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Police rescued four tiger cubs from a Benapole-bound vehicle at Chanchra intersection area of Jessore Sadar upazila on Monday morning. Sub-inspector Syed Bayezid Hossain, in-charge of Chanchra Police Outpost said,...
Sugarcane growers are set to get relieved of paying taxes for development of the roads in the sugar mill catchment areas. The government plans to repeal Bangladesh Sugar (Road Development...
A female worker was killed and four others sustained injuries when a chunk of mud collapsed on the group of worker while they were extracting stone from a quarry at...
A total of 26 islands or chars emerged in the Bay of Bengal, near the three coastal districts - Noakhali, Cox's Bazar and Chittagong - in the last 10 years....
Bob Geldof has said he will return his Freedom of the City of Dublin in protest against the Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who also holds the award. Geldof...
Abhijit Chattopadhyay, assistant high commissioner of India in Rajshahi, visited Thakurbari village under Rangpur district on Monday morning where an angry mob recently attacked the Hindu-dominated region and vandalised and...
Stocks witnessed mild correction Monday, snapping a five-day gaining streak, as risk-averse investors booked profit on sector-wise stocks. Analysts said the market finished marginal correction as cautious investors went on...
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday said the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia did not express her spite against Sheikh Hasina. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader claims Khaleda’s...
As negotiators meet in Bonn to put together a deal to implement the Paris Agreement, John Holdren, a professor of environmental policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government,...
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) arbitrarily changes the textbooks at primary and secondary levels facing communal pressures Executive Director of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Dr Iftekharuzzaman made...
As government allows 100 per cent foreign investments in Bangladesh’s economic zones, keeping that into consideration, Singaporean entrepreneurs are most welcome to invest in the EZs. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed...
At least 400 people were killed in Iran and Iraq when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the region on Sunday, said state media in the two countries. Rescuers were searching...
The 69th birth anniversary of popular novelist and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed was celebrated at Nuhash Polli of Pirojali village in Gazipur Sadar upazila with great love and affection. In the...
The law-enforcers have arrested five people, including four local leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Barguna, for allegedly killing a girl after gang-rape. The arrestees are Patharghata Degree College...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda has thanked the people of all walks of life and her party leaders and activists to join her rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Sunday braving obstacles by...
Terming the proposed holding-tax hike 'exorbitant', a platform of Dhaka's landlords rejected Sunday the rate of raise and made a five-point demand, including cancellation of the decision. They also urged...
Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman’s chest...
A day labourer was killed while returning home from his workplace as a speedy motorcycle hit him at Mandartala area on Jessore-Magura road of Jessore’r Sadar upazila on Sunday evening....
At least 33 people were killed in a train crash at Buyofwe in the Lualaba province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN radio station Okapi reports. Radio Okapi said...
Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned, is seen during Future television interview, in a coffee shop in Beirut, Lebanon November 12, 2017. Reuters Saad al-Hariri warned on Sunday...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on Monday held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Manila during which they discussed a range of...
THE country witnessed workers' demonstrations and destructive activities in some garment factories in recent years resulting in frequent interruptions and loss of life and property. Although low wages had been...
A few days ago, I went to the cardiac ward at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) to visit one of my relatives. My relative is about 83 years old and...
A new feature has been added to the list of services offered by Bangladesh Bank. Information Systems Development Department of Bangladesh Bank has launched "Banking Information" mobile app to provide...
As the influx of Rohingya refugees continues unabated, the country's Cox's Bazar-based tourism is depressingly being made to brace for a prolonged crisis. The way things keep unfolding in the...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said his party will arrange a civil gathering on November 18 not to counter BNP's rally. "It is not completely a political programme...if anyone...
Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) on Monday passed 'The Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute Bill, 2017' to set up an institute for conducting research on wheat and maize, seeking to boost...
Most of us have seen it; those that haven't might want to dig it out of YouTube archives but in the end the long-standing message sent out through the original...
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq has said that fake freedom fighters (FFs) are still enjoying allowance due to the court order. "It is shameful for our nation that...
The Frugal Innovation Forum (FIF) is a platform for practitioners to explore frugal innovations in the global South. The theme FIF highlighted this year is: 'Scaling Quality Education' - how...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Monday hoped there will be a solution to the Rohingya crisis through concerted diplomatic efforts although it does not look to...
Future historians might look back on the 21st Century as the start of some kind of a cashless society. This is not to say the causal factors all erupted in...
When Aung San Suu Kyi led the fight for democracy against Myanmar’s despotic military rulers two decades ago, she bristled at the collective reluctance of Southeast Asian governments to intervene...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against a businessman for his suspected involvement in graft and illegal wealth acquisition. The ACC found that the businessman, Sheikh Mohammad Ali,...
As the 10th South Asia Economic Summit (SAES) is taking place in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 14-16, 2017, revisiting the previous efforts to push the regional economic integration in South...
The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to seven BNP leaders and activists of Feni unit in a case filed for ‘attacking’ the motorcade of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia...
Police arrested two men along with four cubs (two lion, two leopard) from Chanchra intersection area of Sadar upazila of Jessore on Monday morning. The arrestees were identified as Rana...
The latest Security Council consensus statement, the fourth in a row in course of last three months, is the most comprehensive, substantive and explicit one, providing a framework of roadmap...
The physicians in Bangladesh usually invest only 48 seconds to a patient who seeks primary healthcare. Such a short consultation length is likely to adversely affect patient healthcare and physician...
BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday said the government needs to reach an understanding with other political parties before the next election. Khasru also said government needs...
Croatia qualified for the 2018 World Cup finals after a 0-0 draw in the second leg of the playoffs against Greece on Sunday. Croatia easily held off the Greek, and...
Country's leading real estate company Sheltech has arranged Winter Festival 2017 to begin from Thursday. The event will end on November 26, says a press release. During the festival, Sheltech...
Joint General Secretary Awami League (AL) Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif said BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia took refuge of falsehood and has misled the nation during their rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in...
Myanmar's army has replaced the head of Western Command in Rakhine state, where the military launched an operation in August. An army media officer said on Monday without giving any...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received the income tax card from the National Board of Revenue (NBR) as a regular taxpayer. NBR Chairman Md Nojibur Rahman handed over the card...
European Union foreign ministers approved economic sanctions including an arms embargo on Venezuela on Monday, blaming regional elections last month for deepening the South American country’s crisis. Anxious not to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed profound shock at the death of Kushtia's Mirpur upazila Awami League President Syed Nizamuddin Light. In a condolence message on Monday, the Prime Minister...
First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL) relocated its Shafipur Branch to a new premises at KZ Tower of Shafipur Bazar in Gazipur. Sunday's move was taken with a view to...
The government declared February 5 as National Library Day. Cabinet Division has issued a notification in this regard, said an official release. The release said a decision has been taken...
Three companies publicly listed in the Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals sector of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) have declared their earnings for the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal year 2017. The Acme...
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