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The members of the special police establishment Lokayukta in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh seem to have paranormal powers. A Lokayukta official who was investigating a land scam not...
After setting the cash counters ringing and registering a collection of Rs 3.25 billion nett in India with Tiger Zinda Hai, superstar Salman Khan hopes many more movies create records...
The agreement related to the arrangements for pilgrims from the south Asian country was signed by Minister of Haj and Umrah Mohammed Saleh Benten and Bangladesh's Minister of Religious Affairs...
Country's anti-corruption watchdog has decided to bring to court four government officials for embezzling a large sum of money. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will file cases against four government officers...
Some 3,000 dilapidated private secondary schools across the country are going to get new buildings alongside necessary equipments. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved...
The United Arab Emirates will lodge a complaint against Qatar at the United Nations’ aviation agency on Tuesday after Qatari war planes allegedly intercepted UAE civilian aircraft, a UAE official...
Narayanganj city mayor Selina Hayat Ivy came under attack at Chashara area of the city during a clash centring over hawker eviction on Tuesday. At least 30 other people, including...
Noted singer Shammi Akhtar passed away after fighting cancer for five years, said her family. The singer died on the way to a city hospital this afternoon. The 62-year old...
Four members of a family instead of existing two now can be inducted in the board of directors of a bank at a time. The parliament on Tuesday approved the...
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has sought a thorough academic investigation into the assassinations of South Asia’s independence leaders such as Bangabandhu and Mahatma Gandhi. He came up with the...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has approved the proposal of transferring 99.99 per cent shares of Meghna Energy Limited to Heidelberg Cement Bangladesh for a total consideration of above Tk 910.75...
Custom intelligence in a drive arrested a man along with 43 gold bars from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday night. All the gold bars were hidden in an ingenious...
Police arrested two drivers and their two helpers along with 2,200 pieces of Yaba tablets from their buses in Sonadanga bus terminal of Khulna district on Monday night. The arrestees...
Stocks on both bourses witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading Tuesday amid thin participation as risk-averse investors reluctant to make fresh investment ahead of monetary policy announcement. Following...
The ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route of Padma River have resumed at 9am on Tuesday, after more than three hours of disruption caused by thick fog. Sources said due to...
A blast has brought down a residential building in the Belgian city of Antwerp, injuring several people. The origin of the explosion on the central street of Paardenmarkt is not...
Two suicide bombers have blown themselves up at a busy market in central Baghdad in back-to-back explosions that killed at least 38 people, Iraqi officials say. The attackers struck during...
A UK select committee has cautioned against the return of Rohingya people to their homeland before consulting with the refugee community. The potential return of 100,000 Rohingya people to...
Libya’s coastal guard has rescued 360 illegal migrants off Libya's western coast, according to a Coast Guards official. "Patrol members on Monday received a distress call off the coast of...
The largest market-cap listed company - Grameenphone (GP) topped the Dhaka bourse's transaction chart Monday while top 10 traded companies accounted for 34 per cent of the total turnover. Dealers...
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of Advent Pharma is set to begin on February 11 which will raise a fund worth Tk 200 million from the public. IPO subscription...
Water Resources Minister Anwar Hossain said the government has finalised an interim water sharing agreement framework of the River Teesta. While replying to a question from treasury bench member Mohammad...
The country's agriculture sector continues to experience a series of remarkable changes. Many of them remain largely unnoticed. Beginning from invention of adversity-tolerant rice varieties to introduction of new crop...
Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007, saying it killed her as she allegedly planned to collaborate with the US against...
Ruling Awami League has finally nominated businessman Atiqul Islam to contest the forthcoming by-polls to the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). AL's local government nomination board took...
Growth in this fiscal's government tax-revenue collection may decline substantially, economists predict, as the first-half receipts fell short of target by Tk 126.21 billion. They read a reflection of slower...
Country’s judiciary seems to be overburdened with logjam of cases numbering as many as 33,09,789 at present. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday told parliament that...
Public policy analysis is inextricably connected with the role of the government in an economy. A standard textbook on economics notes that "markets produce the most efficient bundle of outputs...
Amid concerns that 160 people may have drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean this week alone, the UN refugee agency have urged countries to offer more resettlement places. Though...
Global milk production is now estimated to expand by a slower pace, far slower than in the recent past. Growth prospects have been affected by a number of factors as...
Banks are central to the monetary system of a country. They play a vital role in the economy by disbursing credit to business entities, and at the same time, they...
Any talk on protection of consumer rights usually has been an exercise in trying to cope with two extremes: Mobile court raids to penalise adulteration of foods and medicine or...
How far domestic policies of a country can go to boost trade needs to be looked into in the context of the globalised trading environment of today. Former WTO director...
Ahead of upcoming cyclone and monsoon seasons, the health and safety of more than 520,000 Rohingya kids living in overcrowded camps and informal settlements in Cox's Bazar may face even...
The University Grants Commission will develop two software packages for facilitating research and distance learning education for universities. The package will also be able to check plagiarism, said a press...
The Chittagong University has conferred D Lit degree on former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee through a special convocation ceremony. The university authority honoured Pranab with the degree on Tuesday at...
Malaysia is setting up a special court to tackle increasing numbers of human trafficking cases, in a move welcomed by campaigners. The Southeast Asian nation relies heavily on foreign domestic...
Generally, business managers keep cost control at the bottom of their priority lists, especially when companies pass good times and make high profit, but in this financially challenging environment, reducing...
Stocks rebounded strongly on Tuesday, snapping two-day losing streak as optimistic investors went on buying spree, especially banking sector issues. Brokers said the market returned to higher as investors showed...
WHO is providing training to local and international doctors, intensive care nurses, and other healthcare professionals in response to the diphtheria outbreak in the Rohingya refugee camps. “One of the...
Police arrested a suspected smuggler along with 64 tola of smuggled gold from bus stand area of Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga on Tuesday morning. The arrestee was identified as Kamal...
Pope Francis has arrived in Chile on a visit overshadowed by child sexual abuse accusations against almost 80 members of Chilean clergy. Some priests have been convicted by the Vatican's...
Nigerian inflation slowed for the 11th month in a row in December, to 15.37 per cent from 15.90 per cent a month before, the head of the National Bureau of...
Officials of the agriculture department in Jamalpur are expecting bumper production of potatoes in the current season. They are hopeful to exceed their target of getting 94600 tonnes of potato...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) formally invited the Bangladesh national team for the Tri-nation Twenty20 Series 'Nidahas Trophy 2018'. The invitation was handed over to Bangladeshi Test and T20 captain Shakib...
China is likely set its 2018 economic growth target at around 6.5 per cent as a government-led crackdown on debt risks and factory pollution drag on overall activity, a Reuters...
The thoughts of Manchester United’s fans may have been on the possible arrival of Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal but the players stayed focused to beat Stoke City 3-0 in the...
South Korean stocks weakened slightly on Tuesday. The Korean won barely moved from a 3-year high reached this week while bond yields rose. At 00:59 GMT, the KOSPI was down...
Former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee, who is in Bangladesh on a four-day visit, has reached Chittagong on Tuesday morning. Pranab Mukherjee reached Shah Amanat International Airport at 11:00am where he...
SINGER Bangladesh Limited and BRAC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for launching a joint project – ‘Abolombon’. A total of 5000 underprivileged women across the country will receive free...
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