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Exposure to environmental toxins may be depressing the function of our circadian clock, the disruption of which is linked to increased rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and depression....
Bangladesh is set to receive a total of US$457 loan from the World Bank (WB) for implementing two projects regarding trade and business. To this end, two separate agreements will...
A senior US official has said that it is Myanmar’s responsibility to initiate the repatriation process and bring back Rohingyas in a safe and secure area. “Responsibility for repatriation lies...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested the prime suspect from Gopalganj over recent murders of a woman and her 18-year-old son in Dhaka. RAB-3 chief Lt Col Md Emranul...
The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has earned Tk 3.68 billion net profit after tax in 2016-2017 Fiscal Year (FY). Board of directors of the ICB approved the balance sheet...
Canada’s imports and exports dropped for the fourth consecutive month in September, resulting the trade deficit remained at C$3.18 billion ($2.48 billion), according to Statistics Canada data. Analysts in a...
The US trade deficit widened slightly more than expected in September as rising exports of goods and services were offset by a jump in imports. The Commerce Department said on...
US unemployment fell to its lowest level in nearly 17 years in October, according to data released on Sunday, which President Donald Trump said was proof his policies were bearing...
The government has undertaken another project to set up a 3,600 megawatt (MW) power plant based on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) at Payra upazila of Patuakhali district. North-West Power Generation...
Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has implemented a project at an estimated cost of around Tk 7.99 billion to ensure a sound rural road network in the northern region of...
Green University of Bangladesh (GUB) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US-Bangla group at the university. Prof Dr Md Golam Samdani Fakir, Vice-Chancellor of the University, and...
A five-member delegation led by Zhang Zuwu, Vice-President of Kunming University, China met Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman at his office on Friday. Other members of the...
Walton is set to launch various technology products including desktop computers, monitors, pen drives, memory cards and Wi-Fi routers in the domestic market. Assembled and manufactured locally, those products might...
Rock singer Neil Young is selling some of his most prized possessions - part of his model train collection. The Canadian folk-rock star is putting more than 230 of his...
The late Selena Quintanilla, American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer, has been honoured with a Hollywood star in a much-anticipated ceremony after two decades after her death....
Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa surprised his fans by tying the knot with his long-time sweetheart Lisa Bonet in a secret ceremony at their house in Topanga, California. There...
Asian stocks were mixed Friday in holiday-thinned trading as investors digested uninspiring Chinese economic data, Donald Trump’s pick for next Fed chief and a US tax cut plan. Hong Kong’s...
Police have detained 28 members of a bandit group that had hijacked a bus after a gunfight in Savar. Four police personnel, including an OC, were injured in the incident...
The nation will observe the mournful Jail Killing Day today (Friday) by paying rich tributes to four national leaders and Liberation War heroes, who were brutally murdered inside the Dhaka...
A two-day international workshop on `Revival of Waqf for Socio Economic Development’ jointly organised by Islamic Research and Training Institute of Islamic Development Bank, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Centre...
Philippine shares rose for a fourth session on Friday, buoyed by expectations of greater investments into the market and prospects of better-than-expected corporate earnings. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares...
BNP has planned a ‘big’ rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city on November 8, marking the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day' that falls on November 7. The party already...
Australia claims to have ‘reliable’ information, suggestive of militants planning to target Western interests in Bangladesh. “There is a high threat of terrorist attack in Bangladesh,” it said on Friday,...
US lawmakers proposed targeted sanctions and travel restrictions on Myanmar military officials on Thursday over the treatment of the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority, one of the strongest efforts yet for...
US President Donald Trump’s @realdonaldtrump Twitter account was “inadvertently deactivated” due to human error by a Twitter Inc employee on Thursday and was down for 11 minutes before it was...
Patrice Evra was sent off after kicking one of his own team's fans in the head before Marseille's Europa League defeat on Thursday at Vitoria Guimaraes. Footage shows the 36-year-old...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders, marking the Jail Killing Day. On behalf of...
A hard bargain by a foreign donor held back Bangladesh's another public- private partnership (PPP) project as it made the funding of Dhaka Bypass conditional to government counter-guarantee. The project...
Authorities concerned are considering numerous steps to reduce the traffic jams at the landing points of Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover within three months. The landing points of Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover are experiencing serious...
LOTTO Bangladesh has signed an agreement with Mushfiqur Rahim, the Test Cricket Captain of Bangladesh as its Brand Ambassador. The signing ceremony took place in Dhaka recently, said a statement....
Naval police have recovered the bodies of two youths who jumped off the Postogola Bridge into the Buriganga River in Dhaka’s South Keraniganj on Wednesday afternoon. The recovery was made...
Gold firmed on Friday but stuck to a narrow range below the previous session's highs as the dollar steadied amid caution ahead of US jobs data later in the day....
Police have arrested a couple in Khulna in a case over the murders of a man and his nine-year-old daughter in Dhaka's Badda. Police say an extramarital affair between Arjina...
The government has taken various initiatives to make state-run Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) more profitable by improving its service standard. Currently, the organisation has three vessels only-- MT Banglar Joyti,...
China is has expressed interest to forge more cooperation in Bangladesh mass media sector and keeping peoples from the two countries informed about development efforts. "We are willing to cooperate...
Pakistan has summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner in Islamabad Tarik Ahsan following Dhaka’s protest over a video post on Facebook which Dhaka termed the distortion of history. He was summoned by...
More than 11 million voters, who got registered after 2012, will receive laminated national ID cards instead of smart NIDs for casting ballots in the 11th general elections, the commission...
Former President Abdur Rahman Biswas is no more. He has died at the age of 91 on Friday. Abdur Rahman Biswas passed away at a Dhaka hospital after suffering from...
New Zealand shares edged lower on Friday as consumer staples reversed gains made earlier in the day. Across the Tasman, the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index slipped 0.2 per cent, reports...
Australian shares advanced on Friday on broad-based gains, with financial and material stocks leading the charge in a generally upbeat mood in markets across the region. The S&P/ASX 200 index...
Shanghai stocks were on track to close at one-month lows on Friday, as anaemic growth in China’s service sector in October broadened worries of an economic slowdown, prompting selling in...
The Dow industrials climbed on Thursday while losses in Facebook kept the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in check as investors assessed the long-awaited tax cut plan unveiled by US...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is visiting Myanmar on Nov 15 to discuss the situation in Rakhine State that has forced over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee and take...
Arsenal and Spain international Santi Cazorla says doctors told him he should be "satisfied" just to walk again after he contracted gangrene following an operation. The 32-year-old midfielder last played...
Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) and International Trade Centre (ITC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on October 29 to support joint research to facilitate trade and business environment in...
Small branches of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Friday sought cooperation among them for exchanging knowledge and technical assistances to accelerate their pace of development. "Within small branches as well...
Local Government is a locality-based government system. In our country, its existence dates back hundreds of years, although it had undergone different shapes and forms from time to time. In...
At this crucial juncture of international migration, where numerous push and pull factors have engendered unprecedented migration flows across the globe, the ongoing discussions at the United Nations must lead...
The apparently innocuous world of knowledge and virtual entertainment is fast being plagued by unwarranted developments. Bangladesh has lately started feeling the heat. The dreaded Blue Whale game apart, the...
With the new development paradigm developed by economists in recent years, economic development means economic growth alongside social justice, good governance and a declining trend of income inequalities among citizens....
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