Auto sales in China plunged 79 per cent in February, marking their biggest ever monthly decline, with demand pummeled by the coronavirus outbreak. Sales in the world’s biggest auto market...
The High Court on Thursday granted permanent bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed in Narail district. The HC bench of Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique...
The ‘Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) project’ of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division with its Startup Bangladesh banner is set to conduct a baseline survey on...
The government has ordered schools and colleges to hold daily assemblies inside classrooms amid growing fears over the novel coronavirus in the country. Educational institutions were also directed to postpone...
Photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol has been reported missing by his family following his implication in a case started by a ruling party MP under the Digital Security Act. His family...
The number of car registration in the country stood at 2,757 in the first two months of the current calendar year, according to official data. Of the total, 2,441 cars...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the country’s first-ever expressway on Jatrabari-Mawa and Patchchar-Bhanga routes to traffic opening up a new era in the communication sector on the eve of...
Harvest of new potato is going on in Bogura district amid labourer crisis. A good number of farmers said they are passing busy time harvesting their produce from morning till...
CHATTOGRAM: Bangladesh Railway (BR) Eastern Zone took a decision not to sell any tickets to the passengers from abroad within 15 days of their return. Inter-district train tickets would not...
The 19th Khulna International Trade Fair-2020 started on Wednesday in the district. The fair organised by the Khulna Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) will continue till April 14. Khulna...
Juventus defender Daniele Rugani has tested positive for COVID-19, the Serie A giants confirmed on Wednesday. According to the Bianconeri, the 25-year-old Italy international currently has no symptoms of the...
Grassroots people in the district are showing more interest in cattle rearing on commercial basis as it has been proved more profitable to them. Sources said a good number of...
Academic activities at thirteen government primary schools in Badalgachhi upazila of Naogaon district are being hampered for a long due to shortage of adequate number of teachers. Sources said there...
India has announced that all visas, barring a select few categories, will be suspended for a month in order to halt the spread of Covid-19. Visa free travel afforded to...
Global shares crumbled on Thursday after US President Donald Trump stunned investors by announcing a temporary travel ban from Europe in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus,...
The real world is full of uncertainties. As a team leader, the first objective is to create a plan for the team. A team leader is expected to sit with...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is yet to take adequate preparations to protect its hundreds of thousands of passengers against coronavirus. Since coronavirus patients were detected in the country, BR has instructed...
Bangladesh ranked 115th out of 128 countries in the 2020 edition of the Rule of Law Index. With the score of 0.41 point out of 1.0, the country also ranked...
Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus in Australia, the actor said on Twitter. Hanks said that he and Wilson, who...
Access to finance, corruption and political instability are three major barriers the private sector faces in Bangladesh, according to a study. The private sector arm of the World Bank on...
Bangladesh's import orders dropped by more than 12 per cent or nearly US$663 million in January last due to supply chain disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China. Opening...
Abu Noyem Md Khasru is a decorated CFO (chief financial officer) with several professional degrees and a long tenure of experience in multinational banks. He obtained MCom from Department of...
To people who have read Dale Carnegie's well-acclaimed book How to Win Friends and Influence People, it is evident how important effective communication and relationship building are. Forming relationships do...
FARIDPUR, Mar 11: Onion seeds cultivation is increasing across the district for its high market demand. The seeds are known to farmers as 'black gold'. Agriculture officials said Faridpur is...
RANGPUR, Feb 11 (BSS): The expanding small-scale and small-holding tea gardening on plain land has become a boon for farmers to change their fortune in five sub-Himalayan northern districts in...
Japan's grant of Tk 6.6 million for rehabilitation of poor people with disabilities may not be a huge sum but in terms of humanitarian service its value surpasses the financial...
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the disgraced Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see, reports...
Bangladesh made history through defeating a team in all matches in all three formats with a 2-0 whitewash over visiting Zimbabwe by nine wickets in the last one of two-match...
The interest of post office savings schemes will return to its previous rates by March 17. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal gave the information after inaugurating automation of postal savings...
The global stock markets appear to be in a long-term economic downturn from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which has now spread rapidly from the world's second-largest economy, China, to...
The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has at last struck Bangladesh. Originating from the wildlife market of China's Wuhan city in December 2019, it has now become a global phenomenon within three...
The US is currently still in a stock market bubble which, if history is any guide, is likely to end, perhaps soon due to Covid19. President Trump would, of course,...
The good news is that the much-awaited road safety law has been effective from last year. The government passed the law by toughening punishment of drivers involved in road crashes...
When the banking sector is plagued by massive non-performing loans, agent banking service (ABS) has made significant contribution to the rural economy over the past few years. It is still...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) President Shams Mahmud in his initial budget reaction said that the budget has focused GDP growth of 8.2 per cent and inflation of...
Higher the education, lower the possibility of getting jobs has become a painful reality in many developing countries. In contrast to growing graduate unemployment, high-school drop-outs with three-month vocational training...
In a 2017 speech, John Williams, then the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, warned that, "post-financial crisis, things are returning to normal. But normal may look...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has postponed two Twenty20 matches between World XI and Asia XI and a concert, scheduled to take place in celebration of Mujib Year, the birth...
A Chinese company, Beijing Urban Construction Group Ltd (BUCG), has secured a contract for implementation of Sylhet Osmani International Airport Extension (1st phase) Project with an expenditure of Tk 21.17...
The government has allocated Tk 500 million for health services to prevent the spread of coronavirus after the detection of the first cases in Bangladesh. reports bdnews24.com. The finance ministry...
Police arrested 10 criminals from the Benapole border of Jashore district on Wednesday. Eight of them were wanted in various cases. The arrestees were identified as Ziaur Rahman, 30, Mukta...
For the fourth time, near-extinct river turtle ‘Batagur Baska’ laid 35 eggs at a wildlife breeding centre in Karamjal of East Sundarbans on Tuesday, reports UNB. Forest Department is trying...
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday declared illegal sentencing of minors by mobile courts and scrapped conviction of 121 such child accused, reports BSS. A High Court division bench comprising...
Police recovered three bodies from Joypurhat town and Akkelpur upazila on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The body of a schoolgirl was recovered from Arafat Nagar in the district town...
The Russian parliament approved a constitutional reform to allow the country's President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036. The parliament gave the approval in the third and final...
Nearly 800 people were infected with respiratory problems across the country in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room...
The government has decided to observe 'one-minute blackout' programme on the night of March 25, marking the 'Genocide Day'. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal came up with the information after...
The government has taken a decision to take necessary actions against the tanneries which will release chromium above the standard of the Leather Working Group (LWG). The government will give...
The number of coronavirus cases in India has risen by 18 to 62 with eight testing positive from Kerala, five from Maharashtra, four from Karnataka and one from Jammu and...
A man was pulled out alive after being trapped for 69 hours under the rubble of a collapsed virus quarantine hotel in southeastern China in which at least 20 other...
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