecture Festival-2018’ at its Mirpur Cantonment campus in the city on Saturday. Major General...
Stock brokers and merchant bankers on Sunday called an emergency meeting to take stock of the capital market. DSE Brokers Association (DBA) and Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) will hold...
Mominul Haque becomes the first Bangladesh batsman, scoring a century in both innings of a Test Match. Haque came in near the end of play on Day 4 and has...
The 23rd Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) will end today (Sunday). Begun on January 1, the fair was scheduled to be held until end of the month, but it rolled...
Five assistant teachers of different schools in Matlab South upazila of Chandpur were suspended by executive magistrate for negligence of duty in the SSC examinations on Saturday. They were performing...
The sixth Capital Market Fair, arranged by Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) ended Saturday in the port city, said a statement issued by CSE. The fair put thrust on raising the...
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