Michael J Delaney, Assistant US Trade Representative for South and Central Asia, Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), will lead a delegation to Bangladesh from September 19 to 23 which will review progress in Bangladesh RMG sector transformation...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Thursday stressed forging a consensus to save the planet by taking some bold, ambitious and sustainable measures right now or never. "Much of our hard-earned development gains are likely to be washed away unless...
A young man was killed in a road accident in Paduar Bazar bypass area on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sadar Dakkhin upazila of Comilla district on Tuesday evening. The deceased was identified as, Rafiqul Islam, 38, a meter reader of...
Bangladesh has reiterated its call to the US to restore the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) facility and grant duty-free access of Bangladeshi products, particularly ready made garment (RMG), to strengthen Bangladesh’s ongoing fight against religious extremism. “Bangladesh apparels are...
Seoul shares rallied on Wednesday morning before the US Federal Reserve's two-day monetary policy meeting starts later in the global day. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) was up 1.8 per cent at 1,973.14 points as of 0216 GMT....
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel arrested four people, including a doctor and a mastermind of the medical entrance test question papers leakage from Mohakhali DOHS area of Dhaka city on Tuesday afternoon. The elite force also recovered model question papers...
Bangladesh ‘A’ needs 323 to win in the first one-day of the three-match series at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium, India ‘A’ Gurkeerat Singh Mann and Sanju Samson’s 110-run partnership for the sixth wicket powered to a big total of 322. The...
China stocks calmed down on Wednesday morning after falling 6 per cent over the past two days, as a rebound in small-caps offset weakness in banking shares. The CSI300 index rose 0.1 per cent, to 3,156.62 points at the end...
A four-year-old boy was among four people killed late Tuesday when police in Nepal opened fire on a crowd of people demonstrating against a new national constitution due to be introduced this week. Police said they opened fire after protesters...
Fish worth Tk 0.10 million were poisoned to death in a pond at Thekra Rahimpur village in Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira district on Tuesday night. Kazi Abdullah, owner of the fish farm, said he found dead fishes floating in the...
Most Gulf stock markets rose early on Wednesday, after oil prices edged up and Chinese shares rebounded. Dubai's index climbed 1.2 per cent and property developer DAMAC was the most traded stock, jumping 2.8 per cent after its shareholders approved...
Bodies of two young men, who went missing after an engine-run boat capsized at Chakuria Haor in Ashtogram upazila of Kishoreganj district on Tuesday morning, were recovered on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Aftab, 28, son of Abdul Rohai,...
US oil prices extended gains on Wednesday on an unexpected stockpile draw and higher gasoline prices, while international crude markets were lagged slightly on the back of low Asian economic growth expectations. Front-month US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures...
The President had removed the judge on April 20, 2004 as recommended by the Supreme Judicial Council, which accused Shahidur Rahman of gross misconduct. The Supreme Court has upheld a 2004 presidential decision to remove High Court division’s additional judge...
Dhaka University (DU) authorities have suspended Azharul Islam, assistant professor of the Department of Law for allegedly tampering mark sheets. The decision was taken at a syndicate meeting held last Tuesday. The action was taken against the teacher after the...
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Stocks witnessed mild correction on Wednesday, after remaining positive in the past four trading sessions as late hours sale pressure wiped-out early gains. The market opened higher in the morning, but it could not sustain as the session presaged. At...
The law of the jungle prevails, 'as old and as true as the sky,' and man cub Mowgli learns to survive in the first trailer of Disney's live-action version of The Jungle Book. Beware, this is not the jungle so...
The United Nations (UN) has called for a special court to try war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan army's long conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels. In a long-delayed report, the UN Human Rights Council accused both sides of atrocities,...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia reached London on Wednesday on nearly a two-week personal tour for her eye treatment and celebrating Eid-ul-Azha there with her family members. A regular flight of Emirates Airlines carrying Khaleda Zia landed at the Heathrow Airport...
A Sylhet court has granted the police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) seven-day custody of five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team for questioning over the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das Wednesday. Metropolitan Magistrate Shahedul Karim gave the...
European shares climbed on Wednesday, with miner Glencore and fashion group Inditex outperforming, as the region's stock markets were buoyed by gains overnight on US and Asian equities. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index advanced 0.9 per cent while the euro...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday termed Bangladesh an excellent example of religious harmony saying that the people of all faiths here can perform their religious rituals freely and independently. "Everyone in Bangladesh has the full right to perform his...
For Kofta: Ground meat (chicken/ beef)- 1 cup; (**Tips: Try to use the meat with no fat to make ground meat and grind them 2-3 times so that it become soft and sticky.Otherwise the kofta will breakdown during frying.); Hard...
Chanar zarda or Chanar polau is a very popular Bengali dessert. This decadent and elegant dessert needs only few ingredients, simple to make but so gorgeous is the end product!!! Ingredients: Little more than 1/2 cup chana/ chenna/ cottage cheese...
The benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 207 points to 25,913.14 in early trade on Wednesday on across-the-board buying and tracking rally in global markets. The 30-share index, which had lost 150.77 points in the previous session, was up 207.21 points,...
The first group of migrants has reached Croatia - a new route to northern European Union countries, a day after Hungary sealed its border with Serbia. About 150 migrants crossed into the EU country from neighbouring Serbia. Croatia says it...
Customs officials recovered foreign currencies worth around Tk 16.50 million at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday. Sources at the airport said being tipped off, a team of Dhaka customs house conducted a drive at the export cargo village of...
Earth's gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the Moon shrinks, NASA has revealed. After more than six years in orbit, the US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has imaged nearly...
Bangladesh football team has been put in the Group-B to play the 9th edition of the Suzuki South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship beginning on December 25 in Kerala, India. Apart from Bangladesh, the remaining Group-B teams are defending champions...
Shah Rukh Khan's "Dilwale" and Deepika's period drama are scheduled for release on December 18. "It is not as complicated as it is made to sound or written. It is very simple. The kind of film they are making and...
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