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The cracks developed on the entire length and breadth of the Dhaka-Chittagong highway are a cause for serious concern -albeit not surprising. When a mega project is not soundly backed...
Except the serious readers of Saratchandra Chattopadhyay (1876-1938), most of his admirers are possibly oblivious to a vital fact related to his literary achievements. The year 2017 marks the centenary...
It was a bold move that might, in retrospect, constitute a defining moment in Bangladesh's foreign policy-making. Sheikh Hasina's emotional visit to a Rohingya refugee camp carried many messages: Bangladesh...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will always be remembered as a person who gave priority to ethical values and human rights and turned Germany into the humanitarian face of Europe. ...
India is considering supplying arms to Myanmar’s government in a sign of strong support for a neighbour that faces criticism for its crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, reports Reuters. The...
Hillary Clinton's memoir about losing the 2016 US election to Donald Trump has sold more than 300,000 copies in the US, according to its publishers, reports BBC. Simon &...
The Saudi government is lifting a ban on calls made through online apps on Thursday but will monitor and censor them, a government spokesman said. All online voice and...
150,000 Rohingya refugee children will be given vaccines, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Thursday. The minister said it while addressing a press conference at his...
Rescuers are racing against the clock to reach survivors trapped under the rubble of a school in Mexico City which collapsed during Tuesday's earthquake, reports BBC. One is a...
President M Abdul Hamid Thursday sought support of international community, different agencies and states including the United Kingdom, to help resolve the Rohingya issue. "Though Bangladesh is a very small...
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a “top militant leader” of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh in Dhaka, who was once a fashion model, reports bdnews24.com. Mehedi Hasan, 29, was...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited US business leaders to increase investment in Bangladesh citing mutual benefit of both countries. The PM told this to the US-based Business Council...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) William Lacy Swing to pressurise Myanmar on taking back the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh....
Sri Lankan authorities have admitted in a Dutch documentary that thousands of babies born there were fraudulently sold for adoption abroad in the 1980s. Up to 11,000 children may...
Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai met actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra in New York and tweeted a photo of the two together, along with a sweet caption. ...
Toshiba has sold its prized semiconductor business to a group led by US private equity firm Bain Capital in a bid to keep its struggling business afloat. The $18...
Over 40,000 ethnic residents of Tarash upazila under Sirajganj district are managing daily family expenditure by making brooms with Kashful or catkin over the last two months. They collect...
A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to Ganajagaran Manch spokesperson Imran H Sarkar and cultural activist Sanatan Ullash in a defamation case filed for their derogatory remarks on Prime...
Alaska Airlines employees have long received bonuses for helping reach on-time arrival goals and improve passenger satisfaction scores. And they recently got a new way to earn a pay bump:...
Representatives for Taylor Swift on Tuesday rejected a copyright infringement lawsuit filed on Monday by two songwriters over Swift’s hit song “Shake It Off” as a “ridiculous claim.” Songwriters...
Oil prices rose on Wednesday after Iraq’s oil minister said OPEC and other crude producers were considering extending or even deepening a supply cut to curb a global glut. ...
Google has announced it will give a total of £1m ($1.3m) to fund projects that help counter extremism in the UK. The UK fund was part of a $5m...
A third man has been arrested over Friday's Tube attack in Parsons Green. The 25-year-old was arrested in Newport, south Wales, on Tuesday evening, Scotland Yard said. An address...
Iran's position as the lead supplier of the world's most expensive spice is being undercut by fraudulent business under which genuine saffron from the country is adulterated and resold to...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters): Oil prices traded close to five-month highs on Tuesday after fresh data showed key Middle Eastern producers continued to cut supply in line with an OPEC-led deal aimed...
BOGRA, Sept 19: Napier grass cultivators are being financially self-reliant cultivating the grass variety due to its good market price in Bogra district. Each maund of grass is being sold...
The Chinese flagship move - commonly known as 'Belt and Road' (BR) - could deliver mutual and equal socio-economic benefits for both the developed and the developing countries, speakers said...
Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a...
The central bank is going to strengthen its monitoring and supervision for ensuring hassle-free disbursement of farm loans, particularly in the flood-affected areas, to facilitate boosting agriculture production. As...
The Trump administration is preparing to make it easier for American gun makers to sell small arms, including assault rifles and ammunition, to foreign buyers, according to senior US officials....
The regulator is readying a set of rules making it mandatory for all market intermediaries to maintain minimum capital to avert risks of their doing business on the capital market....
Saudi King Salman ordered $15 million aid for the Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar as a result of genocide and torture. The announcement came in a statement to the...
Jamuna Bank Limited recently signed an agreement with Titas Gas Transmission & Distribution Company Limited at Titas Gas Head Office. Under this agreement, Titas Gas subscribers can pay their gas...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the OIC member states to show a unity for solving the Rohingya crisis before it is too late. "I call upon OIC...
A two-day international conference titled '1st International Conference on Business and Management', arranged by BRAC Business School of BRAC University begins Thursday at The Westin, Dhaka. The highlights of...
At least 50 people of Singarol village in Pirganj upazila have been hospitalised since Tuesday evening after they fell sick due to suspected food poisoning. Pirganj upazila administration has...
Lionel Messi on Tuesday struck four goals at Camp Nou as Barcelona romped to a 6-1 win over Eibar to extend their lead at the top of La Liga and...
The country's painting sector, despite having immense potential, is not flourishing at an expected level mainly due to inadequate curating facilities and limited art collectors, insiders have said. According...
Bangladesh government is aiming to launch the 4G service by December this year to ensure the fastest data service for mobile phone subscribers of the country. State Minister for...
Swiss drugmaker Novartis on Wednesday said it had won European Union approval for Rydapt to be used against a mutated form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other rare diseases,...
Six workers, including a woman has died after a fire erupted at a textile factory in Munshiganj. The incident was reported Wednesday morning from the factory of Ideal Textile Mill...
Saudi Arabia will remove its ban on internet phone calls on Thursday, a government spokesman said, in a bid to stimulate online business as the kingdom looks to boost non-oil...
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation called upon the United Nations Security Council to take “immediate action” on Myanmar to stop the Rohingya crisis. The ogranisation also urged the adoption...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stressed on ensuring education, training, right tools and access to equal opportunities for women to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "Women empowerment is a must...
The United States will provide nearly $32 million for humanitarian assistance to Rohingya Muslims displaced by sectarian violence in Myanmar, reports bdnews24.com. The money aid would address the need...
The increasing digitisation of the global economy is changing how products and services are produced, distributed, and sold across borders. Technologies like cloud computing, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and "smart...
Bangladesh's pharmaceutical industry is now on road to self-sufficiency in meeting local demand. The industry is a big contributor to the national exchequer, and it is the largest white-collar intensive...
US President Donald Trump has urged the United Nations Security Council to take “strong and swift action” to bring Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis to an end. Vice President Mike Pence said...
Asian stock markets were little changed on Wednesday as investors took to the sidelines ahead of the Federal Reserve's announcement of the result of its meeting. Japan's Nikkei 225...
State-owned enterprises (SoEs) run deep in debt, as of latest calculations, as repayment rates stand much lower than borrowings for government's indifference towards their reform. People familiar with the...
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