The government on Tuesday appointed Mohammad Ziauddin, Ambassador at-Large of the Prime Minister, as the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States. Ziauddin will enjoy the rank and status of State Minister in his new appointment, says a Foreign...
Pubali Bank Limited has reduced the lending rate for helping expansion of industry and economic development. Apart from this, the bank has introduced SMS-based banking services for the customers to give them up-to-date and prompt service.The bank reduced the interest...
Salaries and bonuses of workers of readymade garment (RMG) units will be paid within July 26, State Minister for Labour Mujibul Haque Chunnu has said. Garment factory owners failing to do so would have to face the consequences, he added....
China told the United States on Tuesday to stay out of disputes over the South China Sea and leave countries in the region to resolve problems themselves, after Washington said it wanted a freeze on stoking tension. Michael Fuchs, US...
A long-shot effort to break California into six separate states got a boost on Monday, when the billionaire venture capitalist behind the proposal said he had gathered enough signatures to place it on the ballot in two years. Timothy Draper,...
Microsoft Corp is planning its biggest round of job cuts in five years as the software maker looks to integrate Nokia Oyj's handset unit, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the company's plans. The reductions, expected to be announced...
Four secretaries have been transferred and given new postings in the latest administrative reshuffle. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday. It says Posts and Telecommunications Secretary Abu Bakar Siddique has been made...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on the need to resolve a decades-old border dispute during talks before the BRICS summit in Brazil, a statement said Tuesday. The leaders also pledged to strengthen trade and...
The Indian government has announced a new penalty of $579 million on the country's largest private company, Reliance Industries, for failing to meet commitments to supply gas for the fourth year in a row. Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told parliament...
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved six development projects involving Tk 78.39 billion. The approval came from an ECNEC meeting held on Tuesday at the NEC conference room at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city. Briefing reporters after...
China will dedicate itself to ‘perfecting’ the role developing countries play in international affairs to give them better representation and a greater say, President Xi Jinping said ahead of a summit of BRICS nations in Brazil. China has already started...
A Bangladeshi young man was picked up allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from near Molani border point in Haripur upazila in Thakurgaon on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Tofazzal Hossain, 30, son of Bazlur Rahman of...
Twelve people were killed on Tuesday and up to 120 injured when a Moscow underground train derailed between two stations during the morning rush hour, the Emergencies Ministry said. Injured passengers were carried on stretchers, bloodied and bandaged, out of...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Tuesday set September 4 to pass an order whether to initiate contempt proceedings against New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) for making ‘biased, baseless, utterly false, fabricated and ill-motivated allegations’ in its...
Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, taking their lead from a second straight advance on Wall Street, while investors await a string of market-moving news and data over the next few days. The broad Asian gains add to Monday's positive performance...
Former Chittagong mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury has written to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina against what he says is a ‘conspiracy’ to recruit foreign operators for New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT). Mohiuddin sent a fax to the prime minister’s office on...
At least 89 people have been killed in a car bomb explosion at a busy market in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province. Officials say the attacker drove a 4x4 vehicle into the market in Orgun district and detonated the explosives. The...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has unveiled the cover of a book written on her husband BNP founder late president Ziaur Rahman. Khaleda, also a former prime minister, unveiled the book titled ‘President Ziaur Rahman: the Statesman’ at her Gulshan office...
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim on Tuesday described the Philippines as the next ‘Asian miracle’ and a global model in fighting corruption, as it emerges from decades as a regional economic laggard. Kim heaped praise on Aquino's anti-graft fight,...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said Bangladesh has reached the present level of development overcoming various ‘odds’ and ‘challenges’, and appreciated the international community’s support for the country’s development. In the last four decades since independence, Bangladesh has achieved...
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) will organise a week-long Jamdani fair in front of the National Museum at Shahbagh from July 17. Various types of Jamdani sarees, including Tersa, Jolpar, Pannahajar, Korola, Dublajal, Saburga, Bolihar, Shaplaphul, Angurlota, Moyurpachpar,...
A court in Pakistan has passed a death sentence on a man convicted under controversial blasphemy laws of insulting the Prophet Mohammed, lawyers said Tuesday. Pakistan has strict laws against insulting Islam, which can sometimes carry the death penalty, but...
Jahangirnagar University (JU) will go on a 24-day vacation on Tuesday on the occasion of Holy Eid-ul-Fitr. All academic activities will resume on August 8 while the administrative activities will remain closed from July 26 to August 3. However, the...
Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) President Quazi Faruque died of cardiac arrest at his residence at Mirpur in the city on Tuesday morning. He was 66. He was suffering from heart diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure and eye ailments. Faruque...
The government on Tuesday approved six development projects involving over Tk 78.39 billion and three of them are related to rural electrification to boost rural economy. The approval came at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic...
Tens of thousands of German football fans are giving a hero's welcome to the World Cup-winning team in Berlin. The main celebrations were at the Brandenburg Gate, where players displayed the cup on a large stage while performing an impromptu...
Teachers and students of Bangla Department at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) confined the vice chancellor to his office for about an hour on Tuesday, demanding allotment of adequate space for classes and other academic activities for the...
Education Secretary Michael Gove is to become the new chief whip in the most wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle of David Cameron's premiership. He has been replaced by Treasury minister Nicky Morgan, as Cameron promotes more women into top jobs. Ken Clarke...
The High Court has issued a five-point directive to prevent the use of chemicals to ripen and preserve fruits. In its directives, the court asked the government to set up testing facilities at ports and to formulate a guideline to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday hosted an Iftar party for judges, government and military officials and diplomats at her official residence Ganabhaban. The Prime Minister went round different tables set for the guests, exchanged pleasantries with them and enquired...
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