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FE Online The World Car Free Day will be observed in the country and elsewhere in the globe on Tuesday with the theme ‘back to walking and cycling for livable...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will virtually deliver her key speech on September 26 highlighting global issues including Rohingya crisis and vaccine with a call to ensure vaccine for all at...
After a brief pause taken to support and cooperate with government directives and to aid in minimising the spread of Covid-19, British Council have resumed conducting computer-delivered IELTS and paper-based...
A mild heat wave sweeping over parts of the country will likely abate in the next 24 hours commencing 9:00am Monday, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said. The regions of...
The death toll from the spread of coronavirus in the United States was approaching over 200,000 lives on Monday, more than double the number of fatalities in India, the country...
The government has allowed antigen-based rapid testing for Covid-19 at hospitals and health institutes across Bangladesh. The Ministry of Health made the announcement on Monday. It issued a circular on...
The annual Emmy Awards, celebrating the best in television, were handed out on Sunday in a virtual ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel from Los Angeles. Following is a list of...
A Dhaka court on Monday placed national award winning dancer and choreographer Ivan Shahriar Sohag on a seven-day remand in a human trafficking case. Dhaka Metropolitan Judge Mahmuda Begum passed...
In support of the government’s Covid-19 response, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun cash assistance to the urban poor hit hard by the pandemic, including those in...
Switzerland, which last fought a foreign war more than 200 years ago and has no discernable enemies, wants to spend billions on new fighter jets. Many oppose the idea, saying...
A motorcyclist was killed and another was injured after a truck hit their vehicle in Kajla of Jatrabari area in Dhaka early Monday. The deceased was identified as Ilius Bhuiyan,...
The national technical advisory committee on coronavirus (Covid-19) expressed deep concern as people in the country are seen reluctant to abide by health safety guidelines set by the government. Such...
Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited will make its debut trading Wednesday (September 23) on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) under the ‘N’ category. The DSE trading...
A Natore court on Monday sentenced two people to death for killing Freedom Fighter and Awami League’s Boraigram upazila unit chief Dr Aynal Haque in 2002. The convicts are —Torab...
British manufacturers see no evidence of a ‘V’-shaped recovery from the coronavirus pandemic underway and many are planning to slash investment, a business survey showed on Monday. The Make UK...
Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtech said on Monday he had submitted his resignation following criticism over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as the central European country sees a surge...
Some of the world’s biggest companies on Monday backed growing calls for governments to do more to reverse the accelerating destruction of the natural world and support broader efforts to...
The iconic Taj Mahal reopened its doors to visitors on Monday after a six-month closure -- the longest it has ever been shut. The Taj was closed as India went...
World leaders will come together, virtually, on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic challenges the effectiveness and solidarity of the 193-member...
The Appellate Division upheld a High Court order granting anticipatory bail to bdnews24.com Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) accusing the journalist of...
The bidding for eligible investors (EIs) to fix the cut-off price of shares of Mir Akhter Hossain Ltd, a construction company, will now commence from October 4 at 5:00pm as...
HSBC and Standard Chartered's Hong Kong shares dropped on Monday after media reports that they and other banks moved large sums of allegedly illicit funds over nearly two decades despite red flags...
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has requested everyone to verify the authenticity of handsets by checking the IMEI before buying any phone to prevent the import of illegal cell...
Stocks witnessed a downward trend in early trading on Monday as risk-averse investors preferred to book quick-profit on sector-wise large-cap issues following the recent price upsurge. Following the last two...
China's ByteDance Ltd is seeking a valuation of $60 billion for TikTok as Oracle Corp and Walmart take stakes in the short-video app's business to address US security concerns, Reuters reported on...
The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of Dominage Steel Building Systems Ltd is set to open on October 19, aiming to raise Tk 300 million from the capital market. The...
Built barely six years back, the watchtower at Ratargul Swamp Forest, one of the country's most popular tourist destinations, in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet, has been closed to tourists as...
The Bangladesh Bureau of Mineral Development (BMD) plans to set up the country's first 'geological museum' at Jaflong in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet to stop stone extraction in the Ecologically...
Online marketplace for hiring trucks is becoming popular in Bangladesh, lowering trading costs and making business globally competitive as well, said industry insiders. Many mobile app-based new-generation IT start-ups have...
A good number of people, mostly young, gather in the Goabari area in Sylhet to spend leisure on the natural site surrounded by a tea garden on the hillocks every...
Ten people were killed and around 25 were feared trapped after a three-storeyed building collapsed in Bhiwandi near Mumbai in India early this morning. As per the initial information, 31...
Energypac Power Generation's bidding to fix the cut-off price of shares commences today (Monday) while share bidding of Mir Akhter Hossain, a construction company, is set to open September 27....
The coronavirus epidemic in Bangladesh has remained almost unchanged after the daily infection rate dropped slightly, but experts have warned that a second wave may be coming, bdnews24.com reports. The...
The relocation of the ICD (Inland Container Depot) from the Kamalapur railway station in the city will be delayed because of a shift in the mode of financing for implementation...
A clear-cut digital divide persists in the country with no access to internet, first-level access and second-level access - depending on age, gender, geographical location and education, results of a...
Dhaka Shishu (Children's) Hospital has set up a modern and well equipped stem cell therapy unit aiming to treat autism, cerebral palsy and other surgery related diseases. The project has...
The government has taken a move to install a 12-megawatt (MW) diesel-fired power plant in Hatiya island in southeastern Bangladesh by December. The Power Division under the Ministry of Power,...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to introduce a VAT payment system next month that would allow the taxpayers to use their debit and credit cards of 27...
The central bank has extended the deadline for disbursement of Tk. 50 billion special stimulus package for the Covid-19 pandemic hit agricultural sector to December 31 next. The original deadline...
The government has taken an ambitious target to raise the revenue-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio to 24.1 per cent as it aims to achieve the developed nation status by 2041,...
The securities regulator on Sunday declared the posts of 17 directors of nine separate listed companies vacant as they failed to hold the mandatory minimum of 2.0 per cent shares...
Trust will be key to the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and recession. Yet over the past ten years, people's trust in governments, public and private institutions, and one another...
Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) organized a webinar on "Islamic Banking and Financing- an emerging need of promoting corporate governance in the banking sector” on Saturday on virtual...
At least 396 people have been killed extra-judicially, 1,429 women were raped while some 42 Bangladeshis were killed by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in 2019, said a report...
The last few days have witnessed Chinese senior officials undertaking trips to various countries and attending meetings to try and resolve and reduce impact of evolving sensitive issues that are...
Since it's difficult to clearly define women entrepreneurs in view of diverse criteria in different countries and even within a country, there is an imperative to find a single, universal...
Since a longstanding taboo on criticising Thailand's monarchy was broken by protesters in early August, their rallies in Bangkok have got increasingly bold in criticising King Maha Vajiralongkorn and demanding...
Openly challenging the monarchy of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, thousands of protesters marched in Bangkok on Sunday to present demands that include a call for reforms to curb his powers,...
Forced into long five to six months' confinement, if most people start fidgeting about and looking for an excuse to get over the monotony and boredom with gay abandon in...
In the national budget for the current financial year (2020-21), the government has earmarked allocation of Tk 7.4 billion in addition to the usual one under its social safety net...
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