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14351. Nike, Adidas settle patent fights over shoe technologyPublished: August 21, 2022 16:24:13

Nike Inc and Adidas AG, the world's two leading sneaker brands, have resolved a series of US patent disputes over technology used in their athletic shoes, court filings show. Nike...


14352. Ali takes only a minute to win first female pro fight in SaudiPublished: August 21, 2022 16:19:19

British-Somali super-bantamweight Ramla Ali took little more than a minute on Saturday to win the first sanctioned female professional boxing bout held in Saudi Arabia. The 32-year-old stopped Crystal Garcia...


14353. BRAC University needs Lecturers in multiple departmentsPublished: August 21, 2022 16:01:48

BRAC university is a leading private university in Bangladesh. Vacancy: not specified Vacancy Type: Lecturer Department:  Economics Biotechnology Physics Statistics Requirements: MSc degree in Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ Physics/ Statistics from a...


14354. Stocks keep gaining for fourth dayPublished: August 21, 2022 15:58:52

Stocks extended the winning streak for the fourth straight sessions Sunday as the buoyant investors continued their buying interest on sector-wise issues amid positive expectations. The market opened higher and...


14355. 'Never Have I Ever' becomes sharper in the 3rd season of Indian-American representationPublished: August 21, 2022 15:56:00

Never Have I Ever started as an original teen comedy-drama by Netflix in August 2020. Since then, it has gained popularity as the best on-screen representation of an Indian-American lead character...


14356. Habiganj tea plantation workers block highway to demand pay hikePublished: August 21, 2022 15:53:31

The workers of 24 tea plantations in Habiganj have once again blocked the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway to press home their demand for a daily wage of Tk 300. They descended on...


14357. Entrepreneurs seek business-friendly lawPublished: August 21, 2022 15:21:18

The entrepreneurs providing courier and logistics services in the country urged the government to enact the 'Mailing Operator and Courier Service Development and Regulatory Authority Act-2022' making it business-friendly. They...


14358. Japan PM Kishida infected with COVID, recuperatingPublished: August 21, 2022 15:20:25

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been infected with COVID-19 and is recuperating at his official residence, his office said on Sunday. Kishida, just returned from week-long vacation, was due...


14359. New Zealand to temporarily boost worker intake amid shortfallPublished: August 21, 2022 15:15:07

New Zealand will make temporary changes to immigration rules, a minister said on Sunday, aiming to lure 12,000 workers over the next year with a working holiday scheme designed to...


14360. Join Woolworths Group Asia as a Sustainable Products PartnerPublished: August 21, 2022 14:58:15

Woolworths Group Asia is a well-known international retail company. Vacancy: not  Vacancy Type: Sustainable Products Partner (Hybrid) Job Responsibilities: Partner with our sourcing and commercial teams to deliver own brand...


14361. ACC to launch probe into Ramna Police Station OC Monirul's 'illegal wealth'Published: August 21, 2022 14:55:20

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch an investigation against Ramna Police Station chief Monirul Islam for allegedly amassing vast wealth through dubious means. The High Court on Sunday...


14362. Man ‘beaten by police’ after reporting attempted child rapePublished: August 21, 2022 14:51:02

A man claims he was beaten by police in Manikganj’s Shibaloy after he tried to report the attempted rape of his daughter, bdnews24.com reports. The officer-on-duty at the time, Sub-Inspector...


14363. PM alerts countrymen against recurrence of Aug 15-like carnagePublished: August 21, 2022 14:44:53

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (August 21, 2022) cautioned the countrymen about the repetition of August 15, 1975-like carnage as those who don’t like the country’s development wouldn’t sit idle,...


14364. Pearson Bangladesh is looking for an Office ManagerPublished: August 21, 2022 14:38:47

Pearson is the world’s leading learning company. Learning is the most powerful force for change in the world. More than 20,000 Pearson employees deliver our products and services in nearly...


