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Bangladesh is in discussion with Russia to procure crude and refined oils, the Russian envoy in Dhaka said Wednesday, as alternative trading arrangement is envisaged as a last resort amid...
With a broad goal of making a positive impact on changing people's lives and thinking beyond borders to create a sustainable future, business competitions came into being. This also came...
Languages are not just a collection of words, and associated sounds, rather they are intricate systems of codes that are woven into our very core. They allow us to express...
Students aiming to pursue their undergrad abroad attend standardised tests to strengthen their profile, bolster their credibility, and add to their chances of admission to top universities. SAT (Scholastic Aptitude...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for calm, de-escalation of tensions and respect for rule of law in Pakistan amid the government-opposition political standoff. Why have things come to a...
Tea garden owners have claimed that in the ongoing strike by workers --- and this is till Tuesday of this week --- they have lost as much as Tk 161.96...
At a treacherous time when energy or a lack of it appears to be the mother of all evils, the majority of governments the world over are desperately looking for...
Regrettably though, women working in the Bangladesh garment industry are still seen suffering under the devastating impacts of the Covid health crisis, according to new findings. A study by researchers...
India has provided $1 million to the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Secretariat in Dhaka to increase its operational budget. Indian Minister of State...
President M Abdul Hamid on Tuesday witnessed the progress of the construction work of Mithamoin Cantonment in Kishoreganj. Engineer-in-Chief (E-n-C) Major General Md Jubayer Salehin along with some high military...
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak today said that the governments of Bangladesh and Malaysia will work more intensively together to develop a digital economy, and invest in...
Prime Minister's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said BNP leader Tarique Rahman had a meeting with the planners and enforcers of the blast at Hawa Bhaban prior to the...
The Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) is all set to observe a half-day hartal across the country on Thursday protesting the hike in the prices of fuel, urea fertiliser and daily...
পর্যটন খাতের বিকাশে ‘যৌক্তিক’ পর্যায়ে কর আরোপ চায় সংসদীয় কমিটি। অর্থ মন্ত্রণালয়, জাতীয় রাজস্ব বোর্ড (এনবিআর) এবং ঢাকার দুই সিটি করপোরেশনের সঙ্গে কথা বলে কমিটি তাদেরকে আন্তঃসভা করে প্রয়োজনীয় ব্যবস্থা...
As many as 13 firefighting units doused the fire, which broke out at a building in the Bijoynagar area in Dhaka on Wednesday evening, after nearly two hours. Fortunately, no...
The revenue collection by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) witnessed a healthy growth of 15 per cent in the first month (July) of the current fiscal year (FY23) fetching...
The Qatar Investment Authority aims to invest $3.0 billion in Pakistan, the Qatari ruler's office said on Wednesday, lending support to the South Asian nation's cash-strapped economy. Pakistan is in...
আগামী জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচনে দেড়শ আসনে ইভিএমে ভোট গ্রহণে নির্বাচন কমিশনের সিদ্ধান্ত প্রত্যাখান করে ব্যালট ব্যবহারের দাবি জানিয়েছেন বিএনপি মহাসচিব মির্জা ফখরুল ইসলাম আলমগীর। বুধবার দুপুরে ঢাকার নয়া পল্টনে দলের...
Britain imported no fuel from Russia in June for the first time since records began 25 years ago, as sanctions on Moscow in response to its invasion of Ukraine helped...
The decision to use electronic voting machines or EVMs in a maximum of 150 constituencies in the next parliamentary elections was made to protect voting rights without prioritising the “demands”...
The capital market must be protected from rumours as the stock market is affected by misleading information, president of Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association of Bangladesh (BMBA) Md Sayadur Rahman said...
Former Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter hired killers at Tk 300,000 to kill his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016, according to a report from the Police Bureau...
The High Court on Wednesday observed that it’s one kind of immunity to add a provision in the law making it mandatory for police to take permission from higher authorities...
A fire broke out at a restaurant in the capital's Paltan area on Wednesday evening. Eleven firefighting units from Siddik Bazar Fire Service and Civil Defence responded to the blaze...
Topu Roy's family did not have electricity until around 2005 when his parents set up a solar power system at their home in Dinajpur, in northern Bangladesh, to run lights...
যে কাজ পুলিশ বাহিনীকে বিব্রত করে তা করতে নিষেধ করার পাশাপাশি থানা হাজতে আত্মহত্যার সহায়ক কোনো কিছু যাতে না থাকে তা নিশ্চিত হতে নির্দেশ দিয়েছেন ঢাকা মহানগর পুলিশ কমিশনার মোহা....
Bangladesh is in discussions with Russia in a bid to procure crude and refined oil, Russian Ambassador Alexander Mantytskiy in Dhaka said on Wednesday. “A number of initiatives regarding the supplies...
Pakistan has urged the international community to help with relief efforts as it struggles to cope with the aftermath of torrential rains that triggered massive floods last month, killing more...
With no hope in sight to return to their homeland in Rakhine State of Myanmar, nearly one million Rohingya people, who fled to Bangladesh five years ago, are passing inhuman lives...
