London's transport regulator stripped Uber of its licence to operate from the end of the month over allegations of lacking corporate responsibility. "Uber's approach and conduct demonstrate a lack...
A new study shows that Neanderthal brains developed more slowly than ours. An analysis of a Neanderthal child's skeleton suggests that its brain was still developing at a time...
Boeing Co said on Friday it had increased its 20-year forecast for Southeast Asian demand by 460 aircraft, the largest jump of any global region, as low-cost carriers make travel...
The death toll from the overnight cross-border shooting by India in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has risen to six, Pakistan's military said. The latest incident comes as...
At least four migrants were killed and 20 others missing after a fishing boat sank off Turkey's coast in the Black Sea early Friday, the Turkish coast guard said. ...
A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her son at Idrakpur in Munshiganj district town on Thursday night. Alamgir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said Ratan Sheikh...
A farmer was killed and another injured in a road accident near Satmile Bazar on Jessore-Jhenidah highway in Jessore district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Zahurul Haque,...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has nabbed a former deputy general manager of Bangladesh Krishi Bank from his Uttara residence for allegedly embezzling over Tk 490 million. An ACC team,...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Chittagong divisions and at one or...
The World Car Free Day 2017 is being observed in the country like elsewhere in the world on Thursday. The slogan of the day is: Go car free and choose...
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) kept monetary settings steady on Thursday, but a new board member opposed the decision, an unexpected dissension on a board chosen entirely by Prime Minister...
Do you remember the feeling you had when you bought a pretty piece of clothing on discount? That feeling is the experience which the shopping outlet is selling you. ...
Bangladesh's revenue authority and USAID country chapter's trade- facilitation wing jointly launched a customs website Wednesday with interactive options encompassing entire spectrum of trading matters, including overseas ones. Launched...
Forsaken and driven out by their home country Myanmar, tens of thousands of Rohingyas are struggling to survive in Bangladesh's border districts amid scarcities of food, clean water and medical...
East Delta University (EDU), Chittagong organised an event titled 'Corporate Odyssey' recently at its permanent campus to address the common challenges faced by Bangladeshi graduates and job seekers. High officials...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have detained a commander of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from South Banasree area in the city on Wednesday. The...
It was April 2013 when Rana Plaza incident took place in Bangladesh causing massive destruction. The owner came under the scrutiny right after the incident for lack of proper working...
Researchers have found pangolins do persist in many forested areas of Bangladesh. With the help of the Mro tribe in Bangladesh Researchers found the pangolins, but in small, isolated...
Myanmar's Vice President Henry Van Thio says his government is "deeply concerned" about the exodus of people from Rakhine state into Bangladesh, but insists that the crisis was easing. ...
At least nine workers died and another five were injured after a bridge in Bandarban collapsed under a Red Cross truck carrying aid to a Rohingya camp. The accident...
Police recovered the body of a schoolgirl hanging from a ceiling fan inside her residence at Bagdanga village under Manirampur upazila in Jessore on Wednesday. The dead, identified as...
Crop insurance scheme, launched as pilot projects in three districts, has so far settled claims worth over Tk 3.2 million on total 1,373 policies issued by the Sadharan Bima Corporation...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested former Padma Oil Managing Director Abul Khaer over an embezzlement case. Abul Khaer was detained from his home in Gulshan on Thursday, said...
Hundreds of Buddhists in Myanmar tried to block a shipment of aid to Muslims in Rakhine state where the United Nations has accused the military of ethnic cleansing, with a...
Summer vegetables have been successfully produced by applying the organic method and modern technology in nine upazilas of the district this season, sources said. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...
Former Barcelona B player Antonio Sanabria scored a 94th-minute winner as Real Betis shocked Real Madrid to win at the Bernabeu in La Liga for the first time in 19...
Nepal is now facing trade deficit with Bangladesh. Nepali export of lentils to Bangladesh plummeted in recent years. Lentils production in Bangladesh increased significantly. Until a few years back,...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel nabbed three suspected drug traders along with 500 Yaba tablets in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi district last night. The arrestees were identified as Liton...
Bangladesh has received 270 tonnes in food aid for Rohingya refugees from local and international organisations, while the government has allocated another 500 tonnes. Over 400,000 Rohingyas, mostly Muslim,...
Wanda Metropolitano stadium, Atletico Madrid’s new home turf, will host the 2019 Champions League final, as per a BBC report. Atletico played their first league game in the 67,000-capacity...
India has been growing ‘pretty robustly’, World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has said, as he predicted a strong global growth this year, reports PTI. Speaking at the Bloomberg...
Up to 18,000 pregnant women are among the Myanmar refugees who have escaped to Bangladesh, says Health Minister Mohammed Nasim, reports bdnews24.com. Nurses and midwives have aided the normal...
Oil prices steadied on Thursday, holding most of their recent gains before a meeting of oil producers that could extend production limits aimed at clearing a glut that has depressed...
Argentina is behind on at least $700 million in promised subsidy payments to natural gas producers, hurting oil companies at a time when the government is trying to woo more...
US President Donald Trump has announced fresh sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme. He has given the US treasury the authority to target specific companies and financial...
Hurricane Maria has knocked out power across the island of Puerto Rico, home to 3.5 million people, officials said on Wednesday. Abner Gómez, head of the disaster management agency,...
Oil markets dipped on Thursday, weighed down by rising US crude inventories and production as well as a stronger dollar. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil...
The blueprint for life - DNA - has been altered in human embryos for the first time in the UK. The team at the Francis Crick Institute are unravelling...
Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in south London in connection with last Friday's terror attack on a Tube train. The teenager was detained after officers executed a warrant...
Asian shares were mostly lower and the dollar strengthened Thursday after the Fed said it would start trimming its bond holdings and planned one more interest rate increase this year....
Alphabet Inc’s Google said it would pay $1.1 billion in cash to acquire the division at Taiwan’s HTC Corp that develops the US firm’s Pixel smartphones, its latest push into...
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho called US President Donald Trump’s address to the United Nations “the sound of a dog barking”, brushing aside Trump’s remarks that the US...
The government is preparing a policy to continue providing the existing cash incentive to the leather goods and footwear sector for next five years, aims at boosting exports as well...
The birth of BIDA hardly bears fruits yet as the authority is still engrossed in setting its own house in order with policy reforms and bringing coordination among stakeholders. ...
Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident at Bokar Bhanga in Chhatak upazila on Sylhet-Sunamganj road on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the private sector needs to be taken on board to address the financing gaps in implementing the SDGs as mobilisation of financial resources for...
IN India which is called the diabetes capital of the world there are as many as 50 million people suffering from type-2 diabetes. However, medical experts feel that timely detection...
ONE of my best friends invited me along with some other friends to his wedding reception two months ago. We decided to attend his wedding programme wearing Punjabi. ...
All attention is now focused on Rohingyas coming in their thousands almost every day since the military crackdown began in the last week of August in Rakhine state of Myanmar...
She has three sons in the police department -two of them officers and one a constable, a daughter serving as a primary school teacher. Yet septuagenarian Monwara Begum has to...
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