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Professor Dr Jahangir Alam Khan has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Global Village (UGV), Barisal. President and also the Chancellor of the varsity, Md Abdul Hamid...
Autorickshaw drivers have announced a 48-hour strike from November 27 for an eight-point charter of demands, including cancellation of app-based transport services. Dhaka and Chittagong chapters of CNG Autorickshaw Workers'...
The citizens of Bangladesh with some other low-income countries in Asia have slid further down the wealth distribution pyramid, reveals a study. According to the latest Credit Suisse Global Wealth...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that the government has no plan to resume providing connections of natural gas to households in the future....
A Singapore mass transit train collided early on Wednesday with another at a station, injuring 25 people, authorities said, the latest incident involving the city-state’s railways. Transit operator SMRT said...
Six people were killed when a small plane crashed in Russia’s far eastern region of Khabarovsk early on Wednesday, Reuters reported citing Russian news agencies. There were seven people on...
Sergio Aguero was taken to hospital on Tuesday after fainting in the dressing room at half-time in Argentina's 4-2 defeat by Nigeria in Krasnodar, Russia. The Manchester City striker had...
A couple has been shifted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) with severe burn wounds sustained in a cooking gas cylinder blast at their house in Gangadhar Patti area...
Asian shares markets fell on Wednesday, tracking modest losses overnight on Wall Street, where the biggest drop in crude oil prices since October weighed on oil producers and other energy...
A members’ conference on Corporate Leadership was arranged by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB)recently, said a statement. Wg Cdr Md. Tabarak Hossain Bhuiyan, psc (Retd), Managing Director &...
China’s blue-chip index was poised for its biggest one-day loss in three months, as resources shares slumped amid signs of slowing industrial production growth. The CSI300 index fell 0.8 per...
Soldiers deployed across the Zimbabwe capital Harare and seized the state broadcaster on Wednesday after 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party accused the head of the military of treason,...
A Bangladeshi national was reportedly shot to death by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Burimari border in Patgram upazila early Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as...
It is a matter of growing concern that students are losing interest in studying science subjects at secondary and higher-secondary levels. This is because of the fact that after studying...
LAST Friday, I went to visit one of my friends at Dhakeswari Mandir and stayed there for sometime. From there I went to see one of my relatives who lives...
New guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) define high blood pressure as 130 mm Hg or higher, for systolic (higher) blood pressure...
The contention of a study on the National Curriculum and Textbook Board by the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) does in no way make the NCTB any proud. Titled 'National Curriculum...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR), the tax authority, started honouring taxpayers in different categories since the last fiscal year. Title like 'Kar Bahadur' was bestowed on them this year....
North Korea’s state media has said US President Donald Trump deserves the death penalty for insulting Kim Jong-Un, supreme leader of the country. The ruling party newspaper has also focused...
It is good to learn that the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), in cooperation with 26 service-providing agencies, will launch a crackdown against unfit vehicles and unlicensed drivers, unauthorised rickshaws...
BOGRA, Nov 15: Cultivation of BT brinjal is gaining popularity among the marginal farmers of the district. A good number of growers have shown interest to more land under the...
Chandika Haturusingha's resignation that came this week was news to the Bangladesh media. He had, in fact, submitted his resignation to the President of the Bangladesh Board in October that...
Customs officials and traders often have differences of opinion regarding the treatment of goods for Customs purposes - determination of value, classification of goods, and determination of rules of origin...
The implementation rate of the Annual Development programme (ADP) during the July-October period of the current fiscal year (FY18) reached 14.51 per cent with an expenditure of Tk 238.15 billion....
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson does not want any broad-based sanction against Myanmar, as the United States wants it to succeed in transition to a more democratic society. But,...
If change comes from within, then climate action in agriculture must logically start with farmers. They need to find ways to adapt to and mitigate climate change. But when that...
According to the Harvard economist Dani Rodrik, it is impossible to have full national sovereignty, democracy, and globalisation simultaneously. The concept of a "political trilemma of the world economy," which...
The Government of Bangladesh gazetted on September 21, 2017 a new land acquisition law titled The Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Act (2017) replacing the 1982 Ordinance II. It...
The United States plans to scrutinise the Clintons' charitable foundation and a uranium deal. The US Department of Justice already directed the prosecutors through a letter to launch an inquiry...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested a senior official of Sonali Bank Ltd in Dhaka in a case filed over swindling money. ACC Assistant Director Ram Prasad Mondol arrested Assistant General...
The country has produced nearly 60,000 tonnes of sugar in the last fiscal 2016-2017, said Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu. "The 15 sugar mills across the country produced 59,984.55 tonnes...
Bangladesh and India northeastern states need to contribute to cross-border flow of investments to take maximum advantage of the geographical contiguity. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam came...
The Supreme court on Wednesday stayed the High Court order until November 19 that had directed to reopen Lakehead Grammar School branches in Dhaka Chamber Judge Syed Mahmud Hossain passed...
Stocks slipped into the red on Wednesday, after the prime index of the major bourse reaching record high in the previous day, as cautious investors booking profits on large-cap stocks....
Police arrested two people on charge of carrying out attack on two journalists in Jamalkhan area of Chittagong city early Wednesday. Chittagong Union of Journalists (CUJ) President also Bureau Chief...
Six-time champion Roger Federer was "happy and relieved" to see off the challenge of 20-year-old Alexander Zverev and reach the last four at the season-ending ATP Finals in London. Federer,...
Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC) has organised a seminar to raise awareness on various aspects of the capital markets of Bangladesh recently. Finance Minister AbulMaal Abdul Muhith attended...
Alphabet Inc’s Google reclaimed on Tuesday its spot as the default search engine on Mozilla Corp’s Firefox Internet browser in the United States and other regions as the browser maker...
A painting thought by scholars to be one of only a few by Leonardo da Vinci to have survived the half-millennia since the artist’s death is set to be auctioned...
An elderly woman was killed and at least 13 other people sustained injuries as the bus in which they were travelling, plunged into a ditch on Patuakhali-Kuakata highway in Kalapara...
The US House of Representatives will require anti-sexual harassment training for all members of staff, House Speaker Paul Ryan has announced. The move came hours after two female lawmakers...
For the past few years, the cricketers of Bangladesh National Team have been playing in the foreign T20 leagues. Shakib, Tamim, and others have been regularly playing in leagues outside...
Some 46 more listed companies disclosed their first quarter (Q1) un-audited earning per share (EPS) for July-September 2017 on Wednesday, according to separate disclosures posted on the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
At least 53 people are reported to have been killed in air strikes on a rebel-held town in northern Syria. A market was hit, with video on social media showing...
A brilliant century of Towhid Hridoy enabled Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team to almost assure the semifinal berth of the ACC Youth Asia Cup Cricket 2017 from Group A crushing hosts...
Most Southeast Asian stock markets were edged lower in cautious trading on Tuesday, as disappointing Chinese economic data and worries over US tax reforms hurt risk appetite. However, the Vietnam...
World Diabetes Day is being observed today in the country as elsewhere around the world in a befitting manner to create awareness about diabetes among millions of people worldwide. This...
The board of directors of Rahima Food Corporation Limited has decided to change the nature of existing business of the company, according to a statement posted on the Dhaka Stock...
The Election Commission (EC) says they will not use the EVMs in the next general election, a day after Khaleda Zia voiced her opposition to the use of the machines...
Bangladesh economy goes on underperforming for some limiting factors like infrastructure deficits, and gas and power problems, notwithstanding some progressive growth, says a premier trade body. The Metropolitan Chamber of...
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