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China announced an initiative on Tuesday to establish global standards on data security, saying it wanted to promote multilateralism in the area at a time when “individual countries” were “bullying”...
China accused Indian troops of violating a bilateral agreement and firing warning shots in the air during a confrontation with Chinese personnel on the disputed border on Monday, amid renewed...
Many brokerage firms are not paying the dues of government, securities regulatory and depository authority despite the firms realise BO (beneficiary owner's) account maintenance fees from their clients on regular...
One seaman of an overseas shipping company died in an accident when he fell from a ship by slipping his leg at around 12 noon on Monday at Chattogram sea...
Barbed wire fencing on Bangladesh-India border in Tripura by the Indian government and recent rise in border killing by the BSF will be the major issues in the upcoming talks...
Public-Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) is going to cut its projects from the pipeline finding many are neither bankable nor marketable. Officials said since the authority has already developed a good...
The government has shifted from its earlier stance of achieving double-digit economic growth to a more realistic approach in the newly-devised vision paper by FY2041, analysts said on Saturday. Yet,...
The central bank has revised the eligibility for purchasing wage-earner bonds (WEBs) in a move that could frustrate many potential investors. A notice issued on Monday said Bangladeshi people, who...
Proshanta Kumar Halder, popularly known as PK Halder, who allegedly swindled billions from a number of banks and financial institutions and fled the country some months back, has expressed his...
After a sudden increase in June, net sales of the state-owned savings instruments dropped drastically in July, the first month of the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, according to official...
Business activities of the community and convention centres as well as catering services across the country have virtually come to a halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic, industry insiders said....
The stock market regulator has asked the bourses to suspend the share trading of Beximco Synthetics from Tuesday (September 8) as the company applied for delisting from the stock market....
There has never been a dearth of forecasting by experts and non-experts alike on the possible consequences of the pandemic on life and livelihood of the people in general and...
The period of the last July-August witnessed the full-scale beginning of the era of online examinations at the country's schools. Private schools in the urban areas dominated the scene. One...
The attempt on Wahida Khanam, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Ghoraghat, Dinajpur and her father in her official residence on the night of September 2 is more than an indication...
A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday overturned the death sentences handed to five people convicted over the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The kingdom’s prosecution said...
Bangladesh Railway will resume selling train tickets at station counters alongside online purchase on Sept 12, reports bdnews24.com. It has been selling tickets online only since services resumed on May...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said his party has decided to join all the upcoming elections and by-polls. Speaking at a press conference, he also said...
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd on Monday suspended four engineers and four other employees over the deadly explosions at a mosque in Narayanganj’s Fatullah. The company also asked...
The government has appointed Md Golam Sarwar, currently serving as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Oman, as the next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Malaysia. Sarwar is a career diplomat...
The incidence of burn injuries is frighteningly high in Bangladesh. A considerable proportion of the population-- both adult and pediatric of both gender-- suffers from preventable burn injuries. According to...
The Covid-19 crisis has amplified profound fault lines in the functioning of global value chains (GVCs) and exposed the fragility of a model characterised by high interdependencies between leading firms...
Today, 8 September is the International Literacy Day (ILD). Since 1967, the Day is observed throughout the world annually in cognizance of the importance of literacy as a matter of...
The United Kingdom has announced that it would fund one British and two Bangladesh universities for conducting a research project to increase vaccine access in developing economies including Bangladesh. The...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) will take necessary measures to ensure quality higher education at the university level and to secure a strong position in the global ranking. UGC Chairman...
Facebook Inc has employed a Bangla-speaking Bangladeshi to administer Bangladeshi content and swiftly resolve any related issues which may occur on the social media utility, reports bdnews24.com. The decision to...
Members of Bangladesh national cricket team are undergoing a Covid-19 test. They will have to undergo this test three times more ahead of the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka...
The European Union aims to impose economic sanctions on 31 senior Belarus officials including the country’s interior minister by mid-September in response to an August 9 election that the western...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government may not be able to implement the national budget fully if the worldwide economic recession continues or worsen further. “Although it was passed...
The death toll from blast at Narayanganj mosque has reached 27 with the death of another victim at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute on Monday. The deceased...
Water levels of major rivers started rising again following onrush of huge water amid monsoon rains from the upper catchment in India in the Brahmaputra basin during the last 24...
The next meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) will be convened shortly this month on a virtual platform. The foreign minister-level meeting will review the entire gamut of...
The ‘Companies (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2020’ was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) keeping a provision of formation of one-man company aiming to attract larger investment and do better in...
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), led by Mayor Md Atiqul Islam, has launched an eviction drive to free the roads and sidewalks of encroachment. The authorities confiscated construction materials...
A panel, which was formed to investigate the killing of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan in Cox's Bazar, has submitted its report to the home ministry. The committee's...
Bangladesh has counted 37 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus in a daily count, raising the death toll to 4,516, reports bdnews24.com. The tally of infections surged to 327,359 after...
The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) filed a total of 1,429 cases in the fiscal year 2018-19. Of them, 844 cases have been settled during the period,...
Emirates has returned over US$ 1.4 billion in Covid-19 related travel refunds to date, making strong and steady progress on its commitment to customers to complete pending refunds. More than...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday seeking Tk 5 million (50 lakh) in compensation for each family of the victims who died and suffered injuries...
Stocks posted a marginal gain on Monday amid choppy trading as investors were active on both sides of the trading fence throughout the session. DSEX, the prime index of the...
Vietnam exported more than 7.3 billion US dollars of wood and wood-based products in the first eight months of this year, up 9.6 per cent against the same period last...
The Covid-19 crisis has had at least some impact on the livelihoods of 82 per cent garment workers in Bangladesh, according to a survey released on Monday. The survey conducted...
The ruling Awami League on Monday announced the names of candidates for Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 by-election. Party's general secretary Obaidul Quader announced their names at a regular press briefing held...
Some 21 people were killed and 1,020 injured in 85 incidents of political violence across the country in the first seven months of the current calendar year, according to a...
The Chittagong Stock Exchange has revised its CSE-50 Index on the basis of performance of the listed companies. The new index will be effective from September 20. The port city’s...
Asian shares were on the defensive on Monday as investors grappled with sky-high valuations against the backdrop of a global economy in the grip of a deep coronavirus-induced recession while...
Almost 300 Rohingya refugees believed to have been at sea for six months landed in Indonesia’s Aceh province early on Monday, Indonesian authorities said. Acehnese police said a wooden boat...
Robotic Process Automation or RPA has emerged as the starting point for digital transformation in financial sector as well as other sectors. According to Gartner, 85% of companies with more...
Khulna-6 MP Akhtaruzzaman Babu, who is infected with coronavirus, was airlifted to Dhaka on Monday by MI-171SH helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force on Monday morning. Later, he was taken to...
The state-owned petroleum distributor Padma Oil Company has signed an agreement with Beximco LPG Unit-1 to sell liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Under the agreement, Padma Oil will sell the LPG...
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