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Heavy rains and upstream water are worsening the flood situation in Kurigram district inundating cropland, houses and cutting off road communication affecting thousands of people. Shamsuddin Mia, the acting director...
Malaysia's exports fell 2.9 per cent year-on-year to 79.14 billion ringgit (about 19 billion US dollars) in August due to lower shipment in all sectors. Malaysia International Trade and Industry...
India’s coronavirus case tally topped 6 million after it reported 82,170 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed on Monday. Deaths from Covid-19 rose...
At least 16 military members and several civilians were killed on Sunday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016, reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus,...
Stocks witnessed an upward trend in early hours of trading on Monday as optimistic investors showed appetite on sector-wise issues amid high expectations. Following the previous day’s marginal decline, the...
When Swedish fashion brand Acne Studios last hosted a catwalk show in Paris in January, it ordered dozens of vegan-friendly rice bowls from cafe owner and caterer Pearlyn Lee for...
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) president Sheikh Fazle Fahim stressed the need for technology and knowledge transfer to avail Bangladesh's production competitive edge. "Foreign investors with...
The 73rd birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of the Bangladesh Awami League, will be celebrated across the country today, report agencies. Sheikh Hasina, the eldest of five...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested another accused from Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet district early Monday in a case filed over Friday’s gang-rape at MC College. With the latest...
A US judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple Inc AAPL.O and Alphabet Inc's Google GOOGL.O from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok...
Vegetable seedling farmers of Shajahanpur upazila of Bogra district may incur a loss of Tk 10 million for the prolonged rain in the district. A good number of peasants of...
The eastern side of a road connecting the bridge over the Narayanpur Kopotakho river in Chaugachha upazila of Jashore district has collapsed. As a result, cracks have developed in different...
Energypac Power Generation Limited (EPGL), one of the leading power engineering companies in Bangladesh, is set to invest more in LPG business from its IPO proceeds to grab a significant...
Full-time students at Chicago’s Columbia College spend $14,000 a year for professional, hands-on training in dance, film and music that the school normally offers in studios and classrooms scattered across...
Construction of the 330-megawatt (MW) dual-fuel combined cycle power plant in Khulna is likely to be delayed further, as the implementing authority has sought to add three gas booster compressors...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Sunday amended the guidelines for the Entrepreneurship Support Fund (ESF) to make it easy for the entrepreneurs. The amendments included, cutting fees for application, defining women...
The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court on Sunday asked the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove derogatory comments about the judiciary posted by Supreme Court lawyer, Eunus...
The government's tax revenue collection improved slightly in the July-August period of this fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, with a nominal growth over the corresponding period of last FY. It happened...
Leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) demanded on Sunday immediate arrest of rapists of the recent incidents across the country including the rape in Murari Chand (MC) College in Sylhet....
Bangladesh's decision to issue national passports to Rohingya living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will be harmful to the country's interest, opined foreign affairs experts. Recently, Saudi Arabia,...
The probe committee of the securities regulator has made a set of recommendations including upgrading OMS (order management system) for smooth execution of trading on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). The...
Health experts advised the people again on Sunday to strictly follow the safeguard measures such as wearing of masks, frequent washing of hands and social distancing to protect themselves from...
The banks in the country would be at a grave risk of cyber attacks if they do not strengthen their cybersecurity systems in line with the central bank's guideline, cybersecurity...
The arrest of Nazmus Saaqeb Nayem, an IT virtuoso, has surprisingly not made screaming headlines. According to the police, the tech wizard has confessed to swindling Tk 30 million through...
The everyday scenes on the streets, markets and other places might lead an outsider to believe that the deadly virus does not exist in this country anymore. Nearly 70 to...
Two print media news items about the country's forest resources must have attracted the readers' attention. One shows the pace of the disappearance of coastal trees on the Kuakata beach;...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated 1500th outlet with 84 agent banking outlets across the country. With this, the number of agent outlets of the bank stood at 1566. Md. Mahbub...
IFIC Bank Limited has started journey of its 151st branch at DSE Tower in Nikunja area of the capital. Managing Director of Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited, Kazi Sanaul Hoq has...
The first-ever quiz app on the life and legacy of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been launched recently by IPDC Finance Limited. The Grand premiere...
Chinese multinational technology company Vivo launches a new smartphone in the country's market with a 5000mAh powerful battery. The model of the smartphone is Vivo Y20 and it is priced...
FBCCI President Sheikh Fazle Fahim has expressed deep grief over the death of Mr. Mono Ranjan Dash, the father of Mr. Sujib Ranjan Das, a director of FBCCI. In his...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, reports UNB. In a condolence message, she said the nation will...
Representatives of the governments of United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Israel, and United States converged in Washington, DC on September 15 to sign the historic normalisation accords between the Gulf nations...
LIBOR (London Inter Bank Offered Rate) is the most popular and worldwide accepted benchmark rate in determining loan pricing in multiple currencies. Libor was first introduced in1986 when the BBA...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking its directives to the Ministry of Health to implement the 25-point recommendation of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) after...
Air Defence Exercise titled 'ADEX-2020-2’ of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was held in Dhaka, Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Moulvibazar, Tangail and Bogura districts on Sunday. The aim of this exercise is...
The world should tackle hyper-inequality to build back a better global economy from the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)'s...
An official with China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said recently that the country may have a vaccine available for widespread distribution by November or December. This would...
Mahbubey Alam, the longest-serving attorney general of Bangladesh, has died at a Dhaka hospital at the age of 71 after suffering from COVID-19 illness. Law Minister Anisul Huq confirmed the...
Some 77 per cent businesses in a shopping mall in Chattogram were found guilty of not paying VAT. The VAT intelligence of National Board of Revenue (NBR) drive found that...
The government has appointed new deputy commissioners to two districts -- Chapainawabganj and Shariatpur. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday, saying the...
Foreign Minister A. K. Abdul Momen requested the Saudi Arabia to increase the number of flights required for facilitating the travel of Saudi expatriate Bangladeshis to the gulf country. ...
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam is fighting for his life at a Dhaka hospital in ‘critical’ condition after he contracted the novel coronavirus. His son-in-law Sheikh Reazul Haque confirmed Alam’s condition...
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said an e-judiciary project worth Tk 28.00 billion will be placed before an ECNEC meeting soon. The minister gave the information while speaking at...
Bangladesh recorded 216 Covid-related deaths on the 39th epidemiological week till Sunday morning. Meanwhile, the country saw 32 more deaths, 1,275 new cases and 1,714 recoveries from Covid-19 in 24...
The Ministry of Education has allowed the British Council to hold O and A Level examinations in October and November respectively and laid down four conditions for the test organisers...
Qatar Airways received a 7.3 billion riyal ($1.95 billion) lifeline from the Qatar government after losing 7.0 billion riyal in the year to March 31, the state-owned group disclosed on...
As part of its crop diversification and boosting agricultural output in the country, the government is taking region-based projects to promote the cultivation of new and high-value crops, and bring...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,275 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 359,148. The death toll jumped to 5,161...
Taking serious note of the rape incident in Sylhet MC College, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the culprits involved in such a heinous crime would not...
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