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Mango trading is now on the verge of closing stage amid a sky-high price in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts after around three month-long brisk business. Currently, on the last stage...
Nazimuddin, a landless beggar of Sherpur district, has got house as gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in return for his surprising donation. Deputy Commissioner of Sherpur Anar Koli Mahbub...
The death toll from the novel coronavirus infection in Bangladesh has climbed to 3,657 after 32 more fatalities were registered over a 24-hour period. The government said 2,024 new infections...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Janata Bank to avail house building loan for its officials. The MoU was inked at the UGC Bhaban...
The Bangladesh foreign ministry sought assistance from the foreign countries to bring back the five fugitive killers of the founder president Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Foreign ministry sought the diplomatic...
A Dhaka court today (Sunday) placed eight employees of Regent Group and Regent Hospital on two-day remand each in a case lodged over issuing fake coronavirus test reports and other...
Two examinees of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) were killed after a bus hit a motorcycle on Dhaka-Aricha Highway at Srirampur in Dhamrai upazila, on the outskirts of the capital on...
US President Donald Trump is considering a pardon for Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency contractor - now living in Russia - whose spectacular leaks shook the US...
An inactivated Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by China has shown promising trial result as it is safe and generates an immune response, according to data from clinical trials published in...
A team of scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru have developed a sustainable process to make space bricks on the...
Stocks kept the soaring trend with core index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed the 4,800-mark after 10 months as investors continued their buying spree on large-cap issues amid...
The Spanish region of Galicia has effectively banned smoking in public places over concerns it increases the risk of Covid-19 transmission. It issued a blanket ban on smoking in the...
Bangladesh garment exporters are not worried over falling behind their peers in Vietnam in overseas sales as they hope exports will rebound by December, buoyed by demand in the Western...
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has said light to moderate rain will likely hit parts of the country in the next 24 hours starting from 6:00am today (Sunday). Light to moderate...
More than a thousand protesters gathered in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Sunday to demand the resignation of the government, changes to the constitution and an end to the harassment of...
Saudi Arabia’s consumer price index jumped 6.1 per cent in July compared with a year earlier, boosted by a tripling of value-added tax, official data showed on Sunday. The inflation...
The bodies of three tourists, who went missing while swimming in Feni River on Saturday, were recovered from the river in Companiganj upazila of Noakhali on Sunday morning. Divers from...
Four new dengue cases were recorded in the last 24 hours until Sunday morning, the health authorities said. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said 20 dengue patients are...
To paint a picture of how India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have fared so far on living standards of people, Times of India in an article says Bangladesh is a South...
Bangladesh Ambassador to USA Mohammad Ziauddin has said they are convinced that the USA, as champion of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, shall return the killer of...
South Korea accused the leader of a religious sect on Sunday of violating self-isolation rules and obstructing investigations into the country’s biggest outbreak of new coronavirus in five months. South...
South Africa's president has said coronavirus infections appear to have peaked in the country, as he announced a sweeping relaxation of lockdown measures. President Cyril Ramaphosa said nearly all restrictions...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has approved Pragati Life Insurance’s application to raise Tk 230.27 million through rights issue. The rights issue is an offer of new shares...
Thirteen crew members have remained missing since a lighter vessel, carrying 2,000 tonnes of wheat sank, capsized in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday. Zahid Hossain, manager (operation) of ‘Litmond...
Nine Bangladeshis, including women and children, were arrested by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) while they were trying to go to India illegally through the Jhenaidah border on Saturday night....
The provisional estimates of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) did not capture the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Bangladesh economy in the last fiscal year (FY20), according to...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have recovered 3,90,000 yaba tablets from Damdamia bordering area of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday. Lt Col Mohammad Faisal Hasan Khan, commanding...
Stocks witnessed a steep rise in early trading on Sunday as enthusiastic investors continued their buying spree on large-cap issues riding on regulatory moves to restore discipline in the market....
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he could exert pressure on more Chinese companies such as technology giant Alibaba after he moved to ban TikTok. Asked at a news...
The personnel from Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepal Army along with local people continued on Sunday to search for missing people in a massive landslide that has killed...
US President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, died on Saturday night at the age of 71, according to the White House. "It is with heavy heart I share that...
The government has taken a move to export safe, halal food and meat to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an official said. The ministry of fisheries and livestock (MoFL) through...
The country's plastic goods manufacturers have urged the government not to allow import of waste or scrap plastic items which, according to them, put adverse impacts on the domestic industry...
People having undisclosed cash are expected to get the chance to legalise their money in three methods while filing return during the current fiscal year. The taxmen may allow the...
The securities regulator and other stakeholders have laid importance on sustainable development of the capital market to ensure its contribution to national economy. Their opinion came at a webinar arranged...
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is expected to kick off the delivery of smart driving cards in the next two months. The regulator has recently assigned an Indian firm...
Bangladesh along with its neighbouring India and Pakistan could see extreme increase in heat and humidity, which may significantly affect workability and liveability, according to a global report. The McKinsey...
The apparel makers are facing new challenges as the buyers changing their prices and order strategies, including product specification, after the FoB price is locked amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,...
Prices of rice went up in Naogaon. In the district's wholesale markets, per 50-kilogram sack of different rice varieties is being sold at Tk 100 to Tk 150 higher than...
Around 117 kilometer roads and highways in Netrakona district are in dilapidated condition with numerous potholes and cracks inconveniencing movement of vehicles and thousands of pedestrians. Locals alleged that though...
The World Bank (WB) is set to provide $150-million to create employment opportunities for low-income urban youths and migrant returnees and raise their productivity level, officials at the Economic Relations...
The government expects a significant improvement in income inequality from its peak, amid sluggish economic activities. It eyes Gini coefficient-a measure of income distribution where 0 represents perfect equality and...
Health Minister Zahid Maleque believes the novel coronavirus will “leave Bangladesh by itself”. He said that the infections and deaths have dropped despite a full-fledged resumption of work in the...
Unlike in many countries, buying fresh raw meat requires a lot of skill in Dhaka markets. Dishonest sellers don't want to miss the smallest chance to apply their sleight of...
There is a need for working out an effective plan to check the country's fast-shrinking arable land and thus maintain the momentum in its food grain production. Such view was...
Vietnam's overtaking of Bangladesh to become the second-largest exporter in the global apparel market is nothing surprising. The two countries had been running neck and neck since 2015. The Southeast...
A Jashore court on Saturday placed five officials including the assistant director of a juvenile correction centre in Jashore on remand centring an alleged clash that killed three wards on...
The United States said on Friday it had confiscated four Iranian fuel shipments that were bound for Venezuela, disrupting a key supply line for both Tehran and Caracas as they...
India great and World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni has retired, reports BBC. Dhoni, 39, led India to the World Twenty20 title in 2007 and World Cup glory in 2011. "Thanks...
Russia has produced the first batch of its new vaccine for COVID-19 on Saturday; hours after the ministry reported the start of manufacturing. Some scientists said they fear that with...
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