A Japanese firm says it has developed the world's first smartphone that can be washed with soap and water.

The Road Transport and Highways Division and four Japanese construction companies today signed a deal to construct three new bridges and a flyover, worth around Tk 8.8 thousand crore, on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.

The government has decided to appoint Rabab Fatima, currently serving as director general (East Asia and Pacific) in the foreign ministry, as Bangladesh’s next ambassador to Japan.

More than 600 babies in Japan wriggled to the finish line on their hands and knees in the world's largest crawling competition.

The public toilets at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni shrine have been hit by a small explosion.

Japan's economy slid back into recession in July-September as uncertainty over the overseas outlook hurt business investment.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes off Japan's south-western coast, triggering a small tsunami.

A Rangpur court rejects bail petitions of two accused in Japanese citizen Kunio Hoshi murder case.

Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Masud Bin Momen assures Japanese Diet members and business leaders of security in Bangladesh.

Toyota returns to the top slot in global vehicle sales after releasing figures for the first nine months of the year.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith describes the alerts issued by different diplomatic missions in Dhaka after the murder of the two foreign nationals as excesses.

Amid concerns following the killing of an Italian aid worker and a Japanese citizen, the US Embassy in Dhaka yesterday updated its

One of Japan’s first woman photo-journalists Tsuneko Sasamoto continues shooting and capturing moments with her camera at the age of 101.

A two-member team from the Japanese embassy in Dhaka seek Rangpur district administration’s cooperation in probing the murder of its national Kunio Hoshi.

Toyota introduces a miniature version of the Miata after the huge success of the FR-S.

In the wake of killing of two foreign nationals in Bangladesh, diplomats in Dhaka seek additional security everywhere across the country.

A Rangpur court today placed Rashed-un-Nabi Khan Biplob,a local BNP activist, and Humayun Kabir Hira on a 10-day remand in Japanese national Hoshi Kunio murder case.

The US, Japan and 10 other Pacific rim countries sign a controversial and sweeping trade agreement that covers about 40 percent of the world economy.

Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura of Japan and China's Youyou Tu win the Nobel Medicine Prize for their discoveries of treatments against parasites, the jury says.

Five days into the killing of an Italian citizen in Dhaka, a Japanese national is gunned down in northern district of Rangpur. Five persons detained for interrogation.