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Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed that Rohingya repatriation process will commence on January 23. A repatriation plan was signed on Tuesday that will allow the repatriation of Muslims who fled...
Mideast stocks moved sideways in early trade on Wednesday with shares in top Qatari banks mixed after they reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings. The Qatari stock index was almost flat. Qatar...
A good number of marginal peasants in Bogra have attained financial solvency by cultivating Apple Kul, a variety of plum, on a commercial basis over the last few years. They...
European shares rebounded on Wednesday as earnings updates disappointed the investors, following the US stocks lower trade. Britain’s Informa dropped 5.4 per cent after it made a paper and cash...
Stocks returned to the red on Wednesday, after one-day break as cautious investors reluctant to make fresh investment ahead of monetary policy announcement. Dealers said the market subdued as investors...
Police have discovered at least 33 human skulls buried in western Mexico, authorities said on Tuesday, the latest grisly find in a region that has suffered from increasing violence between...
Kim Kardashian and her rapper husband Kanye West announced their third child on Tuesday, a girl born to a surrogate. “Kanye and I are happy to announce the arrival of...
Growth in Singapore’s export sector slowed more than expected in December from a year earlier due to a fall in electronics trade and the first decline in shipments to China...
Germany’s Volkswagen, vying for the top spot among the world’s largest carmakers, reported a gain in 2017 sales of 4.3 per cent to 10.7 million vehicles. Rivals Toyota and Renault-Nissan...
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook the Beitou District of Taiwan's capital city of Taipei at 1:59 pm Wednesday Beijing Time, says Taiwan's meteorological authority. The epicentre was monitored at 25.15 degrees...
Lebanese authorities have banned Steven Spielberg’s latest film, political thriller 'The Post', and Australian drama 'Jungle' to comply with a boycott of Israel, an official said. "Screening of the film...
Russia’s new government should invest more in education and healthcare to help spur the country’s economic growth, the World Bank’s chief executive officer said on Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin, in...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fought back from 5-2 down in the final set to beat Denis Shapovalov in an absorbing match and reach the Australian Open third round. The 2008 finalist overcame...
Members of Coast Guard recovered three lakh pieces of Yaba tablets from St Martin's Island in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday night. Being tipped off that a...
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first against Zimbabwe in the second ODI of the tri-nation series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur on Wednesday. This...
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the Dhaka University authorities to take necessary measures within the next six months to hold DUCSU (Dhaka University Central Student’s Union) election. The bench...
Bank Asia and Infinity System Pvt. Ltd recently signed an agreement on ‘Supply Chain Finance’, said a press release. Md Arfan Ali, President and Managing Director of Bank Asia and...
The 8th Bangladesh Chemistry Olympiad will begin on January 19. HSC and A level students will participate in the Olympiad organised by Bangladesh Chemical Society. The preliminary round will be...
New Zealand shares inched higher on Tuesday, posting its biggest intraday percentage gain since Dec. 8 The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 0.7 per cent, or 56.35 points, to 8,267.53....
Australian shares slipped to their lowest in two weeks on Tuesday, with materials weighing on the index on weak iron ore and coking coal prices. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell...
Bangladesh has made significant achievements in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The focus is now on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 17 SDGs are: overcoming poverty (Goal...
The Premier Bank Limited arranged its Annual Business Conference-2018 recently at Bhawal Resorts & SPA at Gazipur, said a statement. Chairman of the bank, Dr. H.B.M. Iqbal inaugurated the conference...
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has branded Bangladesh as the "protector" of Bengali language through their historic Language Movement and achievement of its international recognition. He said this on Monday...
A few unsavoury - albeit not quite unknown - facts emerged from a view-exchange meeting arranged by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce (FBCCI) with its affiliated associations. In...
BNP-led coalition has once again chose Md Tabith Awal to vie for the mayoral position in the scheduled by-election to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam...
Ruling party Awami League (AL) said that the 14-party alliance would extend its support to its mayoral candidate in the by-election to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). AL Presidium Member...
The development partners of Bangladesh will review the problems and prospects of the country at the Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) scheduled to be held in the capital on Wednesday. Prime...
Western Marine Shipyard and Dragon Sweater and Spinning have reported higher earnings for the period of October-December, 2017 compared to the same period of the previous year. According to un-audited...
American actress Jessica Chastain said she at times feels like quitting acting and exploring other arenas of filmmaking like direction and production. The 40-year-old actor said she is keen to...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday placed her closing arguments in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case and sought acquittal claiming her involvement was not proved. A senior lawyer who placed...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has described US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace efforts as the "slap of the century". At a meeting of Palestinian leaders, he stressed he would...
Two writ petitions seeking stay on the upcoming by-polls for the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) were filed on Tuesday. Jahangir Alom, chairman of Berait union parishad,...
Teachers of Ebtedayee madrasas have called off their hunger strike following the government's assurance that the demand would be fulfilled. The strike that continued for eight days in Dhaka ended...
Turkey is likely to impose higher rate of anti-dumping duty on export of yarn/thread from Bangladesh upon its failure to prove the alleged violation of the product's rules of origin,...
The central bank has scrapped the recruitment tests for eight state-run banks over allegations of mismanagement in the exams held on Friday last. The decision came from an emergency meeting...
Two parents have been arrested in California after police found 13 people allegedly being held captive at their home, including some "shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks". David...
Local shipping firms have expressed fear over detention of 13 vessels as they thought it would affect the country's external trade, particularly of perishable commodities like potatoes. Executives at the...
The board of directors of the troubled Farmers Bank Limited (FBL) witnessed a reshuffle again as it got a new chairman only after a short tenure of one and half...
Twenty people including civilians have been killed and 69 others injured in an attack at the Mitiga international airport in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, a medical source confirmed on...
Three passengers of CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and the driver was injured in an accident at Panchani village of Matlab Uttar upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased were as Mofiz...
Satisfied with the performance of Bangladeshi migrants, Mauritius said it would hire more workers from Bangladesh in different sectors. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed between the two...
Ten construction workers have died after a bridge they were building in central Colombia collapsed, Colombian officials say. Civil Defence authorities say the labourers were working on drainage along the...
Drug addiction, now destroying the most resourceful youth power of the country, is more dangerous than militancy. Equally dangerous is the silent killer-acute immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), if not detected...
The Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) will upgrade technology-based banking in 2018 to make financial services more accessible to the mass people. The Shariah-based leading bank will also give emphasis...
Bangladesh and Myanmar have finalised the physical arrangement for repatriating Rohingyas who fled persecution in their homeland. The Joint Working Group (JWG) on the return of the displaced Rohingyas from...
Dolores O‘Riordan, the lead singer of Irish rock group The Cranberries, died suddenly on Monday at the age of 46 during a recording trip to London, her publicist said. The...
Just one cigarette could be enough to trigger a fatal heart attack, doctors have found.Every time a smoker lights up, the risk of a seizure over the following hours rises,...
Hong Kong shares marched to new 10-year highs on Tuesday, underpinned by gains for resources and information technology firms, and also encouraged by an extended bull run on Wall Street....
Regency Hospitality Training Institute (RHTi) became the first and only institute in Bangladesh to settle official tie-up as Global Academic Partner (GAP) with AHELI (American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute)....
Will 2018 be the year when the United Kingdom changes its mind about leaving the European Union? Conventional wisdom says that stopping Brexit is impossible. But what did conventional wisdom...
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