The number of internet users has incresed rapidly. Therefore, it is essential to make people aware of the dangers associated with posting things online. Here are the top 5 things...
The oldest domestic bird pigeons, once used as message conveyers, are now being used in racing filed in Bangladesh. "Pigeon racing is the sport with a single starting gate and...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged the party leaders and activists to get united ahead of the election and solve internal problems. The main focus of...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the second running session on Tuesday, with key index of the major bourse dipping below 6,300-mark, as cautious investors continued their profit booking mood....
Gulf stock markets were narrowly mixed in early trade on Tuesday with Saudi Arabia edging up for a fifth straight day as it was boosted by the petrochemical sector. The...
Oil prices slipped in Asian trade on Tuesday amid uncertainty over a possible extension of output cuts by major crude producers. Brent futures had fallen to $63.72 a barrel by...
Dhaka School of Economics (DScE) has arranged a pre-workshop on “Social Transformation through Women Empowerment and Mitigate of Climate Change” recently. Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad presided over the programme. Prof...
Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday following a sluggish post-Thanksgiving trading sessionon Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.1 per cent to 22,461.10. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost less than...
An Afghan official says an intense gun battle has erupted between Taliban and Islamic State affiliate insurgents in eastern Nangarhar province. Attahullah Khogyani, provincial governor's spokesman, said Tuesday that hundreds...
Marcel Electronics has brought new models of various sorts of home appliances to meet the extra demands of the imminent winter season. Marcel, one of the leading electronics and electrical...
Four pieces of advice can help for ensuring financial security of women . Financial Health Review Women tending to live longer than men, and years of research has proven that...
Jamuna Bank Limited has opened its 114th Branch in Jamalpur recently. Golam Dastagir Gazi, Bir Protik, Member of Parliament (MP), inaugurated the branch. Chairman of Jamuna Bank Foundation, Al-Haj Nur...
Oxford Dictionaries says a six-year-old Victoria boy is on his way to getting his new word added to its Oxford English Dictionary. Levi Budd, a Grade 2 student at St....
For the third time this month, the Supreme Court turned down a request to ban “Padmavati”. The Indian supreme court said, in a rebuke to Chief Ministers and others who...
BRAC Bank Limited recently signed an Employee Banking Service Agreement with United Finance Limited. Under this agreement, BRAC Bank will provide salary disbursement and all sort of retail loan...
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin polished off Sri Lanka’s tail in the second test to help India equal their biggest victory margin and go 1-0 up in the three-match series in Nagpur...
Miscreants snatched away a motorcycle killing its owner in Nathpara Boropukur Kanda of Sadar upazila of Satkhira district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Iman Ali (55), son of...
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing over o.49 million tonnes of wheat from Rangpur division during this Rabi season. The DAE officials said the...
Iraq plans to build a new pipeline that will ship oil from Kirkuk's oilfields to the Ceyhan port in Turkey, the oil ministry said on Sunday, reports Reuters. The new...
State oil giant Saudi Aramco and petrochemical producer Saudi Basic Industries Corp signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday to build a $20 billion complex converting crude oil to chemicals...
Pubali Bank Limited inaugurated the 458th branch of the bank at Melandaha Bazar in Jamalpur recently. State Minister for Textile and Jute Mirza Azam MP was present as the chief...
JOYPURHAT, Nov 26: The potato growers of the district are delighted for good market price this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the marginal farmers of the...
RANGPUR, Nov 26: The tomato growers of Rangpur district are expecting an abundant yield of the vegetable during the current season owing to favourable weather condition. Visiting some areas of...
The board of directors of Zaheen Spinning Limited has informed that they have successfully set up electric substation which will reduce the risk of interruption in production. The board of...
A powerful blast on Sunday morning in China's eastern Zhejiang province brought down buildings and killed two people while injuring many others, state media reported, while police said the cause...
Thousands of Catholics gathered in Yangon on Monday after journeys by train and bus, excited to get a glimpse of Pope Francis, who begins a trip to Myanmar fraught with...
A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her son in Dhaka’s at Dakhshin Khan on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Momtaj Begum (56), wife of late...
An 11-day long training course titled “Foreign Exchange Risk Management & Financing in International Trade” (17th Batch) ended at National Bank Training Institute recently. A total of 40 officers from...
Anjuara Begum, wife of Mansur Rahman, hailing from Mokhmoil village of Rajshahi’s Bagmara upazila, allegedly killed herself by taking poison at her own residence in the village early Monday. Family...
Standard Chartered has launched a new Signature Lounge at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka recently, said a statement. This is the Bank’s first dedicated airport lounge facility for its...
China's major industrial firms saw stronger profit growth, rose 23.3-per cent from one year earlier, in the first 10 months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said...
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s shares fell more than 4 per cent to a one-month low on Monday after Morgan Stanley cut its recommendation on the South Korean tech giant, citing...
Linnex, a sister concern of Bengal Group of Industries, has received the ‘Global Brand Excellence Award 2017’ in electrical durable sector as an emerging brand in world brand congress, recently....
The High Court has upheld death sentence for 139 convicts over the murders during the 2009 mutiny at the border guards’ headquarters in Dhaka. The court also confirmed life sentence...
Fears of an imminent major eruption of Bali's Mount Agung have increased and the evacuation zone around the volcano has been widened. The Indonesian authorities have raised the state of...
Tax-revenue collection fell short of the target by Tk 33.55 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (FY). All of the three wings of the revenue board...
Pope Francis has departed the Vatican for Myanmar on the first papal visit to the country that has this year been widely accused of ethnic cleansing. Focus will be likely...
Barca were denied the opener at The Mestalla as Lionel Messi’s tame shot after half an hour was spilt by goalkeeper Neto and bounced over the line before the Brazilian...
Government airstrikes and shelling outside the Syrian capital killed at least 23 civilians, activists reported Sunday, as fighting in the area showed no signs of letting up ahead of the...
Australia sealed a dominant 10-wicket victory before lunch on day five of the series-opening Ashes test on Monday, having chased 170 runs without loss in a blow to England’s pride....
The Board of Directors of National Tubes Limited has decided to establish galvanising plant to provide service for different types of towers. The state-run engineering companies will establish galvanising plant...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses saw upward trend in early trading Monday, after two indexes of the main bourse hits new all-time record high on...
Pearson’s largest qualification brand ‘Edexcel’, in collaboration with the British Council, conducted its sixth Academic Award Ceremony recently for students in Bangladesh who achieved outstanding results in their International GCSE...
A young man who suffered serious burn injuries in a fire at his Debarpar home in Khulshi area of Chittagong on Sunday died at a hospital on Monday morning. Police...
The construction work of the Padma Bridge may not be complete by the extended deadline of November 2018, according to a recent government monitoring report. In the report, the Implementation...
Bangladesh has gone one notch down in the latest ICT Development Index (IDI) of International Telecommu-nications Union (ITU). It secured 147th place in this year's IDI index, one step down...
Rural or agriculture tourism has emerged as China's most effective weapon to fight out poverty by the target-year 2020, helping myriad people out of the vicious circle of misfortune. Not...
Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh honoured individuals and institutions who served as outstanding examples in the agriculture sector of Bangladesh in recent time through the fourth Agrow Award. An award giving...
North South University Shangskritik Shangathan (NSUSS) has organised 21st Annual Cultural Evening (ACE) at North South University (NSU) central auditorium recently. They organised the event based on a theme, ‘Deyal’,...
In the last week ended on 23 November 2017, the best performing open-ended fund was Fourth ICB Unit Fund, which generated 1.8 per cent return in that period. The fund...
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