Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted all Freedom Fighters (FFs) of the country on the occasion of the 47th Victory Day. Like the previous occasions, the premier sent flowers, fruits...
British Finance Minister Philip Hammond said it is likely Britain will want to negotiate a bespoke arrangement for future trade deals with the European Union (EU), according to Reuters. Speaking...
Anol Bikash Chakma alias Pluto Chakma (42), a leader of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was shot to death in a reported gunfight in Bandukbhanga union of Rangamati Sadar upazila...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has released the memorial postal stamp of Taka 10 denomination and its first day cover issued by Bangladesh Postal Department, marking the 47th Victory Day. The...
A Nigerian law graduate has been denied her call to the bar after insisting on wearing a hijab during the ceremony. Amasa Firdaus was refused entry into the hall at...
Bitcoin blasted to another all-time high of almost $18,000 on the Bitstamp exchange on Friday, up 9 percent on the day, as warnings grew over the risks of investing in...
India increased the customs duty on some electronics including mobile phones, television sets, and microwave ovens in a bid to curb imports and boost local manufacturing, according to Gulf News....
Former world No 1 Novak Djokovic is aiming to mark his comeback to on-court action with a win at the 10th edition of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship (MWTC) from...
A teenage tourist was hacked to death in broad daylight by a group of miscreants at Jambur Intersection in Kalatali road in Cox’s Bazar district town on Friday morning. The...
Pakistan all-rounder Muhammad Hafeez has once again flown to England to undergo remedial work on his bowling action after the ICC suspended him for having an illegal action, according to...
Political uncertainty in Catalonia has dented expectations for growth in Spain’s economy, the country’s central bank said on Friday, as voters in the region gear up for an election that...
A fireworks explosion in Mexico has killed four people and sent five more to the hospital days after the country's holiday season kicked off in earnest. The State of Mexico...
Shifting between soft persuasions and tough advice, Pakistan could lose control of its territory unless it severs ties with the Haqqanis and other terrorists, says the United States. US Secretary...
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said Razakars and Al-Badr murdered intellectuals brutally to create a void in the intellectual firmament of the newborn nation, just days before the...
The European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional agreement due to emissions from land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF). According to an official news release, this...
Police have arrested a man over the murder of his 7-year-old half-brother in Dhaka city. Md Simran was found dead on Thursday evening on a boat on the banks of...
Dhaka will apprise the United Nations (UN) of detecting abuses of the privileged bonded warehouse facility by North Korean diplomats and claim credit as a first member country to complying...
Former Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, also president of the city Awami League, passed away at a hospital in the port city in the early hours of...
Four adolescents were killed when a train smashed into a school bus on a level crossing outside the town of Perpignan in southwestern France on Thursday. Images from the scene...
The government is going to launch two ready-to-cook products made from hilsa next month so that consumers can have the taste of the delicious fish round the year at an...
Silicon Valley investor Shervin Pishevar, known for his early bet on Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], said on Thursday that he would sever ties with his venture capital company, Sherpa Capital,...
US President Trump talked to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two leaders over phone for working together to resolve the very dangerous situation in North Korea,” the White House...
Jonny Bairstow made a triumphant return to Perth with a sparkling century before England collapsed with six late wickets to be dismissed for 403 at lunch on day two of...
Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured in a road accident at Chiora on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chouddogram Upazila early Friday. The identity of the deceased could not be...
The securities regulator imposed on Thursday an aggregate amount of penalty worth Tk 4.0 million on two brokerage firms as they opened BO (beneficiary owner) accounts and disbursed margin loans...
Peru's president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has said he will not resign, despite growing pressure over corruption allegations involving Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht. In a televised address late on Thursday, flanked...
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has strongly rebutted a stereotype that the war in 1971 took place between India and Pakistan. Calling it Bangladesh War of Liberation with...
UN human rights experts has said migrants' contribution to society needs to be fully recognized. States should encourage discussions about them to be positive, comprehensive and facts-based, experts added. In...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) across the country will stage demonstration on Dec 18 protesting what the party said pressing false criminal charges against its workers and leaders. The government is...
Bangladesh has expressed its concern at the UN over the US President Donald Trump’s Jerusalem move saying it may trigger “grave consequences”. Trump pronounced to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli...
The government has planned to conduct the Unesco-prescribed Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in the Sundarbans and adjoining areas to assess the cumulative impacts of development in the world's largest mangrove...
Police have recovered the beheaded body of a man stuffed in a suitcase from the main road of South Kallyanpur under Darussalam police station in the capital, Sub-Inspector Siddique of...
Former Chittagong city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was buried with full state honours beside his father's grave at Chasma Hill family graveyard in the city on Friday. His namaz-e-janaza was...
Laptop sales have increased immensely from 26,000 units to over 500,000 units since 2008, said the organisers of laptop fair. They also expressed their satisfaction of selling more laptops than...
Bangladesh became an independent nation state after achieving victory in a nine-month-long war for freedom, democracy, social justice and self-reliance which Andre Malraux once called "the last noble cause." Since...
The nation is celebrating the 47th Victory Day today (Saturday) marking its liberation from the Pakistani occupation forces after a nine-month-long bloodstained war in 1971. President Abdul Hamid and Prime...
Rupert Murdoch is banking on Americans’ love of live sports and breaking news for a new, slimmed down version of his Fox TV business after selling the company’s film studios...
The government is planning to start importing cleaner diesel from July next year as part of its effort to protect the environment. The fuel oil would have the sulfur content...
Bankers have identified lack of corporate ethics as the topmost reason behind the rising trend in financial crimes in the country's banking sector, according to a study. Around 73 per...
Restrictions on US broadband providers' ability to prioritise one service's data over another are to be reduced after a vote by a regulator. The Federal Communications Commission voted three to...
Walt Disney Co has struck a deal to buy film, television and international businesses from Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox Inc for $52.4 billion in stock, giving the world’s largest...
If rivers are subjected to continued negligence, river communication or water transport is perpetually ignored or overlooked. Whereas waterways provide the cheapest mode of transportation for both passenger and cargo,...
Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven. This is how William Wordsworth paid his tribute to the French Revolution. If allowed...
Asian shares edged higher on Friday, on track for weekly gains, though sentiment was kept in check by Wall Street’s weakness on concerns about the progress of US tax reform....
US President Trump spoke by phone on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two leaders "discussed working together to resolve the very dangerous situation in North Korea," the...
Of the red-letter days that this nation feels proud to celebrate, the Victory Day is certainly at the top. On this day, the Bangalee nation breathed freely with the formal...
Tea market witnessed a strong demand from the beginning of the sale at the tea market on Tuesday, according to a press statement. Blenders operated strongly although a major Blender...
Steve Waugh's son Austin Waugh was included in the Australian U-19 cricket team's 15-man squad for the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup that will be held in New Zealand next...
John W. Spanier, an American Professor of world politics, analysed how nations play games in dealing with the shifting nature of balance of power on the stage of world politics...
Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi bowled his side to victory against Virender Sehwag's team in the inaugural T10 League cricket at Sharjah on Thursday, reports Hindustan Times. Shahid Afridi may...
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