A Texaco service station displays the price of petrol and diesel close to the financial centre of London January 30, 2016. The global oil price is hovering at about $30 U.S. dollars a barrel. Reuters Oil prices dropped on Friday as investors took profits following a 7-per cent rise in the last two sessions, amid doubts that OPEC`s first planned output cut in eight years would make a substantial dent in the global crude glut.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend the public and private sectors of Bangladesh $8 billion over the next five years to strengthen its economy and trade links within the region.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Friday evening after wrapping up her seventeen-day official visit to USA and Canada.

After the government order for the execution of war criminal Mir Quasem Ali, the buzz of activity at Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur indicates the chief financier for the Jamaat-e-Islami leader is hanging any time.

Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said India and Bangladesh are now on the “same page” in the fight against terrorism.

Messi may have called off his short-lived retirement and is headed to join Argentina for World Cup qualifiers, but he may not actually be able to play.

A court in Lakshmipur on Tuesday awarded death penalty to 11 people in a case filed for killing Juba Dal activist Maulana Babar Mia, in 2003.

Death row war criminal Mir Quasem Ali’s lawyer Khandaker Mahbub Hossain on Tuesday claimed that the death penalty verdict for his client has been taken by bringing false allegations.

Bangladesh’s central bank said it has reversed its plans to sue the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the SWIFT money transfer network, and instead intends to seek their help recovering $81 million stolen by cyber thieves in February.

Bangladesh Bank has decided to show $81-million fund stolen from its foreign exchange reserve as ‘protested bill’ in its balance sheet for the fiscal year 2015-16 to avoid keeping provision against the fund although the two audit firms appointed by the central bank has raised objection against the move.

Marzan, one of the suspected masterminds of  Gulshan café attack, has been claimed to be identified as Nurul Islam by a family from Pabna district.

An overcrowded bus veered off a mountain highway in Nepal on Monday, killing at least 33 people and injuring 28 others in one of the country’s deadliest bus crashes in recent years.

Outstanding amount of banks’ consumer loans almost doubled in two years, surpassing Tk 50,000 crore as of March 31, 2016 as the country’s business sector has been going through a dull situation in recent years amid political uncertainty and delicate law and order situation.

A new law with provisions of 10 years in jail and up to Tk 100 million financial penalty for damaging electricity related establishments has been cleared by the Cabinet.

History is littered with tragedies in which individuals or nations betray their long-term interests for short-term advantage. This week`s show trials in China may be just such a case.

Japan says China sent coastguard vessels to escort the fishing boats
Japan says China has sailed a fleet of 230 vessels near Japanese-controlled waters in the East China Sea.

South Africa`s governing African National Congress has been defeated by the opposition Democratic Alliance in local polls in the capital Pretoria.

Two female police officers have been injured by a machete-wielding assailant in the Belgian city of Charleroi.

Militants have attacked a convoy of foreign tourists in west Afghanistan, injuring six and their Afghan driver.

After banning televangelist Zakir Naik’s Peace TV, the government has now ordered closure of all ‘Peace Schools’.