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A Chittagong court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 40 years of imprisonment in a case over raping a 9 years old girl in Lohagora upazila in the district in...
With lavish pageantry and an uncharacteristic personal flourish, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday rolled out a red carpet welcome for US President Donald Trump at the Forbidden City, the...
The government has approved a proposal to award a Tk 125.66 billion contract to a Chinese company to construct the Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway (DAEE). The 24-kilometre expressway will be built...
Bangladesh has given the green light to a Singaporean firm to buy 55,000 tonnes of sugar from the international market through open tenders. The cabinet committee on government procurement, headed...
Banks in the country are gradually expanding agent banking activities across the country as the number of accounts has already crossed 1.0 millon. According to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) quarterly...
Britain’s Oxford University said one of its professors, the prominent Swiss Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan, had taken a leave of absence after two women filed complaints against him in France...
The board of directors of four more listed companies – Padma Oil Company, Orion Pharmaceuticals, Orion Infusions and National Tubes – have recommended dividend for the year ended on June...
A meeting between bankers and SME entrepreneurs was held at Amrit Lal Dey conference center in Barisal recently. Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) arranged the event, supervised by Bangladesh Bank,...
A large organization of cancer doctors has issued a call to action to minimize alcohol consumption. With a newly released position paper, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) hopes...
The government has honoured 84 families from 64 districts for paying highest amount of taxes in fiscal 2016-17. The families have got the ‘Kor Bahadur’ title for their contributions to...
Sumaiya Akter Laizu, a Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinee from Raushan Ashraf High School, was killed and five other students wounded in a road accident in Comilla’s Sadar Dakshin upazila...
Britain's Andy Murray hopes to make his competitive return in Brisbane in January following a hip injury - but only if he is 100 per cent fit. The Scot lost...
Twitter says it’s ending its iconic 140-character limit and giving nearly everyone 280 characters. Users tweeting in Chinese, Japanese and Korean will still have the original limit. That’s because writing...
Japan’s Nikkei share average slipped on Wednesday from the previous session’s near 26-year high as investors took their profits, dragging on financial and mining stocks. The Nikkei dropped 0.3 per...
Pollution in the Indian capital hit a dangerous level on Tuesday, putting residents at risk, forcing the closure of schools, and bringing calls from doctors for the city’s half marathon...
New Zealand shares were lower on Wednesday after energy stocks languished as a rally in oil prices lost steam after tension flared between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The benchmark S&P/NZX...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that it becomes difficult for law-enforcement agencies to find out them who willingly go into hiding. “Many a times people hole themselves up,...
Australian shares eased on Wednesday, hurt by basic materials and energy firms though strong quarterly earnings from Commonwealth Bank of Australia drove its stock up and helped limit broad losses....
Wall Street ended mixed trade on Tuesday, the Dow Jones eked out a fourth consecutive record high, while the S&P 500 ended marginally lower. The S&P 500 financial index led...
Islamic banking, which shuns interest in its operational mode, has gained popularity all over the world. Though this banking has its root in Islamic religious faith that prohibits interest in...
The gunman who killed 26 churchgoers in Texas fled from a mental health clinic in 2012, according to a police report. El Paso officers who detained Devin Kelley five years...
That the year 2017 is going to be one of the hottest years ever is no surprise. What is however somewhat pleasantly surprising is that the year is likely to...
Kitchen market appears to be highly volatile. At this time of early winter, prices of vegetables begin to come down gradually. This happens almost every year. But this year, things...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 08: The cattle and goat farm owners of greater Rajshahi districts are facing a dire strait due to an abnormal increase of price of straw, a popular fodder...
More than a year after the Chinese president laid the foundation stone, the construction work of the country's first tunnel under the Karnaphuli river is yet to start as Chinese...
As the world moves from digitisation towards artificial intelligence (AI) we are told that these man-made robots may now recognise 'thinking patterns' of humans. Scientists are delighted, social scientists are...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a stark warning to North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un in an address to South Korea's parliament. "Do not underestimate us. Do not try...
Impressive quarterly results from the biggest technology companies show that they are nowhere near saturating their consumer markets, exhausting their innovation cycles, or reaching growth maturation. Dig a little deeper,...
Accidents on the railway tracks, mainly at level crossings, have become quite frequent in the country, causing deaths and injuries to people as well as damages to properties. According to...
Demonstration effect is a commonly used term that refers to the behaviour of individuals caused by observation of the actions of others and their consequences. According to the Financial Times...
HIGH COURT has recently issued an order prohibiting use of hydraulic horns across the country. The ruling is wise and well perceived as hydraulic horns have a devastating effect on...
An article by Amy Kazmin, published in the Financial Express on September 30, 2017, narrates an inspiring story: Ten years ago, the residents of Kabada Boddaput, a remote Araku valley...
Much to the dismay of the government in Addis Ababa, "Zone 9" has become a household name in Ethiopia. Since 2012, this small group of journalists-turned-online activists has used social...
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced two visually-impaired people to life imprisonment and another person to seven years of jail term for killing a person with vision problem in 2011....
The Chinese government's vision is to double 2010 national income by 2020 with the nation pushing towards transforming its economy from a largely export-driven one to services and domestic consumption,...
Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise team Sylhet Sixers have been fined for slow over rate against Rajshahi Kings at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Match Referee Neyamur Rashid...
Many companies which had allegedly indulged in fraudulent activities during the 2010-11 stock market crash have been under the scanner. For example, many such companies showed their assets to be...
A 20-year-old Russian boy, Boriska Mipriyanovich, claiming to have lived on Mars before being reborn on Earth has baffled scientists with his immense knowledge of outer space. The boy shocked...
Law Minister Anisul Huq will hold a meeting with the apex court judges on November 16 over the service rules and conduct of lower court judges. Law ministry spokesperson Dr....
One-third of the Rohingya population taking refuge in Bangladesh is vulnerable, revealed the innovative data collection technology employed by the United Nations refugee agency for the first stage of Rohingya...
On October 31st, 2008, days after the Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and caused shockwave around the financial world while an alias named Satoshi Nakamoto laid out a whitepaper of...
Dutch Bangla Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DBCCI) held a reception in the city recently, according to a statement. The reception was held in honour of Ambassador and Head of...
The imported skin creams that are easily accessible by Amazon and usually exported to Asia and Africa pose severe risk on the skin of the patients, finds out a dermatologist...
Stocks extended the gaining streak for the three consecutive sessions Wednesday as investors took position on banks and Grameenphone shares. Dealers said the market extended the winning streak riding on...
Four people were killed when a helicopter crashed in Gunma Prefecture in the northwest corner of Japan's Kanto region, Xinhua reported on Wednesday citing local media reports. According to local...
China’s trade surplus with the United States fell in October to $26.62 billion from $28.08 billion in September, according to data from China’s customs administration on Wednesday. The surplus with...
A massive fire, that broke out at a jute mill in Manik Chalk area in Sadar upazila of Bogra on Wednesday morning, was doused. The fire originated from electric...
The academic activities of Rajshahi Medical University (RMU) has started, aiming to improve and expand scopes of the medical education, research and treatment in the region. In the preliminary stage,...
The dollar slipped broadly on Wednesday, hurt by a media report that suggested the implementation of a centerpiece corporate tax cut under discussion in US tax reforms plans could be...
Oil price fell on Wednesday as Chinese crude imports slipped to their lowest level in a year, although traders said the overall market remains well supported on the back of...
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