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A drastic cut in the budget allocation for stipends in primary, secondary and higher education would cause dropouts in rural Bangladesh, especially in haor, char and coastal areas, according to...
Two women were killed and three others injured in a road crash at Naruttampur area in Banaripara upazila of Barisal district on Friday. One of the deceased was identified as...
A training course on ‘Foundation Training for Senior Officers & Officers’ was held recently under the auspices of Pubali Bank Training Institute. Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury, Managing Director of Pubali...
Confidence Power Holdings Ltd recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) to raise USD 135 million term loan facility for establishment of three HFO-fired IPP...
'Mukticamp', a mobile role-playing strategy game inspired by Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, is going to be released on this year’s Victory Day (December 16) on Google Play. This game...
Katy Perry and the Catholic Church have been awarded almost $10m (£7.5m) in damages after the star's plans to buy a former LA convent ended up in court. Perry agreed...
Bitcoin crossed $14,000 on Thursday, surging $2,000 in less than 24 hours. The cryptocurrency began the year below $1,000 but continues its sharp rise despite warnings of a dangerous bubble,...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has issued a cautionary signal No. 1 after a low pressure system developed in the Bay of Bengal. According to a Special Bulletin, the system is...
Arabs and Muslims across the Middle East on Wednesday condemned the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as an incendiary move in a volatile region and Palestinians said Washington...
An air strike hit a village south of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu and a local official said the attack targeted Islamist al Shabaab militants fighting to topple the country’s central government....
Nashira Sultana, one of the sponsors of the company, has expressed intention to sell her entire holdings of 36,43,080 shares of the company at prevailing market price (in the block...
Asian shares hovered near two-month lows on Thursday as softer oil and copper prices and uncertainty over US policy kept many investors on the sidelines, even as some high-tech bellwethers...
A couple was killed in a road accident on Tongi-Ashulia-EPZ road in Jamgora area of Ashulia early Thursday. The accident took place at late night when a speeding bus ran...
Lionel Messi has given his backing to out-of-favour Argentina team mate Gonzalo Higuain and said the Juventus forward should be recalled to the national side in time for next year’s...
Uber is looking to solve Dhaka's public commuting dilemma by minimising the culture of private car ownership and complementing other modes of public transports, one of the top executives at...
An Awami League (AL) senior leader said on Wednesday the pro-liberation force should remain in power to uphold the Liberation War spirit, reports BSS. "The pro-liberation force should remain in...
Bangladesh's prime bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange, remained largely inefficient and not an ideal ground for small investors to book short-term returns, researchers said. Their observations about an unfriendly environment for...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday reversed decades of US policy and recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, imperiling Middle East peace efforts and upsetting the Arab world and Western...
A 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber Technologies Inc last year and was paid by Uber to destroy the data through a so-called “bug...
Russia's Vladimir Putin has said he will seek another term as president in next year's election. He made the announcement in a speech to workers at a car factory in...
Bangladesh will seek relaxation of the conditions attached to procurement of goods and services under the US$ 4.5 billion Indian line of credit-III (LoC-III) at a review meeting to be...
The UK's ability to attract talent is already suffering according to Standard Chartered chief executive Bill Winters. In an exclusive interview, he told the BBC the bank was "preparing for...
An Indian drone has "invaded China's airspace and crashed" on its territory, Chinese state media said. Zhang Shuili, deputy director of the western theatre combat bureau, said the incident took...
The United Nations has put the importance on safe repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to their homeland without any force. "People should go back, people or refugees should go back...
Conflict has forced 1.7 million people to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, causing "a mega-crisis", aid agencies say. This means that for the second...
A joint team of police arrested four suspected members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its Northern region's military unit chief from Shibganj upazila early Thursday. Acting on a tip-off,district...
Stocks witnessed slow trend in early hour of trading on Thursday as investors are mostly cautious to take fresh exposure in the market. Following the previous day’s marginal correction, the...
The authorities of Rajshahi University (RU) took castigatory actions against its two teachers over 'communal' questions in entry test under faculty of Fine Arts. The decision was taken at 474th...
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda stressed the need to look at the impact monetary policy has on the banking system and said changes in the economy could trigger a...
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh are at risk from a possible outbreak of diphtheria, the World Health Organization said in a report published...
A nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula has become a matter of when, not if, as it continued to lash out at a massive joint military exercise between the United...
Both income and wealth inequalities have increased in the country significantly over the past five years alongside higher economic growth, according to experts and a research. Experts said the average...
Earnings from merchandise shipment grew by 6.86 per cent to $14.56 billion during the first five months of current fiscal year over that of corresponding period. According to official data...
The High Court has upheld the trial court’s death sentences for two people and life term imprisonment for six others in the murder of student Kamrul Islam Momin in Dhaka....
Stock market plunged further on Thursday, the last trading day of the week, mostly due to higher selling in financial and large-cap securities. The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the...
The Election Commission is giving the ruling party mayoral candidate an edge over others in Rangpur city corporation election, the BNP has said. That means the polls fall short...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there will be no talks with BNP about holding any early election as no such situation exists in the country to hold polls before the...
Columnist Farhad Mazhar’s wife Farida Akhtar will move the court against the police’s investigation report that he was not abducted. Akhtar appeared before a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Thursday,...
There is no need of army deployment in the imminent Rangpur City Corporation polls, said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Thursday. “The election will be free, fair and...
The Reserve Bank of India kept its policy rate steady on Wednesday, as widely expected, after inflation accelerated to a seven-month high and stronger economic growth reduced the need for...
Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) has signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding with Marie Stopes Bangladesh and Directorate General of Family Planning (GDFP) to facilitate readymade garments’ family...
The country's Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) offering similar fiscal and non-fiscal benefits should be merged under a single platform. A Senior Research Fellow of the...
Dhaka on Thursday sought Beijing’s support and influence in resolving the Rohingya crisis. Awami League Presidium member Faruk Khan said solution to the Rohingya crisis is important since China is...
Port city-based hotel The Peninsula Chittagong will be placed in ‘B’ category from the existing ‘A’ category with effect from Sunday next. The travel & leisure sector listed company approved only 5.0...
A US Congress representative has expressed doubt over Rohingyas’ return to their homeland seeing no advancement in the process while UNHCR has expressed willingness to advise Bangladesh and Myanmar governments...
A Dhaka court has revoked its earlier order within hours and asked police to file a case against columnist Farhad Mazhar over the writer's alleged abduction. On Thursday, Farhad Mazhar’s...
Philippe Coutinho scored a hat-trick as Liverpool became the fifth English club to qualify for the last 16 of this season's Champions League with a thumping victory over Spartak Moscow...
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Kashmir in the early hours of Thursday, sources in the disaster management department said. The epicentre of the quake was near J&K-Xingjian border and its...
District unit of Jubo League called dawn-to-dusk hartal protesting the killing of its Jurachhari unit leader is going on in the district on Thursday. All business establishments and educational...
Nepalis began voting in the final round of parliamentary elections on Thursday. A key step will be completed a near decade-long democratic transition after the abolition of the centuries-old monarchy...
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