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South Korean stocks edged up on Monday, while won rose slightly and bond yields climbed. At 01:17 GMT, the KOSPI was up 2.67 points or 0.11 per cent at 2,500.19....
Restrictions on the sale of alcohol at UK airports could be introduced in an effort to reduce the number of drink-related rage incidents on planes. Airports are currently exempt from...
Dhaka bourse started the week’s first session with a declining mood as most of its listed securities went red. From the beginning of the session, the broad index DSEX started...
At least 20 militants including their three local commanders were killed and eight others wounded during airstrikes launched by Afghan air forces in Farah province, west of Afghanistan on Saturday,...
Less than a decade after they were at each others' throats for world supremacy, saner European leaders sat across a table to do away with suspicion and tackle that which...
Terming the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) a biased organisation, the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has demanded a rollback in the recent power tariff hike of Tk 0.35 per unit...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit western Iran on Saturday, injuring 21 people, state television reported. Two of those injured had to be hospitalised, and the rest were released after receiving...
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would “absolutely” be willing to talk on the phone to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that he hopes a positive...
Government revenue authority lacks scope to centrally verify accuracy of the selected tax-returns coming from outfield offices for audit, resulting in alleged harassment of the taxpayers. Sources said the audit,...
The capacity of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) is too limited to protect the consumers from products and services-related irregularities and anomalies. It received 6,140 complaints alone...
The Federal Reserve should raise interest rates three times this year given the already strong economy will get a boost from tax cuts, and can tighten more or less aggressively...
Nine people, including at least six Bangladeshi nationals, have reportedly been killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan. The incident occurred on the road between the governorates of...
The government has issued a US$ 1.0 billion worth of state guarantee in favour of Chinese loan for implementing a 1320-mw Payra coal-based power plant project, officials have said. A...
Thirty-two crew members, including two Bangladeshis and 30 Iranians, have gone missing after two vessels collided off China's east coast on Saturday evening, China's Ministry of Transport said Sunday. The...
A dawn-to-dusk road blockade is underway in the district on Sunday protesting the murder of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) organiser Mithun Chakma and the obstruction to hold his funereal...
Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Sunday they have no option to fight what they called Myanmar state-sponsored terrorism to defend the Rohingya community, and demanded that the Rohingya be consulted...
Singapore-based FranGlobal, is set to expand its APAC (Asia Pacific) footprint by entering Bangladesh with 50 global brands, said a statement. FranGlobal plays a vital role in favourably and profitably partnering...
Three passengers have died after a motorcycle crashed into a ditch in Narsingdi’s Sadar Upazila. The accident took place in the Meghna Bazar area around 8am on Sunday, said bdnews24...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the squad for the tri-nation series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. BCB's Chief Selector Minhazul Abedin Nannu announced the squad on Sunday through a...
The first trailer for Our Cartoon President, a new animated series skewering the presidency of Donald Trump, was unveiled during a panel at the ongoing Television Critics Association press tour...
The government is losing around Tk 7.0 billion duties every year due to illegal imports, mainly through luggage, of unauthorised mobile phone sets. "The government has been losing huge amount...
State Minister Tarana Halim, who was transferred from the telecoms ministry to the information ministry in the cabinet re-shuffle, has begun to work at her new offices. She went to...
President M Abdul Hamid put importance on utilising immense energies and potentials of youth forces to build a developed 'Sonar Bangla'. "Youth must be freed from the influence of bad...
Hindus who lived alongside the Rohingya in Myanmar's Rakhine state and now are residing in refugee camps in Bangladesh want to return. "We want security and we want food. If...
A Chennai-based performance analyst Shrinivas Chandrasekaran is all set to join the Bangladesh cricket team as High Performance Analyst. Shrinivas is going to be part of Bangladesh team ahead of...
Three assistant attorneys general have resigned as they were not promoted. They submitted their resignation letters to the administrative officer of attorney general on Sunday noon. They are ARM Hasanuzzaman...
Ten Bangladeshi workers were killed in a fatal road accident in Western Jizan province of Saudi Arabia. The accident took place around 7:00pm on Saturday when a vehicle hit a...
The Australian city of Sydney has experienced its hottest weather in 79 years with temperatures in the region hitting as high as 47.3C (117F). In Penrith, west of Sydney, residents...
The High Court has postponed the written test to recruit officers for state-owned Sonali, Rupali and Janata banks. The test was scheduled to be held on January 12 to recruit...
Bangladesh will graduate as a developing country from the status of a least developed country (LDC) in March. A senior minister of the government came up with the assertion in...
The government has decided to impose a ban on holding meetings or rallies on streets of the capital on working days. The move has been initiated with an aim to...
Country's anti-graft watchdog has now summoned AB Bank's newly-appointed chairman and one of the bank's directors for, what it said, laundering of money. The two, including chairman MA Awal, were...
Statistics show that Bangladesh has been the third largest tourist sending country to India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir, popularly known as "Paradise on Earth." The data, revealed on Sunday based on...
Election results in Nepal in December, 2017 took by surprise political analysts and election observers alike. An alliance of former Maoist fighters and the Communist Party in Nepal routed the...
A leading Bangladeshi IT company will create artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics and blockchain-based digital investment platform for a Dubai-based company. To this end, Bangladesh’s eGeneration Ltd signed an agreement...
Revision of the present Annual Development Programme (ADP) began with emphasis on more fund allocations for the ongoing projects instead of incorporating fresh ones-unlike previous practice. As the Planning Commission...
Police have recovered the body of a murder suspect who they say was ‘shot dead in a shootout between criminals’. The shootout occurred in Sharanpur village in Monirampur Upazila on...
A suspected robber was killed in a “gunfight” with detectives in Comilla Sadar upazila early Sunday. Deceased Abu Taher, 28, son of Abul Khayer Miah and a resident of Songraish...
The same proteins that mount an immune response to Zika virus infection can also harm the placenta and foetal development, a US study suggested Friday. These antiviral proteins, known as...
At least eight migrants have drowned and 84 have been rescued after a rubber dinghy sank off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard said. Dozens of others might still...
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted 22km SW of Nikol'skoye, Russia at 02:24:06 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of...
US astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon in 1972 and even smuggled a corned beef sandwich into orbit during a career that made him the only person to...
The spell of cold wave has claimed at least nine lives in southern Nepal's Terai region bordering India in the past two days, media reports said. Six people died of...
The Muslim population in USA is set to become the second-largest religious group after Christians by the year 2040. A new report said there were 3.45 million Muslim people living...
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Anisul Huq has rejected outright the idea of a separate secretariat for judiciary. Terming it a unrealistic demand, he said, "There is no...
Sales of reconditioned vehicles have boomed in the country in recent times on the back of increased auto-loan facilities from financial institutions, business insiders have said. Some 9,461 cars have...
Arab states will soon embark on a diplomatic drive to persuade the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on territory captured by Israel...
Apparently a flurry of development work is going on right at this moment. If one is a resident of Shyamoli, Mohammadpur, Lalmatia etcetera, it is a tough ask to get...
Gunmen shot dead 13 people and wounded seven others on Saturday in the forest of Senegal’s southern region of Casamance, the army said. It was not clear who was responsible...
The government and the World Bank (WB), according to a state-owned wire service report, will sign tomorrow (Tuesday) an agreement under which the latter would make available an additional $245...
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