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The Bangladesh Business and Disability Network (BBDN) is going to arrange a job fair for people with disabilities, starting from Saturday in the capital. The BBDN will organize the job...
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC)’s repair work has severed BTCL’s ‘core cable’ affecting about 900,000 landlines, including those of fire services, across the country. “The chaos spread across the country,”...
BNP accused the Prime Minister of giving ‘false and defamatory’ information about its chief Khaleda Zia and her family members’ assets in Saudi Arabia. “The PM’s comments on laundering money...
Values enshrined in Universal Declaration of Human Rights under attack, must be protected, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. “We see a backlash against many...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call on Thursday that the U.S. decision on Jerusalem will negatively impact the region’s peace and stability,...
Italian police have arrested a man who allegedly used a rat poison ingredient to kill members of his family because they were "impure". Mattia Del Zotto, 27, is accused of...
San Francisco officials have voted to restrict where delivery robots can go in the city, in a blow for the burgeoning industry. Start-ups will have to get permits to use...
The grapevine is buzzing with news of what now appears to be the imminent wedding of Bollywood’s Anushka Sharma and Team India’s Virat Kohli. Late last night the actress dodged...
The prices of onion, an essential kitchen vegetable, are expected to go down within the next two weeks with the arrival of new harvest. The onion prices have hit the...
Twin brothers have died in a road accident in Lakshmipur on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Hasan and Hossain, 14, sons of Khurshed Alam of Shafipur village in...
Rangpur Riders’ opener Chris Gayle blasted a match-winning century as Mashrafe Mortaza’s men ensured their second qualifiers spot with an eight-wicket victory over Khulna Titans in the Eliminator of Bangladesh...
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have emerged in recent years as the development 'flavour of the decade' in place of aspects of the old Washington Consensus. Instead of replacing the role of...
With other things remaining the same, it is assumed that welfare of a household depends on the number of members it has to feed and a reduction in the size...
When Robert Malthus propounded the theory of population, very few people had reasons to contradict. There were, however, feeble protests from his critics who were of the view that technological...
US missions across the Middle East are braced for a second day of violent protests over Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital after widespread clashes between Palestinians and...
Poland's conservative ruling party named Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki the country's new prime minister, replacing Beata Szydlo, who resigned Thursday. The conservative party took the risk of trading a popular...
The government has finally decided to introduce the electronic seal and lock services for containers transported between the Chittagong Port and off-dock areas in a bid to ensure cargo security...
New Zealand shares rose on Friday, on track for its fourth straight weekly gain. The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index was up 0.4 per cent, or 34.84 points, at 8,207.44. Consumer...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated an "especially special" Hanukkah at the White House, a day after declaring Jerusalem Israel's capital and setting off criticism and clashes. "Right now...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been offering services for taxpayers participating in the four-day 'Digital World-2017', an ICT exposition that kicked off on Wednesday. Taxpayers can obtain electronic...
A woman was killed when her husband allegedly hit on her head with a stick at Gidnipara village in Sadar upazila on Thursday evening. Officer-in-charge of Sadar police station Saber...
Financial and energy stocks put Australian shares on track for a second day of gains on Friday, taking cues from a rise on Wall Street and higher oil prices overnight....
Bitcoin rocketed to a lifetime high well above $16,000 on Thursday after climbing some 67 per cent over one week, intensifying the debate about whether the cryptocurrency is in a...
Three people, including a female priest, were killed in a stabbing attack at a prominent shrine in Tokyo, including the head priest and the attacker, who apparently took his own...
Comilla Victorians stumbled on to a massive 95 runs victory against Dhaka Dynamites in the first qualifier in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on...
Robbery continues unabated at various spots on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway, causing concern among the country's exporters. Among a series of incidents, a covered van carrying finished fabrics for exports by...
Inadequate lab testing for quality control of food products for domestic as well as export markets has for long been a deterrent to the growth of the country's food processing...
US stocks ended higher on Thursday, buoyed by popular technology companies including Facebook and Alphabet, while shares of yoga pants seller Lululemon Athletica also worked up a sweat. Facebook climbed...
Two unidentified youths have died in a ‘gunfight’ with members of the Detective Branch (DB) in Dhaka city's Badda early Friday. Officer-in-charge of Badda police station Kazi Wajed Ali said...
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi to win the Ballon d'Or award for the fifth time - and the second year in a row. Victory took the...
Two Palestinians were killed in clashes over US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The Palestinian health ministry said Israeli soldiers shot dead one Palestinian man on...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said the Election Commission (EC) will take decision over the army deployment in the upcoming Rangpur City Corporation election. "The election will be held...
Bangladesh is the fourth largest producer and consumer of bricks in Asia after China, India, Pakistan and Vietnam, according to various industry studies. There are more than 6000 traditional brick...
Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park in Jessore is set to start its journey on Sunday aiming to generate employment opportunities for around 12,000 youths. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate...
A mobile court in Kushtia on Friday sentenced two students to one-year imprisonment for acting as proxy for others in the 'C' unit admission test of Islamic University (IU) under...
Education is crucial for enhancing human capital in an economy, which, in turn, increases workers' productivity and thus contributes to economic growth. The importance of investing in human capital has...
The government hopes to publish the gazette clarifying the service rules for lower court judges next week. Law Minister Anisul Huq expressed the hope on Friday while talking with reporters...
Thousands of Palestinians protested in a “day of rage” on Friday in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and in East Jerusalem against US President Donald Trump’s recognition of the ancient...
Bangladesh needs to have separate cyber police to deal with cybercrimes and propaganda. Experts made the suggestion at a discussion at the Digital World 2017 venue, Bangabandhu International Conference Centre,...
Work is underway to prepare e-government master plans for 10 municipalities as part of government’s intent to make digital services available for all. State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed...
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has said that peace and stability must be restored in Myanmar’s Rakhine state before starting Rohingya repatriation from Bangladesh. UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards came...
Britain and the European Union struck a divorce deal on Friday that paves the way for talks on trade, easing pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May and boosting hopes of...
Russia has said that the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by the United States runs counter to common sense. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov came up with the statement...
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain urged the people not to cast their vote for BNP in next polls. “The party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia became champion for...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two suspected smugglers along with 26 gold bars worth Tk 16.7 million from Benapole check-post area on Friday. The arrestees are Imran Hossian,...
Russia’s standards agency Rosstandart said on Friday it had been informed about the recall of 30,777 Volkswagen Polo cars sold in Russia in 2015-2017. The vehicles were being recalled due...
Gold price slightly rose in Asian trade on Friday as investors resorted to bargain hunting after the yellow metal dropped below its recent trading range to hit the lowest in...
Global oil prices dipped on Friday, weighed down by a strengthening US dollar, although China’s relentless thirst for crude and OPEC-led supply cuts prevented further falls. US West Texas Intermediate...
Japanese stocks rose Friday, ended the week nearly flat, on gains for most sectors. Japan Display jumped on hopes that Apple may use liquid crystal technology on one of its...
Asian share indexes advanced Friday on healthy quarterly economic data from Japan, after US stocks ended higher on Thursday. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 1.1 per cent to 22,741.23...
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