The nation will celebrate the UNESCO recognition of the historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman across the country tomorrow (Saturday). Cabinet Secretary Mohammad...
Thirteen Burmese people were killed on Friday as their van hit a truck in central Thailand that burst into flames, police said. The latest gruesome accident took place on the...
Twenty teachers of Government B. L. College were injured in a road accident. The accident took place on Rupsha Bridge here early Friday. Jahidul Islam, principal of the college, said...
Pakistani cleric Hafiz Saeed, who is accused by the US and India of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been released. Saeed, who carries a $10 million US bounty, had...
Malaysia's annual inflation rate in October was 3.7 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, moderating from the previous month and lower than forecasts. A Reuters...
South Korea’s ratio of short-term external debt to foreign exchange reserves touched a record 31.1 per cent by end-September from 30.8 per cent three months ago, data showed on Thursday....
A Gazipur court has sentenced a man to death for murdering his wife. The Gazipur District and Sessions Judge’s Court handed down the verdict on Thursday.The court also fined the...
Southeast University (SEU) has observed its 15th Anniversary at Tejgaon permanent campus in Dhaka city. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal was present in the programme as the Chief Guest. He...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former BASIC Bank Chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu for questioning over a massive loan fraud. Bachchu and a few others have been instructed to...
Niranjon Chandra (55), a bus helper was killed in a road accident at Babtir crossing area under Muktagachha upazila in Mymensingh on Thursday morning. The accident occurred in the area...
UK car production rose by an annual 3.5 per cent in October as an increase in demand from abroad outweighed a decline in output for domestic buyers, an industry body...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses saw an upward trend in early trading on Thursday as optimistic investors are showing their buying appetite on sector-specific issues....
Indefinite strike, enforced by transport workers demanding compensation for damaged vehicles and action against involved persons, is underway in the district. They will continue the strike until their demands are...
Students of an Indian university went on a rampage and set hostel properties on fire after a first-year student, who was caught allegedly cheating during an exam, committed suicide. Agitated...
Lionel Messi started on the bench in Wednesday's clash as Barcelona qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League despite their second successive 0-0 draw in the group stage....
Dhaka and Nay Pyi Daw have at long last inked an 'instrument' on Rohingya repatriation with no ending deadline amid high hopes that the forcibly-displaced Rohingyas will start returning to...
China wants closer ties with Myanmar’s military to help protect regional peace and security, a senior Chinese general told the visiting head of the southeast Asian country’s army. China and...
Country's agro-processing sector could contribute a lot more to the economy, especially in terms of export earnings, if necessary policy supports and patronisation are provided for its development, a leading...
Embassy of Bangaladesh observed “BD Armed Forces Day” in New Delhi on Tuesday with tributes paid to father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the martyrs of the...
Imagine it is 3 am and the president of the United States is asleep in the White House master bedroom. A military officer stationed in an office nearby retrieves an...
People who drink three to four cups of coffee a day are more likely to see health benefits than harm, experiencing lower risks of premature death and heart disease than...
Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region in the world for women, the United Nations said Wednesday, highlighting Central America and Mexico as particularly dangerous. In a...
Governments around the globe launched investigations into Uber Technologies Inc after the company disclosed it had covered up a breach that exposed data on millions of customers and drivers, the...
Celtic were swept aside by a rampant Paris St-Germain, who hit seven in the Champions League at Parc de Princes during Wednesday's clash. Brendan Rodgers' side opened the scoring in...
Unidentified miscreants killed a female Awami League leader in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Wednesday night, Officer-in-Charge of Nabinagar police station confirmed it to FE Online. The deceased was Swapna...
Most readymade garment (RMG) workers in Bangladesh cannot fulfil their basic necessities, shows a study. A survey conducted by IndustriALL Bangladesh Council (IBC) reveals that 64 per cent garment workers...
LankaBangla Finance Limited (LBFL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hotel Sarina, Dhaka recently to avail mutual benefits. Khurshed Alam, Head of Retail Finance of LankaBangla and Mohammad...
Two Bangladeshi companies have received the $1 million 2017 UN Energy grant from the United Nations for a novel project to spur solar entrepreneurship. Grameen Shakti and ME SOLshare received...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday renewed her call to Myanmar to immediately start the repatriation of their forcibly displaced Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh. "We're continuing our bilateral talks with...
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Awami League (AL) and its affiliate organisation Swechchasebak League over establishing supremacy at Ghullia village in Mohammadpur...
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has decided to raise on an average power tariff by 5.3 per cent or Tk. 0.35 per unit. BERC Chairman Monwar Islam declared the...
A case has been filed against party opponents over the murder of Brahmanbaria Awami League leader Shapna Akhtar. Police have also taken an autorickshaw driver into custody for questioning, reports...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has renewed her call to Myanmar to immediately start taking back the forcibly displaced Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh. "We're continuing our bilateral talks with Myanmar so...
The overnight change in Trump administration's stance on atrocities on the Rohingyas is likely to expose Myanmar to sanctions as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson now calls it "ethnic cleansing",...
The country's land ports have earned a total revenue of Tk 1.11 billion in fiscal 2016-17, while the expenditure in the same period was Tk 534.4 million. This was disclosed...
Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe will not be held liable to prosecution as part of a deal that led to his resignation. He was also assured of safety in his...
Religious Affairs Minister Principal Matiur Rahman on Thursday told parliament that the government formed a committee seeking its report against the hajj agencies involved in anomalies. The minister said it...
Khaleda Zia, Chairperson of the BNP, has claimed during her testimony in the Zia Welfare Trust graft case that she is ‘completely innocent.’ She made the comment in reply to...
With the recent JSC examinations swirling in chaos and criticism for question leaks and mistakes, many students of grade V and their parents searching the social media for free leaked...
Myanmar on Thursday said the instrument signed with Bangladesh on return of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar was based on the joint statement signed in 1992 that Bangladesh has opposed...
Different political parties including BNP and the left-leaning ones have protested government's latest move to hike electricity price. The leftist political parties have declared to enforce an eight-hour hartal on...
A total of 83 HIV-infected Rohingya patients were traced in Cox's Bazar, said Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Thursday. "Of them, 29 are males, 41 females and seven are boy...
Nine people, including foreign migrant workers, have been killed and two others slightly injured by a massive fire that broke out at a rental apartment in New Taipei City’s Zhonghe...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that BNP will no longer be allowed to resort to any arson attack in the name of movement. He also said that...
Unidentified miscreants killed a sexagenarian man from in Sadar upazila on Wednesday. Police recovered the body from Bangabandhu Road area of Sadar upazila. Local people found the body and called...
A journalist sustained severe injuries as a group of miscreants slashed his throat at Chanchra Harinar Beel in Sadar upazila on Thursday evening. The victim was identified as Ananda Das,...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has recently signed an agreement with the technology services provider Netizen IT Ltd. for development of mobile financial service. In presence of Md. Abdul Hamid Miah,...
Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) and LankaBangla Securities signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to introduce virtual trading simulator first time in the country, a statement said. The simulator will provide...
A young man was killed when a train crushed him in Ruhia area in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night while listening to songs on his mobile phone lying down on...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) arranged a day-long Professional Induction Program for the newly-qualified CMAs at a hotel at Gulshan, Dhaka recently. ...
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