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A man was strangulated to death early Tuesday by some unidentified miscreants in Chakuli Bazar area of Manda upazila in Naogaon district. The deceased was identified as Yusuf Ali, 40,...
Oil prices took a breather on Tuesday after Brent crude earlier rose to a 26-month high, supported by Turkey’s threat to cut crude flows from Iraq’s Kurdistan region to the...
Bangladesh's economy is expected to grow at 6.9 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY18) while the inflation will remain within 6pc, according to the latest report of the...
This year looks set to be the “tipping point” for electric cars, Arnoud Balhuizen, chief commercial officer at BHP, said on Tuesday, adding that the impact for raw materials producers...
Alexandre Lacazette on Monday scored twice to earn a shaky Arsenal victory over West Bromwich, their third Premier League win in a row at Emirates Stadium. The France striker -...
PEB Steel Alliance Limited (PEBSAL) has recently signed an agreement with PHP Integrated Steel Mills Ltd in securing a landmark contract for 8400 Tons, one of the largest in the...
United Nations Security Council is going to sit in a meeting on Thursday over ongoing violence in Myanmar, which was described as ethnic cleansing. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will...
The Ministry of Social Welfare of Bangladesh plans to issue separate smart cards to minor Rohingya children orphaned or separated from their families. "As many as 1,800 children already received...
It is true that Angela Merkel has won a fourth term as German Chancellor, but the election results indicate that she might have to make huge compromises. Her party's lead...
Since the 2008 financial crisis, policymakers and international institutions have regularly expressed concerns about widening income inequality and its unwelcome political consequences. More often than not, they attribute the problem...
The number of refugees arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar since Aug 25 has risen to 480,000, said international aid bodies said on Tuesday. The figure rose owing to the inclusion...
Asian stocks were little changed Tuesday as investors watched US-North Korean tensions after a decline in tech shares dragged down Wall Street. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 lost 0.1 per cent to...
Yield on government securities took a downturn under a buying spree, especially as banks invest their excess funds in the instruments to reap double benefits. According to officials and market...
The messaging service WhatsApp has been disrupted in China as the government steps up security ahead of a Communist Party meeting next month. Users have faced problems with the app...
The controversial decree that would have opened up a vast reserve in the Amazon to commercial mining has been revoked by the Brazilian government. The area, covering 46,000 sq km...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) raised its outlook for China’s economic growth this year on the back of strong domestic consumption, an export recovery and solid growth in services. ADB...
Despite signs that numbers of giant pandas are rising, suitable habitat has shrunk, according to satellite data. The forests where the panda lives are in worse shape than in 1988,...
Three policemen have been killed by gunmen who attacked a zoo in Nigeria's mid-western Edo State, the police have told the BBC. The gunmen also abducted the head of the...
The driver of acting Rural Development and Cooperatives Division Secretary Mafruha Sultana, who was caught plying car on the wrong side of road in two consecutive days, was relieved of...
LAW is binding for every one without any exception. No matter how powerful one is, he or she has to pay dearly for violating law. This was evident from the...
IT was sad to learn from the media that three Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers were killed and four others injured in a bomb blast in West African country of Mali. The...
RAJSHAHI is extremely hot these days. As temperature rises, heat waves continue to sweep and there is hardly any respite for citizens from scorching heat. The situation is further aggravated...
In a sensationalism-driven media world, one by one the stripes emerge of Rohingya refugees, hungry, with no sanitary facilities and now giving birth to stateless babies in a country not...
With little over a couple of months to go before the curtain rises for the eleventh Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), it is heartening to see that...
Entry of unchecked cattle into the country across borders and the existence of non-functional quarantine stations are a weird combination. This paradoxical reality has long forced the nation to undergo...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said the decision about his visit to Myanmar will be taken after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home from the USA. “The Myanmar...
Germany's election result presents an odd paradox. Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is unquestionably the strongest party, and a new government without it is unthinkable. But both the...
Cold storage operators are of the opinion that between 1.5 and 2.0 million tons of potato will remain unsold by the end of the year because of sluggish demand. Farmers...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against three persons, including two bank officials, for allegedly swindling out about Tk 926 million from Sonali Bank Ltd. ACC...
A total of 160 students have submitted application against each seat in admission test for the first-year honours courses under 2017-18 academic sessions of Jahangirngar University (JU), reports BSS. ...
The government has decided to start 'crash programme' against production and marketing of contraband polythene bags across the country, reports BSS. "We will soon start countrywide 'crash programme' to...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday arrested a businessman from the capital in connection with three graft cases. ACC assistant director Gulshan Anwar arrested managing director of Chowdhury Towel...
An explosion was reported on a London underground train sending passengers fleeing in panic from the District Line of the United Kingdom. Witnesses reported hearing a “loud bang” and...
A group of men has beaten a teenager to death in Mymensingh on suspicion of thievery. The incident was reported on Monday from a village in the district's Gouripur...
Mexican government officials are tallying up the economic losses of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that caused widespread damage in the capital, but for the manager of a downtown restaurant, the...
A Comilla court on Tuesday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment in a case filed for killing a man in Meghna upazila of the district in 2005. The...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged the local and international aid agencies to forward in order to ensure proper sanitation and safe drinking water in the...
Seven UN experts strongly asked Myanmar government to stop all violence against the Rohingya community and asked State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to talk to Rohingyas personally. “We...
Russia is committing "grave human rights violations" in Crimea, according to a report by the United Nations. The UN human rights agency says it has documented arbitrary arrests, torture and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in the United States, is keeping round-the-clock contact with her office in Dhaka and clearing urgent files online. PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told news...
Police, in separate drives from Monday night to Tuesday morning, detained 41 persons including five alleged drug traders and recovered 550 liters of locally made liquor, 300 bottles of Phensidyl...
A masked gunman who entered a church near Nashville, Tennessee, was stopped mid-attack after killing one person and wounding several others. The suspect shot himself during a struggle with an...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is going to arrange a five-day training programme on "Fundamental Analysis" from October 8. According to DSE website, the programme will be held between 3:00...
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) is now working to emerge as a preferred Shariah-based bank by providing optimum services to its clients, the top executive of the bank has said."We...
BARCELONA, Sept 24 (AP): Girona succeeded in stopping Barcelona star Lionel Messi from scoring. If only it could have avoided its own net as well.Barcelona made it six wins in...
ONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters): US taxi firm Uber is prepared to make concessions as it seeks to reverse a decision by London authorities not to renew its licence in the...
The European Commission wants more social protection and rights for casual workers, such as those in the “gig economy”, and others with non-standard contracts to try to tackle growing social...
Internet giants, including Alphabet's Google and Facebook, are moving to compromise on several major policy issues as they adjust to an abrupt shift in the political winds in Washington. Just...
Speakers at an event in Sylhet on Saturday laid emphasis on the need for coordinated measures to face the increasing urban poverty in Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) area in 2020....
Beans cultivated in early season has started appearing in the local markets of the district. Local source said over 4,000 farmers of Santhia, Bera, Chatmohor, Atghoria, Ishwardi and Sujanagar...
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