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SME Foundation (SMEF) has initiated a move to redefine small and medium enterprises (SME) for bringing uniformity in the definition used by all concerned for providing best possible benefits to...
Despite tough security measures and stern warnings by the education minister, question paper leak continues unabated. Unchecked question paper leaks in public examinations blight 2017. The leaked question paper of...
Myanmar told the United Nations Security Council not to visit during February this year because it was "not the right time," Kuwait's UN Ambassador Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi said on Thursday,...
With the ruling Awami League not inclined to open talks with the BNP over the next national election, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda considers the party’s participation to be...
Law Minister Anisul Huq said that President Md Abdul Hamid would announce the name of new chief justice shortly. “I believe, the president will announce the name today,” he said...
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that a Brexit transition period will be agreed with the European Union in the next seven weeks as she tries to ease...
The country's gas supply may increase by 500 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) from April this year with an apprehension that there might be a substantial rise in its...
Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN's migration agency. Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals. Libya...
Two army helicopters have crashed in southern France, killing at least five people, French media report. The crash happened at Carcès lake, just north of St Tropez. Rescuers are at...
Awami League General Secretary on Friday said BNP is dilly-dallying to skip the upcoming parliament elections. He came up with the allegation while inaugurating the foot overbridge at Shonir Akhra...
BNP wants huge presence of its leaders and activists in the capital on February 8 before the announcement of the verdict in a graft case against Khaleda Zia. The party...
Researchers have found more than 60,000 hidden Mayan ruins in Guatemala in a major archaeological breakthrough. Laser technology was used to survey digitally beneath the forest canopy, revealing houses, palaces,...
The central bank in its latest monetary policy statement (MPS) just in one sentence mooted an idea that deserves serious consideration by all stakeholders, including the shareholders, in the banking...
Belying the apprehensions of cynics as well as well-meaning sociologists that printed books have no future, book fairs are alive and kicking. At a time when businesspeople do not make...
It is quite baffling to know that the country's cement industry has grown without much of a direction in meeting domestic demand as well as that for export. Although for...
Over 9,000 students were absent on the first day as the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations began across the country on Thursday. Besides, 26 students were expelled...
President M Abdul Hamid on Thursday asked the authorities concerned, including the vice-chancellors, of public universities to adopt a cluster-wise easy admission. "Ensure a cluster-wise easy admission test system at...
Generally speaking, ethics dwells on the moral duties and obligations of people. Ethical behaviour can or is likely to have positive impacts on society, as public morality itself can be...
BOGRA, Feb 01: Farmers of Shibganj upazila under the district are preparing Boro seedbed in a new method called 'Ideal' for better yield this season. According to the Department of...
NATORE, Feb 01: The farmers of the district have exceeded the target set for maize cultivation for this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DEA) office sources, growers...
Manchester United and Chelsea couldn't afford any slip-ups if they were to have even the slightest chance of catching Manchester City in the final months of the Premier League. Both...
Government is considering a move to install effluent treatment plants (ETPs) on the banks of rivers now faced with serious pollution. Environment and Forest Minister Anisul Islam Mahmood said this...
Ginger exporters have found Bangladesh an alternative market for Nepali gingers, according to a myrepublica.com report. Traders have exported 35 truckloads of ginger to Bangladesh over the past one and...
Sri Lanka scored 187/1 in 48 overs, reducing their deficit by 326 runs at the end of the second day against Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Dhananjaya...
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in Myanmar has said that talk of repatriating hundreds of thousands of persecuted Rohingya people anytime soon is premature. Yanghee Lee also lamented...
Violence against children in all its forms, regardless of the nature or severity of the act, is harmful, morally indefensible and a violation of every child's fundamental human rights. Recent...
There are some authors who are less productive thanks to their unique temperament. Alongside them, some are extraordinarily prolific. Bengalee writer Amiyabhushan Majumdar belonged to the first category. One would...
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) on Thursday fined five gas stations a total of Tk 205,000 for their involvement in weight manipulation and using outdated underground storage tank. A...
Minister for Railway M Mujibul Haq said a total 203 people were killed and 586 more were injured following rail accidents across the country in the last eight years. He...
The proposed 'Digital Security Act of 2018' comes in contradiction to the constitutional rights of free speech and opinion, said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). TIB said it in a statement...
Over two-third of the country’s agricultural lands do not have organic elements essential for maintaining their fertility, a report has revealed. The study shows that chemical overdoses and over-exploitation of...
Nearly half of US military sites are threatened by wild weather linked to climate change, according to a Pentagon study whose findings run contrary to White House views on global...
Female beauticians and cosmetologists are no more a new concept in Bangladesh. An increasing section of middle-class women in the country now consider beauty and wellness a necessity. This is...
NASA confirmed an incredible discovery Tuesday - that an amateur radio astronomer, on the hunt for a classified government satellite, stumbled upon signals from a spacecraft that had been thought...
The flood of low-skilled immigrants into the US has suppressed wages, harmed American workers and strained federal resources, the White House said, a day after President Donald Trump called for...
A gang of muggers stabbed a 'bKash' agent to death in the city's Uttara area on Thursday. The victim is identified as Alamin, 25. When Alamin was collecting money from...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the third running session on Thursday amid sluggish trading activities as investors were mostly inactive to put fresh fund on stocks. Dealers said the...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has provided arguments on why he should not be prosecuted for corruption, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Thursday, as pressure mounts for the...
Members of Coast Guard Bangladesh in a drive have seized nine maunds of jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 inches in length) from Meghna river in Chandpur early Thursday. Lt...
A Cambodian court on Thursday rejected a plea for bail by detained opposition leader Kem Sokha, following his arrest last year on charges of seeking to overthrow the government. Kem...
An animation film based on the iconic video game characters, Super Mario brothers, is in the early stages as Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd decided to team up with US film...
A rare Anglo-Saxon cross buried with the body of a teenage girl is to go on display near to where it was found. The 1,300-year-old gold and garnet cross was...
A total of seven more listed companies disclosed their un-audited second quarter (Q2) earnings for October-December period of 2017, according to official disclosures on Thursday. Of them, earnings per share...
The disgraced ex- Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has been accused of abusing 265 girls after scores more victims came forward ahead of his final sentencing hearing. A US judge said...
Thailand banned smoking and littering at 24 beachside locations that are popular with tourists over environmental concerns on Thursday, the ministry of natural resources and environment said. The Southeast Asian...
The quarterly revenue of Facebook Inc jumped to 47 per cent to $12.97 billion in the fourth quarter (Q4), while full-year revenue reached at $40.65 billion in the previous year....
By dint of much interest among the farmers and others concerned, acreage of wheat farming in bed-planting method has started gaining momentum in the region including its vast barind tract...
The Trump administration has extended temporary protection for nearly 7,000 Syrians in living in the US as war continues to ravage their country. They were shielded from deportation under a...
Turkey’s armed forces on Thursday said 49 Kurdish rebels were killed after Turkish warplanes struck 19 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq on Monday. Two airstrikes were carried...
Polish lawmakers have approved draft legislation on Thursday penalising suggestions of any complicity by Poland in the Nazi Holocaust on its soil during World War Two, defying criticism by Israel...
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