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The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will set up a separate central risk management unit under the customs department soon to combat duty evasion through use of technology. According to...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged at the United Nations on Saturday that his country's vaccine production capacity would be made available globally to fight the COVID-19 crisis. "As the...
A total of 23,617 cases were pending with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) in 2019, according to a SC statement issued on Saturday. Of the total, 6,303...
The winners of this year’s Nobel Prizes will miss out on a swanky gala in Stockholm surrounded by royalty and Sweden’s glitterati, but 2020 will at least not be added...
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged private entrepreneurs and non-government organisations to work together with the government for development of the tourism industry and...
Covid-19 test report is not mandatory for Bangladeshi passengers to go to Singapore from their homeland as Singapore has announced a new set of rules and restrictions for travellers. But...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud will discuss bilateral and current issues over phone on Sunday. The telephone conversation is...
Students of Sylhet MC College on Saturday staged demonstrations blocking the road in front of the college protesting the ‘gang-rape’ that took place in a college dormitory on Friday night....
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has initiated a process to terminate 26 police personnel found positive in dope tests, said DMP Commissioner Md Shaifqul Islam on Saturday. The DMP chief came...
Ousting party general secretary Dr Reza Kibria, a faction of Gonoforum leaders on Saturday decided to hold the party’s national council on December 26. In an apparent move to hasten...
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa sought an additional currency swap facility and deferment of debt payments from India during an online bilateral summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) needs to play a more effective role for improvement of quality of audit and corporate financial reporting systems significantly which will consequently help address the wilful...
Though the net financial transfers related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Bangladesh increased modestly in the last decade, it is still lower than the net inflows of foreign direct...
Some 121 people were killed and 103 others injured in 88 factory accidents across the country in the financial year of (FY) 2018 - 2019, according to an official data....
China’s annual production capacity for coronavirus vaccines will top 1 billion doses by 2021, following an aggressive government support program for construction of new factories, said a Chinese health official,...
The fifth phase of flood in Kurigram has marooned 60,000 people, according to the UP chairmen of the flood-hit areas. The overall flood situation remains unchanged though the water level...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday authorised the country’s provinces to impose lockdowns wherever necessary to stem a rapid rise in coronavirus cases. “We are forced to intensify regulations and...
Bangladesh has posted 1,106 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally to 357,873, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll jumped to 5,129 after 36...
'Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale’, a docudrama bringing to life the trials and tribulations Sheikh Hasina went through following the assassination of her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is set to...
Lebanon’s prime minister-designate quit on Saturday after trying for almost a month to line up a non-partisan cabinet, failing despite French pressure on sectarian leaders to rally together to deal...
A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his teenage step-son in Dakhshinkhan area of the city on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Mohor Uddin, 40, son of...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has launched the country’s first Dual Currency UnionPay debit card and prepaid card. Cardholders can endorse up to USD 12,000 yearly travel quota limit to the...
In a speech to the United Nations, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan called India’s Hindu-nationalist government a sponsor of hatred and prejudice against Islam, while denouncing its moves to cement...
On television and in the courtroom, the young lawyer could be a force. Babar Qadri stood as a rare, pugilistic voice arguing on behalf of his native Kashmir, the rocky...
The World Bank has approved $200 million to help Bangladesh improve access to safe water and sanitation services in rural areas. The Bangladesh Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Human Capital...
The government has elevated 98 administrative officers to the rank of additional secretary from joint secretary. The public administration ministry announced their promotion in an order on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com....
CHATTOGRAM: Import of onion through sea routes is on the rise as Chittagong Port's Plant Quarantine Centre issued a total of 305 Import Permissions (IP) to import onion from nearly...
Atiur Rahman Atik, Jatiya Sangsad whip and also the president of Sherpur district Awami League, has been infected with coronavirus. His test result came on Friday night, UNB reported quoting...
Fish farmers and importantly the Fisheries Department of Jashore district are calling for a ban on importing fish from India, at a time when the country’s fish imports from India...
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Americans might not know the winner of the November presidential election for months due to disputes over mail ballots, building on his...
Some of Bollywood’s biggest actors are being questioned in a widening drug probe by federal agencies that has sent shockwaves through India’s beleaguered film industry and dominated prime time news...
A single dose of Johnson & Johnson's experimental Covid-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response against the novel coronavirus in an early-to-mid stage clinical trial, according to interim results published...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to convene an international conference early next year to launch “a genuine peace process” between Israel and...
Thai activists on Friday planted a symbolic plaque declaring Thailand belongs to the people in front of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s villa in Germany, as protests calling for reforms to his...
The annual housing fair of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) is not being held this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, it now plans to...
A military transport plane carrying air force cadets crashed and burst into flames near a highway in northeastern Ukraine on Friday evening, killing at least 22 people on board, officials...
India is unlikely to revoke a ban on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) following PUBG Corp's decision to withdraw the mobile game's publishing rights in the country from China's Tencent 0700.HK, a...
Disbursement of farm loans by banks in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-2021, has remained below the strategic target. Scheduled banks made only 13.15 per...
The government has planned to produce 3.0 million (30 lakh) tonnes of onion this year as part of its strategy to make Bangladesh an onion surplus country. The government looks...
Bangladesh will bring the unresolved Rohingya crisis before the global leaders today (Saturday) apparently reminding everybody of the failure to find a durable solution to the crisis amid Myanmar's non-fulfilment...
The flood situation worsened in the country's northern and northeastern regions on Friday due to heavy rainfall and onrush of water from the upstream in neighbouring India. As major rivers...
The Indian Central Bureau of Intelligence (CBI) has recently detected the alleged involvement of the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel of India in cattle smuggling through the India-Bangladesh border. The...
The shipping companies continue to face problems with their 'dangerous cargo' (DC) as the relevant authorities are yet to address the issue of unloading the same at the Chattogram port....
The rapid pace of agent banking is changing the rural economic landscape as millions of unbanked people are coming into the fold of the formal financial services, bankers said on...
Biman Bangladeshi Airlines on Friday announced the resumption of flight operations on Dhaka-Singapore route from October 1, following a disruption of several months over the coronavirus pandemic. Biman Bangladesh's Managing...
In line with a major reshuffle in the police administration, a total of 1,507 police officers have been transferred to Cox's Bazar. A source of Police Headquarter confirmed the matter,...
The Dhaka University student, who has accused former DUCSU VP Nurul Haque Nur and five other anti-quota movement leaders in a rape case, has sought Sheikh Hasina’s help for justice....
Justifying or supporting an awful thing or crime by a section of people in this country or anywhere in the world is not a new thing. What is more alarming...
The natural tendency of things is to slide from order into disorder. No one has ever seen various stationery items lying scattered around a place getting organised by themselves. But...
If Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is the measure, then Bangladesh economy has been doing rather well so far. Going by the 5.24 per cent GDP growth rate for FY...
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