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The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been put on high alert to prevent rawhide smuggling after the Eid-ul-Azha, during which Muslims sacrifice animals. BGB has intensified patrolling in the bordering...
Heavy rain in Nepal triggered landslides on Monday that killed eight labourers at a construction site and two members of a family, taking the toll in floods and landslides to...
Public transport must adapt to a “new normal” in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and adopt technologies that will render it more green and resilient to future...
Prof Dr. Mahmuda Akter, Department of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Dhaka, has taken charge of Bangladesh Institute of Capital Market (BICM) as executive president. She submitted the joining...
Public and private offices reopened on Monday after three days of holiday on the occasion of the Eid-ul Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslim Ummah, celebrated on...
Laxmipur's independent lawmaker Kazi Shahid Islam, who is currently detained in Kuwait on money laundering and human trafficking charges, will lose his seat in parliament if he is jailed for...
Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi has said the government is relentlessly working to resolve all the problems in the jute sector. “The present government is keen to solve...
Vietnam is in the midst of a “decisive” fight against the novel coronavirus, the prime minister said on Monday, with the focus on Danang city where infections have appeared in...
The European Union is providing EUR 100,000, almost Tk 10 million, in humanitarian aid funding to assist the most vulnerable communities in response to severe flooding that has affected nearly...
China said on Monday it will suspend its extradition agreement with New Zealand in response to Wellington suspending its existing extradition treaty with Hong Kong. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang...
Microsoft Corp’s potential acquisition of short-video app TikTok carries myriad risks, thrusting it into the politically fraught social media business and Sino-US conflict amid increased scrutiny of big-tech companies. But...
John Hume, a Roman Catholic architect of Northern Ireland's Good Friday peace agreement who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending 30 years of sectarian violence, died...
Former Pope Benedict XVI is seriously ill after returning to the Vatican from a visit to Germany, German newspaper Passauer Neue Presse reported on Monday, citing his biographer, reports Reuters. ...
A Bangladeshi national was reportedly beaten to death by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from a river near Ratnai border in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon on Monday...
Stocks ended higher on Monday, the first session after Eid holiday, as investors continued their buying spree on large-cap issues after the central bank unveiled the expansionary monetary policy statement....
Eight candidates from Mexico to Moldova are bidding to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organization to replace Roberto Azevedo, who steps down at the end of August....
The number of deaths from coronavirus in Iran is nearly triple what Iran's government claims, a BBC Persian service investigation has found. The government's own records appear to show almost...
Thirty more people died from coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Monday, according to the statistics of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With this, the...
Karnaphuli Tunnel Project has achieved a 'breakthrough' with the completion of the left line despite the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The project in Chattogram is being constructed by China Communications Construction...
The government has extended the business hours for shops and malls by one hour to 8:00pm, while office hours during the coronavirus pandemic remain the same, bdnews24.com reports. The Cabinet...
A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of drug traders at Dormutia village in Keshabpur upazila of Jashore early Monday. The deceased was identified...
The scars of last summer remain in Soura, an enclave that became a symbol of Kashmir’s resistance to India’s central government a year ago on Wednesday. Coils of concertina wire,...
India’s worsening economic outlook as coronavirus cases soar has raised the chance the central bank will cut interest rates at its policy review on Thursday, in spite of inflationary pressures....
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to be staged in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Sept. 19 to Nov. 10, subject to government approval. The IPL’s governing council...
Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) authorities have removed over 15,000 pieces of unsold rawhide of sacrificial animals from streets, said councillor Shaibal Das Sumon, president of Waste Management Committee of CCC....
A case was filed in connection with an attack on Dhaka University Journalists' Association (DUJA) General Secretary Md Imran Hossain. Imran Hossain filed a case with Maheshpur police station of...
The European Union (EU) is providing €100,000 (almost Tk 10 million) in humanitarian aid funding to assist the most vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. The aid will directly benefit 25,000 affected...
India reported 52,972 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1.8 million, data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare showed on Monday. With...
The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed an upward trend in early hours of trading Monday, after three-day Eid holidays, as investors are showing their buying appetite...
Islamic State militants were battling Afghan security forces in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday morning, after an overnight assault on a prison that led to a mass jailbreak,...
Union Capital Limited has been placed in “Z” category from the existing “B” category with effect from tomorrow (Tuesday) as the company has recommended ‘no’ dividend for the year ended...
Piling on top of the pre-pandemic stock of jobless population, economists apprehend the newly unemployed resulting from firms severely scaling back on their activities as part of ‘lockdown’ measures may...
Seasonal cattle rawhide traders vanished during Eid-ul-Azha this year, still perturbed by the past bitter experience. The coronavirus pandemic foreshadowed dismal demand for rawhides. The seasonal traders knew a crisis...
US astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday after a...
President Donald Trump has agreed to give China’s ByteDance 45 days to negotiate a sale of popular short-video app TikTok to Microsoft Corp, three people familiar with the matter said...
Japan’s economy shrank an annualised 2.2 per cent in January-March, unchanged after a second revision, data from the Cabinet Office showed on Monday. The additional revision for the gross domestic...
Argentina broke past 200,000 Covid-19 cases on Sunday and Colombia set a daily record as grim milestones topple in Latin America, pushing the world’s worst affected region towards a combined...
The White House and Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday sought to shut down the Republican president’s musings on delaying the 2020 vote, saying there will be an election on Nov....
Microsoft Corp said on Sunday that it would continue discussions to acquire popular short-video app TikTok from Chinese internet giant ByteDance, and that it was aiming to conclude the negotiations...
Remittances across the world could decline by $108.6 billion this year as job losses mount and employers trim payrolls amid a Covid-19 pandemic that has devastated economies, according to a...
The government has reconstituted the committee with a joint secretary-level official at the helm to investigate police shooting dead former army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan at a checkpoint in...
Honduras will extend its coronavirus curfew for another week through to August 9 in an effort to curb the coronavirus pandemic, the security ministry said on Sunday. Honduras first imposed...
The cattle slaughtered on the day of Eid-ul-Azha created more than 13,000 tonnes of waste matters, the two city corporations have said, claiming they removed the waste within the promised...
Seven US Marines and a Navy sailor missing since a training accident off the Southern California coast were presumed dead on Sunday after the military concluded an extensive 40-hour search,...
Bangladesh is exploring ways to kick-start tourism in line with the health and safety protocols after the coronavirus pandemic laid waste to the industry, inflicting billions of Takas in losses....
Tens of millions of residents leave Dhaka during Eid-ul-Azha every year to celebrate the festival with loved ones at their rural homes, but COVID-19 outbreak has forced them to stay...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said a vested quarter is out to tarnish the government’s image when it is taking up different effective measures in facing disasters....
Trading and official activities on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) will resume tomorrow (Monday) after three-day Eid holidays, officials said. The trading on the bourses...
The authorities on Sunday suspended 21 police officers, including the in-charge, of Baharchhara police outpost in connection with the killing of a retired army major Major of Bangladesh Army on...
The government has revised down the list of online news portals eligible for registration to 34 from 44, reports bdnews24.com. Online editions of the daily newspapers have been dropped from...
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