রপ্তানিমুখী শিল্পের বিকাশ ও প্রসারের চলামন ধারা অব্যাহত রাাখা এবং বিশেষ করে রপ্তানিমুখী শিল্প প্রতিষ্ঠানের রপ্তানি কার্যক্রম বেগবান করার লক্ষ্যে বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক নিজস্ব তহবিল হতে ১০ হাজার কোটি টাকার রপ্তানি...
Out of around 900 students who enrolled at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) for the Spring 2023 semester in different disciplines, nearly 44 per cent are female. This information was revealed...
Save the Children works in over 120 countries to improve children’s rights and enhance their welfare. Vacancy: not specified Role: Senior Manager - Humanitarian Advocacy Job Responsibilities: Responsible for providing...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has reappointed Chandika Hathurusingha as head coach for the Tigers for a two-year term starting in February. The board confirmed the Sri Lankan’s return in a...
Around 59 per cent of the brick kilns in the country are being operated illegally without environmental clearance. Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Shahab Uddin gave this information...
A total of 49 banks have signed an agreement with Bangladesh Bank to participate in export support pre-financing fund of Tk 100 billion to maintain the ongoing trend of development...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said the United States will increase its deployment of advanced weapons such as fighter jets and bombers to the Korean Peninsula as it...
Southeast Bank Limited has recently signed a Participation Agreement with Banking Regulation and Policy Department, Bangladesh Bank for availing pre finance facility under the fund titled “Export Facilitation Pre-finance Fund...
Bank Asia Limited has signed an agreement with Bangladesh Bank to participate in the newly formed Export Facilitation Pre-finance Fund (EFPF) worth Tk 100 billion. In presence of Mr Abdur...
The money exchange shop in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley was buzzing with business. Cellphones pinged endlessly and employees shouted out various rates as customers flocked in carrying plastic bags of the...
Modhumoti Bank Limited signed a partnership agreement with Zaynax Health at the former’s Head Office. Mr Md. Shafiul Azam, managing director & CEO of Modhumoti Bank and Mr Parvez Ahmad...
Australian authorities on Tuesday sent out more personnel and specialised detection equipment to search for a tiny radioactive capsule missing somewhere in the outback, including a team from the country's...
A Dhaka court has issued a gazette ordering 'fugitives' Tarique Rahman, the BNP's acting chief, and his wife Zubaida Rahman, who are being tried for illegally amassing assets, to attend...
The feasibility study on the Chattogram metro rail began on Tuesday. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader joined the inauguration programme of the feasibility study virtually. Addressing the event,...
জনসংখ্যা হ্রাসে লাগাম টানার চেষ্টা করা চীনের সিচুয়ান প্রদেশের দম্পতিরা এখন থেকে তাদের ইচ্ছা অনুযায়ী সন্তান নিতে পারবেন বলে জানিয়েছে কর্তৃপক্ষ। গতবছর চীনের জনসংখ্যা ছয় দশকের মধ্যে প্রথমবার আগের বছরের...
এলিয়েনের জীবন অনুসন্ধানে আগে শনাক্ত হয়নি এমন আটটি ‘আগ্রহ জাগানো সংকেত’ মিলেছে নতুন এক মেশিন লার্নিং পদ্ধতিতে। বিজ্ঞানীরা বলছেন, ওইসব আগ্রহ জাগানো সংকেত আসছে পৃথিবীর তুলনামূলক কাছাকাছি থাকা পাঁচটি নক্ষত্র...
India on Tuesday forecast its economy would grow 6.0 per cent to 6.8 per cent in the coming financial year, slower than the projected pace for 2022/23 because of likely...
Alamgir Kabir has recently been promoted to Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of United Commercial Bank (UCB) PLC. Before that, he served the bank as senior executive vice president. He has...
Actor Alec Baldwin and armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will be charged on Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Western "Rust" in...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of migrants, Felipe Gonzalez Morales, on Tuesday urged the authorities in Bangladesh to step up efforts for better protection of migrants' rights. "Bangladesh...
ইউক্রেইনের আকাশ সুরক্ষিত রাখতে দেশটির কর্মকর্তাদের বারবার অনুরোধ সত্ত্বেও দেশটিতে এফ-১৬ জঙ্গিবিমান পাঠানোর সম্ভাবনা উড়িয়ে দিয়েছেন মার্কিন প্রেসিডেন্ট জো বাইডেন। সোমবার এক সাংবাদিক ডেমোক্রেট এ প্রেসিডেন্টতে তিনি ইউক্রেইনে অত্যাধুনিক জঙ্গিবিমান...
Bangladesh has recorded 13 new cases of Covid-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,037,556. The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,442 over...
AB Bank Limited opened sub-branch at Kamal Bazar, Chattogram on January 31, 2023. The sub-branch is located Karnafully Center, Kamal Bazar, Chandgaon, Chattogram. Mr Feroz Ahmed, director, AB Bank Limited...
East West University (EWU) has inaugurated its newly constructed international standard auditorium titled ‘Manzur Elahi Auditorium’ on the university campus in the Aftabnagar area in Dhaka. Professor Dr Mohammed Farashuddin,...
Ukraine's military will spend nearly $550 million on drones in 2023, and 16 supply deals have already been signed with Ukrainian manufacturers, Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Monday. Both...
