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The Dhaka University was listed among the 350 best universities of Asia according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking-2018. For the achievement, the Times Higher Education congratulated DU's...
Eminent economist Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud has stressed the importance of human resource development for the overall progress of any country, especially Bangladesh. He also expressed cautions against taking up development...
The chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has said imbalances and inconsistencies persist in the organogram of Bangladesh police force. "As a result, overall supervision including maintaining domestic discipline, law and order...
Thailand's prime minister has taken a novel approach to avoiding questions at a news conference, by leaving a cardboard cutout to do the job. Prayuth Chan-ocha briefly spoke to an...
India is taking initiative to open talk with neighbouring Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to seek lower import duties for its sugar exports to prevent a glut next season. In the...
Growth of the United Arab Emirates’ gross domestic product is expected to accelerate to 3.9 per cent in 2018, a senior official of the Ministry of Economy said on Tuesday....
Pakistan started their Blind Cricket World Cup campaign on a winning note by beating Bangladesh in the opening game of the tournament at Gaddafi Stadium. Pakistan were given a target...
Thailand’s exports, which shrank for three years before a solid rebound in 2017, are likely to rise 5.5 per cent this year, a group of Thai shippers said on Tuesday....
Stocks ended mostly lower Tuesday, extending the losing streak for fourth days, as bearish trend captured the markets. Dealers said the market closed lower as cautious investors booked profits of...
Sweden's Yevo Labs has unveiled a set of wireless headphones that incorporate metal made from seized illegal guns. The charging case and a band on the headphones themselves are made...
The High Court on Tuesday set January 23 for delivering its verdict on the death reference and appeals in sensational Zubair Ahmed murder case in 2012. The HC bench of...
The dollar dropped to a session low of 112.515 yen on Tuesday, down 0.5 per cent on the day, after the Bank of Japan trimmed the amount of its buying...
Global gold prices inched down on Tuesday amid expectations for more US interest rate hikes this year. Spot gold was down 0.2 per cent at $1,317.86 an ounce by 0655...
US oil prices hit their highest since 2015 again on Tuesday as speculators bet on further price rises amid OPEC-led production cuts and a dip in American drilling activity. US...
Israel attacked Syrian territory three times early on Tuesday with jets and ground-to-ground missiles, Syria’s army said in a statement carried by state television. The army said Israeli jets fired...
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB)a state-owned specialized bank, will install ATM booths for the first time in rural areas. Ii aims to spread modern banking services to the grassroots people....
US President Donald Trump would gladly face Oprah Winfrey as an opponent in the 2020 presidential race, a White House spokesman said on Monday after social media buzz from her...
HSBC Bangladesh and Nestlé Bangladesh recently signed an agreement to offer “Buyer Approved Invoice Finance” (BAIF) for Nestlé’s suppliers, said a statement. This is a new supply chain financing proposition...
Police arrested 11 persons including six wanted accused from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending. They were picked up from different areas of the district on different...
Asian shares extended gains on Tuesday, after S&P 500 index rose for the fifth straight sessions. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.5 per cent in morning trading to 23,843.70. Australia’s...
Optiemus Infracom Limited (BSE: 530135), a leading Indian telecom enterprise, recently announced its entry in the Bangladesh market with the launch of BlackBerry KEYone LIMITED EDITION BLACK, said a statement....
Asian shares rose Monday following Wall Street’s strong week as traders looked ahead to data releases from China, Japan and the Eurozone. The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.3 per cent...
Eminent journalist Hasanuzzaman Khan has died at the age of 69. The former associate editor of the New Nation breathed his last at his Mirpur residence around 9:00pm on Sunday....
The cold wave sweeping over the country may continue until tomorrow (Tuesday) while the chilling condition is likely to improve from January 10, according to an official at the Met...
Australian shares extended rally for fourth session on Monday, hovering around 10-year highs as investors drew confidence from Wall Street after it capped off a strong week. The S&P 500...
New Zealand shares eased from rally in thin trading on Monday, the first trading day of the week. The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index, which nudged higher to a record early...
Popular bakery brand All Time has introduced a 'live factory' at Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) so that visitors and customers can have an idea about the production process of...
Former Toyota Motor Corp President Tatsuro Toyoda, who helped the Japanese automaker become a global industrial power in the early 1990s, has died at the age of 88, the company...
China's foreign exchange reserves rose to their highest in more than a year in December, blowing past economists' estimates, as tight regulations and a strong yuan continued to discourage capital...
Iraq will start exporting oil from the northern Kirkuk fields to Iran before the end of January, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi told reporters on Sunday in Baghdad, reports Reuters....
MAGURA, Jan 7: The story is about an educated youth who is now dreaming to set up poultry feed industry after achieving outstanding success in poultry firming. Daud Hossen, son...
Nigeria is starting flights to evacuate thousands of its citizens from Libya which will continue until all those wanting to return home have done so, said its foreign minister. Nigerians...
Bangladesh has experienced the coldest ever temperature in the extreme northern district of Panchagarh. It recorded 2.6 degree Celsius at Tentulia upazila on Monday morning, local television channels reported. Meanwhile,...
At least five people including a woman have been killed after a massive fire broke out at a bar and restaurant in southern Indian city of Bengaluru early Monday, police...
A prescheduled meeting regarding a joint feasibility study on signing a bilateral free-trade area (FTA) deal between Bangladesh and China stands postponed again following reluctance of high-ups in Dhaka, sources...
The High Court has rejected a writ petition seeking its order making mandatory the observance of eight National Days for all political parties and citizens. A two-member bench of Justice...
Rescue crews scrambled to bring a blaze on an Iranian oil tanker off China’s east coast under control on Monday as fire raged for a second day following a collision...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed a negative trend Monday with slow trading as investors remained cautious. After first 30 minutes of trading, Dhaka Stock...
China has launched a 30 billion yuan ($4.63 billion) investment fund to boost the services trade industry, in an effort to further improve the country’s foreign trade structure, the official...
YouTube has rewarded Sohag360, a popular technology channel, with Silver Play Button, a creator recognition solely given on the 100k-suscriber count. Sohag Mia, owner of the channel, uncovered the reward...
Four children including one infant died in an early-morning house fire in Canada's southwestern province of Nova Scotia, local media reported Sunday night. Troy Amirault, deputy chief with the West...
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda on Monday said that the government will allow the legal export of hilsa fish to ‘stop smuggling’. The minister came up with the...
US Federal Reserve policymakers have come to view Donald Trump’s tax overhaul as a short-term economic boost that will neither permanently supercharge the economy, as the president says, or cause...
Stocks plummeted on Monday, extending the bear run to the third session as investors continued selling shares to take profit after the recent market surge. Brokers said retail investors remained...
Emergency services in New York were responding to a fire at the top of Trump Tower Monday morning, according to local media. The New York Fire Department confirmed they were...
Bangladesh is not a severely cold-prone country. People are habituated with a moderate winter here when the average temperature remains between 13°C and 20°C. But when cold wave sweeps the...
Special courts will be set up at Bangladesh’s cricket stadiums in an attempt to stop gambling during the ensuing tri-nation series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Gamblers caught during the...
Bone-chilling cold and thick fog have engulfed the country as the temperature has hit a 50-year low. At least 12 people, including six children, died of cold-related diseases in Rajshahi,...
One-hundred years ago, almost to the date, Woodrow Wilson put the old wine of self-determination into a new bottle in such a way that the remaining 20th Century and also...
Western Marine Shipyard and the Chittagong Dry Dock signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Sunday for joint cooperation in the ship building and heavy engineering works. Managing Director of...
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