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DEIR AL-ZOR, Nov 03 (Agencies): The Syrian government declared victory over Islamic State in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Friday, a big blow to the jihadists as their...
The 5th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 will start at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (SICS) in Sylhet today (Saturday), reports UNB. Defending champions Dhaka Dynamites will take...
BRAC Bank Limited has celebrated yet another milestone as its Retail Assets Portfolio climbed to Tk 40 billion-mark, said a statement. BRAC Bank is currently the largest retail bank...
A surge in shares of heavyweight Apple helped push up major Wall Street indexes on Friday, as investors also assessed a mixed US labour market report. Shares of Apple, the...
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said Bangladesh is the champion against climate vulnerabilities. He said this in a discussion with a Bangladesh delegation to Amsterdam International Water Week. Suraiya Begum,...
Bangladesh has entered the global nuclear club through receiving the design and construction license of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project. The country is now a member of the 32-member...
As displacement continues, the humanitarian and protection needs of the Rohingya also rise, said UN Migration Agency IOM in its latest report. “New arrivals are living in spontaneous settlements with...
Pension payments have more than doubled in two years following a recast of retirement-benefit reckonings, making public exchequer bear higher "contingent liability". As such, some noted economists think that a...
Four people have died as a pick-up van hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw they were travelling in at Shalbagan in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur district on Saturday morning. The deceased, identified...
Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them. 1/TRUMP ON TOUR US President Donald...
Bacteria living in the murky depths of the digestive system seem to influence whether tumours shrink during cancer therapy, say French and US researchers. They tested the microbiome - the...
Spain on Friday issued an arrest warrant on sedition and other charges against Carles Puigdemont, tightening the judicial net around the former Catalan leader who went Brussels after his government...
Twitter has published a new version of its rules, which it says will clarify its policies and how it enforces them. It is part of a series of changes as...
Bangladeshis are among 700 boat migrants rescuers have pulled to safety in the Mediterranean, an Italian coastguard spokesman says. Twenty three bodies were also recovered during a rescue operation on...
A 15-year-old domestic help was found dead at a flat in the capital’s Kalabagan area on Friday. The deceased Thaima Tripura, daughter of Shadhu Tripura, hailing from Khagrachhari, used to...
Police arrested 21 people including 16 warranted accused in regular drives from Friday night to this morning from different areas of Habiganj district. They were picked up on different charges,...
Eastern Bank Ltd. (EBL) and LebuPay recently signed an agreement on online payment gateway service. Head of Consumer Banking M. Nazeem A. Choudhury and LebuPay MD and Chief Innovation Officer Kazi...
Nine-year-old Nusrat Jahan was murdered as she had witnessed her father's killing, police said Saturday after arresting her mother Arjina Begum and a couple who lived as tenants in the...
Founder and President of University of Development Alternative (UODA) Professor Mujib Khan stressed on ensuring quality education for a prosperous nation. “No nation can be built without ensuring quality education....
President Abdul Hamid said modernisation of waqf management is necessary to institutionalise Waqf property. "Some Muslim countries have been successful in institutionalising waqf resources for the greater welfare of the...
The petition for a review of the Supreme Court verdict scrapping the 16th Amendment will be filed within this month, says Law Minister Anisul Huq. After a meeting at the...
Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) has been carrying out intensive research to breed Hilsha in the hatchery using artificial methods. The methods, which include producing larvae from eggs using artificial...
Australia has been asked to import more Bangladeshi products as it is very popular in the Australian market. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed made the call during a meeting with Australian...
Netflix has severed ties with Kevin Spacey, star of its House of Cards, amid a number of sex assault allegations against him. The streaming service said it would hold talks...
An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is utilised by new businesses to evade the thorough capital-raising procedure required by financial speculators or banks. In an ICO campaign, some form of the...
Bangladesh with a population of 160 million faces an enormous challenge in providing jobs to millions of unemployed youths. Every year about two million youths enter the job market of...
Al Amin Jonny, the prime suspect in the murders of a woman and her son in Kakrail, has admitted his involvement in the crimes. Jonny, 33, has also said he...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given Venezuela six months to improve the flow of economic data saying it had violated IMF rules on the timely provision of some statistics....
The School of Life Sciences (SLS) and International Center for Biotechnology and Health (ICBH) at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) jointly organised a seminar entitled, “Achieving Hunger-Free Bangladesh,” recently at...
The three-decade-old bustling village market, set up by women and run by them at a village in Gopalganj district, appears unique in the country. It is called 'boubazar', roughly meaning...
Police in Zimbabwe charged an American woman over a tweet that appeared to insult President Robert Mugabe, her lawyer has said. Martha O'Donovan, 25, is accused of referring to Mr...
Bangladesh has reportedly gone one step down in the recent World Bank's (WB's) ranking of ease of doing business. It happens mainly due to the hurdles the businesses are facing...
President Donald Trump arrived in Hawaii on Friday as he set out on the longest trip to Asia by an American president in more than a quarter century, looking for...
Sheltech awarded three renowned academicians for their invaluable contribution in their respective fields of work. The real estate company awarded “Sheltech Awards” to renowned artist Professor Rafiqun Nabi (Ranabi) for...
The much-cherished softest lending by Japan is all over as the donor has hiked the interest rate to 1.0 per cent from 0.01 per cent for Bangladesh, officials said. The...
Troops serving at China’s first overseas military base, in the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti, should help promote peace and stability, President Xi Jinping told them in a video...
Consumers have no respite from price hike of essential commodities. If it is rice today, it could be lentil tomorrow. The market is perennially unstable in this part of the...
The Institute of Child Health (ICH) and Shishu Sasthaya Foundation Bangladesh (SSFB) at Mirpur, Dhaka set up by National Professor Dr M.R. Khan, under the aegis of Shishu Sasthaya Foundation,...
The US plutocracy has declared war on sustainable development. Billionaires such as Charles and David Koch (oil and gas), Robert Mercer (finance), and Sheldon Adelson (casinos) play their politics for...
The outflow of Bangladeshi workers to Qatar has fallen sharply in recent months in the aftermath of unrest exacerbated by sanction on it by Saudi Arabia and allies. Sector-insiders said...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest World Economic Outlook report (October, 2017) has given a more optimistic forecast for global economic growth. This report was released in the...
Burger King has opened its fifth restaurant in Bangladesh at Jamuna Future Park of Dhaka. The franchisee of the international fast food chain Tiffin Box Limited will run the restaurant...
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has resigned, saying in a televised broadcast he feared for his life, while also fiercely criticising Iran. Hariri's father, former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, was...
A recent probe conducted by the Religious Affairs Ministry has identified various allegations of irregularities, including bad performance, against some 100 hajj agencies. It also recommended barring them from taking...
BOGRA, Nov 04: Marginal farmers of the district have attained financial solvency by cultivating red spinach (Lal Shak).According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) official sources, the leafy vegetable...
The travel and tour industry of our country has enormous potential due to an increased standard of living of people of our country, developing infrastructures and better facilities available in...
Reports of self-harm jumped nearly 70 per cent among younger teen girls in the UK between 2011 and 2014, suggesting an urgent need for interventions targeted to this group, researchers...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque directed the police members not to check the documents of trucks and covered vans on highways so that goods transportation remain undisrupted....
Impulse Hospital has inaugurated the country’s first complete stroke unit on the occasion of World Stroke Day at Tejgaon in the city today, said a press release. The hospital also...
Sylhet Sixers secured an emphatic 9 wicket win against Dhaka dynamites in the opening match of the fifth edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium...
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