বৃহত্তর খুলনা-যশোর অঞ্চলের মানুষদের কাছে অতি পরিচিত একটি মশলা 'চুই।' এটি মূলত একটি উদ্ভিদ, যার রয়েছে নানাবিধ ওষধি গুণও। খুলনা-যশোর অঞ্চলের সব জেলায় মাংসে চুই ও রসুন দিয়ে রান্না করার...
বাংলাদেশের বৈদেশিক মুদ্রার রিজার্ভ ২০২২-২৩ অর্থবছরের শেষ নাগাদ ৩০ বিলিয়ন ডলারের ঘরে নেমে আসবে বলে ধারণা করছে আন্তর্জাতিক মুদ্রা তহবিল (আইএমএফ)। এ পরিমাণ অর্থ দিয়ে বাংলাদেশের সাড়ে তিন মাসের আমদানি...
তিন সপ্তাহ না যেতেই আবার এল বিদ্যুতের দাম বাড়ানোর ঘোষণা; পাইকারিতে গড়ে ৮ দশমিক ০৬ শতাংশ এবং খুচরায় ৫ শতাংশ বাড়িয়ে ফেব্রুয়ারি মাসের জন্য বিদ্যুতের নতুন মূল্যহার নির্ধারণ করে দিয়েছে...
প্রাচীন গ্রীক পুরাণে উল্লেখ আছে দুই মাথা ওয়ালা লেজ বিশিষ্ট এক প্রাণির কথা। তার নাম কাইমেরা। একটি মাথা ও ঘাড়ের দিকটা সিংহের মতো। আরেকটি মাথা ও লেজ সাপের মতো। আর...
BRAC Bank has signed a participation agreement with Bangladesh Bank (BB) to avail Export Facilitation Pre-finance Fund (EFPF). Bangladesh Bank has formed BDT 100 billion EFPF fund for exporters to...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday granted Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Isami two months to prepare a concise statement of its appeal against a High Court verdict that scrapped its...
দেশের প্রথম মেট্রোরেল চালুর এক মাসের মাথায় শুরু হচ্ছে দেশের প্রথম পাতাল রেলের নির্মাণ কাজ। প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা বৃহস্পতিবার জাঁকজমকপূর্ণ আয়োজনের মধ্য দিয়ে এমআরটি লাইন-১ এর নির্মাণ কাজের উদ্বোধন করবেন...
Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and other tech giants are laying off employees faster than they hired during the pandemic. The million-dollar question remains - is it 'Artificial Intelligence' or the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Jan 31) urged the Muslim nations to collectively stand over Palestinians cause saying since its 1971 emergence Bangladesh's stance on the issue remained very firm,...
The International Monetary Fund estimates that Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves will fall to $30 billion by the end of the 2022-23 fiscal year, bdnews24.com reports. The forex reserve amount estimated...
The Biden administration has stopped approving licences for US companies to export most items to China's Huawei, according to three people familiar with the matter. Huawei has faced US export...
A workshop titled 'Workshop on Land Survey, Settlement and Record of Rights' has been held at Jahangirnagar University in collaboration with the Faculty of Law and Association for Land Reform...
Bangladesh has slipped one step lower in global corruption perception index (CPI) in 2022 as it has been placed at the 12th from the bottom among 180 countries. Bangladesh has...
Sonali Bank Limited has signed an agreement to participate in the Export Facilitation Pre-Financed Fund (EFPF) of Tk 100 billion formed by Bangladesh Bank, says a press release. Sonali Bank...
The Russian government on Monday banned domestic oil exporters and customs bodies from adhering to Western-imposed price caps on Russian crude, Reuters reports. The measure was issued to help enforce President Vladimir Putin's decree of...
India's Adani Enterprises climbed 2 per cent in early trade on Tuesday, the last day for its $2.5 billion secondary share sale, with all eyes on whether the company can secure...
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen held a telephone call with Czech President-elect Petr Pavel on Monday, a highly unusual move given the lack of formal ties between their countries and a...
Like many rich Chinese, graduate student Zayn Zhang thinks Singapore could be ideal to park his family's wealth. He's hoping that studying at a university in the Asian financial hub...
In a desperate move to pass on rising energy costs to consumers, the government raised both retail- and bulk-level electricity tariffs for all types of consumers on Tuesday, with effect...
The death toll in the suicide bombing in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar rose to 83 while at least 57 people were injured, several of them critically, a hospital spokesperson said on Tuesday. A suicide bomber blew himself up...
The Nior Makeup Training Festival-2023 will be held in Dhaka on March 18. World-famous makeup artist Kennedy Hoffmann will take a masterclass at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel. This is the...
China's new foreign minister Qin Gang wants to build stronger ties with Saudi Arabia and set up a China-Gulf free trade zone "as soon as possible", according to a ministry...
সংকটকালে বাংলাদেশের বহু প্রত্যাশিত ঋণের প্রস্তাব অনুমোদন করেছে আইএমএফের নির্বাহী পর্ষদ। ৪.৭ বিলিয়ন ডলারের এই ঋণের সুবাদে দুর্বল হয়ে পড়া রিজার্ভের বিপরীতে বিদেশি মুদ্রার একটি ‘বাফার’ তৈরির সুযোগ পাবে বাংলাদেশ। ...
India's Adani Group is planning to hire one of the "big six" accounting firms to assess its corporate governance and audit practices following allegations of fraud by short-selling firm Hindenburg,...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has approved $4.7 billion in loans for Bangladesh at the request of the government, helping the country build a buffer against depleting...
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