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Asian shares pushed higher on investor optimism over the global outlook despite uncertainties over the outcome of political events in China and Japan. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 crept less than...
USING mobile phone while driving is quite common these days. It is widely considered dangerous due to its potential for causing distractions in driving. Due to the number of accidents...
NUCLEAR power generation is usually a two- edged weapon, more so for a technically backward country like Bangladesh. As far as this writer feels, the nuclear operation safety with 'Thorium'...
An alleged drug dealer has been shot dead by the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB during a reported shootout at Ice Factory Road in Chittagong. A bag containing around 0.20...
The ministry of agriculture appears to have adapted the most appropriate theme on the occasion of world food day this year in the present context. It focused on the need...
An article compares livestock transfer with and without training and thus highlights the importance of skill-training in the augmentation of household income. The research has been done by Jonathan Argent,...
Parents and guardians do take heart from a vital circular issued by the Directorate of Primary Education recently. Prompted by a higher court directive, the directorate has issued on October...
A man was killed in a road accident at Dhaka's Tikatuli on Thursday night. Witness Mostafizur Rahman Shuvo said a Jurain-bound bus of 'Rangdhanu Paribahan' knocked down a pedestrian...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, as a part of its ongoing programme, awarded scholarships to 1500 underprivileged meritorious students on Friday. Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank, SM Moniruzzaman handed over the...
TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters): Kobe Steel Ltd sank deeper into crisis on Friday as the embattled company said it had lost some customers to competitors because of widespread data falsification...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 20: National Billiard Academy became champions of the National Snooker Team Championship 2017 beating Comilla City Club 3-2 frame. The final event of the Chittagong Club 2nd A...
A 11-member committee has been formed led by the Attorney General Mahbubey Alam for filing a review petition against the Supreme Court's 16th amendment verdict, reports UNB. Attorney General Mahbubey...
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a Shi‘ite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday night, a security official said. A senior security official said security forces at...
Facebook Inc started a trial that gives its mobile app users access to a limited number of articles a month and then the option to subscribe via the publishers’ own...
The government has taken back Kishoregonj Textiles Mills Ltd from private sector for violating the major conditions set out during handing over the state-owned enterprise. The authorities concerned kept the...
The Bangladesh Test Captain Mushfiqur Rahim and the Board President Nazmul Hasan aired publicly their differences over the former's media interview following the Team's humiliating whitewash in the two-Test series...
Sustainability has now become the primary agenda in almost all high-profile dialogues following the adoption of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. Bangladesh was...
More than 23 years ago, Marrakesh, a tourist-loving city of Morocco, witnessed a historical deal and also became a part of the deal by name. On April 15 of 1994,...
Queen of Jordan Rania Al Abdullah will visit Cox’s Bazar on Monday (Oct 23) to see for herself the Rohingya situation on the ground. Queen Rania is scheduled to arrive...
In the next month, the US Treasury Department is expected to decide whether to seek to replace the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act's regulator-led process for resolving failed mega-banks with a solely...
State run Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to add two more aircraft to its fleet for 72 months on lease before October next year, aiming to spread its wings on...
US President Donald Trump on Friday signalled optimism for the passage of Republicans’ sweeping tax cut plan, saying a key senator who rejected the party’s budget blueprint a day earlier...
Fourteen students, including a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL), were detained from different centers for cheating and adopting unfair means during ‘Gha’ unit written test of DU for the academic...
European Union leaders agreed to start preparing for trade talks with the United Kingdom, as Theresa May admits there is "some way to go" in negotiations. As expected, her 27...
Australia’s near 100-year automotive industry ended on Friday as GM Holden Ltd, a unit of US carmaker General Motors Co, closed its plant in South Australia to move manufacturing to...
The Amnesty International urged international community to pledge support for Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh. The rights group also said in a statement on Friday that more countries,...
A depression over the Bay of Bengal was causing heavy rainfall over areas in Bangladesh. Under its influence, heavy to very heavy downpours are expected over Khulna, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Dhaka,...
President Abdul Hamid will leave Dhaka for London on Saturday morning for medical check-up. "A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the President will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal...
The final phase of Dhaka's Mouchak-Moghbazar flyover will be inaugurated on Oct 26. The new road will connect neighbourhoods in Razarbagh and Shantinagar to Moghbazar via Mouchak. Prime Minister Sheikh...
Oil prices rose on Friday, supported by signs of tightening supply and demand fundamentals, although a warning about excessive China economic optimism still weighed somewhat on markets. Brent crude futures...
Gold prices turned lower on Friday as the dollar regained ground after the US Senate approved a budget plan for the 2018 fiscal year. Spot gold had declined by 0.4...
Demand for gold jumped in India this week on account of Dhanteras and Diwali, but high prices took some sheen off the yellow metal’s lure during the key festival period...
China posted relatively solid economic growth in the third quarter (Q3), driven by a stronger services industry, data showed on Friday. China’s property sector grew 3.9 per cent in the...
Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident at Barabkunda on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway under Sitakunda upazila on early Friday. The deceased have been identified as Masud,...
Police in a drive arrested eight members of a robber gang from Badamtoli area of old parts of Dhaka city Wednesday. Media and Public Relations Department Deputy Commissioner (DC) of...
Lionel Messi on Wednesday scored his 100th European goal as Barcelona made light of Gerard Pique's red card to brush aside Olympiakos in the Champions League. The Argentine, 30, whipped...
Google's DeepMind says it has made another big advance in artificial intelligence by getting a machine to master the Chinese game of Go without help from human players. The AlphaGo...
Spain is to start suspending Catalonia's autonomy from Saturday, as the region's leader threatens to declare independence. The government said ministers would meet to activate Article 155 of the constitution,...
Online payment processor PayPal is set to roll out services in Bangladesh on Thursday, but local users will miss out on many of the features. For instance, Bangladesh will not...
India is tightening quality controls for consumer and capital goods, officials say, a move that follows calls to curb cheap imports from China amid diplomatic tensions between the world's two...
Preparations are almost complete for the week-long 'NRB Global Business Convention-2017', which is set to begin in Sylhet city on Saturday. Officials at a view exchange meeting with the media...
Despite having huge potential in increasing passengers to and from Nepal, Biman is grappling with problems, including inadequate aircraft and manpower, in operating regular flights in this important route. The...
Children in lower-income families spend more time watching TV and using electronic devices than kids in more affluent homes, according to a survey released Thursday. The report by the US-based...
A fire has nearly destroyed a luxury hotel popular with foreigners in Myanmar’s biggest city of Yangon. A body bag was carried out of the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel on Thursday...
The United Nations has yet to determine whether violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar meets the legal definition of genocide, Jyoti Sanghera, Asia Pacific chief at the Office of the...
A Chinese company is set to get Tk 9.35 billion contract for construction of 4.5-kilometre elevated structure from Uttara House Building to Cherag Ali Market of the bus-based mass transit...
The government is expected to provide Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) with a fund of Tk 1.50 billion to facilitate the state-run housing loan agency expand its coverage down...
The country's overall imports dropped by over 8.0 per cent or US$ 315.20 million in September despite higher import of food-grains to cool an overheated market. Officials believe a slowdown...
Gold prices touched the lowest in more than one week on Thursday, as the dollar stood firm on rising US Treasury yields. Spot gold was down 0.2 per cent at...
Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal no three as the well marked low over West Central Bay and adjoining...
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