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Airlines have been issued a "red warning" about the danger of volcanic ash in the skies close to Bali after Mount Agung emitted a thick plume of smoke more than...
Two people have been killed and at least 10 others sustained injuries when the driver of a Naogaon-bound bus lost control over the vehicle and fell into a roadside ditch...
Tahmina Akhter, a female Sub-Inspector of Savar Model Police Station, who was on maternity leave, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her own residence in...
A schoolgirl was allegedly abducted and raped in confinement for four days in Melndaha upazila of Jamalpur district. The victim, a Class-VIII student, was found near Durmuth Railway Station Mosque...
Alexis Sanchez scored an injury-time penalty to give Arsenal victory over Burnley at Turf Moor on Sunday. The Chilean slotted in a 98th-minute spot-kick to win the game to give...
Nepalese began voting for a new parliament on Sunday with the army on alert as a series of small blasts blamed on a rogue Maoist group reminded the Himalayan nation...
If the law enforcers have most of the time tiptoed right on the heels of counterfeiters of currency notes, the distance at times widened with the most unwelcome negative impact...
Pakistan's government has called for troops to be deployed in the capital, Islamabad, after violence broke out during protests by Islamists. About 200 people were injured when security forces tried...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government has 'sold itself' to Myanmar through signing the Rohingya repatriation instrument with the neighbouring country. "Under which compulsion...
Black Friday and Thanksgiving online sales in the United States surged to record highs as shoppers bagged deep discounts and bought more on their mobile devices, heralding a promising start...
A recent survey conducted by the IndustriALL Bangladesh Council (IBC) found that 64 per cent of readymade garments (RMG) workers were unable to meet their daily expenses with the monthly...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the Bangladeshi diplomats posted abroad to work hard for boosting the country image in the external world. On Sunday, she listened to the envoys...
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has said smart National Identity (NID) cards will ensure free, fair and competitive elections. The CEC came up with the statement at smart NID...
With the average cost of arranging wedding rising by the day, many families, especially those from the middle class might be forced to cut back on some of the arrangements....
The contribution of agriculture to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Bangladesh is enormous. It reached Tk.9922.80 million in 2016, a sharp rise from Tk.7017.10 million in 2006 (Trending Economics,...
Six people were killed and hundreds wounded as law enforcement agencies finally acted under court orders on Saturday to disperse protesters who had camped out at Islamabad's Faizabad Interchange for...
COP-23 negotiations came to an end on November 18 in Bonn, Germany. One thing was clear. Negotiations were partially deflated but not completely derailed as many had suspected because of...
Despite the 0.64 per cent increase in Dhaka Stock Exchange Broad Index, DSEX, the Mutual Funds sector posted a negative price performance of (-0.33 per cent). Mutual Funds sector in...
Bangladesh Coast Guard members have seized around 6 million metres illegal current nets worth Tk 210 million in Bhola district town. A team of the coast guard conducted drives at...
November 26 is observed as the Anti-Obesity Day (AOD) in various parts of the world to highlight how Obesity is a public health hazard. Several healthcare organisations and media chalked...
Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Hazards that could potentially cause considerable loss of life and catastrophic physical damage and disruption to society and the...
This year Google publicly launched a new chatbot analytics platform called Chatbase at Google I/O which is currently free to use. Chatbase’s cloud service is designed to offer tools to...
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Yunnan Yongle Overseas Investment Co. Ltd. on Wednesday for establishing Iron and Steel International Capacity Cooperation Demonstrative...
A local IT company is going to launch both car and motorbike ride services through its new mobile app called 'Ezzyr' on December 1. The opening manifests the growing popularity...
Karamjit Singh thought he had hit the jackpot for himself and his aging widower-father when he was arranged to marry a Hong Kong-born Indian Punjabi woman and relocate to the...
Ireland’s EU commissioner said Dublin would “continue to play tough” over its threat to veto talks about trade after Brexit unless Britain provided guarantees over the border between Northern Ireland...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is increasingly touted as the elixir for economic growth. While not against FDI, the mid-2015 Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) for financing development also cautioned that...
Introduction of digital service system has ensured hassle-free services at Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). Roads, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader made the remarks on Sunday after a sudden...
The government is to set up a 15-starey building for the Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) at Mirpur in Dhaka. Primary and Mass Education Minister Advocate Mostafizur Rahman laid the...
Hate crime is a crime that is motivated by either intolerance or prejudice towards an individual's colour, religion, ethnicity, national origin, gender or disability. Although globalisation and the internet have...
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said the upcoming Rangpur and other city corporations’ election will be decisive in testing validity for both the government and the Election...
The Election Commission (EC) will provide over 16 million young voters with smart National Identity (NID) cards at the end of 2018. The provision of these NIDs comes as EC’s...
The three judges of the High Court bench are unanimous on sentencing the judgement on BDR carnage case. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam made the remarks while talking to newsmen at...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Accounting and Information Systems (AIS) of Jahangirnagar University on Sunday JU Treasurer...
The BCS qualified teachers went on a two-day strike protesting government's plan to give teachers of nationalised colleges the same status and benefits enjoyed by them. The teachers started work...
Police arrested two more people in connection with the murder of Brahmanbaria's Nabinagar upazila Awami League leader Swapna Akter. Police said Jaher Miah, 32, son of Abul Kalam Mia of...
Transport workers of Dinajpur withdrew their strike on Sunday. They went on an indefinite on Wednesday following a clash with some students of Hajee Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU)....
BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT) brought out a rally, celebrating the UNESCO’s recognition of the historic 7th March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a world documentary...
The Bangladeshi film ‘Oggatonama’ has won the award for the Best Screenplay in the just concluded SAARC Film Festival in Colombo. ‘Oggatonama’ was written and directed by Tauquir Ahmed. “I’m...
A delegation of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) began a five-day working trip to Bangladesh on Sunday to see impact of development projects on living conditions for rural poor...
Stocks on Dhaka bourse witnessed a moderate rise in prices on Sunday, the first trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), advanced...
Locals found an unidentified young man dead under a bridge on Dhaka-Aricha highway early Sunday. “Local peoplespotted the body of a man, who was beaten and hacked to death, lying...
British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, on his Chinese microblog Weibo account, praised the lead singer of China’s most popular boy band for asking about life beyond Earth. Wang Junkai, leader...
Walton recently launched its new laptop in computer market which features a 15.6-inch high definition display, 2.5 gigahertz 7th Generation Intel Core i5 7200U processor, built-in Intel HD Graphics 620,...
A Japanese cosmetics firm has apologised for a sign banning entry for Chinese people posted in one of its outlets, highlighting lingering hostility to foreign visitors from some in Japan...
Sri Lanka pace bowler Dasun Shanaka has been fined 75 per cent of his match fee for ball tampering during the second day’s play in the Nagpur Test against India...
Jaime Ciero, a Chilean musician is suing anyone remotely connected to the smash hit song “Let it Go,” from the movie Frozen, claiming it was shamelessly ripped off from one...
A Swiss researcher has challenged the existence of dark matter and dark energy at all, which runs counter to a century of scientific consensus, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday,...
Though airplanes have facilitated long-distance travel, there is a growing need to lower emissions from flights, which the European Commission claimed have become "one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse...
A two-day ‘BIFFL Green Convention and Expo-2017’ began Saturday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Dhaka. The event is a part of BIFFL’s national awareness campaign for Sustainable Development in the...
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