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Facebook Inc (FB.O) made an “operational mistake” in not acting sooner to remove a page for a militia group that posted a call to arms in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the company’s Chief...
Two children drowned in a pond at Nowagao village of Manoharganj in Cumilla on Saturday. The deceased are Ziad, 9, and his cousin Sayed, 7. Local Union Parishad Member Saiful...
The Australian government has provided personal protective equipment (PPE) to Bangladesh Armed Forces Division (AFD) under the Defence Cooperation Programme between the two countries, for combating COVID-19 pandemic. Australian High...
Director General of the World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has lauded the ongoing activities and various initiatives taken by the government of Bangladesh to control COVID-19. He thanked...
India’s steel exports more than doubled between April and July to hit their highest level in at least six years, boosted by a surge of Chinese buying in defiance of...
Even as India is poised for the next round of unlocking the economy on September 1, a new modelling study projects that the country could prevent more than 0.2 million...
The Boeing Company has said that some airlines operating its 787 Dreamliners have removed eight jets from service after the plane-maker identified two distinct manufacturing issues in the fuselage section....
The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain Ibn Ali (RA), a grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), will be observed across the country tomorrow...
Four Chinese COVID-19 vaccine candidates have started international phase-3 clinical trials. Some of the phase-3 trials are expected to complete the first round of vaccinations in early September, with preliminary...
Plentiful monsoon rains spurred Indian farmers to plant summer crops across a record swathe of farmland 7.0 per cent bigger than last year, promising a bumper harvest in Asia’s third-biggest...
The Ministry of Education has urged people of the country not to pay heed to any rumour about HSC and its equivalent examinations. “Recently, it has been noticed that teachers,...
UK Minister of State Lord Zac Goldsmith has said developing countries like Bangladesh are the hardest hit by climate change and Bangladesh's effort on climate front is an example for...
The silk industry of the country has incurred loss worth Tk 3.00 billion due to the impact of prolonged novel coronavirus situation. Liakat Ali, President of Bangladesh Silk Industries Owners...
The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued a decree cancelling a law on boycotting Israel and allowing trade and financial agreements between the two countries, the UAE...
Chittagong Independent University (CIU) will Monday begin its Virtual Open Day to take student admissions for the Autumn 2020 Semester. The four-day event will continue until September 03, according to...
Emirates has announced the resumption of passenger services to Bangkok with daily flights starting from September 1. The resumption of flights to Bangkok will expand Emirates’ current network to 78...
Bangladesh has recorded 2,131 fresh cases of Covid-19 in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 308,925. The death toll from the disease climbed to 4,206 after 32...
Bangladesh has sought a post-Covid extension of UK’s GSP facility to Bangladeshi products until 2030 and greater support to its low-carbon climate-resilient development strategies for a faster post-Covid SDGs recovery....
At least eight people were killed in an alleged shootout in the southern Philippine province of Cotabato around noontime on Saturday, police and local official said. A local official said...
The number of truck registration in the country stood at 2,229 in the first six months of the current calendar year, according to an official data. Of the total, 1,589...
Public transports will readjust ticket prices to pre-pandemic rates from Sep 1, Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader has said. Quader announced the decision during a videoconference with the officials of...
India has ‘underperformed in strengthening’ the Indo-Bangladesh relations and its ‘poor handling’ drives Bangladesh to deepen ties with China, observed an article published in The Diplomat. Despite its growing dependence...
Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) on Friday returned the body of a Bangladeshi youth who was shot dead by them on Kushtia border 15 days back. The deceased was identified...
At the height of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, the heads of US banks including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Corp and others pledged not to cut any jobs in...
Children can carry coronavirus in their noses for up to three weeks, according to a study from South Korea. Earlier studies have found the vast majority of children with the...
Hit hard by coronavirus fallouts, tourism-based businesses in the Sundarbans are eagerly waiting for reopening of tourism for their survival as they suffered huge losses over the past five months....
Public health experts in Bangladesh have expressed concern about the government’s decision to charge people for Covid-19 tests amid a sharp decline in the number of tests being done, observed...
The bodies of two Bangladeshi women have been recovered from a flat in Kuwait. Police retrieved the bodies from the ground floor of a multi-storey building in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh area...
In a bombshell report, Channel 7 is threatening to terminate its $450 million contract with Cricket Australia. On Friday, The Daily Telegraph’s Ben Horne revealed Channel 7 chief executive James Warburton...
At least 40 dolphins have mysteriously died in an area of Mauritius affected by an oil spill from a Japanese boat, officials and witnesses said on Friday, as witnesses described...
In his golden-hued office, decked out with peacock feathers and crystal balls, Indian mystic healer and astrologer Sanjay Sharma is busy offering his clients a peek into their future as...
The government has initiated a move to set up a world trade centre (WTC) in Dhaka city with a view to making trade and business easier, officials said. The WTC...
The government is seriously considering to extend the deadline for Boro paddy and rice procurement drive following the requests made by the millers, an official said. Earlier, the government set...
Importers find it more profitable importing goods by rail through Benapole port than any other mode of transport. Besides, they can import goods more quickly by rail and do not...
The share prices of junk stocks, which came under Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) scanner, have been soaring in the last one month without undisclosed price sensitive information. The companies are...
The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE) has started correspondence with the Japanese authorities concerned to send skilled workers to the country, officials said. As part of the...
Grade-four student Sakia Karim Raka has been housebound for around five and a half months. Her school in Dhaka’s Malibagh held online classes for some days in June, but could...
The government plans to start negotiations with a dozen countries including US and Canada for signing preferential trade agreements to help boost the country's export earnings, officials said. Besides, necessary...
Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown with searing intensity before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday...
After almost 30 years, Bangladesh Railway (BR) is going to buy 50 broad-gauge and 75 metre-gauge luggage vans aiming to improve its goods transportation services which helped it minimize the...
Foreign donors' commitment to NGOs operating in Bangladesh for providing them with funds through a government regulatory body has declined sharply in the last fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020 mainly due...
Bangladesh is unlikely to gain much by signing a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Nepal, as Kathmandu's trade treaty with Delhi stands as a barrier in this regard, officials have...
The digital banking got a big push in the recent months as people preferred staying at home or offices instead of frequently visiting the banks and booths. The internet banking,...
GlobalConnect@SBF, an initiative of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) together with Enterprise Singapore, Bangladesh High Commission in Singapore, Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), Public-Private Sector Federation (PPPA) and FBCCI recently...
The Rohingya ethnic people living in Myanmar had crossed into neighbouring Bangladesh over decades due to persecution. Bangladesh is apparently hosting more than a million Rohingya people and this highlights...
Centre for Development Innovation and Practices (CDIP) is a mid-size microfinance NGO, established in 1995 in a remote village with a personal donation of the founder, Muhammad Yahiya. Currently, CDIP...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of eminent journalist and litterateur Rahat Khan, reports UNB. In a condolence message, the prime minister...
Political parties in Bangladesh are likely to be given more time to increase women's participation at all organisational levels in order to maintain their registration status, with the current deadline...
A freight water terminal located on the bank of Padma river near the site of Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant project in Pabna’s Rooppur has gone fully operational, reports bdnews24.com....
Journalist and author Rahat Khan has died at the age of 80, reports bdnews24.com. He breathed his last at his home in Dhaka’s Eskaton Garden around 8:30pm on Friday, said...
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