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A Japanese man was killed in a truck collision involving a 21-year-old US marine who was well over the legal alcohol limit for driving, police said of a case that...
A newborn child, rescued from a dustbin in Gazipur’s Laxmipura area under Joydebpur Police Station, is undergoing treatment at Shaheed Taj Uddin Ahmed Medical College and Hospital. Hearing a weeping...
If a prediction by two U.S. scientists were true, then the world could see an increase in the number of strong earthquakes in 2018 and the next few years. Roger...
Facebook launched its Creator app on Thursday standing of rivalling Youtube that currently holds around 24 per cent of market share with roughly 900 million visits per week. With this...
Police recovered the throat-slit body of a Madinatul Madrasa student from his institution adjacent to Sergeant Ahad Police Box at the bustling Gulistan in Dhaka city. The body was identified...
Talks on forming a coalition government in Germany have collapsed, leaving Angela Merkel facing her biggest challenge in 12 years as chancellor. The free-market liberal FDP pulled out after four...
A Dhaka court has framed charges against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and former chairman of Ekushey TV Abdus Salam and its two other senior journalists in a sedition case....
Despite the deteriorating asset quality and two dramatic hostile takeovers, the banking sector has been the winner of 2017 in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). With only six weeks to go,...
Despite proper budgeting and cutbacks on spending, it is sure that every individual has faced a scenario where they ask themselves, “Where did all my money go?” It may be...
Women are being advised to sleep on their side in the last three months of pregnancy to help prevent stillbirth. A study of just over 1,000 women found the risk...
Dhaka University (DU) is going to hold the Bijoy (victory) rally on December 3, 2017, as part of the Victory Day celebration programme. The rally will start from in front...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday demanded actions against the perpetrators of Rangpur arson attack through a judicial probe. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Hindu community members...
The government has decided to upgrade the Mymensingh municipality to a city corporation. The National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation (NICAR) approved a proposal in this regard at its meeting...
The government has no plan to increase the age limit, to 35 years from the existing 30 years, for entering public service right now. Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam...
Customs intelligence officials has found 58 gold bars wrapped in a blanket inside luggage of a passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday. The officials detained the...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Monday urged the countries in ASEM to focus more on connectivity of ideas and cultures to reduce tensions among the countries and continents. "We...
The government is going to establish a public university to spread the scope of higher education and research in Jamalpur district. The Parliament passed 'Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Science and...
The Foreign Ministers attending 13th Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) have called for immediate cessation of hostilities, halting of outflow, early and safe return of externally-displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh. On Monday,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received the "ASOCIO-2017 Digital Government Award" from Tarana Halim, State Minister for Posts and Telecommunication. The junior minister handed over the award to the PM...
Police recovered the blood-stained body of an unidentified young man from Nandalalpur area in Fatulla of Narayanganj on Sunday night. Locals spotted the youth's body on the road around 8...
Conservative Sebastián Piñera has won the first round of Chile's presidential poll, but failed to avoid a run-off. With more than 90% the votes counted, the 67-year-old billionaire has 37%,...
AS citizens of Dhaka, it is very frustrating for us to see that there are too few patches of open spaces in the city. We all are aware that greenery...
LIFE of people in disease can only be saved if proper treatment is prescribed by registered doctors. A patient or some one else on his or her behalf buys medicines...
Foreign Ministers from Asian and European countries on Monday began two-day talks to strengthen partnership for peace, find joint efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus on Rohingya...
Rangpur Riders on Monday handed Sylhet Sixers a heart-breaking seven-run defeat in the 22nd match of AKS BPL 2017, powered by Shah Cement. Winning the toss, Sylhet Sixers opted to...
I do not know about others, but I felt like crying when I heard about the ludicrous demand of the CNG auto-rickshaw workers' union. The union wants a ban on...
The Poribesh Bachao Andolon (POBA) and other allied rights organisations have drawn the government's attention to one of the much neglected health hazards in the capital city. The hazard concerns...
The throat-slit body of an unidentified youth, aged around 25, was recovered from New Chowdhury Para area in Comilla city on Sunday evening. Inspector (Investigation) at Kotwali Model Police Station,...
Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) said on Monday it would invest HK$22.4 billion ($2.87 billion) for a major stake in China’s top hypermart operator, Sun Art Retail Group...
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has forecast a third successive season of little or negative food production growth, mainly rice. Barring major setbacks, according to the latest Food...
Around 65 per cent of Bangladeshi consumers favour adopting newer modes of digital payment amid growing liking for e-business, a study by global payment-technology-giant Visa reveals. The ease of transition...
The government plans to fix the level of productivity based on different sectors and subsectors of the national economy. Industries Secretary Muhammad Abdullah came up with the statement at the...
Valencia made it a club-record eight La Liga wins in a row as they beat Espanyol on Sunday to keep the pressure on leaders Barcelona. Espanyol had the best first-half...
E-commerce giant Alibaba agreed to buy 36 per cent of Chinese supermarket operator Sun Art Retail for $2.9 billion. To land the stake at a massive discount implies brick-and-mortar store...
Julius Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania, once asked his country's creditors a blunt question: "Must we starve our children to pay our debts?" That was in 1986, before the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has declared leather products the national 'Product of the Year' at the opening ceremony of the Dhaka International Trade Fair, 2017. —Photo: bdnews24.com The 36th International...
Kamla Bhasin, the world-famous feminist from India, with a sweet smile, introduces herself as 'The Midnight Generation' - the generation of Indians born around the time of their independence, 'at...
The three-day maiden leathergoods show, arranged to draw international buyers' attention, concluded in Dhaka last Saturday, raising the hope to expand and deepen this commodity's market even stronger. The leathergoods...
The recent research finding that bankers and IT (information technology) professionals are involved in more than half of the fraudulent practices detected in the alternative delivery channel (ADC) of commercial...
Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna has died on Sunday at the age of 49. The Women's Tennis Association said Novotna, who had cancer, "died peacefully, surrounded by her family". The...
Aid causes different reactions to different people. On one hand, it is a moral obligation to help poorer countries and people and on the other, there is the concern that...
What is at stake in a cashless Bangladesh? One must bear in mind what Bangladesh presently is. Apart from its tigers, tea, and beach-replete tourist havens, it is a country...
Myanmar’s State Counsellor and Union Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi remained silent about the protracted Rohingya crisis as two-day ASEM Foreign Ministers’ meeting kicked off Monday. She,...
Climate change simply refers to the amendment of traditional inclinations in weather conditions, both locally and globally, that have taken place following human activities in particular. Climate change can result...
The extradition process of Noor Chowdhury, one of the self-proclaimed killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, may take more time. Law Minister Annisul Huq revealed the information citing some legal...
Zimbabwe’s ruling party now discussing the process to impeach President Robert Mugabe on Monday after expiring the deadline to end his nearly four decades in power by resigning. ZANU-PF party's...
Tamim Iqbal’s Comilla Victorians took solo lead in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Cricket beating Shakib-Al Hasan's Dhaka Dynamites by four wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Mirpur...
Dog owners have a low risk of developing cardiovascular diseases that further enables them to reduce the risk of mortality, a new research confirmed. The study, published in the journal...
The government has decided to upgrade Shayestaganj thana under Habiganj district to a new upazila. Another new pourashava will be established at Tarash Upazila headquarter in Sirajganj district. The decisions...
Many British businesses have become cautious as they try to gauge the impact of the country's 2019 departure from the European Union. But there's one industry that has so far...
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