Apart from a terrible human tragedy in Monday's Nepal plane crash, sector-insiders are worried that Bangladesh's booming aviation industry might receive an immediate blow like confidence crisis. A US-Bangla airlines...
Asian shares faltered on Wednesday amid fears of rising US protectionism as President Donald Trump fired his Secretary of State, regarded as a moderate in his administration, and sought to...
Government's election-year development programme will be focused on timely implementation of the ongoing projects, instead of undertaking new ones, alongside proper use of resources and optimum output. Officials concerned gave...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Bangladesh celebrated the International Women's Day with an event titled 'Celebrating Womanhood', says a press statement. On the occasion, a panel discussion...
Identifying liquidity shortage as the key reason for the sustained market fall, the market operators made a set of demands including revision of exposure limit to help revive the capital...
Listed companies have urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to eliminate multiple taxation on inter-company dividend and establish an introductory version of participation exemption (PE) regime in the country....
UN investigators have said the use of Facebook played a "determining role" in stirring up hatred against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. One of the teams probing allegations of genocide in...
The United States of America (USA) is the single largest export market for Bangladeshi products. But Bangladeshi products are yet to get any preferential market access to the US market,...
No international institution has done as much for children's schooling on the ground for as long as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near...
India's solar industry more than doubled its fund raising to $10 billion in 2017, clean energy consultancy Mercom said, but activity is likely to slow this year as New...
An acrobatic exhibition and choreography on a song written on Bangabandhu will be held at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) at 4:00pm on Wednesday. BSA will organise the acrobatic exhibition,...
Aviation experts have already started the grim task of combing wreckage to find out the actual cause of the crash of the US-Bangla passenger airliner at the Kathmandu Tribhuban airport...
Organic farming believed to be a thing of the past is about to experience a resurgence across the globe. This is largely due to the adverse effects that inorganic methods...
Since Biplob Kumar Deb won the Tripura state election as BJP leader unseating 25-year-long CPM chief minister Manik Sarkar, it was at once put down to saffron march into India's...
England assistant coach Paul Farbrace is believed to have turned down an offer to become Bangladesh head coach. Farbrace quit as Sri Lanka coach in 2014 to take up his...
The engagement and enthusiasm of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan about the administration of cricket in this country, particularly his keen involvement with the national team, is apparently...
French couturier Hubert de Givenchy, a pioneer of ready-to-wear who designed Audrey Hepburn's little black dress in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died on Monday at age 91. The house of...
While it bears the trappings of a 007 or Mission Impossible film, the nerve agent poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has implications beyond that of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate a total of 100 development projects during her visit in Mymensingh. The premier is scheduled to visit the district on April 5....
As US firm SunEdison has failed to make any progress in implementation of the 200 MW Teknaf Solar Park project, the government has decided to renegotiate with the company the...
President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday urged the authorities concerned to take initiatives so that treatment cost of cancer diseases remain within the common people's reach. President Abdul Hamid made the...
Internet and bandwidth consumption in Bangladesh have been maintaining an upward growth in recent years. It proves that the rate of internet penetration is on the rise here although productive...
The High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail for eight weeks to BNP special secretary Asaduzzaman Ripon in four violence cases filed against him. An HC bench of Justice Obaidul...
A woman and her three-month-old daughter have died under mysterious circumstances in Manoharganj upazila of Comilla. The deceased were identified as Khaleda Akhter Khuki, 20, and her daughter Farzana Akter...
Police arrested a young man on charge of repeatedly raping two minor girls at Hathazari upazila in Chittagong on Monday night. The arrestee is Mohammad Hossain, 36, son of Robi...
Britain gave President Vladimir Putin until midnight on Tuesday to explain how a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union was used to strike down a former Russian double agent...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government is conducting various 'false campaigns' to create a rift in their party. Speaking at a discussion, he...
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have unearthed a ‘relic galaxy’ in the Milky Way's backyard. The galaxy NGC 1277, lies near the centre of the Perseus cluster of over...
The US-Bangla Airlines has announced to provide all kinds of assistance to bring back the deceased and injured Bangladeshis. The airliner said a total of 26 people including pilot and...
President Donald Trump Tuesday ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replaced him with current CIA director Mike Pompeo. The Washington Post first reported news of the latest staff shakeup...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will restart direct cargo flights to the United Kingdom from Wednesday after two years of ban, opening new prospects for businesses. The direct cargo-flight operation will resume...
Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, who has been undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka after suffering serious injuries in a knife attack, will return to the Shahjajal...
An explosion struck the convoy of the Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah on Tuesday while making a rare visit to Gaza. The prime minister’s Fatah party said it was an...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Tuesday evening cutting her four-day official visit short following the crash of a Bangladeshi plane in Nepal. A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh...
US President Donald Trump has blocked a planned takeover of chipmaker Qualcomm by Singapore-based rival Broadcom on grounds of national security. His order cited "credible evidence" that the proposed $140...
Three teenagers were killed at Kundarun village under Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred when their motorbike crashed into a roadside tree, reports BSS. The victims are...
The US-Bangla dash model aircraft that crushed at Katmandu Airport was completely fit to fly before departing Dhaka, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Naim...
US magazine National Geographic says its past coverage of people around the world was racist. It ignored non-white Americans and showed different groups as exotic or savage, propagating "every type...
Two members of banned militant group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were sentenced to 20-year imprisonment each in a Anti-terrorism Act case in Natore. Natore District and Sessions Judge Rezaul Karim...
A control room has been opened at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to provide necessary information and counselling to the families of the victims of the US-Bangla Airlines plane crash. Additional...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 39 Bangladeshi nationals along Daulatpur border area of Benapole in Jessore on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, a team of BGB-21 conducted a...
Nepal government has transferred six officers stationed at the Air Traffic Control Tower of at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) following Monday's plane crash. The officers have been shifted to another...
A court in Feni has awarded the death penalty to 39 people in sensational Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque killing case. District and Session's Court Judge Aminul Haque handed down...
Care Bangladesh, in association with UN Women and Colors of Benneton, has launched a mobile app on women safety for RMG workers to resolve sexual incidents in the sector. ...
At least 13 people have been killed as a passenger bus burst into flames after hitting a truck on a highway in the central Turkish province of Corum on Tuesday,...
A car bomb ripped through a military kitchen in Aden used to prepare meals for Yemeni forces trained and backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), killing at least four...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled an orchid named after her in the National Orchid Garden of Singapore Botanic Garden, a UNESCO World Heritage. The Singapore government has named the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Singapore for Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon, cutting short her four-day official visit to the city-state by a day, following the crash of a Bangladeshi...
Manchester City’s David Silva underlined his importance to their impending title success with both goals in a comfortable 2-0 Premier League win at Stoke City on Monday. Pep Guardiola’s side...
Indian oil imports from Venezuela have fallen to their lowest levels in over half a decade, as a severe economic and political crisis hits crude output in the South American...
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