January2018

A bus fire in northwestern Kazakhstan killed 52 Uzbek citizens on a route used by migrant workers heading to Russia, the Kazakh Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The bus was traveling along a road in the...

Turkey said on Wednesday it would not hesitate to take action in Syria’s Afrin district and other areas unless the United States withdrew support for a Kurdish-led force there, but Washington denied such plans and said...

President Donald Trump denied on Wednesday that the planned relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would take place within a year, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected the controversial move to...

In morning trade, Hong Kong rose 0.4 percent to break 32,000 for the first time. The market has fallen only once in the past 17 trading days. Tokyo rose 0.5 percent to a fresh 26-year high....

Le Méridien Dhaka has distributed winter clothes among the underprivileged people of Bhashantek Slum in the capital’s Mirpur. The initiative was taken as part of Le Méridien Dhaka’s commitment to stand beside the people in their...

Bangladesh’s all-rounder cricketer Shakib Al Hasan met former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, who is on a visit to Bangladesh and the cricketer posted a photo of their meeting on his facebook. Pranab Mukherjee reached Dhaka last...

High-quality education is critical for the growth of Bangladesh’s economy because it is well known that access to education lifts productivity and competitiveness in developing markets. Recognizing the importance of digital technologies in the classroom, educators...

SINGER Bangladesh Limited and BRAC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for launching the joint project – ‘Abolombon’. 5000 underprivileged women across the country will receive free ‘Tailoring Skill Development Training’ under this project. President & CEO of SINGER Asia Limited and Chairman, SINGER...

Generally, Huawei provides free one-year after-sales-services with the purchase of its smartphones. However, under ‘Don’t Worry’ offer, customers who have already bought the device can also avail the extended warranty within 10 months of their purchase...

Partex Agro signs MoU with ACDI/VOCA. ACDI/VOCA’s Tim Russell and Partex Star Group’s KM Ali signed the agreement. Partex Agro Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the US nonprofit international economic development organization...