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Mentioning that the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the strength of digital services across the world, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will set up digital academy and...
Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is one of the most popular undergraduate programmes in the country. And on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the prospects for such engineers...
The third edition of the Bangladesh Economics Summit organised by the Economics Study Center (ESC) of Dhaka University came to an end on September 19, 2020 following a number of...
In recent years, Bangladesh has been accredited with one of the emerging IT outsourcing and software exporting countries in South Asia. The IT sector has been continuously contributing to the...
The government has appointed Brig Gen Mominur Rahman Mamun as Inspector General of Prisons.Incumbent IG Prisons Brig Gen AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha will return to the army, the public administration...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate special flights to Saudi Arabia on Sep 26 and 27 amid protests by Bangladeshi migrants for air tickets for a return to the Middle-Eastern country...
Power generation has got significant boost in Bangladesh thanks to the bold initiative of the current government. It increased from less than 5,000 megawatts (MW) in 2010 to more than...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for a ‘strong global partnership’ on digital cooperation for the future generation to achieve the common goals. “We look forward to forging...
Of late, the government has adopted a new strategy to combat trade-based money laundering and illicit financial outflow from the country with the incorporation of a few stringent provisions into...
'Man behind the machine' is a common phrase touted by management pundits and professionals. It implies that the outcome of any machine-linked endeavour is mostly determined by the efficacy of...
Wali-ul-Maroof Matin (1962-2020) was the one who pursued certain dreams for stock market development two decades ago and some developments are now being visible. This scribe first met him in...
The Department of Explosives (DE) under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has come up with a laudable public service almost at no cost. It has issued a warning...
The presidential election in the United States is six weeks away. On November 3, 2020 the Americans are either going to reelect Donald Trump for another term or elect former...
The government will appoint agricultural engineers at the field-level after setting up a concerned wing at the department of agricultural extension for providing support to the growers and the local...
The volume of global merchandise trade dropped by 14.30 per cent in the second quarter of the current year due to Covid-19, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Merchandise...
In the face of a deep global recession amid a still unchecked pandemic, the world needs a global recovery plan that can return even the most vulnerable countries to a...
The death toll from an apartment building collapse on the outskirts of Mumbai, the largest city of India, rose to 35, a senior government official said on Wednesday. Although three...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque has said Bangladesh is keeping constant communication with five companies to get effective COVID-19 vaccines at the quickest possible time. “Many countries are...
A flash flood is approaching to the north-eastern regions amid heavy rain and onrush of upstream water from the neighbouring India, said the state-run Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC)...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against four officials of the health directorate along with Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed over the deal between the government and the...
The Saudi government has agreed to extend visas for the Bangladeshis who want to return to their workplaces in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), reports UNB. "Our Ambassador [Bangladesh...
Robi, the second-largest mobile network operator in Bangladesh, has been given the green light to raise Tk 5.2 billion from the capital market through an initial public offering (IPO) to...
The expatriates’ welfare and overseas minister on Wednesday called upon the aggrieved migrants willing to go to Saudi Arabia to get an update from Riyadh about visa and iqama for...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today (Wednesday) opened two field hospitals for treatment of metro rain project’s engineers, workers and employees infected with coronavirus. “The initiative will help...
The national Vitamin A plus campaign will start across the country from October 4 and to be continued until October 17 for feeding vitamin A plus capsules to all children...
Foreigners with valid Chinese residence permits for work, personal matters and reunion will be allowed to enter the country from Sep 28 without applying for new visas, reports UNB. Adjustments...
The High Court has granted a one-year interim bail to Sangram Editor Abul Asad in a digital security case started after the newspaper published a report describing a war crimes...
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday ordered Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to increase the number of vehicle fitness testing centres in the country within the next two months, reports...
State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has cancelled the tender it had floated to import around 1.25 million tonne of refined petroleum products during January to June 2021. The BPC was...
Paris’s Eiffel Tower has been evacuated, a security source told Reuters on Wednesday. The source could not confirm whether the evacuation followed a bomb threat, as some media reported.
Income earned from work worldwide dropped by an estimated 10.7 per cent, or $3.5 trillion, in the first nine months of 2020, compared to the same period a year ago,...
Around 500 pilot whales were found stranded in Australia’s island state of Tasmania on Wednesday, reports AP/UNB. Authorities had already been working to rescue survivors among an estimated 270 whales...
Facebook Inc said Tuesday it had removed a network of inauthentic Chinese accounts that were interfering in Asian and American politics, including some that posted material supporting and opposing US...
As a part of the government’s plan to bring all consumers of power under smart prepayment metering system, a move is underway to install 1.4 million (1400,000) smart prepayment meters...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said Bangladesh has requested the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to extend the validity of visa and iqama, valid work permit, of Bangladeshi...
Honey production in the Sundarbans, a Unesco World Heritage site, has got a boost due to a favourable environment, according to the Forest Department. Muhammad Belayet Hossain, divisional forest officer...
Bangladesh has posted 1,666 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection in a 24-hour period, taking the tally to 352,287. The death toll jumped to 5,044 after 37 fatalities were...
Nagad has come forward to support an initiative to set up a bomb data centre by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. As...
The Royal Government of Bhutan has announced its first sovereign bond to support the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic while diversifying financial sources. The new financing instrument supported by...
The High Court is set to deliver its judgment on September 29 on the rule over the compensation to Jaha Alam who had been in jail for three years instead...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Wednesday forecast light to moderate rain in the next 24 hours, commencing at 9:00 am. According to a regular bulletin of BMD, “Light to moderate...
Reliance Industries Ltd, controlled by Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani, has raised 1.65 trillion rupees ($22.43 billion) over the past few months through stake sales at its digital unit Jio...
A group of desperate migrant workers demonstrated in front of the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry in Dhaka city on Wednesday. They demand extension of Saudi visas and validity...
Rwanda wants to boost bilateral trade and commercial ties with Bangladesh identifying the areas of cooperation. Foreign Minister of the East African country Vincent Biruta phoned his Bangladesh counterpart Dr...
Malaysia’s PKR president Anwar Ibrahim today (Wednesday) announced in a press conference that he has obtained a "strong, formidable and convincing" support from members of Parliament to form a government....
US existing home sales in August surged to their highest level in nearly 14 years as historically low mortgage rates continue to boost the housing market, the National Association of...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 0.35 million pieces of Yaba pill, worth Tk 105.0 million, at Leda Churikhal area in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district on Tuesday night....
Asia’s stock markets struggled to emulate Wall Street’s rebound on Wednesday as persistent worries about the global economic recovery kept investors cautious, while ebbing inflation expectations helped the US dollar...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, has questioned Myanmar for not fulfilling its commitment over Rohingya repatriation. "Where is justice for those...
Stocks witnessed upward trend in early trading on Wednesday as optimistic investors are showing appetite on sector-wise issues after four-day correction. Meanwhile, Walton Hi-Tech Industries made a flying trading debut...
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