The World Bank has appointed Qimiao Fan as the new Country Director for Bangladesh.A Chinese national, Fan was the country director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine before this new appointment.The Dhaka office of the global lender said he would start…
China’s carbon emissions, by far the world’s highest, may have peaked in 2014, according to a study published on Monday, potentially putting Beijing under pressure to toughen its climate pledges.China has promised to bring greenhouse gas emissions to a peak…
Three people have been shot and hostages may have been taken at a factory on the outskirts of Sydney, Australian police said on Monday, although it was not immediately clear what had sparked the incident.A spokesperson for the New South…
Mahfuza Malek Jasmine ‘admitted to killing’ the two children once during initial interrogation by RAB and again in police custody, but ‘without any emotion’, the law enforcers said.Though the mother of two slain children has ‘admitted’ to the crime, police…
It is heartening to learn that Prof. Datin Paduka Dr. Aini Ideris has been appointed Vice Chancellor of Malaysia’s leading research university – Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Prior to joining the present post Dr. Aini was the UPM corporate strategy…
Shikhar Dhawan’s half century helped India clinched the 13th Asia Cup title with an emphatic 8-wicket victory over the hosts Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday.
Worried at the controversies over Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha’s remarks on the prosecution, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Sunday urged all to exercise restraint in making comments on such issues as those are ‘unconstitutional’.
After the death of her husband and two children, today Sumaiya, who was injured in the horrific Uttara gas explosion in the new flat she moved into with her family on February 26, died at a hospital in city’s Mohammadpur…
Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan in his journey from actor to president — and finally during his 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease — has died. She was 94.
BAU Correspondent Students of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) of Fisheries faculty in Mymensingh made a human chain in front of the Shilpacharya Joynal Abedin Auditorium at 11:30 am protesting against the PSC’s decision that the Zoology Department students also can…
News Desk In May, the first rains of the monsoon season are just starting to fall. In some countries, the rains signal relief. In Bangladesh, they mean preparing for potential disaster.
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Remittance service provider Ria Financial Services jointly organized a training on Remittance Operation System on March 6, 2016, Sunday at Muhammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower.
The National Mausoleum at Savar will be brought under a stringent security blanket on March 26 when the nation will celebrate its 46th Independence and National Day.
STAFF REPORTER BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her elder son and party’s senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman have been reelected in their respective posts unopposed.
Court Correspondent Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday framed charge against Bakhtiar Alam Rony in the case filed for shooting two persons to death in city’s Eskaton area last year.
Amari Dhaka celebrates the achievements of women in all spheres of life on International Women’s Day and Women’s Recruitment Day on March 8 2016 .
As Apple’s legal battle with the FBI over encryption heads toward a showdown, there appears little hope for a compromise that would placate both sides and avert a divisive court decision.
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday afternoon granted fresh remand for four days to quiz a foreigner and three officials of City Bank in connection with their suspected involvement in a ATM card scam.
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday directed the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to reinvestigate into the case filed in connection with the construction of ‘Rana Plaza’ building with a faulty design.
Crime Chittagong Metropolitan Police arrested three dacoits with fire arms and ammunitions from different area in the city on Friday night. Police recovered a single barrel guns, a pistol, four rounds of bullets, two daggers and different kinds of knives.The…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) -8 in a drive arrested two persons from a residence at Taltola in Patharghata upazila on Saturday.RAB also recovered 10 pieces of deer skin from their possession.The arrested persons were identified as Masud Parvez,…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 arrested three alleged members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) with 23 bombs from Saguna Purba Para village under Bagmara Upazila of the district in the early hours of yesterday, RAB sources…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 in a drive arrested an alleged drug trader with 5.4 kg ganja in Shibganj upazila of the district on Saturday.The arrested person was identified as Md Durul Islam, 32, son of Md Nazrul Islam…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) conducted raids in different frontier area of Chunarughat upazila of the district on Friday night and recovered 14 kg ganja and 31 bottles of Indian liquor.BGB source said different teams of BGB conducted raids…
Bangladesh’s exports rose 13.6 per cent in February from a year earlier to $2.85 billion, boosted by stronger sales of garments, official data showed on Sunday.Exports for July to February, the first eight months of the country’s 2015-16 financial year,…
Two workers on Sunday died and another fell sick after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank of an under-construction building at BSCIC Industrial area in Sadar upazila in Kushtia.Witnesses said Ashiq, 22, son of Shahin Mollah, Shahin, 25, son…
Emirates and Russian carrier S7 Airlines, have announced an enhanced partnership in Moscow recently which is set to improve connectivity and benefits for customers across Russia. Emirates and S7 Airlines have been in an interline partnership since 2003 which was…
Novelist Pat Conroy, who announced last month that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer, has died, according to a statement from his publisher. Conroy was 70. He announced his diagnosis on Facebook almost three weeks ago, saying “I intend to…
Rajshahi – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three alleged members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in possession of 16 Molotov cocktails, seven grenades and some jihadi (religious uprising) books from Sheguna area…
Despite having much smaller brains than mammals, some birds like parrots and crows have mental skills that match with those of our ape cousins, new research has found.Among other things, they are capable of thinking logically, of recognising themselves in…