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A Brazilian court on Thursday approved the seizure of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s passport, the Justice Ministry said, after an appeals court upheld the corruption conviction of...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently signed an agreement with US-Bangla Airlines (USBA), says a statement. Under this agreement, MTB Privilege Customers, MTB VISA Signature and MTB MasterCard World...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to push forward with the cross-border operation against the Kurdish-run Afrin enclave in northern Syria that has raised concerns among many of Ankara's...
German Ambassador in Dhaka Thomas Prinz says he has found "too many obstacles" to doing business in Bangladesh, which run counter to the government's assurances. "We are told that in...
A new network of women entrepreneurs named Women Entrepreneurs Network for Development Association (WEND) kicked off Thursday with a goal to empower the women investors. Dr Nadia Binte Amin, president...
Net sales of savings instruments reached Tk 238.23 billion in the first half of current fiscal year (FY). The amount is nearly 1.50 per cent or Tk 3.49 billion higher...
Bangladesh has called upon the Security Council to prevail upon Israel to immediately halt its illegal settlements and violence in the occupied Palestinian territories. Masud Bin Momen, Bangladesh's Permanent Representative...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel have detained 18 people on Thursday afternoon, on charge of running a pornography ring from the Singapore-Bangkok Market located in Chittagong city’s Agrabad area. The...
Learning by experience of time-and-cost overruns in public works, the government is now adopting a new modality of ensuring the hiring of qualified and competent firms mainly for road sector...
At least 41 people have been killed and dozens injured in a fire at a hospital in Miryang, South Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported Friday. The fire is thought...
Apparel exporters are now entitled to get the new market exploration assistance even if they bring export proceeds from any third country as the central bank Thursday relaxed the regulations...
Despite the country's success in reducing poverty by 10 per cent in last 10 years, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Thursday the poverty will still remain a major challenge...
Police have recovered the pistol AKM Shamim Osman MP’s henchman Niazul Islam allegedly lost during an attack on Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy and her supporters in Narayanganj city on...
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has imposed a ban on the marketing of the imported milk powder item stockpiled in godowns and waiting release at ports without a test. The...
Prices of vegetables and fish surged last week raising the sufferings of consumers buffeted by pricey essentials. Traders attributed the hike of vegetables to last year's floods and ongoing cold...
North Korea shipped coal to Russia last year which was then delivered to South Korea and Japan in a likely violation of UN sanctions, three Western European intelligence sources said....
Veteran Bengali film actress Supriya Devi died of a severe cardiac arrest at her Kolkata residence early Friday, the PTI reported quoting her daughter. She was 85. Born in 1933,...
The 17-year-old off spinner is now in New Zealand as part of the squad for the U-19 World Cup. Bangladesh made to the quarter-finals, but lost to India by 131...
The White House has outlined an immigration plan for nearly two million people to become US citizens in exchange for funding for a controversial border wall with Mexico. The framework...
The government has warned the BNP of ‘stern actions’ if the party resorts to ‘violence’ over the graft case verdict of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia. “Let me be very clear,...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has called an urgent meeting of the National Standing Committee as the verdict in a graft case against her is expected next month. On Thursday, a...
A woman was killed under the wheels of a private car as muggers from the vehicle snatched away her vanity bag on Mirpur Road in Dhanmondi 7 of Dhaka early...
Many people who travel between the capital and adjoining towns are increasingly using trains as a means to commute, an enquiry has found. The reason behind the upsurge in train...
Unidentified miscreants attacked Professor M Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari, vice-chancellor of Islamic University in Jhenidah early Friday. The car carrying VC was stopped on the highway to Kushtia by felling trees, before...
It is not yet safe for the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims living in refugee camps in Bangladesh to begin returning to Myanmar, a senior United Nations official said...
An increase in import of food grains and fuel oils has pushed up the country’s import by 12 per cent in December, said officials. Bangladesh witnessed an import of $3.65...
The father of eight-year-old Zainab who was murdered after rape in Pakistan has claimed that actually he and his relatives had nabbed the suspected serial killer and handed him over...
Changes in the socioeconomic landscape of Bangladesh were evident during the last decade with its rise as an emerging economy that consistently maintains above 6.0 per cent growth on an...
"Bangladesh touched a milestone attaining the status of a lower middle income country in 2015. For the first time in the history of the country, the Bangladesh economy crossed over...
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and the CDU's Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have agreed to pursue another "grand coalition" government, and have...
The Foreign Minister's recent appeal to foreign diplomats for assistance in the repatriation process of the Rohingya refugees was interesting. He sought third-party assistance for repatriation of the 7,50,000 Rohingyas...
To be sure, posterity will still judge Prof. Nurul Islam as the architect of Bangladesh's initial strategy of economic development: first, in recovering from the devastation left from the war...
Oil prices fell on Friday as market fundamentals are expected to weaken with the upcoming end of the peak demand period during the Northern Hemisphere winter. Brent crude futures were...
Bangladesh will launch direct shipping services with South Africa and Morocco soon, shipping minister Shajahan Khan said on Thursday. "We will launch direct shipping services with Durban and Cape Town...
The import activities through Benapole Land Port in Jessore remained halted since Thursday morning following a strike enforced by Indian traders at Petrapole. They stopped carrying imported goods protesting customs'...
A man was stabbed to death by muggers near Saidabad rail track in the capital early Friday. The deceased was identified as Ibrahim, 36, son of Bazlur Rahman, hailing from...
Holders Barcelona reached the Copa del Rey semi-finals with a 2-0 win over Espanyol on Thursday to overcome a first-leg deficit on a night when new signing Philippe Coutinho made...
Japan’s inflation in December continued to lag a strong economic revival, leaving the central bank in a dilemma on how to turn off crisis-era stimulus policies that even some of...
Two motorcyclists were killed when a truck ran over their bike at Jundoho Bazar in Palashbari upazila on Friday morning. The accident took place around 9am as the two were...
Ten top-traded companies accounted for more than 31 per cent of transactions on the country's major bourse on Thursday with Grameephone (GP) topping the list. Market insiders said fundamentally-sound issues...
Donald Trump has been booed at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Friday after launching an attack on what he described as the "nasty, mean and fake" press....
Increased pressure on Myanmar by the European Union (EU) on the prevailing Rohingya issue is likely to be imposed in February. "I'm sure there'll be new (EU) council conclusions on...
The overall manpower export from Bangladesh witnessed a robust growth of 36.31 per cent in 2016 as some 758,000 workers got overseas jobs in the last calendar year, according to...
Prospective investors have time and again sought reliable, sustainable and affordable infrastructure in Bangladesh and for investment of their money in industries profitably. Even development partners, grouped under the Bangladesh...
Blaming the law-flouting pedestrians wholesale for the chaotic state of the capital's footpaths and roadsides does not speak of pragmatism. True, there are compulsive lawbreakers. But pedestrians willing to abide...
China on Friday outlined its ambitions to extend President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative to the Arctic by developing shipping lanes opened up by global warming. Releasing its...
The Philippines is bracing for a possible three-month-long emergency in areas around an erupting volcano. The volcano has already displaced more than 81,000 and led to overcrowded temporary shelters, the...
New York's Guggenheim museum has turned down a request from President Donald Trump to borrow Van Gogh's work for the White House - instead offering him a gold toilet. The...
US President Donald Trump has described as "fake news" a report that he ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller last June. Trump backed down from the decision when...
TRANSFAST, a remittance solution, has partnered with BRAC Bank and bKash to enable global money transfers via bKash Mobile Wallet. Bangladeshi expatriates around the world can now send cross-border remittances...
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