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The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) held a scientific discussion on ‘Global best practices on OTC drug regulations: A way forward for Bangladesh’ in Dhaka city on Sunday. The...
Aynabaji, a Bangladeshi crime thriller film, has won grand prix in four different categories of the Digital Marketing Award 2017 by Bangladesh Brand Forum recently held at Le Méridien Dhaka....
At least 27 people have died in a series of wildfires in Portugal, the country's civil protection service says. In Spain's Galicia region, at least three people are dead, reports...
Bangladesh's presence as an observer at the WorldSkills Competition held in Abu Dhabi on Sunday last has most likely been prompted by necessity. In fact, necessity is a mild world;...
The European Union has announced suspension of invitations to Myanmar military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other top military commanders of the country. The announcement comes in response...
China’s economy is expected to grow 7.0 per cent in the Second Half (H2) of this year, the central bank governor said, accelerating from the first six months and defying...
Theresa May is to travel to Brussels later for a dinner with EU leaders in a bid to end a stalemate over Brexit. The meeting, with chief negotiator Michel Barnier...
British actress Sophie Turner and US singer Joe Jonas are to marry. The pair, who have been together since 2016, both shared the news on Instagram with the same picture...
Asian shares advanced to a decade high on Monday, while US oil futures jumped to hover near a six-month top as escalating tensions between the Iraqi government and Kurdish forces...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized various import-banned medicines, Indian saree and three-pieces worth Tk 2 million (20 lakh) from Sadipur border under Benapole Port Police Station on Sunday...
At least seven soldiers were killed and 37 others injured as suspected Islamic State (IS) militants attacked six checkpoints in the turbulent north of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on...
A housewife died from electrocution at Belghoria village in Gopinathpur union of Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat district on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Asma Begum (34), wife of...
Bangladesh becomes the twenty-first most attractive offshoring destination in the world and the ninth best-outsourcing hub in Asia as per a global rating of skilled services location. Such grading of...
THE number of kidney patients is rising with every passing day. It is indeed alarming that every year 26,000 people die of kidney diseases. Although there has been increased awareness...
IF slow vehicles are allowed to run on highways alongside fast moving ones, traffic congestions occur more frequently and chances of accidents increase. For example, slow-moving vehicles under the name...
Scientists have detected the warping of space generated by the collision of two dead stars, or neutron stars, reports BBC. They have confirmed that such mergers lead to the production...
THE country has been experiencing price hike of essentials during the last couple of months. All varieties of rice have been selling at prices which are 30 to 50 per...
It all seems to be happening at once. Increased fuel prices, a surge in staple imports added to which is capital machinery, the import bill is growing at a pace...
Better late than never, recent attempts at improving nutritional status of the people of Bangladesh by all stakeholders deserve admiration. From the supply-side point of view, especially of rice-led calories,...
The global cloud computing sector in the future will be a game between China and the US, a chief of Chinese internet giant Alibaba said last week at a conference....
There is a greater need today than ever before for giving social businesses - 'non-dividend' companies 'dedicated to solving human problems' - a far more robust role in the economy,...
All along we have considered authoritarian governments or dictatorships as the true devils, that too, in need of urgent replacement, to uphold the higher values of freedom (and all that...
Kensington Wade, the first dual language English-Chinese prep school in Europe, recently opened in London. Epitomizing "Chinese fever" among people around the world, it indicates their bullish bet on China's...
US President Donald Trump has ended all speculations and confusions that his cryptic comments have created at times about the 2015 landmark Iran nuclear agreement. In a sharp policy shift,...
Speakers at a discussion urged the government to formulate a food security law and suggested reducing the price of OMS rice from Tk 30 to 15. They also urged the...
President M Abdul Hamid on Monday urged media people to ensure objective journalism and always give priority to reality in their profession. The President came up with the call as...
The wi-fi connections of businesses and homes around the world are at risk, according to researchers who have revealed a major flaw dubbed Krack, reports BBC. It concerns an authentication...
An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was killed and two others were injured in a factional clash at Tilagarh in Sylhet city on Monday. The deceased was identified as...
Scientists at Rutgers University in New Jersey and Chinas Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences have come up with a way to improve the nutritional value of corn using smart gene-editing...
The High Court Monday banned removal garbage in open-back trucks in Dhaka and set the time for removing waste. Justice Quazi Reza-Ul-Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah gave the order after...
The President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, failed to clarify Monday whether his administration had officially declared independence from Spain and instead repeated his call for talks to resolve the ongoing...
Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) came down to Tk 5.03 billion on Monday, lowest in the last three months, as investors reluctant to make fresh investment in the...
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is scheduled to open at 9:00am Wednesday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the media centre...
Police in a drive detained a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Mahishbathan area in Rajshahi district on early Monday. Kamruzaman Sohel is a secretary of Rajpara unit Jamaat and son of...
Some unidentified miscreants hacked a security guard to death and snatched four motorcycles from the garage of a house in Truck Road of Chandpur town in the wee hours of...
At least 11 people were feared killed, while six others swam to safety Monday after a boat capsized in eastern Indian state of Bihar, local officials said. The boat capsized...
"Super-sized" chocolate bars are to be banished from hospital shops, canteens and vending machines, NHS (National Health Service) England says. Sweets and chocolate sold in hospitals should be 250 calories...
Two construction workers died from electrocution at a house in Shamsernagar area in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Monday morning. The victims were Syed Ali (22), son of late Makbul...
Captain Mauro Icardi scored a 90th-minute winner from a controversially awarded penalty to complete his hat-trick and give Inter victory in a thrilling Milan derby. The Argentine kept his cool...
A woman died from snakebite at Jalshuka village in Sadar upazila of Chuadanga district on Sunday. The villagers said, Shundori Khatun, 45, hailing from the same village, was bitten by...
Conjoined twins born in a remote village in the Democratic Republic of Congo have survived a 15-hour journey on the back of a motorbike to be separated. They were then...
The country's companies, small or large alike, looked blissfully unaware of business-continuity planning to survive any calamity though recent trends leave them susceptible to a variety of existing and emerging...
One of the most tourism sites in China, the Palace Museum, or Forbidden City will close its ticket windows, and all 80,000 tickets will be sold only online from Tuesday....
Fast-moving fires spread by shifting winds forced thousands more Californians to evacuate their homes on Saturday as the death toll from the deadliest blaze recorded in the state's history rose...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been working with the Bangladesh government to collect data on the estimated 5,36,000 forcibly displaced Rohingyas of Rakhine state of Myanmar...
A British man has fallen to his death while taking photos at a temple in India during a year-long world trip. Roger Stotesbury, 56, was visiting Orchha, in the Indian...
Police in overnight drives arrested some 62 people from different areas under 17 police stations early Sunday, a news agency reported. Police conducted drives from Saturday night to Sunday morning...
Despite opening higher, stocks on both bourses failed to stay positive at midday on Sunday as risk-averse investors started to sell their holdings to avoid further losses. Following the previous...
The world economy is the healthiest it’s been in years but could still use a little help from low-interest rates and higher government spending from countries that can afford it,...
The BNP, a regular critic of the current Election Commission (EC), has sat for discussions over the upcoming 11th National Elections. The discussion, part of a series of meetings where...
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