14365. Qatar Airways needs a Digital and Marketing Operations CoordinatorPublished: August 21, 2022 14:32:21

Qatar Airways is one of the world's leading international premium airline operators. Vacancy: not specified Vacancy Type: Digital and Marketing Operations Coordinator Job Responsibilities: Support the delivery of digital and...


14366. ৪৮ ঘণ্টার মধ্যে পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রীর পদত্যাগ চেয়ে উকিল নোটিসPublished: August 21, 2022 14:07:00

সরকারকে ক্ষমতায় ‘টিকিয়ে’ রাখতে ভারতকে অনুরোধ করা নিয়ে বক্তব্যের জন্য ৪৮ ঘণ্টার মধ্যে পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রী এ কে আব্দুল মোমেনের পদত্যাগ চেয়ে উকিল নোটিস পাঠিয়েছেন সুপ্রিম কোর্টের একজন আইনজীবী। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর...


14367. Indonesia announces its first case of monkeypoxPublished: August 21, 2022 13:58:52

A man in Indonesia has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the country’s first confirmed case of the disease, authorities said late Saturday. The 27-year-old who lives in the capital,...


14368. ধর্ষণ চেষ্টার বিচার চাইতে গিয়ে জুটল পুলিশের মারধরPublished: August 21, 2022 13:49:33

মানিকগঞ্জের শিবালয়ে শিশুকন্যাকে ‘ধর্ষণচেষ্টার’ বিচার চাইতে যাওয়া এক বাবাকে মারধরের অভিযোগ উঠেছে পুলিশের বিরুদ্ধে খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। শনিবার রাতে শিবালয় থানায় ওই ঘটনার পর ডিউটি অফিসার এএসআই আরিফ হোসেনকে...


14369. Low-income people in Bagerhat hit hard by high price of rice  Published: August 21, 2022 13:17:22

The prices of all varieties of rice have gone up in the wholesale and retail markets of Bagerhat, creating a suffocating condition for the low-income group people who are already...


14370. Hasina pays tribute to victims of Aug 21 grenade attackPublished: August 21, 2022 13:00:47

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid homage to the victims of the grisly grenade attack that took place on Aug 21, 2004. Hasina arrived at Bangabandhu Avenue around 10:30 am...


14371. ২১ অগাস্ট: গ্রেনেড হামলায় নিহতদের স্মরণে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর শ্রদ্ধাPublished: August 21, 2022 12:12:17

একুশ আগস্ট ভয়াবহ গ্রেনেড হামলায় নিহতদের প্রতি শ্রদ্ধা জানিয়েছেন আওয়ামী লীগ সভাপতি প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। ভয়ঙ্কর সেই হামলার বার্ষিকীতে রোববার সকাল সাড়ে ১০টার দিকে রাজধানীর বঙ্গবন্ধু এভিনিউয়ে...


14372. Recollection of uncertain moments of Sheikh Hasina's rescuePublished: August 21, 2022 12:08:20

Bangladesh's history recorded the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on incumbent Prime Minister and the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina as one of the most gruesome incidents, killing 24 people...


14373. Floods, landslides kill 33 in IndiaPublished: August 21, 2022 11:51:23

Heavy rains pounded several Indian states. In Himachal Pradesh, 22 people died, including eight members of a family At least 33 deaths were reported on Saturday after heavy rains pounded...


14374. ২১ অগাস্ট হামলা: আপিল দ্রুত নিষ্পত্তিতে বেঞ্চ চায় রাষ্ট্রপক্ষPublished: August 21, 2022 11:39:14

দেড় যুগ আগে ঢাকার বঙ্গবন্ধু অ্যাভিনিউয়ে আওয়ামী লীগের সমাবেশে গ্রেনেড হামলার ঘটনায় আসামিদের মৃত্যুদণ্ডাদেশ অনুমোদন এবং তাদের করা আপিলের ওপর ‘অগ্রাধিকার’ ভিত্তিতে শুনানির জন্য প্রধান বিচারপতির কাছে আবেদন জানিয়েছে রাষ্ট্রপক্ষ। খবর...


