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There’s no mistaking President Donald Trump’s “Merry Christmas” message — he wields it as a weapon against political correctness. For weeks, he’s been liberally sprinkling his public remarks with Christmas...
Rajinikanth’s close friend Tamilaruvi Manian on Friday said that the actor would disclose his plan of action regarding his entry in politics before December 31. “On any day from 26th...
China called upon the international community to play a constructive role in helping Bangladesh and Myanmar resolve the Rohingya issue instead of 'complicating' the matter. "We believe that the international...
Bitcoin fell as much as 30 per cent overnight in Asia, and the action became so frenzied that the website Coinbase suspended trading. It later made up much of that...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has donated an ambulance to Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) under its CSR activities. Arastoo Khan, Chairman of the bank handed over the key of the ambulance...
Mercantile Bank Limited (MBL) recently signed an agreement with Moody’s at the Head Office of the Bank. Under this agreement, Moody’s, the renowned international credit rating agency will conduct the...
The National Vitamin-A Plus campaign is set to be observed across Bangladesh on Saturday in a bid to feed vitamin-A Plus capsule to children aged between six months to 59...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug trader along with 1.1kg heroin from Sujonpara area of Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on early Saturday. The detainee was identified as...
Trent Boult took a career-best 7-34 after Henry Nicholls had smashed an unbeaten 83 as New Zealand thrashed the West Indies by 204 runs on Saturday to win the second...
Roberto Firmino's powerful finish earned Liverpool a draw in an incredible Premier League encounter that had seen Arsenal score three goals in just five second-half minutes. The Gunners, during Friday's...
Prof Dr Rehman Sobhan identified on Thursday a number of areas of ethical failures, including capital market, banking sector and functioning of commodity market. He also found ethical failures in...
Moscow is preparing a response to a new set of US sanctions, the Kremlin and the Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday. The US Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned Russia's...
Venezuela’s economy shrank 16.5 per cent in 2016, the government said on Thursday, as the oil-dependent nation continued to slump as a result of weak crude prices. Venezuela’s government said...
RANGPUR, Dec 21: Sweet aroma of mustard flowers fills the air as the cropland in different areas under Rangpur agriculture region has taken an impressive eye catching look. The Department...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo will on Friday hold his cabinet meeting on the holiday island of Bali in a bid to reassure visitors that there is nothing to worry about...
Paulo Dybala responded to being dropped for two matches by scoring for Juventus in a 2-0 win over Genoa in the Italian Cup on Wednesday, reports AP. The victory set...
School banking is getting huge response among students across the country as deposits with the banking accounts have crossed Tk 12 billion. The central bank's latest quarterly report on financial...
A federal appeals court in Virginia on Thursday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to prevent the US military from accepting transgender recruits starting Jan 1. The administration...
Business confidence among British businesses has picked up to its highest level since July as firms expect a busier 2018, though optimism remains well below its level before last year’s...
Global oil prices on Friday dipped away from some of its highest levels since 2015, weighed down by rising US output and the expected January re-opening of the Forties pipeline...
A makeshift bomb exploded outside an appeals court in Athens causing minor damage, police officials said. There were no reports of injuries. Two Greek media organisations received warning calls before...
The UN General Assembly has decisively backed a resolution effectively calling on the US to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The 193-member UN General Assembly...
ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman said the global economy delivered an impressive output of about US$75 trillion in 2016 and is expected to reach $100 trillion by 2021. However, the...
The country's bicycle industry is eyeing a 'positive' export growth in the international market in near future by overcoming a slowdown in its export in past few years. Industry insiders...
A fire at a sports centre in South Korea has killed 29 people and left many others injured. The fire, which started in the basement of an eight-storey building, occurred...
North South University (NSU) teacher Mubashar Hasan, nicknamed Caesar, returned his Banasree home in the capital early Friday, one and a half months after he had gone missing from Agargaon...
The Bridges Division is on the list of the worst performers among the big ministries implementing development projects, as execution of its key Padma Bridge project has faced setback, officials...
The probe body, formed to investigate the incident of stampede at the qulkhwani of former Chittagong mayor Mohiuddin Chowdhury, found no act of sabotage. The body blamed its organisers for...
The government has promoted 193 deputy secretaries and officials of equivalent ranks to joint secretaries despite having no permanent posts for them. They were attached to the public administration ministry...
The two Reuters journalists detained in Myanmar on Dec. 12 have been remanded in custody, a police spokesman said on Thursday. “Yes, they were sent to the court,” said police...
Nearly half the 19 people wounded as a driver with no known extremist links plowed into pedestrians in the southern city of Melbourne were foreign nationals, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm...
Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 Technology has shut down a website that was streaming live video from its cameras in schools, gyms and restaurants. Qihoo shut down the site, called...
Country's apex trade body Thursday requested India to remove non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and establish direct air connectivity between Dhaka and Assam's capital Guwahati for boosting bilateral trade. The Federation of...
North South University (NSU) teacher Mubashar Hasan has said that he had been kept in a dark room for around one and a half month. "There was small room, which...
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif said the Rangpur City Corporation election is a victory of democracy in spite of failure of Awami League. Hanif said this while...
South Sudan denied on Friday that a businessman sanctioned by the United States was an adviser to President Salva Kiir. It also said the decision to blacklist him was based...
Get ready to see fewer annoying and intrusive online ads when surfing the web using Google’s Chrome browser. The search giant said that starting on February 15, its Chrome browser...
To many the adage that truth is stranger than fiction is nothing more than a nebulous conception. But when it appears in all its magnificent or malignant uncertainty or disbelief...
While migration in the country refers mainly to males, the situation is now taking a different turn with female job seekers going abroad-an altogether new phenomenon. For quite sometime, the...
Real Madrid go into the first Clasico of the season against Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday under intense pressure to win. If they lose, their title bid for...
Manchester United and Manchester City will face no action over an incident that took place in the tunnel after the derby on 10 December, the Football Association has said. United...
Police arrested five people from different areas of Sakhipur upazila of the district on Wednesday night on charge of attacking two college girls. The arrestees are Monwar Hossain Antar, Sakib...
Bitcoin slipped more than 10 per cent to below $14,000 on the Bitstamp exchange on Friday, extending overnight losses. The cryptocurrency was last down 11 per cent at $13,872, reports...
Japan’s Nikkei share average was flat on Friday as gains in commodities trading houses offset weakness in drugmakers, while Kobe Steel stumbled after it said senior executives were aware of...
In line with finer varieties, the prices of coarse varieties of rice also increased last week, battering the commoners further. Coarse rice Swarna and BR-11 were selling at Tk 50-Tk...
Catalonia’s separatists look set to regain power in the wealthy Spanish region after local elections on Thursday. With nearly all votes counted, separatist parties won a slim majority in Catalan...
US stock indexes rose on Thursday, boosted by bank and energy stocks as investors bet on more economically sensitive sectors. Energy and financial stocks led gains among the 11 major...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted a fuel import terminal project from paying VAT and duty on materials and services required for construction of the facility. It issued...
Nearly 140 companies recommended stock dividends in 2017 to raise an aggregate amount of Tk 27.95 billion in the calendar year. Of the 140 companies, 39 are scheduled to take...
The largest market capitalisation listed company Grameenphone (GP) dominated the Dhaka bourse's transaction chart on Thursday as the top 10 traded companies accounted for 25 per cent of the turnover....
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