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The popularity of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan has tumbled in Britain and has never been lower following their explosive interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey, according...
দেশে উদ্যোক্তাদের বিকাশের লক্ষ্যে বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক (বিবি) ৫০০ কোটি টাকার একটি স্টার্টআপ বা ব্যবসায় উদ্যোগ পুনঃতহবিল গঠনের সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছে। বৃহস্পতিবার ঢাকায় কেন্দ্রীয় ব্যাংকের সদর দপ্তরে অনুষ্ঠিত পরিচালনা পর্ষদের সভায় এ...
দেহের স্বাস্থ্যের জন্য আমরা অনেক কিছুই করে থাকি। খাবার পরিমিত খাই, নিয়মিত ডায়েট করি, কেউ কেউ জিমে ভর্তি হয়ে করে শরীরচর্চা করে, কেউ আবার ভোরবেলা হাঁটতে বের হয়। কিন্তু প্রতিদিনের...
An Iranian container ship was damaged in an attack in the Mediterranean, the state-run shipping company said on Friday, adding it would take legal action to identify the perpetrators of...
US President Joe Biden’s prime-time address on the fight against COVID-19 attracted more broadcast television viewers on Thursday than former President Donald Trump’s first speech to the nation, according to...
Google and Microsoft are at knives drawn. Driven in part by pressure from lawmakers and regulators over the extraordinary power the two technology companies wield over American life, the California-based...
For one minute this week, workers at the Fukushima nuclear station fell silent to mark the 10-year anniversary of a natural disaster that triggered the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl....
Speakers at a programme on Thursday said introducing crop insurance, creating database of farmers, simplifying the lending process and popularising mechanised agriculture are crucial for safeguarding marginal farmers. They also...
CHATTOGRAM: A Tk 60 billion project taken up by Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) to resolve the waterlogging problem is being hampered due to the construction of walls in front of...
Lawmakers heard testimony on Friday over whether a bill aimed at helping news outlets negotiate with tech platforms was an appropriate way to help the struggling industry, including discussion of...
The board of directors of Mercantile Bank Ltd has recommended 10 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2020. The final...
A rights platform organised a march followed by cultural programmes in the city on Friday, demanding abolishing all discriminatory laws against women immediately. Women rights activists from different walks of...
India's likely ban on export of jute seeds has raised concerns among Bangladesh's millers, cultivators and the government, official sources said. The neighbouring country is likely to take the decision...
The government has started a move to include the small and medium enterprises, which have been left out of the benefit of the government's Covid-19 stimulus for the CMSME sector,...
Bangladesh urgently needs to diversify investments giving the priority to the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to take its growth to the next level, industry captains said on...
A recent action by the officials of the Road Transport and Highways Division has surprised their counterparts in other ministries. The division has also been accused of breaching the official...
A nostalgic journey down the memory lane at an advanced age retrieves small joys, wonders and bits and pieces of treasures one thought lost forever. Some of them stand no...
Political willingness of the governments can significantly contribute to the inclusive growth in South Asia. Strong regional connectivity is central in ensuring food security, job creation, better nutrition, education, skill...
This year, the nation is set to celebrate the golden jubilee of independent and sovereign Bangladesh. This March is definitely the starting point of the grand celebration. Beside the celebration,...
With the advent of winter, Europe and North America saw a resurgence of the pandemic. Even worse, a new strain of the Covid-19 that can disseminate the infection faster was...
Bangladesh and its other South Asian neighbours have not been able so far to exploit the full potential of the region's connectivity and thereby benefit from it. As a recent...
Viewed as a blot in Bangladesh’s financial sector, Padma Bank is back into sharp focus after it trade charges with founding chairman Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir ranging from abuse of office...
Facebook has launched Instagram Lite in Bangladesh to provide access to all users - irrespective of device, platform and network they are on. This lightweight version of the Instagram app...
China's Ant Group Chief Executive Officer Simon Hu has stepped down from his role and will be replaced by Executive Chairman Eric Jing. "The Ant Group Board of Directors has...
By now, anybody speaking about vaccine equality and equity of access must surely be coming across as slightly deranged. In the field of Covid-19, traditional proprietorial instincts remain. Add to...
Bravo Bangladesh Bank! The central bank has recently taken a step towards bringing discipline in the mobile financial services sector and truly, it merits commendations. In a circular issued by...
পড়াশুনার পাশাপাশি গান-বাজনা, কবিতা আবৃত্তিসহ সাংস্কৃতিক আয়োজনে শিশুদের যুক্ত করতে হবে। শিশুদের সাংস্কৃতিকভাবে গড়ে তোলার ওপর জোর দেয়ার কথাও জানান সাংস্কৃতিক ব্যক্তিত্বরা। ইকোনোমিক রিপোর্টার্স ফোরাম-ইআরএফের উদ্যোগে আন্তজার্তিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস উপলক্ষ্যে ...
