Mohid Ahmed Chowdhury, after graduating from Maulvibazar College, came to the United States in July 1967. After a few months, he came across a vacancy announcement from the Pakistan Embassy...
Election Commission (EC) is going to use newly-designed EVM on trial basis in the upcoming election to the Rangpur city corporation. The old EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) was used for...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday expressed hope of bringing back war criminals from abroad who were awarded death sentence. "I hope that the present government would bring...
India has one of the fastest growing electronics industries in the world, and its e-waste production is likely to touch three million tonnes in 2018. The world produced 44.7 million...
A two-day regional workshop on building capacity of the people living in the Bay of Bengal area to combat the risks of climate change will begin in the city on...
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif’s son Shirhan Sherif Tomal has been expelled from Jubo League. Action against Tomal, who is also the Ishwardi upazila Jubo League president, was taken following...
Disney is buying a large part of the Murdoch family's 21st Century Fox in a $52.4 billion deal, including film and television studios, cable and international TV businesses as it...
Seasonal flu kills between 291,000 and 646,000 people worldwide every year, a new analysis of data from 47 countries suggested Wednesday. The number is higher than a previous estimate of...
The Centre for Genocide Studies of the University of Dhaka has organised a two-day long international conference on genocide and mass violence in Dhaka on Thursday. The second edition of...
People now have access to a good number of rare documents on the Liberation War in 1971. Liberation War e-Archive Trust posted the documents on their website on the occasion...
Argentina will be a better team at the 2018 World Cup than the one struggled during the South American qualifying tournament, said Al biceleste captain Lionel Messi. The two-time World...
Cox's Bazar district administration has imposed a week-long 'relief interval' by NGO's involved in distribution of aid to Rohingya refugees at Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas. According to sources, district administration...
A branch of a Russian Bank will soon be opened in Bangladesh to establish banking channel aimed at expanding cooperation in the private sector. This was disclosed by Ambassador of...
Southeast University (SEU) and Genex Infosys Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate training, internship, and job placement opportunities of SEU’s students. The signing ceremony was held at...
Dublin City Councillors have voted to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's Freedom of Dublin City award. Musician Bob Geldof handed back his Freedom of Dublin award last month to protest...
Agricultural Marketing Company Limited (AMCL PRAN) organised 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) recently. The AGM, held at Fuzi Trade Centre of Badda in Dhaka, approved 32 per cent cash dividend...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its latest outlook supplement repeated its pared-down growth projection at 6.9 per cent for Bangladesh in the current fiscal year. In September last, the...
The market prices of most of the listed mutual funds (MFs) are yet to cross their face value due to various reasons including investors' shaky confidence. For a long time,...
Israel announced the closure of its Gaza border crossings on Thursday in response to daily rocket fire from the enclave over the past week after US President Donald Trump’s recognition...
Two of Libya's eastern-based army soldiers were killed on Wednesday by a terrorist sniper in the eastern city of Benghazi, a military official said. "A terrorist sniper in Ekhrebish area...
Nissan Motor Co said on Thursday it was recalling nearly 320,000 vehicles in Japan to fix defective coating in an electronic power unit that could cause a short circuit and...
Walt Disney Co’s deal to buy film, television, and international businesses from Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox Inc will value the latter at over $40 per share, or $75 billion,...
Ten people, including two Rajshahi University students, have been arrested over the the question paper leak for Dhaka University admission test.The Criminal Investigation Department or CID over the last four...
Share price of Progressive Life Insurance Company is soaring without any price sensitive information (PSI). Within past five trading days, the life insurer’s share price jumped more than 25 per...
Manchester City set a new top-flight record of 15 consecutive wins as their seemingly unstoppable march towards the Premier League title continued with a 4-0 romp at bottom club Swansea...
The nation is set to observe the Martyred Intellectuals' Day today (Thursday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS. On this day 46 years ago, on the eve of the nation's...
Bank of China, China's fourth largest bank by assets, has signed an agreement to provide financing to companies setting up in a major Abu Dhabi industrial zone as it looks...
BOGRA, Dec 12: An excellent growth of mustard across the Bogra district has made the growers optimistic of getting bumper production during the current season. The cultivation of mustard has...
Britain's biggest oil pipeline from its North Sea fields is likely to be shut for two weeks for repairs, an industry source said on Tuesday, sending international crude prices higher....
At least two people, including one civilian, have been killed in a suicide attack executed by terror group Boko Haram in the Cameroonian Far North Region, a local source told...
The man who faces terror charges over Monday's bus terminal bombing in New York posted a warning to President Donald trump just before the attack. "Trump you failed to protect...
The stare-run two companies - Shyampur Sugar Mills Limited and Zeal Bangla Sugar Mills Limited’ share price soaring without any price sensitive information (PSI). Within last one month, the Shyampur...
Alin Food Products Ltd has recently launched its operation in Bangladesh, said a statement. Omar Farooque,Chairman & Managing Director of Alin Food Products Ltd., popular singer Momtaz Begum, MP and...
Kenny Britt is close to getting another shot, and with the defending Super Bowl champions no less. Britt, a veteran wide receiver who was waived by the Cleveland Browns last...
Dhaka Bank and Epyllion Group have signed an agreement on Cash Management Services at Dhaka Bank Corporate Office Tuesday. Under this agreement, Dhaka Bank Ltd will provide Cash Management facility...
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it is opening an artificial intelligence (AI) research centre in China to target the country’s local talent, even as the US search firm’s products...
Postmenopausal women should not use hormone therapy to prevent chronic medical conditions, because the risk of significant side effects outweighs the unclear evidence of a benefit, according to a government-backed...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed January 2 for the next hearing on the gazette notification issued on lower court judges' conduct rules. A four-member Appellate Division bench, led by...
Oil prices rose on Wednesday as industry data showed a larger-than-expected drawdown in US crude stockpiles, while expectations for an extended shutdown of a major North Sea crude pipeline also...
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 13 December 2017 - The healthcare industry has seen many innovations over recent years. From upgrading infrastructure, to managing patient records, to wearable technology, the...
Walt Disney is close to confirming a deal to buy 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets for about $60 billion, reports say. The sale would include the 20th Century Fox film...
Farmers are now busy preparing Boro seedbed after harvesting T-Aman crop in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Boro seedbed have already been prepared on some...
With a target to restore navigability of waterways and save crops from floods in the haor region, the Water Development Board (WDB) is going to dredge eight rivers in Moulvibazar...
The country's overall electricity generation cost started rising significantly from November 2017 amid escalating oil prices in the international market, as the power production is heavily dependent on 'expensive' oil-fired...
The proposed South-west Bangladesh Economic Corridor (SWBEC) may help generate up to US$ 150 billion of economic output by 2050, if implemented in a well-coordinated manner, the Asian Development Bank...
Palli Bidyut Samity (rural electrification association) has brought Shalikha upazila completely under its network in Magura. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared it recently, said Binoy Kumar Roy, Deputy General Manager...
Laxmipur additional deputy commissioner (ADC) and Sadar UNO have sought an unconditional apology to the High Court for abusing their power to jail a former civil surgeon recently. ADC Sheikh...
A female worker, who suffered burns in a gas cylinder explosion at a Gazipur factory yesterday, has died early Wednesday. The deceased Shefali Akter, a worker at 'FS Cosmetics Ltd',...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the party leaders and activists to remain alert so that the ‘sure victory’ can not slip away the upcoming eleventh parliamentary elections t for...
England captain Joe Root says it is time for his team to "stand up" in the crucial third Ashes Test in Perth Thursday. Australia lead the series 2-0 and will...
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