Kaptai Lake and canal of Teesta Water Barrage are likely to house floating solar power plant as part of countrywide installation of such projects, officials said. If the Kaptai floating...
Signals have been detected that are thought to have come from an Argentine submarine that went missing with 44 crew on board, officials say. The defence ministry is now trying...
With the modernity of globalisation, the phrases such as e-books replacing hardcover books, online stores replacing bookshops float around all the time. Bangladesh, however has managed to keep the love...
The internal combustion engine was one of the world’s most significant inventions. It ended up powering the entire transportation industry for more than a century. But just like the internal...
Bangladesh, in the past few years, has been progressing and challenging the global market in terms of all the industry, whether it be the social platform or the retail industry....
Recent release of the Paradise Papers brings the number of Bangladeshi 'Officers' named in the ICIJ's database of offshore leaks, that commenced with the Panama Papers in 2016, to over...
Bangladesh earned over Tk 360 million by exporting tea in the last fiscal year, said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed. "Bangladesh fetched foreign currencies equivalent to Taka 36,03,02,767 by exporting 23,89,801...
Zimbabwe’s ruling party gave Robert Mugabe less than 24 hours to quit as the head of state, otherwise the 93-year-old will face impeachment. The ZANU-PF party made the decision as...
Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canadian Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, is scheduled to come to Bangladesh from on Tuesday to witness first-hand the devastating impact of the Rohingya crisis. The...
Prime Bank recently signed an agreement with Bangladesh Specialized Hospital Limited, said a statement. Head of Sales & Collection of Consumer Banking Division of Prime Bank Mamur Ahmed and Managing...
Ex husband and his two cohorts allegedly gang-raped a woman at Torabganj in Kamalnagar upazila. “A case was filed with the police station early Sunday in this connection, said Officer-in-charge...
Siemens employees protested in various German cities on Friday against the company’s proposal to cut 6,900 jobs, which a senior Siemens official said could be revised after negotiations with the...
In the latest of a string of marine mishaps, a US warship collided with a Japanese tugboat in Japan’s Sagami Bay on Saturday. The Japanese tug boat lost propulsion and...
Bond market euphoria over an unexpected India sovereign rating upgrade is expected to fizzle out next week, as concern over rising inflation, hawkish central bank rhetoric and fiscal discipline resurfaces....
The top nuclear commander in the US says he would resist any "illegal" presidential order to launch a strike. Air Force Gen John Hyten, said as head of the US...
Many rivers, canals and wetlands flowing around major cities across the country are still in the clutches of grabbers largely as a government-set rescue plan lacks bite for ineffective regulations....
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed agreements for $260 million in loans to help sustain and increase infrastructure investments in Bangladesh as well as renewable energy interventions. Economic Relations...
A European Union High Representative visited the makeshift Rohingya camps in Ukhia upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday. Foreign ministers of Germany, Sweden and Japan also visited the refugee camps...
Bangladesh sent over 800,000 workers abroad till October this year, said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday. “We have sent some 13,13,612 overseas-job seekers abroad during the last two years,”...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday said the prices of rice and other daily essentials are stable. Tofail said it in response to a question from Awami League MP SM...
The Palestine Liberation Organisation has warned it will freeze its ties with the US if it carries out a threat to close the PLO office in Washington. In a video...
Australian guitarist and AC/DC co-founder Malcolm Young has died aged 64 after a long battle with dementia. He died peacefully on Saturday with his family nearby, the BBC reported citing...
The leaders of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party will meet on Sunday to approve the dismissal of President Robert Mugabe, the only leader the southern African nation has known since independence...
A rare India ink drawing of young reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy has been sold for almost $500,000 at auction in Paris. The picture from the 1939 comic...
A Rajshahi court has granted a one-day remand to interrogate former husband of Rajshahi University's female student, who was abducted recently and then rescued. Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman also...
Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi will be observed across the country on December 2, commemorating the birth of Great Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) on this day of the month of Rabiul Awal...
Revenue authorities have chalked out a plan to introduce 'VAT Honour Card' to encourage people to pay Value Added Tax (VAT). The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is contemplating the...
MBAs are considered valuable. But are they really worth it? According to the latest trends, top HR recruiters disagree about the value of an MBA compared to what general people...
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Sunday assured they will support the return of displaced Myanmar nationals back to their homeland. Taro Kono, now on an official visit to Bangladesh,...
India has expressed interest to support Bangladesh in building Bagerhat’s Khan Jahan Ali Khan airport and modernising Saidpur airport in Nilphamari. This was revealed at a meeting between Indian High...
The Supreme Court extended a stay order for 10 more days on the High Court ruling that directed the authorities concerned to reopen all the branches of Lakehead Grammar School...
Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party has expelled country's President Robert Mugabe as the leader of the party on Sunday. The party replaced Mugabe by his former deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa. His wife...
Visiting US senators described Myanmar army atrocities on Rohingya people in Muslim-majority Rakhaine State as war crimes. They also termed such incidents in the state as basic violation of human...
North Korea is on "an aggressive schedule to build and deploy its first operational ballistic missile submarine", according to an analysis of new satellite images by the expert website 38...
A leader of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team(ABT) was arrested on Saturday from Badaldi road in Baunia in blogger and writer Avijit Roy and USAID staff Xulhaz Mannan murder...
The High Court on Sunday rejected a bail petition filed by Tangail’s Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case. The HC bench Justice...
'We are the city': Roma beats Lazio 2-1 in heated derby It was just what Italian football fans needed in the first Serie A game since the Azzurri failed to...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said sinister sectarian forces are responsible for the attacks and arson of Hindu homes in Rangpur. Quader made the statement during a visit...
Apple is delaying the release of its HomePod smart speaker until 2018. The electronics giant said the device, which was due to be released in December this year, still needed...
The latest World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI), unveiled by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), indicates that the growth of the global trade in goods may moderate in the fourth quarter...
Bangladesh Insurance Association (BIA) accorded a reception to the chairman of IDRA, Mohd Shafiqur Rahman Patwary recently at Dhaka Club, said a statement. Top business leaders and functionaries of different...
A visitor inspects different types of finished leather at a stall of Bangladesh Leather Footwear and Leathergoods International Sourcing Show 2017 at the International Convention City Bashundhara in the capital...
Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in Syria. It is the 10th time Moscow has used its...
BRAC Bank Limited signed an Employee Banking Service Agreement with Paradise Group, said a press release. Under this agreement BRAC Bank will provide services like salary disbursement, retail loan facilities,...
Ashamed and stigmatised, a village housewife in Vedarganj under Madaripur District has left her locality for an unknown place, another, whose husband is a migrant with employment abroad, equally victimised...
Now a days, the topic of child abuse has become a burning issue even in our country. In order to unravel the causes behind child abuse, it is indispensable and...
A citizen committee is organising a rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city today (Saturday) to celebrate the UNESCO recognition of historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...
Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Friday citizens' gathering at Suhrawardy Udyan today (Saturday) does not run counter to political programme of BNP, reports BSS. "Tomorrow's citizen...
National and international sports bodies and organisations from Albania to Zimbabwe joined in the global celebrations of the first-ever International Day of Sport for Development and Peace in 2014. Launched...
Lowly Rajshahi Kings tasted the 2nd win in their 5th match of the Bangladesh Premier League BPL Cricket shocking Sylhet Sixers by a comfortable seven wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National...
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