U.S. stocks were set to drop sharply at the open on Friday as weak economic data from China and Europe exacerbated global growth fears and added to nerves over the U.S.-China trade talks. Equity futures fell about 0.8 percent after data showed weak monthly retail sales growt ...বিস্তারিত
A seven-year-old girl has died after being taken into custody by the US Border Patrol, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed on Thursday. The girl, from Guatemala, died of dehydration and shock eight hours after she was taken into custody, the Washington Post r ...বিস্তারিত
Police arrested 54 people from different parts of the district in an overnight special drive on Thursday on various charges. Sub-inspector Azam Khan of the Special Branch of Satkhira district police said they conducted the drive from Thursday evening to Friday morning and ma ...বিস্তারিত
UNB Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed on Friday said journalists can enter voting centres, take photographs and even talk to voters during the upcoming general election, but the Commission is thinking imposing a restriction on live telecast. He came up with th ...বিস্তারিত
Egypt has reportedly arrested two people accused of helping a Danish photographer stage a naked photoshoot on top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Photographer Andreas Hvid sparked controversy in Egypt after he published a photo showing himself and a woman naked on top of the p ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk After five years of its framing, transfer pricing law has started showing results, contributing additional taxes worth Tk 100 million, reports The Daily Star. At least seven multinational companies (MNCs) paid income taxes through re-adjustment of their tax files f ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters Delegates at U.N. climate talks in the Polish city of Katowice point to the mining museum next to the conference venue as the proper place for coal, which provides 80 percent of the country’s electricity. Poland’s decision to host the negotiations to revive the ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk Bangladesh’s average annual foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows has grown by 13.3% in the last five years, larger than the Asia-Pacific’s 2.9% average annual FDI growth, according to a report of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and ...বিস্তারিত
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT After West Indies won the second match of the three-ODI series, yesterday’s game was a do or die one for both the visitors and the home side, but a confident innings from Tamim and Soumya each put things on Bangladesh’s way. Winning the toss at Sy ...বিস্তারিত
Turkey’s military carried out air strikes in northern Iraq on Friday, killing eight militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), it said on Twitter. The air strikes targeted various regions in the area, including Zap, Hakurk and Haftanin, the military said. T ...বিস্তারিত
