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Dhaka dwellers have been suffering in the gridlock created due to a rally brought out by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists marking its 70th founding anniversary on Saturday afternoon. “Vehecles...
Malaysia's government said Saturday that it has approved a new attempt to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, nearly four years after the plane's disappearance sparked one of...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on flying paper lanterns, popularly known as fanush, in the capital area to avoid any risk of accident. DMP Commissioner Md...
Atletico Madrid claimed a 2-0 win over Getafe on Saturday in a match that showcased some of the best and worst of Diego Costa. Goal says Costa scored and was...
At least seven people died and 30 others were injured in a road accident at Daganbhuiyan of Feni on Saturday evening. Jamuna Television confirmed the death toll over the accident...
Among Bloomberg's many profitable activities is a convenient Bloomberg Billionaires Index that has just published its findings for 2017. It covers only the 500 richest people, and it proudly announces...
Hydrogen combines with oxygen releasing energy and producing water-no emission. This very simple equation has evolved over the last close to 150 years creating significant policy dilemma-risking trillions of dollars...
Our CorrespondentBOGRA, Jan 6: More than 200 families of Jamuna char area have become self-reliant rearing goat commercially under Dhunat upazila of Bogra district with assistance of local livestock offices.According...
The Election Commission (EC) wants to complete distribution of smart national identity (NID) cards across the country by December this year. "We think we'll be able to complete the distribution...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the January 5 election of 2014 was not a voterless one like the ones held during Ershad and Khaleda Zia's regimes. "In any...
Wall Street ended at record high on Friday, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched their best weekly gains in more than a year as technology stocks helped lift major...
The US has imposed sanctions on four serving or retired Venezuelan generals for rights abuses or corruption. The list includes Rodolfo Marco Torres, whom the US Treasury sanctioned for food...
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered to provide citizens with inflation allowances to ease the expected rise in the cost of living after the newly enforced value...
More than 48,000 Rohingya babies are expected to be born in Bangladesh this year, warns Save the Children. Only few of these babies will be born in health facilities, and...
The United States is examining ways to mitigate any Pakistani retaliation as it piles pressure on Islamabad to crack down on militants, a senior US official said on Friday. Pakistan...
Most of the major sectors closed higher this week, reflecting the investors' renewed interest in sector-wise issues at the beginning of the New Year. Of the 19 sectors listed with...
A five-day theatre festival begins Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Saturday. Jahangirnar theatre is organising the programme at Selim Al Deen Muktamancho, said a press release. ‘Janamanko’ will be staged by...
Smoking increases the risk of lower back pain that needs to be fixed by spinal surgery, a Swedish study suggests. Researchers focused on a common cause of lower back pain...
The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) has of late made a sensational revelation regarding the quality of water different companies supply for drinking in and around Dhaka. According to the...
The city residents saw their cost of living go up by 8.44 per cent last year compared to that in the previous year. It hit a four-year high in 2017...
India lowered its forecast for the current year’s economic growth on Friday before a federal budget is released next month, as businesses were hit by the chaotic launch of new...
French President Emmanuel Macron has told his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that there is no chance of progress towards Turkey joining the European Union at present. At a joint...
The growing menace of money laundering, apart from that of terror financing, is a worrying development. This is more so in a situation where the Finance Minister, who heads a...
Dozens of passengers were evacuated from an aircraft at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, after a plane under tow struck an arriving jet that was waiting to park, sparking a small fire,...
The first week of the New Year ended marginally higher as some investors have kept their appetite for large-cap stocks, especially power-sector issues. Analysts said the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)...
The government is yet to take any initiative to import CNG-run auto-rickshaw for replacing three-wheelers whose lifespan has already expired, a rights group has said. Even the government has extended...
Cellphone imports climbed by 17.6 per cent last year, as the country's 'price sensitive' market continues to be driven by demands for feature phones and low-priced smartphones. Around 35 million...
NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters): The US trade deficit increased more than expected in November as imports of goods surged to a record high amid strong domestic demand, making it...
RIYADH, Jan 06 (Agencies): Saudi police have arrested 11 princes for protesting at the ruling palace in Riyadh and refusing to leave, sources confirmed to Sabq local online news on...
Some reforms are in the offing for modernizing management of the savings instruments and converting those to a sustainable source of deficit financing by the government. To this end, official...
Four persons were killed in three separate road accidents at different places in Rangpur, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts on Saturday. Police officials cited fog as a prime reason for the...
Bangladesh's foreign-exchange reserves (forex) came under pressure following higher external payments, particularly as food and fuel costs fired up the bills. Sources said import payments swelled as consumer items, including...
The coldest-ever weather and President Donald Trump's twitter message hinting at pursuing a coercive foreign policy in the days ahead heralded the new year of 2018 for the United States....
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un in his new year address claimed that the USA was within the reach his country's nuclear missiles but those weapons would be used "only if...
The newly-appointed minister for posts, telecommunication and information & communication technology has said that the prime minister has assigned him to salvage the 'sinking telecom sector'. Mustafa Jabbar also expressed...
Just before Christmas, former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt relayed the wonderful story of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s visit to Team Alpha Male’s Sacramento HQ for a bit of training. After...
President Md Abdul Hamid visited Shilaidaha Kuthibari in Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia on Saturday afternoon. The visit of 'Rabindra Kuthibari' is a part of two-day Kushtia tour of the President...
US President Donald Trump described himself on Saturday as a "very stable genius", following the publication of a highly critical book that questioned his ability to do the job."Actually, throughout...
The World Bank (WB) is set to provide more loans for the project to improve the equity, efficiency and transparency of major safety net programmes in Bangladesh. To this end,...
Sudan has closed its border with Eritrea a week after Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir announced a six-month state of emergency in the regions of Kassala and North Kurdufan. State news...
The Interpol has appointed two Bangladeshi police officers as specialists to train law enforcers around the world on counterterrorism. Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque revealed the information at...
The target of the country’s largest natural gas distributor to install some 200,000 prepaid metres in Dhaka is unlikely to be achieved within the timeframe of December 2018. The failure...
The author of a book that is highly critical of Donald Trump’s first year as US president said his revelations were likely to bring an end to Trump’s time in...
Former Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Pascal Lamy arrived Dhaka on Saturday on a two-day visit. Lamy, special envoy of the French government, is representing France to seek...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque said on Saturday it is not possible to control drugs and militancy only by applying law and filing cases. Speaking at a...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has never questioned President Donald Trump's mental fitness and intends to remain at his post for the entire year. The top US diplomat made...
At least 10 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League were injured when a bus, hired by them from Uttara west intending to join BCL’s rally, caught fire near Farmgate area of...
Awami League General Secretary Oabidul Quader has asked Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders to hold its next council within March this year. "I have discussed with our leader Prime Minister...
British economic productivity perked up in the three months to the end of September, growing at its fastest rate in more than six years, in contrast to its historically weak...
Beacon Pharmaceuticals Limited has organised its 16th Annual General Conference (AGC) at its factory premises in Mymensingh, recently. Nurun Nahar Karim, chairman of the organisation, was presided over the conference,...
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