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A two-day workshop and orientation course, aiming to impart training on family planning to workers, nurses, paramedics and service providers at readymade garment (RMG) factories, began in the capital on...
Britain will expel 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation for the nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday. "Under the Vienna Convention,...
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide more support to the marginalised people in Chittagong Hill Tracts, aimed at ensuring their socio-economic development. US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia...
International express services provider DHL Express has welcomed its first ever airbus A330-300 at its Penang Gateway in Malaysia as part of rapidly-growing Asia Pacific air network. The aircraft is...
Some 23,000 people have been evacuated in a town in central Italy after an unexploded bomb from World War Two was found during excavation work. Officials in Fano had said...
A youth was electrocuted at Kalikapur under Madhobpur upazila in Habiganj on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Tareq Mia, 14, hailed from the village. Locals said the incident took...
A fire broke out at Khilkhen kitchen market in the city on Wednesday. Fire Service and Civil Defence control room operator Farid Uddin said the fire occurred around 4:15pm but...
German lawmakers voted on Wednesday to re-elect Angela Merkel as chancellor for a fourth, and likely final, term that may prove her most challenging yet as she leads a fragile...
Three Turkish air strikes hit a checkpoint held by pro-Syrian-government Shi’ite militiamen on the road to Afrin in north-western Syria on Wednesday, killing five fighters, said a pro-government commander. The...
Nobel Peace laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has condoled the death of world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. In a condolence message on Wednesday, Yunus said, "I am deeply shocked at the...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he plans to withdraw his country from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it began examining the country’s drugs war. A statement said the...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF), aiming at strengthening bilateral business ties and expanding...
Germany’s parliament is meeting to elect Angela Merkel for a fourth term as chancellor, ending nearly six months of political drift in Europe’s biggest economy. Merkel needs the support of...
Police have charged baton on the job-seekers as they were trying to march towards the Ministry of Public Administration to submit a memorandum demanding reforms of the quota system in...
Housing and Building Research Institute (HBRI) and Friendship Wednesday published a research findings in a book on “Standard Guideline for Rural Housing in Disaster Prone Areas of Bangladesh”. Housing and...
The 203rd meeting of the Board Audit Committee of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited was held recently at Head Office of the Bank. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Mosharraf...
Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific has posted its first back-to-back annual loss since the company was founded in 1946. The airline blamed intense competition from low-cost Chinese carriers and...
Australia’s biggest stadium, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) will ban cars from parking at the venue for big events under a new security plan. The decision is designed to reduce...
Canada's Bombardier Inc, the maker of the aircraft that crashed in Nepal on Monday, will investigate the causes of the crash that killed at least 49 people and injuring over...
Telenor Group has reached a strategic partnership agreement with Ant Financial Services Group ("Ant Financial") in Pakistan, where Ant Financial will invest USD 184.5m for a 45 per cent stake...
Miley Cyrus was sued for $300 million on Tuesday by a Jamaican songwriter who said the pop singer’s 2013 smash “We Can’t Stop” closely resembles a song he recorded 25...
Australian researchers on Wednesday said they are harnessing diamonds for use in biomedical implants, through a novel way that could improve the way the human body accepts the medical devices....
Wärtsilä recently celebrated 20 years of close partnership and development of the energy scene in Bangladesh, said a statement. Wärtsilä, a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions...
The first monument to the blockchain technology that underpins crypto-currencies took centre stage on Tuesday on a roundabout in Slovenia, authorities in the country’s fourth largest city said. Weighing three...
Bangladesh has taken an initiative to develop trade with Turkey by launching “Bangladesh Business Mission to Turkey 2018 (BBMT 2018)” to share the upcoming business mission activities. EXPOPRO (Center for...
bKash Limited, the leading Mobile Financial Service provider in the country will provide around 38,000 books to Bishwo Shahitto Kendro to facilitate its ‘Nationwide Enrichment (Book Reading) Programme’ for students....
Britain braced for a showdown with Russia on Wednesday after a midnight deadline set by Prime Minister Theresa May expired without an explanation from Moscow about how a Soviet-era nerve...
At least 10 security personnel have been killed after militants attacked a security checkpoint in western Afghanistan early Wednesday, officials said. Abdul Samad Salehi, a member of the Farah provincial...
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it will ban advertisements for cryptocurrencies and related contents starting in June. Under the new policy, the company will ban ads for unregulated or...
The government has declared a national day of mourning, to be held on Thursday, in memory of the victims of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash in Kathmandu. The decision was...
Democratic members of the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said they would keep investigating Russia and the 2016 US election, despite a decision by Republicans on the panel to...
Celebrity couple Zayn Malik and supermodel Gigi Hadid on Tuesday announced they had split up after two years of dating, with both posting statements of mutual love and respect. Malik,...
IPDC Finance Limited has come up with ‘Shadhinotay Shonchoy’ deposit offer for its customers. This offer will provide customers to get a handsome return of Tk 105 thousand with minimum...
The US spends about twice what other high-income nations do on health care but has the lowest life expectancy and the highest infant mortality rates, according to a new study....
A woman entrepreneur has received Tk 5.0 million in small and medium enterprise (SME) loans from Mercantile Bank Limited. She is Ms Moushumi Zaman, proprietor of MC Trade Centre. Jatiya...
Manchester United were knocked out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage after an awful performance ended in a 2-1 home defeat by Sevilla. Substitute Wissam Ben Yedder was...
The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed upward trend Wednesday as investors remained in cautious stance amid liquidity crisis. After witnessing previous day’s marginal fall, the...
Global mobile accessories provider Joyroom Technology has officially launched its operation in Bangladesh recently, said a statement. The technology company, established in 2010 and endowed with 30,000 employees across the...
A man surrendered to police after killing his wife in Kaliganj upazila in Satkhira on Wednesday. Subir Dutta, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station, said Jalal Sana of Raghunathpur village slaughtered...
Thirty-eight people have died in Ethiopia after the bus in which they were travelling, plunged off a cliff, officials say. The accident occured in Legambo district in the country’s Amhara...
Green Delta Insurance arranged an event on the eve of Women’s Day titled ‘Amader Kothaboli’. All the female employees of Green Delta participated in the event and spoke about their...
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) is going to add six vessels to its crippled fleet in a year - five vessels in the current calendar year and the rest in February...
At least 12 people were injured as a clash erupted between two groups of transport workers at Umednagar in Habiganj over occupying a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Tuesday. Police and locals...
The country's private jute millers have requested the government to procure raw jute from the farmers to ensure fair price for their produce. A letter, sent to the Ministry of...
The central bank has undertaken Investment Promotion and Financing Facility (IPFF-II) project with over US$400 million disbursement target for infrastructure development in nine key sectors. An official list of the...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the duty benefit on import of fire safety equipment by the export-oriented ready-made garment (RMG) industries to help them comply with the safety...
Representation of female workers at the supervisory level in the readymade garment factories remains poor due to their lack of expertise, training and education, according to a study. Only three...
World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said. The Briton...
The Supreme Court has stayed the four-month interim bail order to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case until Sunday. The four-member Appellate Division bench, headed...
US President Donald Trump is seeking to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese imports and will target the technology and telecommunications sectors, two people who had discussed...
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