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The government has provided Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) with Tk 150 million as part of raising the state-run bank's paid-up capital to Tk 4.0 billion and transforming the specialised bank...
Saying that incident of question paper leakages in different public exams has assumed an epidemic proportion is perhaps an understatement. The virus is spreading like cancer across the system to...
Aleya Begum, a 25-year-old woman, lives in Sutarkhali Union of Dacope Upzazila, Khulna. Waking up before dawn every day, Aleya Begum walks to a water plant near Sutarkhali Union Parishad,...
The government has taken a laudable initiative to set up 100 economic zones (EZs) in the country. The move, if implemented, could see Bangladesh reach a phenomenal level of industrialisation...
One of the most horrendous civil wars that killed over 400,000 people in Syria now seems to be receding. ISIS (Islamic State) is on retreat and the rebels appear to...
By introducing the system of gate passes for the patients' attendants at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) recently, the authorities concerned have done a commendable job. So long the system...
An international team of scientists is set to begin a four-year project to map and to monitor earthquake-prone area in Asia. The project will encompasses some of the most remote...
BlackBerry KEYone Limited Edition Black is now available in the Bangladesh market through an Indian telecom enterprise. BlackBerry Limited, a Canadian multinational company, signed a deal with Optiemus Infracom in...
Cate Blanchett will be the next president of the Cannes Film Festival jury. CNN says citing a statement by the two-time Academy Award winner that she was "humbled" to take...
President Donald Trump's first tweet of 2018 was music to Indian ears but a bombshell to Pakistani ears. He targeted Pakistan for fighting the Taliban targeting the Pakistan government but...
That the Arab Spring did little more than add another chapter to regime change in the Arab world and Middle-east is encrypted in history. Those that camped out in their...
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Mohammad Ziauddin has been made Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the Organisation of American States (OAS). Ambassador Ziauddin presented copies of his 'Letters of...
As the Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016 (HIES) of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) shows, four-fifths of the households in Bangladesh access drinking water from tube wells. In...
Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) slapped fines of Tk 150,000 to some 10 to 15 stalls of Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) for violating consumer rights. UNB says...
The United Kingdom will host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in April when leaders from all the member countries are expected to gather in London and Windsor. They...
Non-enlisted teachers and employees in the Monthly Pay Order system called off hunger strike on Friday after receiving the Prime Minister’s assurance about their demand. The teachers and employees, working...
Bangladesh is going to relax norms for movie co-productions with India so that filmmakers from the two countries can work together. The initiative is being taken for the 350 million...
Up to 30 per cent of the planet’s land surface would become arid if global temperatures rise 2C above pre-industrial levels, according to a new study. Widespread drying out of planet's...
The government to allow 5 per cent ethanol blend that will allow the use of ethanol with conventional fuels, but does not mandate production levels. Local outlets are reporting that...
Dhaka University (DU) campus has been facing the menaces of mugging, night-time insecurity and overcrowding by outsiders in recent times. Rules and security measures were well in place for past...
A worker was killed as the roof collapsed at a construction site in Gazipur. The incident was reported on Friday from the district’s Sreepur Upazila. The fire service said at...
Comilla Medical College authorities declared the institution closed until January 11 following a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Friday. At least 10 students were injured...
The fire broke out at Gulistan underground market on Friday afternoon is now under control. According to UNB, fire service sources said that the fire broke out around 3:15pm. Several...
A tourist was killed and 12 other people injured when a hot air balloon carrying tourists of various nationalities crashed near Luxor in Egypt on Friday. The crash, to the...
A police case has been filed against Mamata Banerjee in Assam after multiple complaints alleged the West Bengal Chief Minister made an inflammatory speech over the National Register of Citizens...
At least 10 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in an intra-party clash over establishing supremacy on Comilla Medical college campus early Friday. Principal of the medical college...
A powerful winter storm grounded more than 4,000 flights and halted operations at New York City airports Thursday. New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport suspended flights...
China slightly trimmed its final 2016 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure after scaling back an initial estimate of the services sector, but kept the annual GDP growth rate unchanged at...
The European Union’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini met Cuban President Raul Castro on Thursday as she ended a two-day visit to the Communist country aimed at strengthening engagement even as...
British new car sales hit recorded low, biggest drop since 2009 last year, due to uncertainty over potential new diesel charges and weakening consumer confidence since Brexit. It fell more...
President Donald Trump’s lawyer said on Thursday he would try to stop publication of a book that portrays an inept president in a fumbling White House and threatened legal action...
Malaysia's November exports expanded 14.4 per cent year-on-year to $20.92 billion on higher manufactured goods demand, government data showed on Friday. The exports of the third largest economic country of...
People with heart disease have better long-term survival odds when they are married, a recent US study suggests. Compared to divorced, widowed and never-married peers, who were up to 71...
British small businesses confidence waned in late 2017 as a cocktail of higher costs, weak domestic growth and lacklustre consumer demand is dampening the optimism among small businesses. The confidence...
Global gold prices on Friday held near 3-1/2 month highs hit the session before to remain on track for their fourth-straight weekly gain. Spot gold was down 0.1 per cent...
The euro hovered near a three-year high against the sagging dollar on Friday, while improving investor risk appetite weighed on the yen. The euro was 0.05 per cent higher at...
Global oil prices held firm on Friday, with Brent crude up by more than 10 per cent from its December lows on the back of political tensions in OPEC-member Iran...
Bangladesh Youth Model United Nation (BYMUN) 2017, a Model United Nations (MUN) for all, took place from December 21 to 23. The MUN Conference was held at Saint Joseph Higher...
BOGRA, Jan 3: Around 1500 female workers from poor and marginal families of different remote villages of Bogra district became self-reliant making paper packets (locally known as thonga) from last...
JOYPURHAT, Jan 3: A good number home based farm owners are becoming self-reliant rearing turkey bird in Joypurhat district from last few years. According to District Livestock Office (DLO) source,...
Former sumo grand champion Harumafuji has been fined 500,000 yen ($4,400; £3,280) after being found guilty of assault. The 33-year-old from Mongolia had admitted hitting a junior wrestler over the...
Lentil farming is increasing gradually in the region including its vast Barind tract as it requires less cost for cultivation and irrigation. The farmers are much interested in lentil cultivation...
Former White House aide Steve Bannon "lost his mind" after he lost his job, US President Donald Trump has said. The president disavowed Bannon after he was quoted in a...
Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett has been named the jury president of the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The Australian actress follows Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, who presided over...
The yield rates of the treasury-bills and treasury-bonds increased modestly in the just-concluded year, according to the latest statistics of the central bank. It showed the returns of 91-day, 182-day...
The Election Commission has made a draft of 31 recommendations from the over 500 proposals put forward by political parties during discussions on the upcoming elections, including plans to ease...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday North Korea was engaging in continued provocations that were “absolutely unacceptable” and said he would work with the international community to counter...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested eight bKash agents for illegal transactions through mobile banking and money laundering. The eight were arrested from various places around the country on...
Chittagong industries are set finally to get gas connections in the second half of this calendar year after remaining suspended for over nine years. In the first phase, 101 industrial...
The potato growers of Rangpur district are worried as the farming of the popular vegetable is facing serious setback across the district this season due to severe attack of late...
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