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The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized as many as 400,000 pieces of contraband yaba pills worth Tk 120 million (12 crore) in Cox’s Bazar. In line with the government’s 'Zero...
Stocks slumped on Thursday, snapping a three-day winning streak, as risk-averse investors dumped their holdings riding on the news that the securities regulator lifted the floor price of 66 companies....
Experts in global platforms have warned of another pandemic waiting to happen with diseases borne out of toxic chemicals present in most food packaging and single-use plastics. While single-use plastics...
সংক্রমণের ঊর্ধ্বগতির মধ্যে দেশে করোনাভাইরাসের টিকার দ্বিতীয় ডোজ দেওয়া শুরু হয়েছে। বৃহস্পতিবার একযোগে সারাদেশে দ্বিতীয় ডোজের টিকা দেওয়া শুরু হয়। পাশাপাশি নিবন্ধিতদের প্রথম ডোজের টিকাও দেওয়া হবে বলে জানানো হয়েছে।...
Bangladesh has started the second phase of its inoculation drive against the Covid-19, amid a daily record surge in cases. Those who have already received the first dose will get...
The European Union is providing €150,000 (close to BDT 15 million) to step up its support for Rohingya refugees affected by the massive fire that swept through refugee camps in...
Italy recommended on Wednesday that AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 shot only be used on those over 60 and Britain that people under 30 should get an alternative, due to possible links between...
JOYPURHAT: Mustard farmers are found happy over fair price of their produce this season in all five upazilas of the district and they are getting opportunity to sell it easily....
LALMONIRHAT: Mijanur Rahaman who is from a poor family of Char Khulaghat village of Khulaghat union under sadar upazilla of the district has got chance in MBBS this year. His...
Giorgio Armani may consider a joint venture with another Italian company, the founder of the Milanese fashion house told US magazine Vogue, opening the door for the first time to...
Uber Technologies said US drivers on their ride-hail platforms should take advantage of pay hikes as trip demand temporarily outstrips driver supply, but warned the windfall will not last. Uber's...
The Mrs Sri Lanka beauty pageant descended into chaos at the weekend when a former title holder declared that the winner was ineligible because she was divorced, and forcibly removed...
Stocks tumbled at the opening on Thursday, after a three-day gain, as cautious investors went for selling shares following the news that the securities regulator lifted the floor prices of...
The Biden administration plans to provide at least $235 million in US aid to the Palestinians, restarting funding for the United Nations agency supporting refugees and restoring other assistance cut...
Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani asked a judge on Wednesday to throw out a voting machine company’s $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit relating to his false claims about the...
Oil futures inched higher on Wednesday on an improving global economic outlook, but gains were capped by rising gasoline inventories and fears that new coronavirus outbreaks will weaken a global...
Global competition for offshore wind power is so hot that licence auctions now resemble the oil and gas competitions of just a few years ago, and some of the names...
France will open the Rwanda archives of former French president Francois Mitterrand, as part of an effort to better understand the nation’s role in the African country during its 1990s...
President Joe Biden on Wednesday made a fiery appeal for US companies to foot most of the bill for his $2 trillion-plus infrastructure plan, but signaled an openness to negotiate...
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said she would discuss with IMF members whether they back offering low- and no-interest financing to middle-income countries hit hard by...
The securities regulator has lifted the floor prices of 66 listed securities to ease the transactions of their shares or units. The decision was taken on Wednesday at a meeting...
In order to minimise the worsening effects of Covid-19 pandemic on the world economy, Bangladesh stressed the need for exploring all avenues for economic recovery through collaboration among the D-8...
Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) has urged the government to ensure smooth supply of natural gas to its member mills so that the factories could continue production. It also sought...
The government has decided to distribute cash instead of food to the poor under various safety net programmes and others hit hard by the pandemic. The low food stock in...
The government has started holding negotiations with two multilateral lenders to borrow nearly US$ 1.24 billion for buying Covid-19 vaccines, officials said. They said the talks were on to get...
The novel variant of coronavirus first detected in South Africa became the most prevalent in Bangladesh in the third week of March, a study has found. Researchers also found the...
"Medicine, law, business, engineering-- these are noble pursuits necessary to sustain life. But, poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for." This famous dialogue from the famous...
"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." The above statement is an unarguable reality. However, a four years old kid playing mobile games, nowadays, does not make...
As another 'World Health Day' observed during a time when the need for adequate healthcare services are more than ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) promoted the theme 'Building a...
Most of the time, the dos and don'ts of life are advised with the sheer intention of enhancing growth through better decision making and lifestyle changes. However, what follows either...
Europe’s drug regulator on Wednesday found a possible link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clotting issues in adults who had received the shot and said it had taken...
I finished writing a book called 'The Price of the Modi Years' a few days ago. It should be published later this year. It is a history of India since...
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has allowed a non-governmental organisation to raise Tk 1.0 billion from the capital market by issuing green bonds for the first time in Bangladesh....
The river Kirtonkhola that once brought Barishal town - now city - the enviable sobriquet 'the Venice of Bengal' is in bad health. Intrusion of saline water from the sea...
In Bangladesh, the renewable energy scenario has been a bit stagnant as the proportionate growth on renewable energy could not be seen in the last couple of years. It contributes...
Whereas intra-regional trade among the ASEAN countries account for 25 per cent of their total, the figure is barely 5.0 per cent for the countries of South Asia. The largest...
The government has allowed ride sharing entity Uber's car services amid Covid-19 restrictions. Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on Wednesday permitted the service as Uber applied for the permission. "In...
Film actress and former lawmaker Sarah Begum Kabori was admitted to a hospital in Dhaka after being diagnosed with coronavirus. She tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday and was taken...
The government has banned meetings and rallies before and after prayers at mosques and other places of worship in a measure brought on a new wave of coronavirus. The religious...
Serum Institute of India (SII) needs around Rs 30 billion to scale up production from the current capacity of 60 to 65 million per month in three months. SII Chief...
Covid-19 has hit the entire globe at once, slowing investment in resilient infrastructure that will improve lives over the long term. Effective governance is critical to ensure infrastructure projects are...
In order to minimise the worsening effects of Covid-19 on the world economy, Bangladesh stresses the need for exploring all avenues for economic recovery through collaboration among the D-8 member...
"In the last five months, I had needle pierced in my body for more than nine hundred hours because I am taking intensive iron chelation therapy. But I am not...
It is one year into the Covid-19 pandemic and the global community still confronts extreme social and economic strain as the human toll rises and millions remain unemployed. Yet, even...
The International Cricket Council does not yet see the need to activate its backup plan for the Twenty20 World Cup and is sticking to hosting the event in India later...
Bangladesh’s merchandise trade gap with the rest of the world registered around 9.90 per cent growth in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY21) over the same...
Isolated North Korea has continued to claim a perfect record in keeping out the coronavirus in its latest report to the World Health Organisation, reports AP. At the beginning of...
বাংলাদেশে করোনাভাইরাস সংক্রমণ 'আশঙ্কাজনকভাবে বৃদ্ধি পাওয়ায়' মসজিদসহ সব ধর্মীয় উপাসনলয়ে প্রার্থনার আগে ও পরে সব ধরণের সমাবেশ ও গণজমায়েত নিরুৎসাহিত করে নির্দেশনা জারি করেছে ধর্ম বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়। বুধবার প্রকাশিত নির্দেশনায়...
Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding several, media said, as a series of small blasts hit the commercial capital Yangon and...
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said accidents on waterways are declining in the country because of changes in vessel designs, implementation of necessary measures and stronger monitoring. “We used...
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