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THE efforts of Bangladesh government aimed at reducing child marriages have been widely acclaimed. But we still have a long way to go to completely eliminate incidents of child marriage....
STUDENTS seeking admission to undergraduate classes of different public universities of the country are now having a busy time. That they have to apply separately for different disciplines is making...
Dhaka city, once surrounded by ebullient rivers, has a long chronicle behind turning into perhaps one of the world's most water-logged mega cities during the monsoons. The exultation over the...
The need for skill development irrespective of the economic base of countries --developed or developing -- cannot be overemphasised. However, for countries like ours skill is often synonymous with major...
The world is digitising faster than ever before. It is difficult to point out a country which has not yet tasted the perks of digitisation - be it on an...
Canada is concerned about the situation in the Rakhine State of Myanmar and thanked Bangladesh for hosting Myanmar refugees. Canadian International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau made the remarks during...
The horror hit "It" topped the North American box office for the second straight week with $60.1 million, bringing its two-week domestic total to $218.8 million, according to final box-office...
In a recent seminar, an economics entrant asked a question: what can a small country like Nepal offer for trade to say, India or other SAARC countries that can lead...
Nobel laureate Prof Amartya Sen expressed his willingness to be signatories to the open letter to United Nation Security Council (UNSC) calling for an intervention to end the human crisis...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government has taken the issue of labour rights as an integral part of the economy and society. “We are looking to the protection...
The hard work of millions of Bangladeshis working in countries such as UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, etc., yielded more than US$13bn in remittances in 2016 alone. Such inward remittances by...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said the conviction rate in graft cases increased to 69 per cent in 2017. He claimed that the ACC is trying its...
Four young fishermen were killed and two others injured as a boat capsized near Janatabazar Ghat of the Meghna River in Hatia upazila of Noakhali on Tuesday. The deceased...
Stocks ended flat on Tuesday after volatile trading as investors were active both sides of trading fence throughout the session. Dealers said some investors preferred to book profit on stocks...
The UN has announced it will investigate reports of mass killings, torture, sexual violence, and the burning of Rohingya villages in Burma.However, the UN on Tuesday asked for six more...
A man was killed and his younger brother injured in an attack allegedly by his rivals over previous enmity at Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj on Tuesday. The deceased was...
Several petrol stations in Auckland have been hit by fuel shortages as problems caused by damage to a pipeline in New Zealand's largest city spread, reports BBC. Z Energy confirmed...
Mark Beaumont, a British cyclist, has smashed the Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation of the planet on a bicycle, riding 18,000 miles (29,000km) in under 80 days. ...
An international expert on nuclear energy has said that generating electricity from nuclear power plant is cheaper than the electricity we are getting from various renewable resources. Kirill Komarov,...
The Meteorological Department has issued a local cautionary signal No. 3 on maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra as a deep convection taking place over the northern...
Amina Yuguda, a journalist from north-eastern Nigeria, has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Amina is a news presenter on local network Gotel Television, where she...
Oil markets held largely steady on Tuesday, even as OPEC producers Saudi Arabia and Iraq pointed to a reduction in supplies in line with efforts to tighten the market and...
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has turned more upbeat on the economic outlook led by an improving labour market, although it remained worried about rising household debt and a strong...
The board of directors of KDS Accessories has recommended 10 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2017, said an official...
Former England captain Wayne Rooney pleaded guilty to drunk driving on Monday, leading to a court imposing a driving ban and ordering him to perform unpaid community work. He...
Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) will hold a workshop under the Financial Literacy Programme (FLP) Wednesday. M A Mannan, MP, State Minister, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning...
Package delivery company FedEx Corp said on Monday it would raise shipping rates for some of its services from Jan. 1, 2018. FedEx Express rates will go up by...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said Aung San Suu Kyi now had her "last chance" to stop atrocities on ethnic Rohingya Muslims amid growing global outrage over her response...
GOPALGANJ, Sept 17: Fish farming in paddy field is gaining popularity among the farmers of Kotalipara in the district as it brings financial benefit to farmers recently.Kotalipara Upazila fisheries office...
PABNA, Sept 17: Farmers in Ishwardi upazila here are very happy over excellent yield of early variety of off-season cauliflower this season with fair market prices of their produce. Now...
Gareth Bale on Sunday scored a superb goal as Real Madrid ended Real Sociedad's 100 per cent winning start to the season in La Liga. The Welshman had been...
Manchester City thumped Watford 6-0 to move top of the Premier League on Saturday as Crystal Palace suffered their fifth successive loss in a 1-0 defeat by Southampton, reports Reuters.With...
JERUSALEM, Sept 17 (Reuters): Israel revised down its second quarter economic growth to an annualised 2.4 per cent on Sunday as a rise in imports weighed.The economy still accelerated sharply...
BEIJING, Sept 17 (Reuters): Beijing will suspend construction of major public projects in the city this winter in an effort to improve the capital's notorious air quality, official media said...
TRIPOLI, Sept 17 (Al Jazeera): Refugees and migrants are dying in the Mediterranean at a quicker rate than last year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has reported, as rights...
SANAA, Sept 17 (AL Jazeera): Twelve Yemeni civilians including women and children have been killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition northeast of the capital Sanaa, an official,...
The employees of BRAC Bank Limited stood beside thousands of flood affected people across the country. The employees of the bank donated one day’s salary that generated a fund of...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend in early hour of trading Monday as investors continued their buying binge on banking stocks. Following...
Most service agencies dig up city roads indiscriminately in defiance of an official manual that lacks legal claws, subjecting people to sufferings round the year. Such observations came from experts...
The total amount of outstanding loans of Basic Bank Limited to 628 companies has reached over Tk 65.38 billion, while the bank also provided loans to 57 companies without any...
A strong storm killed eight people and injured at least 67 in western Romania on Sunday as winds of up to 100 kph (over 60 mph) also brought destruction to...
Police detained a suspected terrorist along with a shutter gun from Malipathor area of Sadar upazila in Munshiganj Monday morning. The arrestee was identified as alias Baba Arif (35),...
Three people died after a truck rammed into another in Nilphamari’s Saidpur, police have said. The accident occurred on the Saidpur bypass road around 2 a.m. on Monday, said...
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with the authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short...
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday the UN Security Council has run out of options on containing North Korea's nuclear program and the United States...
A 21-year-old has died after reportedly being struck by a mechanical object while walking through a haunted house attraction in Hong Kong. The man, identified only by his surname...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in New York to address the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), on the ‘main causes’ of the Rohingya crisis and Bangladesh’s proposals for...
Dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale has scooped three of the major prizes at this year's Emmy Awards. The show won best drama series, best director for Reed Morano, and...
The admission test results of ‘Ga’ (C) unit of Dhaka University for 2017-18 academic session will be published Tuesday evening. Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman, acting Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Dhaka...
A rights group has called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo against the Myanmar military in response to an offensive that has sent 410,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh...
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