14375. Stocks open week on positive notePublished: August 21, 2022 11:38:08

Stocks opened marginally higher on Sunday as the investors are putting fresh bets on lucrative issues. Following the previous week’s upturn, DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up...


14376. ভারতে বন্যা-ভূমিধসে ৩৩ মৃত্যুPublished: August 21, 2022 11:17:30

ভারতের একাধিক রাজ্যে ভারি বর্ষণে সৃষ্ট আকস্মিক বন্যা ও ভূমিধসে অন্তত ৩৩ জনের মৃত্যু হয়েছে বলে জানিয়েছেন কর্মকর্তারা। এনডিটিভির বরাত দিয়ে বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম জানিয়েছে  যে শুক্রবার থেকে শুরু হওয়া...


14377. Halve RMG source taxPublished: August 21, 2022 11:07:10

Leaders of the Chattogram chapter of BGMEA met with Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi at a port city hotel on Friday night and requested him to halve the existing source tax...


14378. Japan considers deploying long-range missiles to counter China: YomiuriPublished: August 21, 2022 10:29:34

Japan is considering the deployment of 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to boost its counterattack capability against China, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, Reuters reports. The missiles would be existing...


14379. ‘Hundreds’ of fishermen missing in rough weatherPublished: August 21, 2022 10:16:29

As many as 11 fishing trawlers capsized while dozens others lost communication with the shore in rough weather in Patuakhali and Pirojpur. Families and traders said more than 500 fishermen...


14380. ২১ অগাস্ট: কর্মীদের মানবঢালে যেভাবে প্রাণে বাঁচেন শেখ হাসিনাPublished: August 21, 2022 09:55:08

সেদিন বঙ্গবন্ধু এভিনিউয়ে আওয়ামী লীগের সমাবেশে যাওয়ার কথা ছিল না নজিব আহমেদের। তারপরও তিনি কেন গিয়েছিলেন? এখন তিনি ভাবেন, ২০০৪ সালের ২১ অগাস্ট ওই জনসভায় যদি না যেতেন, শেখ হাসিনার...


14381. বিভীষিকাময় ২১ অগাস্ট: গ্রেনেডের লক্ষ্য ছিল শেখ হাসিনাPublished: August 21, 2022 09:47:23

আঠারো বছর আগে এক শনিবারে আওয়ামী লীগের নেতা-কর্মীরা ঢাকার বঙ্গবন্ধু এভিনিউয়ে জড়ো হয়েছিলেন সন্ত্রাসবিরোধী শান্তি মিছিলে অংশ নেবেন বলে। তারাই সেদিন দলীয় কার্যালয়ের সামনে ভয়ঙ্কর সন্ত্রাসের শিকার হন, যার মূল...


14382. 18th anniversary of Aug 21 grenade attack todayPublished: August 21, 2022 08:35:05

The Awami League leaders massed before their central office for a peace rally against terrorism at Bangabandhu Avenue on an ordinary Saturday 18 years ago. But a series of ghastly...


14383. Fuel price hike puts marine fisheries 'in a fix'Published: August 21, 2022 08:32:20

Local marine fisheries sector is now in deep trouble due to the recent price hike of fuel oils in the country, according to the sector insiders. They requested the government...


14384. 1.0m pledge to end child marriagePublished: August 21, 2022 08:18:57

More than 1.0-million signatures have been collected under the USAID-funded Ujjiban Social and Behaviour Change Project to end child marriage in the country. The pledges were handed to state minister...


14385. Extra load of tax on bills likelyPublished: August 21, 2022 08:10:51

Current gas tariffs at consumer level has been fixed in a "faulty manner" through calculating less value-added tax than the actual payable quantum, revenue officials say in an indication at...


