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At least seven Rakhine protestors were killed and 12 others injured as Myanmar police opened fire on them in Rakhine State on late Tuesday. The violence occurred at a time...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called upon the developed countries to provide financial and technical assistance for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The Prime Minister made the call...
Singapore authorities say they have uncovered a complex, cross-border scheme to steal large quantities of oil from Shell’s biggest refinery. Their investigations have so far entangled several international companies in...
Standard Chartered Bank and Friendship (a non-governmental organisation) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming to reduce avoidable blindness among the marginalised people in the coastal area of Bangladesh....
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman ordered a deposit of $2 billion to be paid into Yemen’s central bank on Wednesday to shore up the weak Yemeni currency, the Saudi government said....
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said the government has nothing to do with the High Court’s order staying the Dhaka North City Corporation by-polls. Quader came up with the...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the High Court’s stay order on the by-polls of Dhaka North City Corporation reflects “utter failure” of the Election Commission. The...
Nearly five years later of the Rana Plaza incident, things have changed. Many manufacturers are now confident conditions have improved sufficiently, and the time is right to capitalise on the...
Google’s video sharing site YouTube is introducing tougher requirements for video publishers who want to make money from the platform. In addition, it has said staff will manually review all...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will take final decision over bringing non-MPO primary schools under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) system during the next national budget. "We...
A man alleged committed suicide after poisoning to death his wife and two minor daughters in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday evening. The police retrieved the bodies of Sumon Chowdhury (33)...
Development of Bangladesh is about defying various odds ranging from frequent devastating disasters to managing highly dense population, and emerging as a development puzzle. Social achievement in Bangladesh has superseded...
The minimum age for recognition as freedom fighters (FFs) for those who took part in Liberation War in 1971 has been set at 12 years and six months. The Ministry...
Home and Away actress Jessica Falkholt has died from injuries she suffered in a car crash three weeks ago, an Australian hospital has confirmed. The accident in New South Wales...
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, 21, was sentenced to a second jail term of three months on Wednesday for what a judge described as his “leading” role during some...
A new gene thought to be critical in the regulation of insulin, the key hormone in diabetes, has been found in a family with both high and low blood sugar...
Ten people were killed when a Colombian army helicopter crashed near the town of Segovia, in northern Antioquia province, on Tuesday, the army said. The Russian-made MI-17 helicopter, carrying eight...
Asian shares were mostly lower in early trading on Wednesday after a lackluster session on Wall Street, where the Dow industrial average ended almost flat. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost...
A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer has been arrested on charges of unlawful retention of classified information, the US justice department says. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a naturalised US...
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party urged MPs to back the government’s Brexit legislation at a vote in parliament later on Wednesday, warning opponents that trying to block the plan...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading Wednesday as optimistic investors are active on sector-specific issues. Following the previous...
In this October 29, 2017, file photo, participants with national and military flags attend a ceremony supporting the country's military and government servants in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Activist Nyo Tun...
With no progress made in physical work in seven years since its launch in 2010, the government on Tuesday revised upward the cost of the Shitalakhya Bridge construction project by...
Nigerian military has released 244 "repentant" Boko Haram suspects who have undergone rehabilitation. The authorities say they have been de-radicalised and can re-enter society, but critics are sceptical about whether...
Uber is introducing a new policy on drivers' hours across the UK next week, which it says will help to increase safety for drivers and passengers. A licensed driver on...
The mother of the five-year-old H&M model caught up in a racism row has said her family has moved house in Sweden "for security reasons." Last week, photos of Liam...
North Korea and South Korea have agreed to form a combined women’s ice hockey team to take part in next month’s Winter Olympics in the South. The arch-rivals Koreas took...
The government has declined to provide Tk 2.0 billion sought by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) as the state-run entity is now enjoying different facilities for its operation, officials...
The securities regulator Tuesday approved the IPO (initial public offering) proposal of Intraco Refueling Station which will raise a capital worth Tk 300 million under fixed price method. The company...
The prime minister has told the parliament that the government's future plan is to generate 24,000 megawatt (MW) power by 2021 and 60,000 MW by 2041. While replying to a...
Seventy nine source points of illegal gas connections in the capital, largely contributing to the ongoing gas crisis, have been untouched due to reasons hitherto unknown. No possibility is seen...
A few issues that the leaders of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) placed before Finance Minister AMA Muhith early this week, need to be considered from a...
World LPG Association (WLPGA) sees Bangladesh as one of the fastest-growing LPG markets across world and predicted that demand for the fuel might reach upto 3.0 million tonnes by 2025....
Combating the terrible traffic in Dhaka city is becoming increasingly difficult. Chaos on the road continues despite the fact that policymakers and government bodies have so far taken a number...
Bangladesh, following its outstanding progress made earlier on the key millennium development goals (MDGs), can make similar progress in line with the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Mission Director of USAID...
At least from a perspective of words all nations are equal for the United Nations. But the bloated bureaucracy that only Donald Trump has taken on face-to-face doesn't act like...
Ever since early-nineteenth-century textile workers destroyed the mechanical looms that threatened their livelihoods, debates over automation have conjured gloom-and-doom scenarios about the future of work. With another era of automation...
Who would have believed that Washington would become anything like what it is today, politically speaking that is? No world leader or country now takes the president of the United...
The traffic congestion in Dhaka city continues to cost the country billions of dollars and thousands of man-hours. It eats up 3.2 million work-hours per day. Such a situation is...
Bangladesh appears to be taking one step forward and then two steps backward in signing of a Free Trade Agreement or FTA with China, now the single largest trading partner...
Country’s sole consumer rights protection body, even after seven years of its establishment, is yet to make people aware of its activities. By the same token, Directorate of National Consumer...
The government will not allow beef imports for the sake of the local industry and will amend the existing law, if needed. Livestock Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda came up with...
Country’s paramilitary force, responsible for the border security, seized smuggled goods and contraband items worth around Tk. 12.78 billion in 2017. The value of the illegal goods, including yaba pills...
A former CIA officer has been arrested in the US on charges of unlawful retention of classified information. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a naturalised US citizen, was held at New...
The central committee of ruling Awami League has summoned lawmaker Shamim Osman and Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy over Tuesday's clash in Narayanganj. A central leader of Awami League confirmed the...
A 30-year-old woman and her five-year-old son drowned in a river in Odisha's Rayagada district of India during a selfie session. The incident happened on Tuesday evening at Nagabali river...
Most of the Muslim countries in western China has banned children from attending religious events over a winter break. An education bureau said in a notice posted online, as authorities...
On January 3, a team of archaeologists from China and Bangladesh announced the results of their four-year excavation of the Vikrampur Ruins in Bangladesh at a special archaeological forum. Located...
Small trafficking networks were targeting the Rohingya minority and members of the local community in Cox’s Bazar ahead of the late August influx of refugees. Now, as aid workers continue...
Germany and Bangladesh sign €337.2 million deal to support sustainable development. It includes €216 million towards climate smart agriculture programmes and modernising the electricity grid network. €90 million will also...
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