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The technology group Wärtsilä will supply of equipment for yet another power plant project in Mymensingh. This is the sixth new power plant to be ordered with Wärtsilä equipment by...
President M Abdul Hamid Thursday asked researchers, experts and others concerned to create stress-tolerant crop varieties for sustainable socio-economic development of the country. "There is no alternative to inventing new...
The fame of an international literary celebrity has not been strange to Kazuo Ishiguro since 1989. In that year the Japanese-born British novelist was awarded the prestigious Man Booker...
The World Federation for Mental Health's (WFMH's) report that one out of every five persons suffer from mental depression at workplaces is disconcerting. Their depression leads to absence from work,...
An alleged robber was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Daragaon Tea Estate in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj on early Thursday. The deceased, identified as...
Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday called for national unity and said she has created a committee that will coordinate all international and local assistance in violence-struck Rakhine state. Suu Kyi...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said Bangladesh will achieve success in alleviating poverty by 2024. The minister came up with the assertion while addressing at an international seminar titled 'Towards...
PRIVATE banks are also making a substantial contribution to the economic sector of the country alongside state-owned banks. They have been playing a vital role in the economy by providing...
THE TIGERS' overseas records are not particularly encouraging as is evident from their last encounter against South Africa. The way the Tigers surrendered helplessly in the two-Test series is really...
In Bangladesh when a patient sees a doctor s/he has to pay very high fees. A top bureaucrat of the government gets Tk 78,000 as monthly salary at a rate...
The government seems to be quite generous when it comes to offering car loans to its high and mid-level public servants notwithstanding the fact it encounters tremendous difficulties in bankrolling...
A sit-in demonstration staged by students of the city's seven colleges affiliated with the University of Dhaka caused an intractable vehicular gridlock in the capital on Sunday last. With the...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a woman along with 1,015 pieces of Yaba tablets from Nayapara refugee camp in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Wednesday. Acting...
The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the arrest and remand of its top leaders, including Ameer Maqbul Ahmad, is underway on Thursday in a slacked manner. The...
Within the education system of a country, higher education plays the crucial role as an incubator and bank of knowledge with untold potential. It also acts as an agent of...
The Election Commission is set to start the collection of photographs and fingerprints of potential voters, who filled voter registration forms earlier this year, at specific voter registration centres in...
Country’s northern region plunged into darkness on Thursday evening as the HVDC inter-connection substation at Bheramara broke down, reports UNB. The substation which receives 500 MW of electricity from India...
It could not have gotten any worse. Out of 127 countries tabulated in this year's Globalisation Innovation Index (GII), Bangladesh was at the basement of all Asian countries in the...
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is set to make a movie on the 'Operation Jackpot', that was carried out by naval commandos during the country's War of Liberation in 1971, reports...
Bangladesh has been ranked 88th out of 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index this year. The report was released by Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The GHI,...
Myanmar army chief claimed that Ronhingyas are not natives of the country in a meeting with US ambassador. He also accused the media of exaggerating the number of refugees fleeing,...
President Md Abdul Hamid has approved an extended leave application by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and appointed Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah to head the court in his absence,...
Stocks extended the losing streak for the second day in a row on Thursday, with key index of the major bourse dipping below 6,100-mark again, as cautious investors continued on...
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have reached a deal over political reconciliation, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement on Thursday, without providing further details about the accord...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over the country in the next 24 hours as of 9:00...
BNP is going to join the dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday to place the party's written proposals for holding the next general election in a free and...
A Jessore court on Wednesday convicted nine people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a Union Parishad member in 2005. Among the convicts, three accused were present...
Three people, including an elderly woman, were killed and three others sustained injuries in separate road crashes in Kamarkhan and Kazipur upazilas of Sirajganj district on Thursday. Officer-in-charge at Bangabandhu...
Hong Kong stocks hovered near the highest level in nearly 10 years on Thursday, as Asia stocks hit their highest in a decade on the back of global equity bull...
Apparently disagreeing on the Myanmar proposal for taking back its exiled Rohingya minority people, Dhaka Tuesday observed that their citizenship and other human rights ought to be restored first to...
A mission from Committee for Development Policy (CDP) Secretariat of UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ) met FBCCI President Md Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin) at FBCCI Bhaban...
BOGRA, Oct 10: More than 40 extreme-poor families have attained financial solvency through making Chinni-pitha, hard but tasty food item, from last decade under Dupchanchia upazila of Bogra district. The...
Catalonia’s leader balked at making a formal declaration of independence from Spain on Tuesday, calling for talks with Madrid over the region’s future in a gesture that eased fears of...
Cultivation of malta is gaining popularity in the district. A good number of farmers have attainted financial solvency by growing the citrus fruit. Local sources said cultivators have started farming...
Silicon Valley graphics chipmaker NVIDIA unveiled on Tuesday the first computer chips for developing fully autonomous vehicles and said it had more than 25 customers working to build a new...
A magical Lionel Messi hat-trick carried Argentina to a 3-1 win over Ecuador on Tuesday and booked their place at next year’s World Cup finals in Russia. With Argentina facing...
More children and teenagers in Bangladesh are obese now than before like many other developing countries, a new study suggests blaming food marketing, policies, and pricing, reports bdnews24.com. Bangladesh is...
Asian stocks advanced Wednesday after Wall Street’s main index closed at a fresh record high and Spain’s Catalonia crisis eased. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose further a day after its...
At least five people have been killed in southern Malawi after they were accused of behaving like vampires. The UN says it has pulled staff out of two districts as...
At least 13 people were killed when a fight broke out in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon and security troops were sent in to quell...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is exploring the possibilities of forming a separate revenue armed force for facing the threats and attacks in the process of revenue collection. The...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early trading on Wednesday as optimistic investors went on buying binge on large-cap issues amid earnings...
Child and teenage obesity levels have risen ten-fold in the last four decades, meaning 124m boys and girls around the globe are too fat, according to new research. The analysis...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected that Bangladesh economy would grow by 7.0 per cent rate in the current fiscal year (FY18). The fund unveiled the projection in its...
The board of directors of Stylecraft Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash and 80 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an official...
The board of directors of JMI Syringes & Medical Devices Limited has recommended 30 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an official disclosure...
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he has asked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to confirm whether or not he has declared independence, reports BBC. He said this was necessary before...
Government’s two highest approving bodies, Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee and the Cabinet Purchase Committee, approved a food ministry’s proposal to import 100,000 tonnes of white rice from Myanmar. The proposal...
Since the inception of United International University (UIU) Business Club in 2012, it has created numerous platforms for the undergraduate students. The club aims to create an understanding of corporate...
In a low-land country like Bangladesh, floods are a common occurrence in monsoon every year. One particular area that has been gravely affected by this year's flood is Sunamganj, Sylhet....
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