A Chinese dissident who died in detention last month is one of three nominees for an award often dubbed the Nobel prize for human rights, organisers said Wednesday. Cao Shunli, who died in mid-March at the age of 52, was...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government is actively considering introducing a mandatory insurance system for the country’s garment workers. She said this when deputy director general for field operations and partnerships of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)...
Police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel in separate drives arrested three people along with arms and ammunition in Rajbari and Faridpur districts on Monday. In Rajbari, Abul Bashar Mia, officer-in-charge of Pangsha Police Station, said they arrested an alleged...
A cop and an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir were injured by bullets in a ‘gunfight’ between police and Jamaat-Shibir men at Jhumjhumpur Moylakhana in Jessore Sadar upazila on Tuesday. The injured were identified as Bulbul, 28, a constable at...
A fire broke out at Meghnaghat 450 megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant on Monday evening, burning down its 150 MW steam turbine. Officials at the private sector power plant said the incident might have taken place from a mechanical...
IFIC Bank Limited Monday launched the mobile banking services with an aim to offer various value-added financial services at the doorsteps of both banked and unbanked population. Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Mr. Abdul Latif Siddique and Governor...
The Hong Kong-listed shares of China Resources plunged on Tuesday after the head of the state-owned Chinese conglomerate was sacked amid allegations of corruption. Beijing on Saturday announced the removal of Song Lin as chairman and party chief of the...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to four environmentalists on a bond of Tk 2,000 each in a case filed for ‘creating chaos entering Dhanmondi playground illegally’. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Salam passed the order after the four environmentalists...
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Stocks edged marginally higher for the fourth consecutive session on Tuesday amid volatile trading throughout the session with turnover remained sluggish as investors moved cautiously. The market started with a positive note and continued till the market closure. At the...
Some Indian teachers force children from lower castes and minority religions to clean toilets and sit separately from their classmates as part of "persistent" discrimination in classrooms, a rights group said Tuesday. Human Rights Watch said pupils from marginalised communities...
A U.S. submarine drone will keep scouring the Indian Ocean floor for traces of a missing Malaysian jetliner after it finishes its current targeted search, Australian authorities told Reuters as a tropical cyclone suspended the air search. Authorities are under...
North Korea could well be preparing to carry out a fourth nuclear test, South Korea said Tuesday, citing increased activity at its main test site just days ahead of a visit to Seoul by US President Barack Obama. "Our military...
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said that it will provide Tk 50,000 to each of 3,000 Rana Plaza victim workers or their families. State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu informed the journalists on Tuesday afternoon, according...
The number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan may drop well below 10,000 - the minimum demanded by the U.S. military to train Afghan forces - as the longest war in American history winds down, Obama administration officials briefed on the...
Sri Lanka were left searching for their seventh coach in four years after Paul Farbrace resigned on Tuesday to take up a possible assignment with England, Sri Lanka Cricket said. Farbrace, 46, has been linked to the post of assistant...
International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh is organising jointly with ICC Malaysia a three-day workshop on Rules and Tools for International Trade Finance in Kuala Lumpur beginning on April 23 for bankers from Bangladeshi banks. A total 90 bankers from 19 banks...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated a new taxicab service in the city on Tuesday. Launching the taxicab project of Trust Transport Service under the Army Welfare Trust at Army Golf Club on Tuesday, the Prime Minister directed the authorities concerned...
State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu on Tuesday said the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) need 4.50 million more skilled workers for its garment sector. “We’ve already selected 1,200 women from impoverished areas, including northern areas of...
The MERS death toll has climbed to 81 in Saudi Arabia, which sacked its health minister as cases of infection by the coronavirus mount in the country. A 73-year-old Saudi who suffered from chronic illnesses died in Riyadh and a...
Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said Tuesday that the seizure of another state building by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine had effectively torn up an international deal to end the crisis in the country. The separatist capture of a police...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday he would not allow May Day gatherings on Istanbul's Taksim Square, the scene of protests that have dogged the government for months. A similar decision in May last year to ban the...
Garment workers and victims of the Rana Plaza tragedy on Tuesday demanded of the government to ensure capital punishment of the owners of the building and the factories housed in it. They also demanded that the compensation to families of...
US Vice-President Joe Biden has said Russia must "stop talking and start acting" to defuse the Ukraine crisis. He was speaking during a joint press conference in Kiev with interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Mr Biden warned Russia that further...
Naval officials from the US and nearly two dozen Asia-Pacific nations adopted an agreement on Tuesday aimed at heading off accidents and miscommunication at sea to reduce the possibility of conflict amid rising frictions between an increasingly assertive China and...
Nepalese guides on Mount Everest said Tuesday they had decided to abandon this year's climbing season, to honour 16 colleagues killed in an avalanche last week. The decision throws the plans of hundreds of foreign mountaineers into chaos, with many...
It will take years to repair and rebuild the most hazardous factories in Bangladesh and cost hundreds of millions of dollars that necessitate international community’s support to accomplish, suggests an international report. “Due to the absence of infusion of significant...
The government on Tuesday approved the ‘Establishment of NGN-based Telecommunication Network for Digital Bangladesh’ project costing Tk 1,863.15 crore to expand Tele-density and Tele-access facilities among the people for reaching the ICT services at reliable and affordable price. The approval...
Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline, two of the world's top drugmakers, have struck a multi-billion-dollar deal to join forces and reshape their businesses. The deal involves swapping assets and combining their consumer health units. Novartis will acquire GSK's cancer drugs business for...
The International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICC-B) is jointly organising a three-day workshop with ICC Malaysia on Rules and Tools for International Trade Finance in Kuala Lumpur on April 23– 25 for bankers from Bangladeshi banks. A total of 90 bankers...
Dubai's Emaar Properties said Tuesday its net profit soared 55 percent in the first quarter on a yearly basis, thanks to surging real estate sales and rising retail revenues. The builder of the world's largest tower, the Burj Khalifa, said...
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