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LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters): Oil steadied on Tuesday, as speculators took profits on some large positions that have built up in the last couple of weeks, but the prospect of...
A bomb planted by Kurdish militants ripped into a military vehicle, killing four soldiers and wounding four more, as they traveled in southeast Turkey near the border with Iran on...
BARCELONA, Spain, Oct 3 (Reuters): Barcelona and its members would have to decide which soccer league to play in if Catalonia gained independence from Spain, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu...
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has undertaken enterprise to cultivate hybrid cotton in this current season under Charghat upazila of Rajshahi district. The farmers of Matikata, Deopara and Kankanhat municipal...
Aus farming is gaining popularity among thousands of poor peasants in the district. Once Aus was cultivated on the large tract of land in the area, now high yielding Boro...
The government is set to pour first nuclear concrete into the Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP) project this month after ending the pre-construction phase, said officials. Russian President Vladimir Putin...
The prices of key construction materials, including steel rods and bricks, have marked a significant rise in the recent times, triggering anxiety among the realtors, sector insiders have said. They...
Some problems, including the ones in the bidding process, are likely cause substantial delays in launching of the much-publicised metro rail. Project sources said commercial launching of mass rapid transit...
Ambassadors of 20 mostly western countries based in Myanmar in a joint statement has said they saw Rohingya villages were burned to the ground with residents fleeing elsewhere while visiting...
Interest rates on bank deposits increased further following higher credit growth particularly in private sector, officials said, citing latest disclosure. The weighted average interest rate on deposits rose to 4.93...
At a business talk with the Indian finance minister, Dhaka urged Delhi Tuesday to lift the antidumping duty imposed on export of Bangladeshi jute and jute-made products, saying that the...
Net foreign investments in stocks jumped 202 per cent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2017 as overseas investors poured more funds into the Bangladesh stock market. Positive macroeconomic...
France's lower house of parliament has approved a new anti-terrorism law intended to bring an end to a nearly two-year-long state of emergency. The law will incorporate several measures first...
The Appellate Division has stayed the High Court’s decision regarding rules for higher secondary students taking admission tests to medical and dental colleges, allowing second-time test-takers to be penalised 5...
Members of river police recovered decomposed body of an unidentified young man from the Buriganga river in South Keraniganj upazila in Dhaka on Tuesday night. After being informed, police recovered...
The UK pledges extra help for the victims of the Burmese military’s atrocities by “doubling” donations made by the British public to the cause. In the last month alone, more...
Bangladesh and India Wednesday signed a US$4.5 billion dollar credit line which will be used for 17 development projects. Bangladesh’s Economic Relations Division Secretary Kazi Shofiqul Azam and Indian Exim...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed mixed trend in early trading on Wednesday as investors remained active both sides of trading fence. Following the...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has recently signed an agreement with Resource Integration Centre (RIC) at a simple ceremony held at the RIC Central Office, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. Under this...
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from new Bus Terminal area in the district town Tuesday evening. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Ali, general secretary of Charsherpur Union...
Humanitarian organisations helping Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh said on Wednesday they need $434 million over the next six months to help up to 1.2 million people, many of them...
Health officials from around the world are meeting in France to commit to preventing 90 per cent of cholera deaths by 2030. The disease, which is spread through contaminated water,...
India has approved smartphones maker Oppo’s request to open single-brand retail stores in the country, paving the way for the Chinese firm to sell directly to consumers and add to...
Republican leaders are making clear that Congress will take no action on gun legislation in the wake of the massacre in Las Vegas. They refused to entertain Democratic demands to...
Three scientists won Nobel prize in chemistry for developing a technique to produce detailed images of life’s complex molecular machinery. Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson will receive equal...
Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC. In his first interview since a disputed vote on...
Visiting Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley supports cashless economy as a cash-based economy harms the poor and supports corruption. "If the economy depends mostly on cash, the curse of cash...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith is going to USA on Thursday to attend the annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary...
International Organization for Migration (IOM) appealed to the international community for US$ 119.77 million to provide desperately needed aid as over 500,000 newly arrived Rohingyas are now living in ‘dire...
Cardiovascular diseases are causing 17.5 million deaths in the world every year. But 80 per cent of the deaths caused by heart diseases can be reduced by creating awareness among...
The issue that has been at the centre of discussions on electricity in recent weeks is the proposal of the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) to increase its price....
The sun is the world's largest source of energy. Each year the sun sends over 1.0 billion TWh of energy to the earth which is equal to 60,000 times the...
Britain’s economy remains stuck in low gear but price pressures are rising again, according to surveys on Wednesday that will probably keep the Bank of England on track to raise...
Jessia Islam was crowned Miss World Bangladesh, after it was stripped of controversial winner Jannatul Nayeem Avril. The decision to dethrone Avril was announced by the contest's judges and organisers...
Walton is offering cash vouchers of different values to mark its new initiative of digital registration of the sold appliances across the country, said a press release. Senior operative director...
A 1,000-year-old bowl from China's Song Dynasty has sold at auction in Hong Kong for almost US$38m (£28m) - a record for Chinese porcelain. Sotheby's, the auction house, said the...
An initiative taken by the government to start the commercial operation of Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB), a state-owned specialised bank, has seen no visible progress mainly due to lack of...
It’s a titanic reunion — Kate Winslet is joining the “Avatar” franchise, reuniting the actress with “Titanic” director James Cameron. A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox confirmed the news Tuesday....
The girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock has left the Philippines for the United States, where she is wanted for questioning. Marilou Danley, who arrived in the Philippines in...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) during a drive detained a listed member of inter-country (Bangladesh-Myanmar) criminal group along with arms and bullets from a remote hilly region of Puran...
Yahoo has said that all of its three billion user accounts were affected in a hacking attack dating back to 2013. The company, which was taken over by Verizon earlier...
Pro-independence Catalan leaders are pressing ahead despite an emphatic warning from King Felipe VI, reports BBC. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont told the BBC he would declare independence "at the end...
The food ministry has moved to tighten the spanner. It has made obtaining of a licence from the directorate of food by importers, millers, dealers, wholesalers and retailers of rice...
The menace of private coaching has now fully overtaken teaching at the schools all over the country. The very teachers, who are supposed to teach the students at the schools,...
Women in Saudi Arabia are being allowed to drive at long last. This is a positive move, but the country still has a long way to go----to give some more...
Having faced a year of record temperatures and devastating hurricanes, the United States stands more to lose if it doesn't take steps to reduce the risk and impact of climate...
A tribunal in Narsingdi sentenced three people to death on Wednesday for killing a woman after rape in 2015. The convicts are Sultan Miah alias Jamai Sultan, 35, son of...
It's very surprising to note that the road construction cost in Bangladesh is the highest in the world in spite of the fact that the labour cost is very cheap...
Two people were killed and five others injured in a road accident at Laksam upazila of Comilla on Wednesday. The incident was taken place when a covered van hit a...
Ford's new boss has outlined plans which he says will make the US car giant "fit" to compete in a changing industry, reports BBC. Jim Hackett said Ford would shift...
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