Wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim has been named the Bangladesh captain for the home series against West Indies and Pakistan in October and December. Mahmudullah, the allrounder, has been appoint... Read more
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake shook most parts of the country along with the capital for nearly a minute Sunday evening. A high-rise housing the Baishakhi television at Mohakhali and another la... Read more
Siemens has unveiled the latest, upgraded version of its Comet advanced traffic management and information system. The new software release of the company’s UTMC (Urban Traffic Management Ce... Read more
No plans to rely on near-field communication PayPal has unveiled a mobile payment initiative for shoppers that doesn’t require near-field communication (NFC) technology inside smartpho... Read more
The central bank has approved guidelines for licensing new commercial banks amid raging controversy over whether Bangladesh needs more on top the 47 it already has. A Bangladesh Bank officia... Read more
Deer population in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, is seriously threatened owing to the animal’s rampant and indiscriminate poaching in the last few years. P... Read more
Musa Ibrahim, the first Bangladeshi to conquer Mount Everest, put another feather in his cap by scaling Kibo, the highest summit of Kilimanjaro Mountain in Tanzania, on Monday at 10:48am alo... Read more
The government in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab is struggling to control a growing dengue fever epidemic, officials say. They have warned that it threatens to affect other part... Read more
The state-run mobile phone operator Teletalk will experimentally launch 3G technology on March 26 next year, telecommunications minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju says. He says that the 3G spectr... Read more
A joint team of Patuakhali district and Kalapara upazila administration is taking steps to remove of all illegal structures from Kuakata sea beach as per directive of the High Court. Md Shah... Read more
