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The government must have to shut at least four of its most expensive diesel-fired power plants by the middle of this year as the country's energy regulator has set a...
Bangladesh would have to depend largely on international lending agencies for financing the investment needs of LNG (liquefied natural gas) sector, officials said. Because, they said, sourcing of such huge...
Nusrat Ghani has become the first female Muslim minister to speak at the House of Commons dispatch box. The Conservative transport minister was cheered as she rose during transport questions...
The Jessore Road has been immortalised in the poem, September on Jessore Road by Allen Ginsberg. The American radical poet's heart-rending description of the conditions of the refugees fleeing from...
"The development of Bangladesh is about defying various odds ranging from frequent devastating disasters to managing highly dense population, and emerging from a birth of mythical phoenix to a development...
As influential voices within the US business community warn China that US President Donald Trump is serious about tough action over Beijing's trade practices, there is little sense of a...
The dollar laboured near a three-year low against a basket of currencies on Friday, heading for a fifth week of falls that would be its longest losing streak since May...
Japan's consumer prices are expected to have posted a 12th straight month of gains in December, a Reuters poll found, although the persistently modest inflation will pressure the central bank...
Oil prices dropped more than 1.0 per cent on Friday as a bounce-back in US production outweighed ongoing declines in crude inventories, reports Reuters. If Friday's falls last, this week...
Begging is a common phenomena in both poor and rich countries. From New York City to London, or from Paris to Delhi - beggars are everywhere and Bangladesh is no...
A baby was killed and 15 people were injured -- including more children -- after a car crashed into pedestrians along a beach walk in Brazil, according to media reports...
At least six cargo ships linked to China furtively violated UN sanctions by taking on North Korean coal late last year, potentially providing a significant boost to the rogue regime's...
Andrew Carnegie, a very well-known American industrialist, business magnate and philanthropist led the expansion of American steel industry in the late 19th century and is often identified as one of...
Bangladesh's journey towards the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) started by integrating SDGs into the 7th Five Year Plan (2016-2020). In this sense, Bangladesh can be called an early...
Noted cultural figure Syed Hasan Imam has said Awami League needs to resolve the dispute that exists within the party to build unity and attain victory in the forthcoming national...
Commercially sustainable mobile services can be used to empower citizens in an accessible way, said experts. Thus, mobile phone industry can play a vital role in helping Bangladesh achieve ‘Vision...
Adolescence now lasts from the ages of 10 to 24, although it used to be thought to end at 19, scientists say. Young people continuing their education for longer, as...
The third and final phase of the election to pick 25 registered graduate representatives to the Dhaka University senate will be held on Saturday. The voting will begin at three...
Police arrested six activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir along with three crude bombs from Godaghata area in Satkhira on Friday. The arrested Shibir men were identified as Hafez Abdul Hakim,...
US oil production is booming and is forecast to outpace that of heavyweight Saudi Arabia and rival Russia this year, a global energy agency said Friday. The International Energy Agency...
Renowned physicist Prof Dr Abu Abdullah Ziauddin Ahmad has passed away at a Dhaka hospital. The former chairman of the Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation (SPARRSO) died on...
The Chathannur police of India on Thursday arrested Jayamol on charges of murdering her 14-year-old son Jithu Job on the night of January 15. The body with limbs dismembered was...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their party will 'restore' democracy in the country through a movement under the leadership of their chairperson Khaleda Zia. "Now democracy...
Benapole Customs intelligence officials arrested a Hundi trader along with 350,000 Indian rupees from Benapole check post area in Jessore on Friday noon. The arrestee was identified as Safikul Islam...
Forest robbers kidnapped four fishermen, including two siblings, from Pakratola canal in the Sundarbans under Satkhira range early Friday. The kidnapped fishermen are identified as Shine Gazi, son of Bakkar...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has underscored the need for transforming the Commonwealth so that it can effectively respond to evolving international realities and expectations of its developing member states....
At least 20 people were injured in a road accident at Sadirpur in Dirai upazila on Friday morning. A Sylhet-bound minibus plunged into a roadside ditch as its driver lost...
A schoolgirl was found hanging in a house at Munchefpara in the district town early Friday. The deceased was Khadija Begum, 15, a class-X student of Anandamoyi Girls High School...
The government has taken initiatives to set up hi-tech parks in all districts of the country which will create around 0.30 million jobs. The steps have been taken to set...
Ahead of Republic Day, many alerts have been sent to Indian state police chiefs across the country about possible threats. But the Home Ministry has singled out Rohingya Muslims for...
Bangladesh has proposed to build hydroelectric projects in Nepal to expand its power options after spending $1 billion to build electricity plants in Bhutan. “In order to meet growing demand,...
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub- Ul Alam Hanif on Friday said BNP should join the next general election to prove its popularity. "They are now feeling complacency of imagination,"...
HSBC Holdings Plc agreed to pay $101.5 million to settle a US criminal probe into the rigging of currency transactions, which has already led the conviction of one of its...
Indonesian authorities are investigating the use of bitcoin in the holiday island of Bali, amid warnings by the central bank in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy over the risks posed by...
Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday accused US officials of leaking to the media confidential financial details of Russian diplomats working in the United States The ministry also demanded punishment for...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has paid tribute to party founder, the late Ziaur Rahman, on his 82nd birthday. The BNP chief visited Rahman’s grave at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar alongside senior...
Scientists are reporting progress on a blood test to detect many types of cancer at an early stage, including some of the most deadly ones that lack screening tools now....
Bank Indonesia (BI) has kept its key interest rate unchanged, as expected, to give banks more liquidity and encourage them to invest money. The central bank of the largest economic...
A Rohingya man was killed in an elephant attack in Majurchhara area of Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila early Friday. The deceased has been identified as Yakub Ali, 45,...
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Thursday he welcomed the recent dialogue between North and South Korea but marching together at the Winter Olympics won't denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. Turnbull,...
The European Union is suspending funding for a water conservation project in Kenya after a tribesman was shot and killed by government forest service guards and another seriously wounded, the...
It seems that the world would be yours to conquer if only you had a bit of motivation. One could ace that test that is coming up in the not-so-distant...
With the second edition of 'Jazz & Blues Festival Dhaka' being held this year, garnering even more attraction than in the first edition, it is not unusual to ask the...
Asian shares were broadly higher on Thursday after technology, financial and health care related shares helped push the Wall Street to record high. Traders in Asian region are awaiting the...
From breaking at WSDC (World Schools Debating Championships) for the first time in 2006 to reaching the Open Quarterfinal at a WUDC (World Universities Debating Championship) event early this year,...
Zimbabwe will hold elections in four to five months, a newspaper on Thursday quoted President Emmerson Mnangagwa as saying, the first time since independence the southern African state will conduct...
China sharers surged on Thursday, tracking the strength on Wall Street overnight. At 04:02 GMT, the Shanghai Composite index was up 8.61 points or 0.25 per cent at 3,453.28. China’s...
A holidaymaker is suing Jet2holidays after a boy jumped on to him in a pool. Graham Hyde, 44, says he was put in a neck brace during his Barcelona holiday...
A Turkish military CASA-type cargo plane crashed in the southern Anatolian province of Isparta during training exercises, killing three Turkish crew members. Turkish Armed Forces confirmed in a statement that...
Japanese share soared to a level not seen since November 1991 on Thursday after exporters such as electronics components manufacturers surged, tracking the strength on Wall Street overnight. The Nikkei...
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