There are a number of international food chains which are operating their businesses mainly in Dhaka and some other major cities across the country. Detailed information about some of those...
Chairperson of the BNP Khaleda Zia did not attend the Armed Forces Day reception on Tuesday at Senakunja for the fifth successive year. Although a BNP delegation used to join...
There is a persisting overall trend of insufficient good jobs for young people seeking work, who are estimated to account for over 35 per cent of the unemployed worldwide in...
A USD 100 million turnkey deal has been signed for the Floating LNG Storage and Regasification Terminal (FSRT) in Moheskhali of Cox's Bazar. Summit LNG Terminal signed a turnkey contract...
A baby boy was slaughtered allegedly by his father and grandfather at Morjal village in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mahin Miah, nine-month-old son...
A pathway in the brain seems to link exposure to adverse experiences during early childhood to depression and problems with physical health in teens and preteens, researchers at Washington University...
Organic cultivation system is necessary to ensure safe food production, said agricultural experts at a seminar on Tuesday. They said currently 87 countries across the globe are farming following the...
Specially tailored, ultrafast pulses of light can trigger neurons to fire and may one day be used to help patients with light-sensitive circadian or mood problems, a study of the...
A recent survey of 4,016 adults by the American Society of Clinical Oncology found that only 30 per cent knew alcohol is a risk factor for cancer. Name things that...
Sri Lanka has appreciated public procurement environment and electronic government procurement (e-GP) system in Bangladesh. A three-member delegation of the South Asian country's National Procurement Commission (NPC) is now in...
Brain's dynamic properties, how it is wired and also how that wiring shifts in response to changing intellectual demands, are the best predictors of intelligence in the human brain, a...
Dhaka Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has called the parents of Comilla College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, who was killed nearly 20 months ago, to meet at its office on Wednesday....
Police have arrested 60 people in Jessore district in separate drives from Monday night to Tuesday morning. The Police Control Room here, the arrestees are accused of various criminal cases,...
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday said people wants an interim administration during the election. He also warned that if the government fail to reach an understanding with...
President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday asked the members of the Armed Forces to maintain the utmost professionalism in their works. The President made the call for upholding their image both...
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why it shall not declare illegal the 2016 gazette fixing minimum age of...
The committee, formed marking the 3-day visit of the 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, made the remarks on Tuesday. The committee held a press conference organised on...
The government would provide allowance from January next to the members of different forces who took part in the Liberation War. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this a reception on...
A bank officer died when a demo train hit him in Hamjarbagh area of Panchlaish of the port city on Tuesday. The deceased was Rashed Khan, 31, of Mirsarai Sadar...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 37 Bangladeshis from Sadipur border area under Benapole Port Police Station while entering into Bangladesh illegally on Tuesday morning. Commanding officer Lt Col...
The White House asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to allow President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban to take full effect after an appeals court in California ruled last...
Amnesty International has said Rohingyas live under a system of ‘apartheid’ in Myanmar, which constitutes a crime against humanity. The Myanmar state has institutionally discriminated and segregated the Rohingyas and...
The agitated locals torched a bus when it hit a motorcycle rider, leaving him seriously injured in Solosahar area of Panchlaish on Tuesday Assistant sub-inspector of CMCH police outpost Abdul...
Construction work of Chittagong-Cox's Bazar rail line, costing $1500 million, is likely to begin next month, which will establish better connectivity between the port city and beach town of the...
A worker died after being electrocuted while working in a project of Chittagong Wasa (Water Supply & Sewerage Authority) in the port city on early Tuesday. Mobarak Hossain (30), hailing...
The admission tests for the first year honours courses under 2017-18 academic session of Islamic University (IU), Kushtia will begin on December 1 and will continue till December 5. The...
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has completed the first test of its Mars 2020 mission's parachute-testing series, the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment, or ASPIRE, the U.S....
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) inaugurated it’s 108th Branch and an ATM Booth on the Branch Premises at Kalihati in Tangail Monday, said a statement. The Additional Managing Director of...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Police, in separate drives from Monday night to Tuesday morning, detained 32 persons including two alleged drug pedlars, two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited has opened its 109th and 110th Agent Outlets at Chandidwar Bazar and Gopinathpur Bazar, Brahmanbaria recently, said a statement. Executive Vice President and head of Agent...
BRAC Bank Limited and Impress Capital Limited, a concern of Impress Group, signed a custodial agreement for the mutual fund “BCB ICL Growth Fund”. Under this agreement, BRAC Bank...
Asian shares rose Tuesday after Wall Street regained lost ground overnight amid subdued trading ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.7 per cent to finish at...
Japanese stocks rose on Tuesday after large cap stocks such as automakers and manufacturers of factory automation equipment rallied, while North Korean tensions supported defence-related shares. The benchmark Nikkei ended...
Hong Kong stocks rose on Tuesday as IT sector jumped. The Hang Seng Index was up 1.2 per cent at 29,619.80. The Hang Seng China index was up 1.91 per...
Google Developer DevFest Bangladesh 2017 presented by Google Developer Group Dhaka and powered by Whiteboard, in association with Preneur Lab, took place recently at GP House, said a statement. State...
China has proposed a three-phase plan for resolving the Rohingya crisis, starting with a ceasefire in Myanmar’s Rakhine State so that refugees can return from Bangladesh, China’s Foreign Ministry said...
Asian shares slipped in muted trading Monday ahead of the Thanksgiving holidays in the US, as gloom carried over from Friday’s retreat on Wall Street. Japan reported its exports rose...
Pink, Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera led female artists of pop music dominating the American Music Awards stage on Sunday with powerful performances, despite being edged out by male artists...
The number of new motorcycles in the roads of Dhaka crossed the last year’s total in the first 10 months of the current calendar year. Latest statistics, released by Bangladesh...
Three people were killed when their motorcycle crashed into a roadside tree in Amtoli area on Nageshwari-Bhurungamari road in Kurigram on Monday morning. The deceased were Motaleb (35), Sohel (32),...
Autorickshaw drivers, who have long faced criticism for not taking passengers to their destinations and charging exorbitant prices, say app-based transport services have made it difficult for them to earn...
The North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has been the butt of President Trump's tweets. Insulting him in his tweets has been his most favourite pastime. A sample tweet that the...
Traffic management in urban areas of the country in general and Dhaka in particular has long been a subject of widespread as well as intense public criticism. Citizens suffer inordinate...
The discovery of an exoplanet similar to Earth only 11 light-years from the only planet on which life is known to exist has opened up the prospect of finding extraterrestrial...
Fifteen people were killed and five more injured when a stampede broke out in a southwestern Moroccan town on Sunday as food aid was being distributed in a market, the...
SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Nov. 20, 2017--S&P Global Ratings today assigned its 'BBB+' long-term issue rating to the proposed U.S.-dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes due 2027 by Reliance Industries Ltd. (BBB+/Stable/--)....
Police recovered 4.1 kg heroin from the bank of Padma River at Hakimpur in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj district on Sunday night. Idris Ali, the Officer-in-Charge (operation) of Sadar...
Stocks witnessed bullish trend in early trading on Monday as investors are active on sector specific issues, after the core index hitting all time record on Sunday. Within the first...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Alliance Securities and Management chairman Pankaj Roy from Dhaka city in a case filed for amassing wealth illegally. ACC Deputy Director (media) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said...
To promote women entrepreneurship in the country, Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) enters into an agreement with a local NGO Aloshikha, said a statement. M Nazeem A Choudhury, Head of...
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