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North Korea’s delegation will go to South Korea on Sunday to take preparations for a trip by an art troupe during next month’s Winter Olympics. South Korea’s Unification Ministry said...
A woman died in a road accident near Malibagh bazar in the capital on Saturday morning. The deceased was Runa Aktar, 32, wife of Bachchu Mia of Kalipur in Madaripur...
China’s foreign ministry has accused a US warship of entering its territorial waters without permission and said it would take “necessary measures” to ensure its sovereignty is protected. On the...
On the first anniversary of his presidency on Saturday, with the stock market roaring and his poll ratings finally rising, he had planned to rest at his Mar-a-Lago estate in...
Uttara Bank Limited organised its 1st zonal heads’ conference at the head office of the bank on Saturday. Azharul Islam, Chairman of the bank, was present at the programme as...
IDP Education, an international education organisation, has arranged ‘Study in Australia’ event on 19-20 January, 2018, at the Pan-Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. The Australian Trade Commission at the Australian...
Boro cultivation paddy has started in Nilphjamari and it would continue for two months more. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) sources said a total 79443 hectares of land has been...
Members of Narcotics Control Department arrested an alleged Yaba trader along with 20,000 Yaba tablets from Moizyar Tek area under Karnaphuli thana of Chittagong on early Saturday. The arrestee was...
A carrier pigeon that successfully collected top secret messages from France during World War Two is getting a blue plaque. Mary was part of the National Pigeon Service and was...
Turkey has detained 211 undocumented migrants, including Bangladeshis, while trying to cross over into Greece and Bulgaria. Among them are also Syrians, Palestinians Afghans, Pakistanis, Iranians, Iraqis, Libyans, Moroccans and...
American world 100m silver medallist Christian Coleman broke the 60 meters indoor world record on Friday, clocking 6.37 seconds at a meeting in Clemson, South Carolina. A Reuters report says...
A female college student has been injured as a suitor, angry at her refusal of his advances, attacked her with a razor in Mymensingh. Police say the Economics Department student...
A woman on Friday publicly accused Oscar-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas of sexual misconduct, saying he had repeatedly harassed her verbally and fondled himself in front of her when...
LankaBangla Finance Limited (LBFL) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Akter Properties Limited to provide home loan facility for their customers. Under this agreement, customers of Akter Properties...
The New York Fed, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has reduced its estimate on US gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the first quarter of 2018. The bank...
Country's banks are now allowed to use Japanese yen (JPY), along with the US dollar and Euro, for settling payments under the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) mechanism, officials said Thursday....
US stocks retreated on Thursday as losses in industrial stocks and interest-rate sensitive sectors offset marginal gains in tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 97.01 points, or 0.37...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 18: The demand for sweet betel leaf produced in Bagmara and Mohanpur upazilas have been increasing day by day. Now, by covering most markets of Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal,...
NATORE, Jan 18: Commercial vegetable cultivation has brought blessing for hundreds marginal peasants in the district this current season due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necessary agri-input....
Ukraine's parliament has passed a law defining areas seized by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country as temporarily occupied by Russia. The law on the reintegration of the...
The authorities have changed the category of two listed companies, Oimex Electrode and Deshbandhu Polymer, effective from January 21 (Sunday) as they reported disbursement of 10 per cent stock dividend...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday she was pregnant with her first child, prompting an outpouring of support from women’s rights groups and labor activists as she...
More than 100 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar since Wednesday, with the latest refugees saying army operations are continuing in troubled Rakhine State, raising doubts about plans...
Apple Inc will release a software update that will allow users to turn off a feature that slows down iPhones when batteries are low on charge, Chief Executive Tim Cook...
Bangladesh are looking for their second win of the Tri-Nation Series against the Sri Lankans, who have come off a shock loss to Zimbabwe. The hosts won the toss and...
Swedish and Danish growth prospects for 2018 have brightened in recent months, following last year’s forecast-beating economic performance in Scandinavia, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Thursday. Sweden is...
Two young men were killed in a road accident at Kanaipur on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Faridpur sadar upazila on Thursday night. Witnesses said the accident took place when a motorcycle...
A staff of the Education Ministry reportedly went missing from the city’S Banani area around 2:00pm on Thursday. Family members alleged Nasir Uddin, upper division clerk of the ministry, remained...
World stock markets slipped into the red zone on Thursday, as a decline in Boeing and interest-rate sensitive sectors such as utilities and real estate weighed on US equities. US...
Three more people, who suffered burns in fires they started to keep warm in the wintry weather, have died while undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital. With the latest,...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has visited Narayanganj Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy at the city’s Labaid hospital. Ivy suddenly fell ill due to low blood pressure on Thursday at...
The Philippines’ rice output grew at record high in the fourth quarter (Q4), while the total agricultural output grew 2.2 per cent in the same period. The paddy rice output...
Customs Intelligence officials arrested two persons for illegally carrying foreign currency worth around Tk 2.80 million at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Friday. Detainees Ariful Islam is resident...
Dhaka University has filed a case accusing at least 50 unidentified students of vandalising the gate of its Proctor’s office. Officer-in-Charge of Shahbagh Police Station Abul Hossain said they filed...
Bangladesh have set a target of 321 for Sri Lanka in the third match of the Tri-Nations Series. The hosts won the toss and chose to bat in the third...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan has said the current government is working sincerely to develop the country's all sectors to build Bangladesh as a middle-income country by 2021. "The country is...
Energy Division had initiated a move three years ago to formulate a LPG pricing policy to keep exorbitant price at bay. However, the effort remained futile for undue influences by...
The Tigers got another victory in Tri-Nations Series beating Sri Lanka by 163 runs in the third match on Friday. Earlier, Bangladesh cricketers set a target of 321, losing seven...
Dashing opener Tamim Iqbal has notched up yet another milestone by going past the 11000-run landmark in international cricket during Bangladesh's second match in the ongoing tri-nation series against Sri...
Sudanese authorities have detained a Reuters stringer and an AFP reporter who were covering protests in the capital Khartoum, the external information council, which deals with foreign media organisations, said....
The Square Pharmaceuticals dominated the premier bourse's transaction chart for the second consecutive session on Thursday as the top 10 traded companies accounted for 34 per cent of the turnover....
Two young men died in a road accident at Kanaipur on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in sadar upazila on Thursday night. The accident took place when a motorcycle hit a parked covered...
The four-day long 6th Capital Market Investment Fair of the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) will start on February 1. The port city bourse will arrange the fair at the GEC...
The country should prepare for its post-middle income period when costs of using foreign copyrights will surge significantly, experts said Thursday. They also suggested raising awareness about patent, design and...
The demand for sweet betel leaf produced in Bagmara and Mohanpur upazilas have been increasing day by day. Now, by covering most markets of Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet, Chittagong and...
Barcelona board says it has reached a deal to renew defender Gerard Pique's contract until 2022, adding a buyout clause of 500 million euros ($611 million). The club says the...
The film Mahogony will probably be remembered more for the superb title song "Do you know where you're going to … ." While we are often guilty of quoting out...
It indeed augurs well for development partners, who gathered in Dhaka on Wednesday for assessing prospects and problems of Bangladesh's vast opportunities in order to tap a rich demographic dividend...
Addressing the capital's atrocious public transport system has so far proved to be a highly challenging task for the authorities. Their efforts in the past -- mostly half-hearted and botched...
The central bank is likely to place proposals for a couple of new banks before the next meeting of its board of directors for consideration. It is now scrutinising proposals...
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