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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her party does not want to see any bloodshed in the country. "Bangladesh will be a developed and prosperous country...it'll will march forward," she...
Rezaul Karim Lotus (The Daily Star) and Mahfuz Mishu(Jamuna TV) on Sunday were elected president and general secretary of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) for the year 2018. Besides,...
Bahrain recently discussed ways to enhance bilateral trade and economic relations with Bangladesh and underscored the role of private sector in this regard. The discussion took place when Bangladesh’s State...
Iran has imposed temporary restrictions on some social media and messaging apps to control protests. Iranian state television revealed the information quoting an informed source on Sunday. “It has been...
A Dhaka court granted on Sunday a three-day remand to interrogate BNP leader Syed Sadat Ahmed, who was arrested on Saturday night after four months of 'disappearance'. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate...
1337 Mega Watts (MW) of power was added to the national grid from December 30 of 2016 to December 30 of 2017. State-owned Power Development Board (PDB) revealed the information...
Manchester City's 18-game Premier League winning run came to an end by a goalless draw at Crystal Palace. To add insult to injury, in literal sense, their key players Gabriel...
The investors using DSE mobile app to conduct share transaction hit three-fold high in 2017 compared to previous year. The number of users of the mobile app, developed by the...
A man has been arrested after an alleged "swatting" prank call led to police shooting dead a 28-year-old man. Andrew Finch was shot at his front door on 28 December...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Kamardaho in Sadar upazila early Sunday. The arrestees were Azibul Haque,...
An earthquake with a preliminary reading of 4.6 rattled Athens and central Greece early Sunday, witnesses said, with no immediate reports of damage. The tremor was recorded west of Athens...
Solo climbers, blind people and double amputees have been banned from climbing Everest under new rules the Nepalese tourism ministry believes will reduce the number of deaths on the mountain....
Manchester United’s dismal run of results in December continued with a third consecutive Premier League draw as they were held 0-0 at home to Southampton on Saturday, dropping to third...
The national, along with the global community, bids farewell to the outgoing year 2017 welcoming 2018 with new hopes. Jubilant people will join different New Year programmes when the clock...
Saudi Aramco and its partners have appointed Fathi K. Al-Saleem as chief executive of a joint venture to build a shipyard on the kingdom’s east coast, part of the Saudi...
India's film censor board has cleared the release of controversial Bollywood film Padmavati, reports say. The film, which tells the story of a 14th Century Hindu queen and a Muslim...
Growth in China’s manufacturing sector slowed slightly in December as a punishing crackdown on air pollution and a cooling property market start to weigh on the world’s second-largest economy. The...
Professional forecasters like to say that making predictions is difficult, particularly about the future. As we reach the end of 2017, however, here are some of the key themes -...
There are three types of drawing arrangements in the banking system of Bangladesh to channelise remittance from abroad. These are Taka Drafts Drawing Arrangement, Electronic Fund Transfer Arrangement and PIN...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said 'Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2018' will help create another opportunity in product diversification and generate a growing interest among local entrepreneurs to improve...
Referring to the non-resident Bangladeshis' (NRBs) contribution to the country's economy, speakers at a programme on Saturday said NRBs will return to the country with knowledge and investment if congenial...
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Sunday said it is regrettable that people are getting disappeared in an independent country. "We fought the Liberation War for...
The peoples in this part and other parts of the world celebrate at least two -if not more -New Year's Days. One has its origin in the culture and clime...
Street protests hit Iran for a third consecutive day, spreading to the capital Tehran with crowds confronting police and attacking some state buildings, and a social media report said two...
Liberian President-elect George Weah has declared the country open to investment and pledged to tackle entrenched corruption, in his first speech to the nation since decisively winning an election this...
The Power Division back in 2012 took up a project to install solar power-based PV LED light on 1000 km-long streets of seven city corporations in the country at a...
Yet another year on the Gregorian calendar passed into perpetuity leaving behind events and memories that were both relishing and nightmarish. With the end of the year 2017, the nations...
Family members of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar said on Thursday the pair had told them they were arrested almost immediately after being handed some documents by policemen they...
The 23rd Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF-2018 will begin tomorrow (Monday) at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, west side of Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), in Dhaka. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected...
After the debacle in the results of SSC and HSC tests due to strict evaluation, pass rates of grades V and VIII examinations have also dropped sharply this year. The...
The Greek government says it has asked the country's judicial authorities to cancel a legal decision granting asylum to a Turkish helicopter pilot. He was one of eight servicemen who...
Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved 177 migrants from six boats attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday. The service says that the largest of the boats...
President Trump's threat to cut off financial assistance to countries voting against America's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is a dangerous sign. President Trump issued the threat...
The central bank has eased the process of the Export Development Fund (EDF) to facilitate access to financing in foreign exchange for input procurements by manufacturer-exporters. A Bangladesh Bank (BB)...
Ten people died and two were injured in a car crash and fire on the southwestern Mexican coast near the tourist hot spot of Acapulco, the nation’s civil protection agency...
Port usage is poised to become costlier with the NBR asking the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) to realise 15 per cent value-added tax (VAT) on all services: storage of products,...
The Finance Minister has said that there will neither be any new tax imposed, nor will be any risk in the country’s banking sector in the year 2018. He also...
An emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly voted by a huge majority on December 21 that a unilateral US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital was "null and...
The government aims to formulate new work plans to eliminate child labour from the country within the year 2025. State Minister for Labour and Employment Affairs Mujibul Haque came up...
Singapore’s economy grew 3.5 per cent in 2017 on the back of improved productivity as well as a pick-up in the global economy. Trade-reliant economy in the country has enjoyed...
Iranian government has threatened to take action against protesters saying they should pay a high price if they break the law. Country's Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said those who...
The credit disbursement for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) increased by 21.60 per cent in the first nine months of 2017 compared to the corresponding period of the last...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has urged the people of Bangladesh to work together for restoring the 'lost democracy and voting rights' in 2018. The former Prime Minister made the call...
NEPC, one of the giant power engineering companies in China, has set up its office in Dhaka with a long term plan to expand in Bangladesh market. The company aims...
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad apologised "for whatever wrongdoing" he had done during his time in politics. The opposition party is pushing Mahathir Mohamad to lead Malaysia again....
UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay says she has received Israel's official letter announcing its exit from the U.N. cultural body. Israel previously said it intended to leave the Paris-based agency, citing...
A court has summoned poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar and his wife Farida Akhter to appear before it in a case filed on charge of lodging a case with 'false...
Forest department official has filed a case in connection with the death of two day labourers and a minor boy in a landslide at Rangunia upazila of Chittagong. Golam Mostafa,...
A seaplane crashed into a Sydney river on Sunday, killing six people on a “wine and dine” sightseeing flight ahead of the city’s harbor-centred New Year’s Eve celebrations. Police said...
The much waited digging project of Katakhali khal is progressing fast for the sewerage system in Sirajganj district from the first week of the month. According to Local Government Engineering...
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