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The government approved Wednesday ten development projects involving a total cost of Tk 51.81 billion. With Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presiding, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council...
Cargo vehicle operators have been carrying goods beyond the allowed level by taking advantage of paying only Tk 2,000 as fine, fixed by the authorities concerned for the time being....
At least 24 students and teachers have died in a fire at a religious school in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur. The fire at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah broke...
The Trump administration on Wednesday told US government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their networks, saying it was concerned the Moscow-based cyber security firm was vulnerable to Kremlin...
Ryanair cabin crew can choose to be subject to the employment law of the country they are based in, not that of the airline, the European Union top court ruled...
A judge has ordered the jailing of ex-pharmaceutical chief executive Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli while he awaits sentencing for securities fraud. Judge Kiyo Matsumoto said a Facebook post in...
Veteran American actor Frank Vincent, known for roles in the TV series The Sopranos and several Martin Scorsese films, has died at the age of 78, US media reported on...
India’s cash crunch and confusion over the introduction of a national sales tax were initially blamed for pulling economic growth down to its weakest pace in more than three...
Thousands of Rohingyas are searching for shelters on a 20km stretch of road in southeastern Bangladesh while aid workers are struggling to reach refugees camped on spontaneous sites. Nearly...
The world's oldest captive giant panda has died, according to her keepers in China's south-eastern Fuzhou province. At 37, Basi had outlived all her panda peers, reaching the equivalent...
In a recent study, a group of researchers have found that the Ppm1f (Protein phosphatase 1f) gene is altered when exposed to traumatic stress and is associated with posttraumatic stress...
Bangladesh's total installed electricity generation capacity has reached nearly 16,000 megawatts (MW), an official has said. The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) official told Xinhua Wednesday that "installed generation...
Police have detained five people in connection with the murder of two women at a shrine in Munshiganj. A case has been filed by Kafiluddin, the son of victim...
Islands in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa have been hit with strong gusts of wind and torrential rain as a result of Typhoon Talim, Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) said Thursday....
Dhaka stocks continued to break the previous records with the key index of the major bourse crossing the 6200-mark, as investors continued their large-cap stock buying spree. Dealers...
The Supreme Court’s chamber judge has removed the High Court stay on deducting 5 points from examinees taking medical and dental college admission tests for the second time, reports bdnews24....
Apple Inc on Tuesday rolled out its much-anticipated iPhone X, a redesigned product of glass and stainless steel with an edge-to-edge display that Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook called “the...
Calling the recent flare-up of the simmering Rohingya refugee crisis a national debacle for Bangladesh is gross understatement. Keeping all its dreadful implications for the country in view, it had...
The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in its latest evaluation report has expressed concern over the soaring prices of rice in Bangladesh during the past three months. ...
Bangladesh is planning to import gas and power from China through Myanmar. This willingness was expressed by Bangladeshi State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid when...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading Thursday as investors were on sector-wise large-cap stocks. Following the previous...
An imperious Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice on his first competitive start of the season as Real Madrid beat APOEL Nicosia 3-0 on Wednesday to get their quest for a third...
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution threatening Myanmar with taking “punitive sanctions” following the Rakhine State crisis that is forcing hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas into Bangladesh. It has...
Asian stocks were little changed on Thursday after data showed retail sales and industrial output growth slowed in China. Japan's Nikkei 225 was up less than 0.1 per cent...
Bangladesh will import 1.4 million tonnes (mt) of fertilizer from Tunisia Saudi Arabia and Morocco during the 2017-18 fiscal year to meet the demand of farmers, an official document of...
READING is a delightful habit but has taken a back seat nowadays in society. Very few people are now found reading a fiction or a book of poetry at home...
THAT corruption is a major obstacle for development of a country is an established fact. The recent remark of the chief of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) needs to be considered seriously....
THE natural beauty of a country is a gift of Nature. Hence it is a moral responsibility of people to conserve all natural resources. The city of Dhaka was once...
Never before did two Atlantic category 4 hurricanes batter the United States of America in the same year, let alone within weeks. Both have made records -certainly not in a...
Observance of the International Literacy Day in the country last week coincided with the grim reality that at present there are as many as 53,000 vacant posts of primary teachers...
A picture speaks a thousand words! Jennifer Lawrence confirms she is dating director Darren Aronofsky following months of speculation that the pair got together while making their new movie thriller,...
The Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) has unanimously adopted a resolution to challenge the 16th Amendment verdict legally. The resolution adopted on Thursday is seeking appropriate legal measures for scrapping the Supreme...
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which has become known as Pakistan leg of Beijing's new Silk Road, has attracted a number of Chinese entrepreneurs for the economic opportunities opening up...
Neo-liberalism might be why the political centre-left never really gained traction outside the North Atlantic zone. It encouraged an export-led developmental strategy, especially to rescue exhausted import-substitution economies, as part...
Indian relief has reached Chittagong for distribution among Rohingya refugees in southeastern Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh. The consignment weighing around 53 tonnes (mt) arrived at Hazrat Shah Amanat (RA)...
US President Donald Trump and his advisers' fierce rhetoric on trade and immigration has led some to wonder if our current era of globalisation is now at risk. If it...
Children as young as 11 years smoking shisha at cafes across Egypt has triggered an outrage on Twitter, according to Khaleej Times. In the pictures shared on Al Arabiya, these...
With about 10,000 to 20,000 new Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh a day, the UN agencies fear that the total number may reach one million by the year-end if the...
Multiple endings will be filmed for the final episode of Game of Thrones to stop the storyline leaking. HBO's President of Programming Casey Bloys says even the stars of...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed "deep concerns" over treatment of Muslims and other ethnic minorities Myanmar's Rakhine state. Trudeau expressed his concerns while talking to its de facto...
At least 24 students and teachers died in a fire at a religious school in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur. The fire at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah broke out...
UK Prime Minister Theresa May will make a speech on Britain’s future relationship with the European Union on Sept. 22 in the Italian city of Florence, her spokesman said. ...
A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed in the main commercial hub in Nigeria's south-eastern Abia state following clashes between the military and activists of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). ...
At least three people were killed and 18 others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between two buses at Sebarhat Bazar area under Senbagh upazila of Noakhali district on Thursday...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at places over the country in the next 24 hours ending at Friday morning. ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the fresh police officers for giving topmost priority to fundamental rights of the people, human rights and establishing rule of law in the...
At least 22 people drowned after their boat capsized in Yamuna river in Baghpat district of India on Thursday, police said. The boat carrying 60 people capsized and 22...
Proposed United States budget cuts could put in jeopardy great progress in reducing global poverty and disease and lead to 5 million more deaths from AIDS alone, the philanthropist Bill...
Rohingya refugees stand outside their temporary shelters at no man's land between Bangladesh-Myanmar border, as Myanmar security forces walk past a fence in Maungdaw, Myanmar Sept 9, 2017. Reuters ...
Bangladesh and Georgia have proposed a number of agreements to further strengthen the bilateral relations and mutual engagements between the two countries. The first ever Foreign Office Consultation was...
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