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The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has warned that a depression over the Bay of Bengal could intensify into a cyclone and hit the country this month. The Met Office issued the...
The government is not considering any drastic measures such as lockdowns or movement restrictions apart from enforcing the health and safety protocols despite growing concerns over a second wave of...
The High Court has ordered authorities of three city hospitals to submit their explanations within 48 hours for not providing treatment to infant twins timely, causing their deaths without treatment....
Speakers at a high-level consultation meeting titled ‘Defending Media Freedom for Democracy and Citizen’s Rights in Bangladesh’ have called for protecting and promoting freedom of expression, safety of journalists and...
Terming the incident of abduction of journalist Golam Sarwar an alarming example of an ongoing process to silence the media, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has demanded exemplary punishment for those...
As part of social campaign “Bhalo Khabo Bhalo Thakbo (Eat Well and Live Well), 1.0 million students vowed to take nutritious and safe foods to make themselves healthy citizens of...
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) officials, allowing the construction of illegal buildings, will be under the radar of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) now. DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam said this on...
The Jail Killing Day will be observed on Tuesday as the day is the second disgraceful incident in the country after the brutal murder of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...
City Bank organized its Earnings Disclosure web cast event based on 3rd Quarter 2020 financial performances. The event was held on 2nd November, 2020 over digital platform. Existing & potential...
US President Donald Trump will hunt for support in four battleground states on Monday while Democratic rival Joe Biden focuses on Pennsylvania and Ohio during the final day of campaigning...
The Cabinet on Monday approved the proposed list of 22 holidays for the 2021 calendar year by the executive order of the government. The approval came at the regular weekly...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday laid emphasis on instant protest against any rumour and propaganda, saying freedom of speech does not mean creating any type of anarchy by spreading...
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Monday found Aedes larvae in 94 houses and establishments in Dhaka city during the first day of its 10-day combing operation and fined them...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his call for a free press that can play its essential role in peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights as the world fights...
The veteran British journalist Robert Fisk has died at the age of 74 after suffering a suspected stroke. The journalist was reportedly admitted to St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin after...
Former US spy Edward Snowden and his wife have decided to apply for Russian citizenship in order not to be separated from their future son in an era of pandemics...
The government has imposed an entry fee for visitors at Sylhet’s Ratargul swamp forest, which has become an attractive tourist destination in Bangladesh over the past few years. The Ministry...
Stocks posted a marginal gain on Monday, extending the gaining streak for the third straight sessions, as bargain hunters continued their buying binge on sector-wise issues based on corporate declarations....
Emirates SkyCargo, cargo division of Emirates airline is stepping up its readiness to handle the logistical complexities of distributing a potential Covid-19 vaccine globally by creating the world’s first dedicated...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,736 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 410,988, bdnews24.com reports. The death toll climbed to...
Gunmen traded fire with Afghan security forces on the Kabul University campus following a blast in the area, and at least six people were wounded, Afghan government officials said. The...
Stakeholders have demanded resumption of activities in all stone and sand quarries in Sylhet region. They made the demand at a view exchange meeting held at a hotel in the...
The US Embassy in Dhaka has issued a security alert for its citizens living in Bangladesh as flash demonstrations and human chains are expected within the Diplomatic Enclave in the...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has said that he is self-quarantining after someone he was in contact with tested positive for COVID-19. He said...
Indian security forces killed the chief of the largest rebel group in Kashmir in a gun battle on Sunday, as the disputed region is riven by violence more than a...
Cambodia exported 536,305 metric tons of milled rice in the first 10 months of 2020, up 17 per cent over the same period last year, Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon said...
A condemned convict was hanged on Sunday night at Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur for killing his pregnant wife and two-year-old daughter in 2006. Senior Jail Super Abdul Jalil Roy...
Rescue efforts continued in eight buildings in western Turkish city of Izmir on Monday, authorities said, as the death toll from Friday’s powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea region rose...
Sri Lankan authorities have that a weekend curfew in the Western Province including the capital Colombo would be extended till Nov. 9 as the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) patients continued...
Britain’s Prince William contracted Covid-19 in April at a similar time to his father Prince Charles, British media reported late on Sunday, citing Kensington Palace sources. William, grandson of Queen...
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim devotees have gathered in the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque area of Purana Paltan in Dhaka city to stage protests against anti-Islamic acts in France, including...
When Um Feras realised there were no leisure spaces for women in her city in Yemen, she founded her own cafe and hopes to change attitudes about women-led businesses. “There...
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday his government will give provisional provincial status to part of Kashmir, drawing condemnation from India, which has long objected to any such...
The board of directors of Express Insurance Ltd has declared a 5.0 per cent interim cash dividend based on nine months’ un-audited financial statements that ended on September 30, 2020....
The US Postal Service (USPS) must remind senior managers they must follow its “extraordinary measures” policy and use its Express Mail Network to expedite ballots ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election,...
Stocks witnessed positive trend in early trading on Monday as bargain hunters continued their buying appetite on sector-wise issues based on corporate declarations. Following the previous day’s sharp gain, the...
The securities regulator has allowed the listed companies to recommend and distribute interim cash dividend from retained earnings subject to fulfilment of other rules and requirements. The Bangladesh Securities and...
The Philippines’ disaster agency said on Monday the death toll from Typhoon Goni, the world’s strongest typhoon this year, had climbed to 16. Goni’s powerful winds and heavy rains causing...
The government will soon start national digital land zoning work for optimum utilisation of country's land, said land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Sunday. "We (the government) will soon carry out...
Some 37 companies have got land allocation in Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City, of which five are currently manufacturing there. They have made investment worth Tk 3.27 billion and created employment for...
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is operating with very few people, becoming virtually an inefficient service provider as the service recipients are highly dependent on the middlemen, sources said....
Brands and retailers must improve their purchasing practices in meeting the post-Covid demand and protecting supply chain workers during the pandemic recovery, according to a global report. The report titled...
The securities regulator has extended the deadline for sponsor-directors of the listed companies to comply with its directive to hold minimum of 30 per cent shares jointly up to December...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken move to enhance the capacity of its VAT wing as it would take over the VAT Online Project (VOP) from the Vietnamese...
The resumption of economic activities reduced the number of the crisis-caused "new poor" by only 1.1 percentage points to 21.7 per cent, according to a study. In the April study,...
Angry locals have vandalised several homes of Hindu people over rumours about an alleged Facebook post slandering Islam in Cumilla’s Muradnagar. The police arrested two people on charges of hurting...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday stayed a High Court order that had granted bail to a contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed for graft in...
The government plans to reduce tariffs on imports of medicines and equipment needed to eradicate the mosquitoes. Local government, rural development and cooperatives minister Mohammad Tajul Islam gave the information...
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has asked the maritime ports to hoist local cautionary signal no. 3 as deep convection is taking place over North Bay of Bengal and adjoining...
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent $8,825 million remittances in the first four months of the current fiscal 2020-21, which is 43.24 per cent higher than the amount of the corresponding period of...
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