14386. BSCL offers heavy cut in uplink chargesPublished: August 21, 2022 08:07:00

The government has reduced the uplink charges of Bangabandhu Satellite-1 for foreign television channels by 15 times to attract more clients as it still has huge untapped potential. According to...


14387. Regulator lodges complaint against accountancy bodiesPublished: August 21, 2022 08:01:01

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Bangladesh has lodged a complaint to the authorities concerned that some accountancy bodies of the government were bypassing it in preparing laws, rules, and standards....


14388. Sixteen people killed in Turkey as bus crashes at accident sitePublished: August 20, 2022 22:43:38

Sixteen people were killed in southeast Turkey on Saturday when a bus crashed into emergency workers and journalists who were attending an earlier accident on a highway near the city...


14389. পদ্মা সেতুতে রেললাইন বসানো শুরুPublished: August 20, 2022 22:36:20

সড়ক যোগাযোগের জন্য পদ্মা সেতু খুলে দেওয়ার প্রায় দুই মাস পর এর নিচতলা দিয়ে রেললাইন বসানোর কাজ শুরু হয়েছে। শনিবার দুপুরে সেতুর জাজিরা প্রান্তে এ কাজের উদ্বোধন করেন রেলমন্ত্রী মো....


14390. Many tea workers refuse to end strikePublished: August 20, 2022 21:46:36

A large number of tea garden workers have rejected the Tk 25 daily wage hike fixed by the government on Saturday and vowed to continue their movement for a Tk...


14391. Guterres says UN working with US, EU to get Russian food to marketsPublished: August 20, 2022 21:22:26

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday the United Nations is working with the United States and European Union to overcome obstacles to Russian food and fertilisers reaching world markets....


14392. We need to start like a baby step in T20Is, says ShakibPublished: August 20, 2022 21:08:47

Shakib Al Hasan, the T20I captain of Bangladesh, says the team needs to start afresh in order to do well in the shorter format of international cricket. Bangladesh are now...


14393. ‘17 Chinese aircraft, five ships operating around Taiwan’Published: August 20, 2022 21:00:24

Taiwan's defence ministry said 17 Chinese aircraft and five Chinese ships were detected operating around Taiwan on Saturday as Beijing continued military activities near the island. It said this included...


14394. Wasfia --- role-model for BD sports girlsPublished: August 20, 2022 20:47:53

In a country, where women are always under watch to ensure they keep 'modesty' and abide by 'social diktats', the seven-summit conqueror Wasfia Nazreen has emerged as a pure rebel....


14395. Increased FDI to address BoP deficitPublished: August 20, 2022 20:44:37

One of the main downsides of Bangladesh's economy is the low level of foreign direct investment (FDI). Various favourable policies and measures promise to attract a higher amount of FDI....


14396. Soaring sugar prices and revitalizing state-owned sugar millsPublished: August 20, 2022 20:42:26

The list of pricier essentials is quite a long one. The media, these days, have stopped describing the price rise as new records, for readers would not like the repetition...


14397. Global multilateral economic system and emerging scenarioPublished: August 20, 2022 20:42:02

The rule based international order emerged in the early  1990s  under the shadow of the liberal international order, a term widely used during the cold war period to describe the...


14398. Govt alerts IT infrastructures, key offices over DDoS cyber-attackPublished: August 20, 2022 20:38:29

All important organisations, including information technology (IT) infrastructures, were asked to take proper measures as the government’s computer incident response team in its regular surveillance noticed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber-attacks...


14399. Finland asks: Does a prime minister have a right to party?Published: August 20, 2022 20:25:43

In a leaked video, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin is seen dancing and singing with friends at a private party. The 36-year-old leader poses for the camera. She sits on...


14400. Awami League to observe 18th anniversary of August 21 grenade attack SundayPublished: August 20, 2022 20:07:37

Awami League and its associate and like-minded bodies will observe the 18th anniversary of the August 21 grenade attack on Sunday with various programmes. On this day in 2004, a...