Popular singer Andrew Kishore passed away on Monday evening at a clinic in Rajshahi city. He has been undergoing treatment at a clinic run by his doctor sister and her...
Bangladesh Bank has removed ONE Bank Chairman Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury over bad loans tied to one of his companies. The episode of delinquency stems from his loans from Standard Bank....
A BRTC bus has ploughed into a small passenger vehicle on the Dinajpur-Thakurgaon highway, killing seven people, mostly from two families, reports bdnews24.com. The Rangpur-bound BRTC bus collided head-on with...
Police have arrested Crest Securities owner Shahid Ullah and wife Nipa Sultana who went into hiding after shuttering the brokerage house weeks ago. They face charges of embezzling their clients’...
Three highways will be upgraded into four-lane ones in the current fiscal (FY21) aiming to improve the national transport system and infrastructures for better road communications across the country. Those...
China’s ambassador to London accused Britain on Monday of gross interference and of making irresponsible remarks since Beijing introduced new security legislation in the former British colony of Hong Kong,...
Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of Dhaka city from 12:00pm to 6:00pm (six hours) on Tuesday for gas pipeline relocation work under Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) project....
Awami League (AL) Presidium Member and former home minister Advocate Sahara Khatun left Dhaka for Thailand on Monday for better treatment. An aircraft carrying her departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International...
The point-to-point inflation rate in last month June increased by 0.67 percentage points to 6.02 per cent due to significant rise of the food inflation, official data showed. In May,...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Monday endorsed nine development projects at a combine cost of Tk 123.66 billion. Among the projects, six are revised ones...
Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose haunting scores to Spaghetti Westerns like “A Fistful of Dollars” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” helped define a cinematic era, has...
Vietnam's total textile and garment export value in the first half of this year declined by 15.5 per cent year-on-year to nearly 12.8 billion US dollars, according to the country's...
The border between Australia’s two most populous states will close from Tuesday for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of...
Indian soldiers who died in close combat with Chinese troops last month were unarmed and surrounded by a larger force on a steep ridge, Indian government sources, two soldiers deployed...
The government has allocated 10,900 mts of rice and cash Tk 17.30 million as humanitarian assistance for people affected by natural disasters. The assistance was given for the people affected...
Emirates SkyCargo, freight division of Emirates airline will be operating scheduled cargo flights to 100 destinations across six continents during the month of July 2020. Some of the new cities...
Saudi Arabia has approved the extension of the validity of the expired iqama (residency permit) and exit and reentry visas of expatriates, who are outside the kingdom, for three months...
Ten people were shot early on Sunday in a Greenville, South Carolina, nightclub in an outburst of suspected gang-related violence that killed two people and critically injured two others, police...
Orders for German industrial goods rose by 10.4 per cent in May, rebounding from their biggest drop since records began in 1991 the previous month, data showed on Monday, as...
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 2101 new cases on Monday, taking the number of such cases in the country to 165,618. The state-run Directorate General of Health Services...
Stocks rebounded on Monday with soaring turnover as some investors went on buying binge riding on the regulatory move for ensuring mandatory shareholding rules. The stock market regulator has asked...
A senior staff nurse of Sylhet Shaheed Shamsuddin Hospital died of Covid-19 on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Nasima Parvin, a nurse of the Covid-19 dedicated hospital. She...
Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that the novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people and are calling for the World Health Organization to revise...
US sanctions designed to restrict the ability of China’s Huawei to source advanced microchips for 5G equipment is likely to have a significant impact on the reliability of the supplier,...
Israel on Monday launched a new spy satellite that it said would provide high-quality surveillance for its military intelligence. Israel has been building up its surveillance capabilities to monitor enemies...
Two people who had been suffering from fever and cold related problems died at Comilla Medical College hospital in last 24 hours till Monday morning. Doctor Sajeda Khatun ,assistant director...
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has said that captain Lionel Messi will end his career at the Catalan club, dismissing a report saying the Argentine no longer wishes to renew...
Although some 2,000 people used to move to Dhaka every day from across the country seeking a better life barely six months back, many are now leaving the capital, thanks...
The stock market regulator has asked 61 directors of 22 listed companies to ensure a minimum 2.0 per cent shares in their own companies within 45 days to continue their...
Asian shares scaled four-month peaks on Monday as investors counted on super-cheap liquidity and fiscal stimulus to sustain the global economic recovery, even as surging coronavirus cases delayed re-openings across...
India has over-taken Russia with the world’s third-highest number of novel coronavirus cases, at nearly 700,000, according to the latest data, as the outbreak shows no sign of slowing. Health...
Stocks witnessed a downward trend in early trading on Monday with turnover remaining low as investors mostly followed cautious stance amid worsening pandemic situation in the country. Within 30 minutes...
Ride-sharing company Uber Technologies Inc has agreed on a deal to buy food-delivery app Postmates Inc in a $2.65 billion all-stock agreement, Bloomberg News reported late Sunday, citing people familiar...
The board of directors of Phoenix Insurance Company, and Phoenix Finance & Investment have recommended dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2019, according to separate official disclosures on...
The air quality in Dhaka has improved further due to rains for the last few days. The megacity ranked the 15th worst polluted city in the world in the Air...
India has withdrawn a planned reopening of the Taj Mahal, citing the risk of new coronavirus infections spreading in the northern city of Agra from visitors flocking to see the...
The securities regulator has moved to formulate rules for transactions of all perpetual bonds through the main trading platforms of the stock exchanges. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC)...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended all flights to international destinations, except London, until July 30. On July 01, Biman said it would resume flights to Dubai and Abu Dhabi on...
The Bangladesh Bank has prohibited former chairman of NRB Commercial Bank Farasath Ali from owning stake in any bank or non-bank financial institutions for two years for his alleged irregularities....
Some 49.1 per cent of the participants in a survey said they store coronavirus waste in a common container, showing poor awareness of the disease in Dhaka city. Meanwhile, 49.1-per...
India has finally allowed goods in from Bangladesh through Benapole Land Port in Jashore days after Bangladeshi exporters blocked imports from across the border, reports bdnews24.com. The local exporters had...
A new container line has started operating between Chattogram and Kolkata seaports in a significant move to boost Indo-Bangladesh trade. The vessel,Harmann Schepper, left the Ctgport on Thursday last while...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) hasrequested the government to give registration to its associate-member buying houses, officials said. In this regard, the apex trade body of the country's...
Tangail, July 05: Flood situation has deteriorated in Tangail as the water level of the Jamuna River keeps swelling. The river was flowing 35cm above the danger mark, Sirajul Islam,...
Country's export earnings decreased by a record 17 per cent or $6.86 billion in the just-concluded fiscal since fiscal year (FY) 2001-02. The country fetched $33.67 billion in FY 2019-20...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has tightened the vehicle-hiring scope for taxmen from this fiscal, creating difficulties for field-level tax inspection. From now on, tax, VAT and customs officials...
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Sunday formed two more High Court benches to hold virtual hearings and disposing of urgent cases of criminal and civil jurisdictions during the ongoing...
At a time quite a few house owners or landlords in the capital city decided to forego rents of their flats without asking, there are reports of eviction of tenants...
The latest government decision to close down all the state-owned jute mills, unpalatable though, has been long overdue. The decision, undoubtedly, would render thousands of workers jobless in one of...
Tourists, especially the domestic ones, can now visit the Kuakata beach without hesitation. It has been declared open to visitors from July 1 by the relevant government authorities. The resort...
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