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Turkish armored vehicles rolled into northwestern Syria to impose a “de-escalation zone” in a province dominated by al-Qaida-linked militants, an incursion that the Turkish leader said was meant to secure...
India reached the Super-4s of the eight-team Hero 10th Men’s Asia Cup Hockey as the 1st team eliminating hosts Bangladesh by 7- 0 goals in a Pool A match at...
While middle class Bolivians are demonstrating against the incumbent president's bid to extend term limits, the country is thriving after a decade of progress under Evo Morales. Recently, thousands of...
Chinese messaging app WeChat has apologised after its software used the N-word as an English translation for the Chinese for "black foreigner". The company blamed its algorithms for producing the...
Uber lodged a court appeal on Friday to overturn a decision by London’s transport regulator that stripped the taxi app of its operating licence in its most important European market,...
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said the message, now swirling in social media that the 'Blue Whale' game will be planted into mobile phones, is nothing but a hoax. The...
The new Netflix series Mindhunter (premiered on Friday), partially directed by David Fincher (executive producers Fincher and Charlize Theron) follows two FBI agents (Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany) in the...
The EU is to begin preparing for its post-Brexit trade negotiations with the UK, while refusing to discuss the matter with the British government, reports BBC. An internal draft document...
House owners in the capital are now struck by a menace called holding tax as the two city corporations are desperate in raising tax rates on flats and houses not...
As internet continues to cover more areas of the country, the significance of digital education can hardly be overemphasised. Accordingly, digital literacy is being increasingly evaluated as a major tool...
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said he does not back Catalan independence, fearing others may follow the same path. Juncker, speaking at a students’ forum in Luxembourg, warned it...
An alleged drug-trader was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Galachipa in Sadar upazila of Narayanganj district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Shaheen...
DIABETES is a disease that occurs when our body cannot properly use and store sugar. When this happens, sugar builds-up in our bloodstream which results in symptoms commonly referred to...
ALTHOUGH the performance of the Bangladesh Railways is not up to the mark, it is always looked upon as common people's transport in Bangladesh. Recently the government has given priority...
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “appalled” at the Rohingya refugee crisis in her country and is determined to solve it. An adviser to Suu Kyi also said quoting...
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) received the largest humanitarian award in the world for its innovative approach to solving global health issues impacting the world’s most...
US President Donald Trump moved to undermine Obamacare dramatically late on Thursday by cutting off subsidies to health insurance companies for low-income patients, sparking threats of legal action and concern...
City Bank has recently signed an advisory agreement with International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to facilitate transformation across its SME and Retail business functions....
Islamic State suicide attackers killed at least 50 people in a triple car bomb attack on Thursday among a group of refugees in northeast Syria, a medical source in the...
China stocks were calm on Thursday, with strength in defence shares offsetting a retreat in resources plays as investors await next week’s Communist Party congress. The CSI300 index rose 0.1...
Floods in Vietnam killed 37 people and another 40 were missing as a tropical depression caused heavy rain in northern and central provinces, the Southeast Asian nation's disaster prevention agency...
Southeast Asian stock markets gained on Thursday, tracking a rally in global equities, with Singapore leading the gains and Thailand hitting a 24-year peak yet again. Asian stocks rose to...
US stocks rose on Wednesday as the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s September policy meeting merely confirmed expectations that interest rates would rise. Currency investors pushed the dollar to a...
Country’s trade in services with the rest of the world stood at $2102 million ($2.10 billion) in July-August period of the current fiscal year (FY178). Statistics available with Bangladesh Bank...
Asian stocks were near a decade high on Thursday, riding the bull run in global equity markets, while the dollar sagged after the Federal Reserve showed a guarded view towards...
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday stressed on creating awareness and ensuring active participation of people of all strata alongside the government and non-government organisations in all...
Generous power connections through "unplanned" network expansion in the country's rural areas have far outstripped generation, resulting in sporadic outage, sufferers said. Inadequate and inefficient electricity-transmission system and overload in...
The Ministry of Public Administration (MoPA) has now sought an additional allocation of Tk 4.61 billion for providing interest-free car loan to deputy secretary-level government officials. It is in addition...
Five Hollywood film studios have joined together to offer a new service designed to make it easier for consumers to collect digital movies that they can watch at home or...
Bangladesh will receive support from the World Bank to meet the needs of Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar. Both parties will determine the extent of the support and what...
Moored ships were blown away as a "supercell thunderstorm" swept through South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal region, killing at least 11 people. The dead include a child swept away by rising waters...
Japanese wholesale prices rose 3.0 per cent in September from a year earlier, at the fastest annual pace in almost nine years, due to rising prices for gasoline, metals, and...
Stocks witnessed downward trend in early trading on Thursday as cautious investors continued on selling mood on sector-wise issues. Following the previous day’s decline, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and...
Hosts Bangladesh made a dismal start in the eight-team Hero 10th Men's Asia Cup Hockey after suffering an abject 7-0 defeat against three time-champions Pakistan in their Pool A match...
The board of directors of Envoy Textiles Limited has recommended 7.0 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an...
The United Nations has announced that its top official in Myanmar is being recalled to headquarters in New York. Renata Lok-Dessallien was the focus of a BBC investigation last month...
Married men who see their relationship with their spouse improve over the years may also experience positive changes in their health that can lower the risk of heart disease, a...
The dollar hit a two-week low versus a basket of currencies on Thursday after minutes from the US Federal Reserve’s latest meeting suggested some central bankers are still concerned about...
Gold prices rose to their highest in two weeks on Thursday amid a muted dollar, after minutes from the US Federal Reserve's September policy meeting revealed low inflation concerns. Spot...
Oil prices eased on Thursday as US fuel inventories rose despite efforts by OPEC to cut production and tighten the market. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were trading...
Courts in Dhaka have ordered BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's arrest in two separate cases as she failed to appear for hearings on Wednesday. The fifth special judge's court issued a...
A court in Australia has accepted an unsent, draft text message on a dead man's mobile phone as an official will. The 55-year-old man had composed a text message addressed...
Life & Health Limited, import and export company of health beneficial products, has arranged ‘Life style Fair Fest’ fair at the Bashundhara City Shopping Complex in Dhaka recently. Chairman of...
The US is pulling out of the UN's cultural organisation Unesco, accusing it of "anti-Israel" bias, reports BBC. The agency is known for designating world heritage sites such as Syria's...
An Indian couple accused of murdering their daughter Aarushi Talwar and their Nepalese servant, Hemraj Banjade, have been acquitted on appeal, reports BBC. Dentists Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were convicted...
Italy’s Gucci will stop using fur in its designs from next year, joining a growing number of fashion houses looking at alternatives amid pressure from animal rights activists and changing...
Facebook Inc is launching a new virtual reality headset that does not require a separate computer to operate, allowing more mobile uses than the company’s existing Oculus Rift product, Chief...
Bangladesh has a long history of planning for socio-economic development, which dates back to the pre-independence era. As a sequel to its liberation war, the country inherited a devastated economy...
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has underlined the need to redouble efforts to create a more inclusive global trading system amidst signs that the developed countries, including the US, were resetting...
Pakistani soldiers have freed a North American family of five who were being held hostage by the Afghan Taliban, Pakistan's military says, reports BBC. They were rescued after a US...
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