The British High Commission in Dhaka has urged all to remain alert about work visa scams targeting Bangladesh nationals as it noticed an increase in online employment scams. The high...
The government may review the decision to reopen educational institutions if the rise in the coronavirus infection rate continues, says Dipu Moni. “We are watching the situation every day. We...
A World Health Organization expert advisory committee is currently looking at AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after some countries paused distribution of it, but there is no reason not to use it,...
সমাজের সুবিধাবঞ্চিত নারীদের স্বাস্থ্য সুরক্ষায় স্বাস্থ্যসেবায় এগিয়ে এসেছে প্রাইম ব্যাংকের নারী উদ্যোগ ‘নীরা’। আন্তর্জাতিক নারী দিবস উপলক্ষে ‘নীরা মাস' উদযাপনের অংশ হিসেবে প্রাইম ব্যাংক এর বিভিন্ন শাখার কর্মকর্তাবৃন্দ তাদের শাখার...
করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণ যেভাবে বাড়ছে, তা অব্যাহত থাকলে শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠান খোলার সিদ্ধান্ত পুনর্বিবেচনা করা হতে পারে বলে জানিয়েছেন শিক্ষামন্ত্রী দীপু মনি৷ শুক্রবার বিকেলে ঢাকার আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা ইন্সটিটিউটে এক অনুষ্ঠান শেষে সাংবাদিকদের...
Prime Bank Women’s Initiative ‘NEERA’ has come forward to assist the underprivileged women of the society on hygiene and healthcare. As part of ‘Month of Neera’ initiative, marking the International...
দুই মাস ধরেই চড়া দামে বিক্রি হচ্ছে চাল ও ভোজ্যতেল; রোজার একমাসেরও কম সময় বাকি থাকতে নতুন করে বেড়েছে পেঁয়াজ ও ব্রয়লার মুরগির দাম। একের পর এক ভোগ্যপণ্যের দাম বেড়ে...
British shipping companies that sell old vessels to be scrapped cheaply in dangerous, low-paid conditions in Bangladesh, India or Pakistan may now be sued in London for workers' deaths or...
মাঠ-পর্যায়ে কর্মরত হাজারো বিদেশি নাগরিক এখনও টিকাদান কর্মসূচির বাইরে রয়ে গেছেন বলে দেশের বৃহৎ প্রকল্পগুলোর কাজে ছেদ পড়ার আশঙ্কা রয়েছে। সরকার প্রথম পর্যায়ের টিকার নিবন্ধনে বাংলাদেশে কর্মরত বিদেশিদের মধ্যে কূটনীতিক...
পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী এ কে আবদুল মোমেন বলেছেন, বঙ্গবন্ধুর জন্মশতবর্ষ এবং স্বাধীনতার সুবর্ণ জয়ন্তী উপলক্ষে ভারতীয় প্রধানমন্ত্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদীর এবারের সফর হবে শুধুই উদযাপনের, দুই দেশের অমীমাংসিত বিষয়গুলো তারা এবার তুলতে চানা...
A court in Myanmar extended custody on Friday for five journalists, including one from US news agency the Associated Press, who were arrested while covering anti-junta protests in the biggest...
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) has proposed to limit the height of residential buildings in capital Dhaka to eight-storey ones, aiming to build the city livable and planned one through population...
Nature-based innovation is needed for the resilience of communities against the threat of climate change in Bangladesh, experts observed. They also discussed how the Climate Innovation Challenge (CIC) can best...
The four World Health Organisation (WHO) scientific experts who travelled to China to probe the Covid-19 pandemic's origins said that contrary to conspiracy theories, there currently is no evidence that...
Netflix Inc is testing a feature that asks viewers to verify they share a household with the account holder, the company said on Thursday, a move that could lead to...
বেসরকারি মানবাধিকার সংস্থা আইন ও সালিশ কেন্দ্রের তথ্য অনুযায়ী, ২০২০ সালে কারাগারে ৭৫ জনের মৃত্যু হয়েছে। তাদের পরিসংখ্যান বলছে, গত ৫ বছরে জেলখানায় মারা গিয়েছেন কমপক্ষে ৩৩৮ জন বন্দী। ডিজিটাল...
Six miners have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. They were among eight miners trapped about 1,000 feet underground...
Bangladesh has recorded 1,066 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 555,222. The death toll climbed to 8,515 after 13 fatalities were...
In the German town of Dessau, one of the sites of the Bauhaus art school, an institute was set up in 1921 to mass-produce vaccines that later helped strengthen the...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur in different regions, including some parts of Dhaka in the country on Friday and it may continue until...
US President Joe Biden will meet on Friday with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, a group central to his efforts to counter China’s growing military and economic power....
AstraZeneca cut its supply forecast of Covid-19 vaccine to the European Union in the first quarter to about 30 million doses, a third of its contractual obligations and a 25...
Britain’s economy shrank by less than feared in January as the country went back into a coronavirus lockdown, official data showed, but trade with the European Union was hit hard...
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