Different forms of violence and abuses of child domestic workers continue unabated in the country for what child rights stakeholders say are lack of proper monitoring and supervision, and a...
The international community, including the United Nations (UN), has completely failed to exert effective pressure on Myanmar to initiate dignified repatriation of Rohingya. Although Bangladesh bears no responsibility for the...
জ্বালানি তেলের দাম বেড়ে যাওয়ার অজুহাতে ডিম ও পোল্ট্রি খাতের সঙ্গে সংশ্লিষ্ট একটি মহল ‘কারসাজি করে’ অস্বাভাবিক মূল্য বাড়িয়েছে জানিয়ে জাতীয় ভোক্তা অধিকার সংরক্ষণ অধিদপ্তরের মহাপরিচালক বলেছেন, অপরাধীদের চিহ্নিত করে...
Japan is considering constructing next-generation nuclear reactors, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at an energy policy meeting on Wednesday. Eleven years after the Fukushima disaster, the plan marked a...
আগামী জাতীয় নির্বাচনে দেড়শ আসনে ইভিএমে ভোট করার যে সিদ্ধান্ত নির্বাচন কমিশন নিয়েছে, তাকে স্বাগত জানিয়েছে আওয়ামী লীগ। ক্ষমতাসীন এ দলের সাধারণ সম্পাদক ওবায়দুল কাদের বলেছেন, “এ দাবি আমরা ২০১৮...
Kuwait has said that it will increase oil production to 2.811 million barrels per day to ensure safe and stable supplies amid rising global demand. In a statement cited by...
Ukrainians revelled in a surreal display of burnt-out Russian tanks and armour laid out this week as war trophies in central Kyiv to mark the 31st anniversary of independence, but...
এক ‘অদ্ভুত’ বিপাকে পড়ছেন ফেইসবুক ব্যবহারকারীরা; নিউজ ফিডে বন্ধু আর কাছের মানুষ অথবা ফলো করা পেইজের পোস্টের জায়গা দখল করে নিয়েছে সেলিব্রেটিদের পেইজে অপরিচিতদের অপ্রাসঙ্গিক পোস্ট। বিভ্রাট ট্র্যাকিং সেবা ডাউনডিটেক্টরের...
The High Court has ordered 11 family members, including the two daughters of Khabir Uddin, a director of People's Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL), to surrender their passports in...
বিদ্যুৎ সাশ্রয়ে রাতে নির্দিষ্ট সময় পর্যন্ত দোকান ও বিভিন্ন প্রতিষ্ঠান বন্ধের যে নির্দেশনা দেওয়া হয়েছে তা নগরবাসীকে মেনে চলার আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন ঢাকা দক্ষিণ সিটির মেয়র শেখ ফজলে নূর তাপস। বুধবার...
A total of 165 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8:00 am today). "As many as 125 dengue patients were...
গ্যাসের বকেয়া বিল ও মিটারে অবৈধভাবে হস্তক্ষেপের অভিযোগে যমুনা গ্রুপের ছয়টি প্রতিষ্ঠানের শিল্প ও ক্যাপটিভ পাওয়ারসহ আটটি সংযোগ বিচ্ছিন্ন করেছে তিতাস গ্যাস কর্তৃপক্ষ। মঙ্গলবার গাজীপুরের চন্দ্রা, সফিপুর ও কোনাবাড়ীতে অবস্থিত...
Tea garden workers in Sylhet continued with their strike on Wednesday, the 16th day of their protest movement, demanding revision of their wages to Tk 300 from the existing Tk...
Tripura, a hilly state in northeast India, wants to start international flights on the Agartala-Chittagong-Agartala route by the end of this year Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushanta Chowdhury of...
একটি নির্দিষ্ট রাজনৈতিক দলের ‘চাওয়াকে’ গুরুত্ব দিতে নয়, সুষ্ঠুভাবে ভোটাধিকার প্রয়োগের জন্য আগামী সংসদ নির্বাচনে ১৫০ আসনে ইভিএমে ভোটগ্রহণের সিদ্ধান্ত নেওয়ার কথা বলেছেন প্রধান নির্বাচন কমিশনার কাজী হাবিবুল আউয়াল। বুধবার...
A series of violent crimes against women in Egypt has drawn attention to gaps in legal and social protections that leave female citizens vulnerable to attacks and harassment, victims and...
Bangladesh has recorded 167 cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,010,490. The death toll climbed by three in 24 hours to 29,319, according...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested six people for manufacturing and selling counterfeit Ayurvedic medicines in Dhaka. The arrestees have been identified as Md Wazed Islam Shanto, 20, and his...
Barisal University was established in 2011. It is the only general public university in the Barisal division. Vacancy: multiple Vacancy Type: Assistant Professor - Management Studies, Accounting and Information System...
Fashion is a form of self-expression in a specific context of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, makeover, accessories, and hairstyle. People are constantly looking for trendy and unique fashionable clothes to create...
World Bank's country director Mercy Miyang Tembon paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Wednesday. During the meeting, Mercy Miyang Tembon highly appreciated...
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