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A young man was stabbed dead by miscreants in Moktar Bari area of Tongi in Gazipur on Friday night. The deceased Saikat Hossain was a son of Kabir Hossain and...
It is really an irony to see that a superpower like the United States of America is distancing itself from closed allies under the leadership of President Trump who is...
The government will purchase six gantry cranes at a cost of over Tk 3.44 billion for the smooth handling of containers at Chittagong Port, officials said. Shanghai-Zenhua Industries Company Ltd...
Heavy downpour, prolonged monsoon and poor drainage system have damaged more city roads this year compared to the previous years, city corporation officials said. About 30 per cent roads of...
Hackers continue to target the SWIFT bank messaging system, though security controls instituted after last year’s $81 million heist at Bangladesh’s central bank have helped thwart many of those attempts,...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Friday urged the country's exporters and manufacturers to take a 'Look East' approach to expanding and diversifying export market and products. "Our exporters intend to export...
Heavy downpour, prolonged monsoon and poor drainage system have damaged more city roads this year compared to the previous years, city corporation officials said. About 30 per cent roads of...
Obaidul Huq (1911-2007), an eminent journalist, movie maker, novelist and raconteur, is no doubt an iconic figure in our literary world. He had edified our intellectual ethos for decades. He...
Marriages happen in heaven, they say. Or how else a carpenter with no education beyond literacy from Bangladesh can have a Nepalese girl as his spouse? For a Nepalese girl...
A watchdog born to bring healthy competition among businesses lies "ineffective" even after over one and a half years of its existence, leaving fair trade a far cry and price...
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged Myanmar on Friday to make sure the half-million Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled in the last two months can go home, and not...
The government has prepared the draft of a national policy for the motorcycle industry with a target to produce 1.0 million motorcycles and create 1.5 million jobs in the country...
A wild elephant attack at a makeshift Rohingya refugee camp killed four people, including children, reports bdnews24.com. The incident occurred on Saturday morning at the makeshift Rohingya camp on the...
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday he did not see any signs of bubbles or excesses building up in US, European and Japanese markets as a result...
Luxury electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) fired about 400 employees this week, including associates, team leaders and supervisors, a former employee told Reuters on Friday. The dismissals were a...
The United Nations’ cultural agency selected former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay as its new chief on Friday, handing her the keys to revive UNESCO’s fortunes after the United States...
A fire broke out at a community centre at Shahebbazar in Boalia of Rajshahi district on Saturday morning. Fire Service and Civil Defense sources said the fire erupted at Moonlight...
Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha issued a statement on Friday night before leaving Dhaka for Australia following two and a half months of discussions and criticisms surrounding him. He...
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) director general William Lacy Swing arrives in Dhaka on Sunday on a four-day visit to see current Rohingya situation on the ground. "Yes, he is...
All may be fair in love and war, but love and money? That's up for the courts to decide. A Canadian couple is heading to court after a winning lottery...
The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said he believes that the BNP will participate in the upcoming eleventh parliamentary elections despite boycotting the previous polls. “I believe the...
At least four people were killed on Saturday when a propeller-engine cargo plane crashed into the sea near the international airport in Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan, a Reuters witness...
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha's colleagues refused to work with him over allegations of graft and moral lapse, the Supreme Court said in a statement. The top court’s Registrar General...
According to a recent Wall Street Journal, companies barraged with data from the Web and other sources want employees who can both sift through the information and help solve business...
Angela Merkel secured a fourth term as German Chancellor following the election held on September 24. The election dealt a severe blow to her party Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and...
The Election Commission (EC) started updating the voter list in Dhaka city today and the registration would continue till November 5, reports BSS. ". . . Those who will be...
Instances are aplenty in this part of the world where well-intended initiatives of the government have failed to deliver results for lack of necessary follow-up measures. The Competition Commission (CC),...
A hallucinogen found in magic mushrooms can "reset" the brains of people with untreatable depression, raising hopes of a future treatment, scans suggest. The small study gave 19 patients a...
India's second-biggest cotton producing state has stepped up seizures of "unauthorised pesticides" after chemical poisoning killed at least 30 farmers in three months, a government minister told Reuters on Friday....
Stocks suffered a major correction last week that ended Thursday as investors sold bank shares in a reaction to the Bangladesh Bank's latest punitive action against seven banks. The central...
Four applicants to Jagannath University’s ‘A’ Unit – which includes the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences – were found in possession of admission test...
US stocks rose on Friday following upbeat economic data and gains in technology shares, pushing the Dow and the S&P 500 to a fifth straight week of gains. Data showed...
Police during a drive arrested two members of fake currency gang along with 50 fake currency notes amounting Tk 25,000 from Satpaika area in Char Pakkhimari union of the Sadar...
Police in a drive arrested a suspected drug trader along with one kilogram of heroin from South Buruj Bagan in Sarsha upazila of Jessore district on Friday evening. The arrestee...
President Donald Trump struck a blow against the 2015 Iran nuclear deal on Friday, defying both US allies and adversaries by refusing to formally certify that Tehran is complying with...
A switch to rich-country practice of having underground power-transmission system received a blow with the rejection of two substation projects for the capital for their bloated costs. Officials said Friday...
THERE are specific regulations for drivers formulated by appropriate authorities in every country. Bangladesh being no exception, there are specific regulations for drivers of motor bikes. Although members of police...
EXTRACTION and lifting of sand from river banks are quite common in our country. But in recent years sand mining from different rivers has become a matter for concern as...
THREE Rohingya men from Myanmar were caught recently with 800,000 'Yaba' tablets, a Thai terminology for 'crazy medicine', which is a concoction of methamphetamine and caffeine and has been very...
A sidewalk, footpath in Bangladesh, is meant for safe pedestrian movement. It saves passersby from being hit by speeding automobiles. Finding it chockablock with people in rush hours has reasons...
It's a good piece of news that the first commercial project of rooftop solar power generation is expected to produce electricity in the city from June next. According to a...
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam believes the allegations, including money laundering and moral lapse, against Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, are based on evidence. The attorney general also ruled out the...
The Election Commission (EC) will hold dialogue with BNP on Sunday as part of the commission's continuous talks with 40 registered political parties ahead of 11th Jatiya Sangsad election. According...
An investigation will open into the corruption allegations against Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, says ruling Awami League MP Abdul Matin Khasru. His remarks came after the Supreme Court cited...
Liverpool were held to a frustrating draw despite dominating Manchester United at Anfield and have now won just once in eight games. Jurgen Klopp's side were on top for long...
Bangladesh will face host South Africa in the 1st ODI of their three-match series starting at De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley on Sunday. The match will begin at 2pm (Bangladesh...
One positive outcome of the trade tensions of recent years is a renewed interest in understanding how trade actually works, in terms of aggregate gains, distributional effects, adjustment costs, and...
A few years ago, more than half a century after the concept was first proposed, the government of Côte d'Ivoire completed construction of the Henri Konan Bédié Bridge, a span...
At least five students and a security guard have been shot and killed in an attack at a secondary school in northern Kenya. The attack was allegedly led by a...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Saturday said Chief Justice SK Sinha took leave willingly and was not forced to do so. “The government has no jurisdiction to intervene in...
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