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The cabinet has directed the authorities concerned of all public and private institutions, markets, mosques and other places of worship to make mask-wearing compulsory. “Mask-wearing is a state order… No...
Twelve new dengue cases were reported in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB. Thirty dengue patients are currently...
The Seychelles elected an opposition candidate as president for the first time since 1977, authorities announced on Sunday, and winner Wavel Ramkalawan reaffirmed a pledge to hike the minimum wage...
The family members of Raihan Ahmed, who died reportedly in ‘police custody’ in Sylhet, went on hunger strike on Sunday, demanding the arrest of all the accused, including suspended sub-inspector...
Senior secretary of Department of Information and Communication Technology N M Zeaul Alam inaugurated the Walton Prelude N41 – a new model of laptop at the Walton factory in Chandra,...
The farming of Malta, a juicy citrus fruit enriched with vitamin C, is gaining popularity among farmers in Shibpur and Belabo upazilas of Narsingdi. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials...
The Bangladesh India Mediators Forum (BIMF) was set up on October 22 with India’s GYV Victor as its first chairman and a member of the Board. BIMF seeks to promote...
The European Union has mobilised a total of €96 million for Rohingyas in 2020 for humanitarian, development cooperation as well as conflict prevention support. The EU along with the United...
The United Nations announced Saturday that 50 countries have ratified a UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons triggering its entry into force in 90 days, a move hailed by anti-nuclear...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is adopting a new technology to stop use of illegal and counterfeit mobile phone handsets by making SIM cards of all networks unusable on...
Bangladesh has posted 1,308 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally so far to 398,815. The death toll climbed to 5,803 after 23...
Bayer CropScience Limited has completed eighteen years of successful operations in Bangladesh. The company celebrated this milestone through a series of virtual events that included congratulatory video messages for Bayer...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged journalists to write reports based on facts and perform their duties to the country and the nation, shunning unethical journalism. "We want neutrality...
An association of farmers on Sunday demanded introduction of sales of animal feeds at subsidised rates to help the country’s dairy industry survive the current crisis. The Bangladesh Dairy Farmers...
Whatever the festival is, Bangalee taste bud just needs some excuses to be pampered and at this phase we all are very unsure whether we should go to the Puja...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her government's strong stance against corruption, terrorism and militancy saying that punishment as per law is ensured to those involved in these social...
A suicide bombing at an education centre in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul killed 24 people including teenage students and wounded dozens more on Saturday, officials said. A Ministry of Interior spokesman,...
Puja is here and everyone seems to be busy making it more special. The tasks we set for ourselves include wearing new attires, making special dishes, giving ourselves a new...
China’s Ant Group could raise up to $17.3 billion in the Shanghai leg of the likely $35 billion dual listing, the world’s largest ever, after some large investors submitted bids...
Malaysia’s rulers are set to meet on Sunday to discuss what sources have said is a proposal by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to impose a state of emergency amid a...
Lee Kun-hee, who built Samsung Electronics into a global powerhouse in smartphones, semiconductors and televisions, died on Sunday after spending more than six years in hospital following a heart attack,...
Over five kilometres of the Padma Bridge has become visible with the installation of its 34th span on Sunday. The ‘2E’span, weighing 3,150 tonnes, was installed on pillars no 7...
US Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo is flying to India next week to strengthen strategic ties with a nation that is locked in a military standoff with China, in...
More than seven decades ago, their families were divided by war and hatred - Koenraad Tinel, the son of a Nazi sympathiser, and Simon Gronowski, a Holocaust survivor who lost...
BOGURA: Farmers of Bogura district are happy growing the early winter caulifloweras they are getting fair market price of the crops. A good number farmers of Dupchanchia, Kahaloo, Adamdighi, Shibganj...
Business transformation requires dynamic leadership, emotional bonding among team members, trust and readiness to accept innovation and fresh ideas, said a top CEO of the country on Saturday. Grameenphone CEO...
The government's plan to purchase at least one-fourth of total LNG from the international spot market is fading away due to higher-than-expected price, market insiders said. The Energy and Mineral...
The government has initiated a move to bring necessary changes in the existing labour law to make it time-befitting and address the European Union's (EU) concern over retaining the trade...
Bangladesh's non-metered gas consumers are now in peril as they are paying much higher prices than metered gas users putting them in huge financial woes and widening their hardships, according...
Mr. Mahbubur Rahman, President, International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICCB) is among 150 'high impact' leaders in the area of business and social enterprises from Africa, Asia, Latin America and...
The country may get 2,000 megawatts (MW) of solar power on the rooftops of some 5,000 government buildings across the country, experts said at a webinar on Saturday. “If there...
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos once again proved to be the man for the big occasion as he converted a fiercely debated penalty to help his side to a 3-1...
US President Donald Trump voted in his new home state of Florida on Saturday, casting his ballot for his re-election at a public library across the street from one of...
The Executive Director of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) Dr Selim Raihan on Saturday urged the government to monitor the essentials market throughout the year, coordinating among...
Today, as our economic and social lives increasingly move online owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the digital and physical domains are becoming more integrated than ever. And now more than...
The 2020 Annual Meetings of World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) were held during the middle of this month conducted from Washington. The reports released prior to...
Gunmen killed at least six children and badly wounded about eight others when they stormed a school in Cameroon's Anglophone South West Region on Saturday and opened fire indiscriminately, officials...
Normal cycle of Bangladesh seasons would have seen the Bangla month of 'Kartik' now well in place across the country. This has not been happening for nearly two decades. Kartik...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the local government, rural development and cooperatives ministry to work out a master plan for every upazila for protecting cultivable land and checking the unplanned...
With the international concern over the influx of Rohingya into Bangladesh and the thrust on their early repatriation to Myanmar ebbing, the volume of external humanitarian assistance necessary to support...
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is making policymakers around the world rethink the healthcare systems of their respective countries. There have been growing concerns over how to make the healthcare systems...
A mobile court on Saturday sentenced 45 fishermen to different jail terms for catching hilsa defying a ban in Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj district. Chauhali Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md...
Proshanta Kumar Halder, who had spoken of his desire to return to Bangladesh amid allegations of having assets beyond means worth Tk 3.0 billion, has had a change of heart,...
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) projection that Bangladesh’s per capita income in dollar terms is likely to overtake India’s has focused attention on a nation that has risen like a...
As people feel the pinch of abnormal hike in potato price, Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque on Saturday said the government has fixed a reasonable price for potato, pledging...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam on Saturday said there is no possibility of any untoward incident surrounding ‘Durga Puja’ festivals. “We have talked to the Hindu community...
Four workers, who were injured in a steel mill explosion at Barfa area of Rupganj in Narayanganj early hours of Friday, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and...
People need connection with one another to survive, especially in times of crisis. e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) has shown how to ensure that. It has provided daily essentials, worth...
New clashes broke out between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over Nagorno-Karabakh a day after talks in Washington to try to end the deadliest fighting in the mountain enclave in...
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has asked King Al-Sultan Abdullah to declare a state of emergency and to suspend the parliament, a move that opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim denounced as...
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