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A total of 58 prisoners died in different jails across the country in the first nine months of this year, according to a report of an independent rights body. The...
US stock futures extended losses on Friday after President Donald Trump said he and his wife had tested positive for the coronavirus, weeks ahead of elections. Futures for the S&P...
Amazon.com on Thursday (US standard time) said nearly 20,000 of its US frontline workers contracted the coronavirus this year, or 1.44 per cent of the total, a disclosure sought by labour...
The confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) caseload across the world has crossed 34 million on Friday morning, according to the latest tally provided by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The JHU data...
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for Covid-19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the “recovery process.” “We will...
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) resumed normal trading on Friday, with the main index holding steady a day after the worst-ever outage brought the world’s third-largest equity market to a...
Many women have become active in drug and gold smuggling at the Benapole-Sharsha-border. The law enforcers arrested 10 women directly involved in smuggling last month. BGB and police said the...
The apex court on Thursday cleared the way for the government to dismantle structures illegally built along Sugandhya Point of Cox's Bazar sea beach. A four-member bench of the Appellate...
The government has initiated to ensure smooth supply of fertiliser to help boost agricultural production. With this end in view, it has already taken an initiative to build 34 buffer...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pledged to increase women’s participation in the workforce to 50 per cent by 2041 and called for protecting their job in the context of coronavirus...
A Belgian artist who has fought a seven-year legal battle to prove that Belgium’s former King Albert II is her father secured a literally crowning success in court on Thursday...
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was beginning a quarantine process after Hope Hicks, a top adviser and trusted aide, tested positive for the coronavirus. Hicks travels regularly...
The government is formulating a master plan to transform the Kamalapur railway station into a multi modal transportation hub (MMTH), and to attract private investors. A master plan is necessary...
'A' type factories or foreign investors who have invested in economic zones, export processing zones and hi-tech parks are now eligible for getting loan under the related stimulus package of...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to resume its door-to-door survey from this month in a bid to expand tax net. The decision came following picking up of...
Human rights lawyers launched a legal challenge on Thursday to US President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing economic sanctions on employees of the world’s permanent war crimes tribunal, arguing it...
With a framed Joe Biden poster in the background, Amazon.com Inc’s Jay Carney made no secret of his long history with the presidential candidate while speaking at a virtual policy...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday said the police are gradually being transformed into a people-friendly force by standing beside the nation to tackle any bad situation, reports UNB. "Whenever...
It is not at all surprising that the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is dragging its feet on the issue of introducing antigen tests for individuals suspected of Covid-19...
As the death toll from the global coronavirus epidemic crosses the astounding 10 million mark, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guiterres utters the doleful requiem, "Our world has reached...
Recent media reports say that agro and jute units located within the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) are not the beneficiaries of the government's cash incentive scheme that are available to...
The government has decided to extend the contract of Taqsem A Khan as managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority amid controversies, reports bdnews24.com. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Swatil Binte Mahmud was quite young when she observed that there was a lack of representation of working women like her mother Taslima Begum-- in the books that she read,...
Even amidst the sudden halt this pandemic has brought about in students' day-to-day activities, Bangladesh University of Professionals Business and Communication Club (BUP BCC) is back with its flagship event,...
Knowing the way around Microsoft Excel provides an upper hand at every profession. When utilising Excel, the limits are not insubstantial to the corporate environment alone. In the growing economy...
After the grand success of IGNITE, Brac University Business Club (BIZ BEE), impelled one of the most illustrious competitions of 2020 -- Yamaha presents 'Casessination', an Inter-University 360° Online Case...
The inflow of remittances grew by more than 48 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY21) despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, officials said. The...
Chinese smartphone giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has sacked and transferred executives in Bangladesh as part of a process to shrink its device business here. More than one employees of...
Once a customer asked a young banker what priority of a bank should be while fixing the price of a loan. Rate of return of the bank itself, or that...
Countries around the world have experienced economic growth of either negative or lower than projected rates during the Covid-19 pandemic. A for Bangladesh, the country has experienced a loss of...
If one feels eager to have an idea of the urban street children during the coronatime, he or she will encounter a lot of scenarios. All of them speak of...
The Russian group accused of meddling in the 2016 US election has posed as an independent news outlet to target right-wing social media users ahead of this year’s vote, two...
Bangladesh could be the perfect place to establish a link between the East and the West if the country can take advantage of its geographic location, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
A man was arrested on Thursday for killing a woman and her son in Chattogram in August this year. Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Faruk, the prime suspect...
Three branches of Great Kebab Factory, owned by SR group, have allegedly concealed sales information worth Tk 148.1 million. VAT intelligence team in a statement on Thursday said they have...
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aamra Networks Ltd (ANL) for providing fast internet services and to set up video surveillance systems at important...
Classes of grade XI, for the academic year 2020-2021 academic year) will begin online from October 4. The decision was taken to continue the study of the class XI students,...
The DNA samples of six men, accused of gang-raping a woman at Sylhet MC College dormitory on Sep 25, have been collected. The accused are - Saifur Rahman, Shah Mahbubur...
Bangladesh on Thursday stressed regional cooperation among South Asian countries to boost growth. To sustain growth, the regional countries have to implement pre-declared reform measures and launch a new wave...
Supply of regasified LNG to national gas grid has increased substantially by around 30 per cent riding on the start of importing LNG from spot market last week. State-run Petrobangla...
Eight months after the novel coronavirus arrived in India, the number of deaths from the disease is due to cross 100,000 imminently. Nearly 6.5 million people have been infected in...
Alphabet's Google plans to pay $1.0 billion to publishers globally for their news over the next three years, its CEO said on Thursday, a step that could help it win...
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze as the Archbishop of Dhaka's Metropolitan Archdiocese, Vatican News reports, reports bdnews24.com. Bishop D'Cruze has been serving as Bishop of the Diocese...
All of the cricketers and support staff returned negative in the recent Covid-19 test, conducted by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Players like Saif Hassan, Abu Jayed Rahi became positive...
The European Union launched a legal case against the United Kingdom on Thursday for undercutting their earlier divorce deal and a senior UK minister said differences remained in talks on...
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI),...
Asia has become the world’s surveillance hotspot and is at risk of serious privacy breaches as measures rolled out to contain the spread of COVID-19 become permanent in many countries,...
President Abdul Hamid has expressed the strongest confidence that the existing friendship between the two countries will be further strengthened and deepened in the days ahead. He highlighted that Bangladesh...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called for enhancing surface water by increasing the storage capacity of water bodies across the country, aiming to protect the biodiversity, boost fish production...
Stocks on Thursday bounced back on falling for two consecutive days as optimistic investors showed their appetite on large-cap issues amid high expectations. The market opened on an upbeat note...
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