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Holding the second position after China in the global apparel export market, Bangladesh is being chased by its closest competitor Vietnam. In the first nine months of 2019, the East...
The government is loosening rules allowing use of drones for research, survey, photography, movie-making, feasibility studies and entertainment, reports bdnews24.com. The civil aviation and tourism ministry has taken opinions from...
On February 12, the Malawi High Court upheld its original decision to nullify the country's May 2019 presidential election, and decreed that the poll must be rerun within 150 days....
Digital Bangladesh is the electoral pledge of the present government to develop Bangladesh as a middle-income country by 2021. It is a good initiative as all developed countries have demonstrated...
A symposium titled 'Bangladesh and Nordic Countries: Prognosis for Partnership’ will be held at Six Seasons Hotel in the city on Saturday. Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh Winnie Estrup Petersen, Norwegian...
The Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is raising water prices for residential and commercial users in Dhaka and Chattogram for a second time in the space of six months....
Probiotics-fed chickens get higher body weight and also have lower abdominal fat, fetching increased profits for farmers and thus safe food for consumers, reveals a study. Probiotics could be potential...
The burgeoning population of cattle and other ruminant animals in the country has hardly benefited the consumers as the price of meat has been on the rise steadily. The prices...
India's hard-line Hindu nationalists watched anti-government protests centred in Muslim communities for months in anger that finally boiled over in the worst communal rioting in New Delhi in decades, leaving...
The government is planning to introduce an exclusively online application system for students seeking enrolment in class XI. The move would mean that students will no longer be able to...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to take policy steps as needed to prevent the coronavirus outbreak from dealing a severe blow to the country’s fragile economic recovery. Abe...
World share markets were headed for their worst week since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis as investors ditched risky assets on fears the coronavirus would become a pandemic...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) further approved 2 million US dollars to help Asia-Pacific developing countries contain the coronavirus outbreak and improve resilience other communicable diseases. A source at the...
A woman was burnt to death as a fire broke out at a multi-storey building on Bashbari Mandir road in the city’s Mohammadpur area on Friday. The deceased was identified...
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has demolished 5,574 illegal riverbank structures and recovered about 593 acres of occupied land in the first phase of government’s countrywide drive. All district administrations...
New Zealand’s health ministry on Friday confirmed the country’s first case of coronavirus in a person who recently returned from Iran. The person, who is in their 60s, tested positive...
Nigeria has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, the health ministry said on Twitter on Friday, announcing the first case in sub-Saharan Africa, as infections spread rapidly worldwide. The ministry...
Police recovered the bullet-hit bodies of two young men from Mangalkandi in Sonagazi upazila of Feni district on Friday. One of the deceased was identified as Sharif, son of Obaidul...
Two people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a covered van and a truck on Pabna-Dhaka highway at Madhupur in Ataikula upazila of Pabna district on...
A new open-roof sightseeing bus has been launched in Cox's Bazar. The bus will run along the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf marine drive giving tourists an opportunity to watch the beautiful waterfront...
The prices of basic construction materials like steel rod and cement have been maintaining a downward trend in recent times mainly due to low demand, insiders have said. They also...
A Hyundai Motor worker has tested positive for the new coronavirus, leading to a suspension of production at one of its factories in South Korea’s southeastern city of Ulsan, the...
The spread of new coronavirus (COVID-19) in China may bring fortune for a booming economy like Bangladesh as many countries have by now realised that dependence on a single country...
Iran said on Thursday its death toll from coronavirus had risen to 26, by far the highest number outside China, and the total number of infected people now stood at...
Ten most traded stocks accounted for 25 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Thursday, with BRAC Bank generating the highest turnover. Market insiders said investors...
The cost for performing hajj in 2020 under private management has increased to Tk 361,800 from the previous year's Tk 345,800 due to hike in airfare and visa processing cost,...
The prices of onion have declined further in the city following the withdrawal of a ban on its exports by neighbouring India, traders said. The Indian government decided to lift...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), an auditors' watchdog of the country, found a few irregularities involving a pharmaceutical company. The listed company, Advent Pharma, had an approval of appointing M...
The local production of pulses almost remained static in last five years, causing a rise in imports of the essential item to meet the growing demand. The rise in imports...
The central bank has slightly squeezed financing capacity of non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) in commercial paper (CP) for avoiding concentration of investment in the short-term security. The NBFIs are now...
KHULNA, Feb 27: There has been a revolution in the cultivation of vegetables using organic method in Betaga union of Fakirhat upazila under Bagerhat district. Sources said, a good number...
SDC-Shomoshti Project of CARE Bangladesh organised an event, namely, Private Sector Meet on February 26, 2019 in the capital. Shomoshti project is supporting its private sector partners to implement pro-poor...
The investing public in Bangladesh have always been suspicious about the quality of the financials of companies, listed or otherwise. After what the top officials of the Bangladesh Securities and...
Before the news of Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Noor Papia's arrest on charge of supply of counterfeit currency notes, drug and sex trade and possession of illegal firearms could...
As the capital city finds itself amid a plethora of development projects, problems compound to deter the good sides of many. The latest issue centres around the Uttara-Motijheel Mass Rapid...
China's lunar rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, has helped scientists unveil the secrets buried deep under the surface on the far side of the moon, enriching human's understanding about the...
Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases, clinically known as 'Diabetes Mellitus', in which a person has high blood sugar either because the body does not produce enough insulin or...
Indian government has asked a Bangladeshi studying at Visva-Bharati to leave India for participating in “anti-government activities” after she posted on Facebook a few photographs of protests against the Citizenship...
Like in the last three decades, the curtain falls on the month-long book fair in the capital tomorrow, the last day of February. The fair dedicated to the 1952 Bangla...
Some major long-term changes are urgently overdue. First, export diversification is imperative. Second, trading partner diversification follows: the more there are, the healthier for any country today, reaffirming the Machiavellian...
Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed is an insightful writer, popular teacher, former television presenter, leading social activist and a successful organiser in the present Bangladesh. He has dedicated his almost entire...
The remains of a teenage boy have been found in the lion enclosure of a Lahore zoo, a day after he went missing. Officials said they are investigating how Muhammad...
All Japan's elementary, junior and high schools will be asked to close from March 2 until their upcoming spring break to help contain the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...
Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has announced that she is retiring from tennis with immediate effect, according to WTA official website. The 32-year-old Russian enjoyed a glittering career that...
The government has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the ‘Mujib Year’ celebration as India was the main ally of Bangladesh in the Liberation War of 1971. Awami...
A three-day long internet fair kicked off on Thursday with an aim to spread use of information technology in the southern part of the country among the grassroots through secure...
Bangladesh has stressed the need for signing free trade agreement (FTA) among the BIMSTEC member states to open a new horizon in trade for the region. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi...
The viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 82,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year...
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has hiked retail electricity prices by Tk 0.36 or 5.3 per cent, from Tk 6.77 to Tk 7.13 per unit, making the new rate...
The prime index of the Dhaka bourse fell below 4,500-mark Thursday as worried investors continued to dump their holdings amid concern on the possible impact of the single-digit interest rate...
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