Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited, in association with Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB), has awarded architects for their excellence in different categories recently. Rupali Chowdhury, Managing Director of Berger Paints Bangladesh...
Chinese police are investigating claims of sexual molestation and needlemarks on children at a Beijing kindergarten. The official Xinhua news agency said late on Thursday that police were checking allegations...
Human rights groups called on Friday for international agencies to be allowed to monitor the planned repatriation of hundreds of thousands Rohingya Muslim from Bangladesh to the homes they fled...
Conditions in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state “are not in place to enable safe and sustainable returns” of more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees who fled violence to Bangladesh since late August,...
Death toll in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula on Friday rose to at least 235 till the writing of this report. At...
The European Union has said it will monitor the implementation of the instrument signed between Bangladesh and Myanmar on return of Rohingyas to Myanmar with attention in full compliance with...
Economic growth is not all we need. It's no wonder that rapid economic growth is also likely to exacerbate rather than decrease spatial inequality. Development specialists have taken it for...
We stand together in solidarity with the survivors of gender-based violence; we stand with the women, girls and allies who have bravely spoken out against harassment, rape, and domestic violence. ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday will inaugurate a conference where all Bangladesh envoys, posted in 58 countries, are expected to participate. The three-day conference, titled ‘Diplomacy for Peace and...
Education particularly higher education has been through a metamorphosis in recent years. Procedural change, new technological methods and big business initiatives have been added. But ensuring full utilisation of the...
At a time when the mayor of the Dhaka South City Corporation has waged a war on footpath vendors at Gulistan and in adjoining areas, Shahbagh and Farmgate appear to...
The Income Tax Week-2017 began across the country on Friday to provide tax-related services and help the taxpayers to have their returns filed without any hassle. Aiming to collect more...
Country’s central planning body has found shoddy work and irregularities in Dhaka's Keraniganj jail construction as the project came in for a fresh revision with both cost and time overruns,...
Pope Francis visits Myanmar next week, a delicate trip for the world's most senior Christian to a majority Buddhist country accused by Washington of the "ethnic cleansing" of Muslim Rohingya...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 24 (Agencies): Khulna Titans went to the top of the AKS Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 's points table with a tight nine-run win over Rangpur Riders at...
The top 10 turnover leaders accounted for 36.2 per cent of the total transactions on the premier bourse on Thursday, with LankaBangla Finance making its way to the top of...
As the saying goes, ship salvage is a science of vague assumptions based on debatable figures taken from inconclusive instruments, performed with equipment of problematic accuracy, by persons of doubtful...
Australia raised concerns on Thursday about the "pace and scale" of China's activities in the disputed zone part of a wide-ranging document setting out Canberra's foreign engagement strategy. Beijing said...
The Brahmaputra is one of the largest Asian rivers that runs through China, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. On its journey from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal (around 3800...
Zimbabwe’s stock market has shed $6 billion while its main index has slumped 40 per cent since last Wednesday when the military seized power leading to the fall of Robert...
Miscreants slashed a journalist’s throat at Chanchra Harinar Beel in Sadar upazila on Thursday evening. The victim was Ananda Das, 55, the assignment editor of local daily ‘The Dainik Protidiner...
China has criticised Australia for making "irresponsible remarks" over the South China Sea in a policy paper. On Thursday, Australia raised concerns about the "pace and scale" of China's activities...
Brazilian footballer Robinho has been sentenced to nine years in prison for taking part in the gang rape of a woman in Milan in 2013. An Italian court on Thursday...
Agri-business as a concept was born in Harvard University in 1957 with the publication of a book "A concept of Agri-business, written by John David and A. Gold Berg. It...
The world's nations got together in Bonn, Germany, for the 23rd annual Conference of the Parties (COP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), where nearly 200 countries...
Both data and theory suggest that job loss threat due to advanced technologies like Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is real. The basic purpose of technology development is to delegate...
THERE are no plants in many areas of Rajshahi-Dhaka highway. The highway looks barren and some trees should be planted to add beauty to the road. As we know that...
THE Paradise Papers leaks have revealed that some Bangladeshi businessmen are involved in money laundering. I am sure there are more people involved and it was only the tip of...
THE issue of protecting business interests in climate negotiations came to the fore at the following UN climate conferences: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Mining Association (also American); Business...
Chittagong Vikings defeated Sylhet Sixers by 40 runs on Friday in their group match of the BPL T20 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Earlier, sent in to bat...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) requested on Thursday the Bangladeshi ambassador to Portugal to facilitate expansion of business with the European country. "Bangladeshis living in...
At least three people were killed and 10 others injured about as a passenger train slipped off the rails in northern India on Friday, the railways ministry said. The train...
Bangladeshi manufacturers can tap the fast-growing consumer market in Nepal through proper marketing, according to the Bangladesh envoy in Kathmandu. "There is a good potential for many consumer products in...
The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition recently released its latest policy brief in Dhaka. It was through a befitting ceremony,attended by the State Minister for Health...
The pervasive anarchy besetting traffic movement in the country's big cities including the capital is spreading to the highways, not quite unsurprisingly. It could not have been otherwise, since there...
Emmerson Mnangagwa is to be sworn in as Zimbabwe's president, following the dramatic departure of Robert Mugabe after 37 years of authoritarian rule. The former vice-president - who returned from...
The three-day 10th South Asia Economic Summit (SAES X) that took place in Kathmandu in the middle of this month concluded with a mixed feeling as regards advancing the region...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said Awami League will win in the next general election due to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's honesty and proficiency in politics,...
Airbus has been selected by Singapore Airlines to provide cabin retrofit services for 14 A380 aircraft currently in service with the carrier, reports Travel News. The retrofit programme, which will...
Prime Minister's Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi-Chowdhury said that the new tariff would not affect public life as the hike is negligible. The Prime Minister's adviser made the remarks on Friday...
Canadian Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Marie-Claude Bibea has announced a $35 million initiative to improve awareness of and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights for...
Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as Zimbabwe's new leader, following Robert Mugabe's resignation this week after nearly four decades of rule. Mnangagwa, the country's former vice president, swore an...
Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince called the Supreme Leader of Iran “the new Hitler of the Middle East” in an interview with the New York Times published on Thursday, sharply...
BNP has no alternative way other than joining the next general elections under the present government, said Awami League Advisory Council Member and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed. BNP will face...
A top Pakistani police officer and one of his guards were killed in a suicide bomber attack on Friday in Peshawarcity, police said.Additional Inspector General Ashraf Noor was leaving his...
Local people found a body of a school boy hanging at Khesba village in Nachole upazila on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Robiul Islam, 14, son of Jamal...
Turkish authorities issued detention warrants on Friday for 79 former teachers as part of a widening crackdown since last year’s failed coup attempt. The teachers were formerly employed at schools...
A South African court has increased Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius's jail sentence for killing his girlfriend to 13 years and five months. Prosecutors had argued that the six-year term for...
Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured in a road accident at Kadirpur village in Shibchar upazila on Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Kanchan Mirza, 35, son...
The government is facing criticism from labour leaders and the court for not being able to produce witnesses in the case over the Tazreen Fashions fire leaving more than a...
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