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Bangladesh is under “no obligation” to shelter 81 Rohingya Muslim refugees adrift for almost two weeks on the Andaman Sea and being assisted by neighbouring India, said Bangladesh foreign minister...
Myanmar police moved decisively on Saturday in a bid to prevent opponents of military rule gathering throughout the country after Myanmar’s UN envoy urged the United Nations to use “any...
The United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP) has recommended Bangladesh's graduation from the LDC (least developed country) category. The recommendation came at the CDP's triennial review on the LDC...
বাঙালিদের ঐতিহ্যবাহী গান লোকসংগীত। লোকগানের মাধ্যমে তুলে ধরা হয় বাংলা ও বাঙালির বহু ঐতিহ্য। আর এই গানগুলোকে আরও প্রাণবন্ত করে তুলেছে ঐতিহ্যবাহী কিছু বাদ্যযন্ত্র। সেই বাদ্যযন্ত্রগুলোর মধ্যে কয়েকটি নিয়েই আজ...
A German radio host has apologised after comparing K-pop group BTS to the coronavirus during a live broadcast. Matthias Matuschik said he did not intend to "racially insult," adding that...
More than 200,000 Buddhist devotees gathered via Zoom video link on Friday to attend an annual prayer and lantern ritual held in Thailand to mark Makha Bucha Day, one of...
President Joe Biden’s administration is considering the cancellation of arms deals with Saudi Arabia that pose human rights concerns while limiting future military sales to “defensive” weapons, as it reassesses...
Brazil’s telecoms regulator Anatel has approved rules for a spectrum auction for fifth-generation networks this year without any curbs on China’s Huawei Technologies Co as an equipment supplier. Telecom companies...
Bone cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux is thrilled to be going into space. As a crew member on SpaceX’s Inspiration4, the world’s first all-commercial astronaut mission to Earth’s orbit, Arceneaux hopes...
Some Christians in Cyprus are in a lather over the country’s offering this year to the annual Eurovision song contest, saying it has scandalised the faithful with its references to...
GameStop Corp closed 6 per cent lower on Friday as an early rally fizzled but the stock finished the week 151 per cent higher in a renewed surge that left...
A landslide 20 kilometres west of Nanda Devi, India’s second-highest peak, resulted in a flash flood on Feb. 7 that left more than 200 dead, and swept away two state...
Britain is seeking to build a consensus among G7 nations on how to stop large technology companies exploiting their dominance, warning that there can be no repeat of Facebook’s one-week...
The government has put highest emphasis on promoting cultivation of coffee, cashew nuts and dragon fruits in the hilly areas of Chattogram division sensing potential of such cash crops. Farmers...
Individual investors are now showing interest in preference shares as reflected in the closing of a debt instrument subscription. People familiar with the development said high returns and tax benefit...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has prescribed for formulation of a national tariff policy (NTP) to help Bangladesh overcome its upcoming challenges both in the internal and external fronts. The...
A move is underway to slash the existing 24 per cent interest rate or service charge, as imposed by the micro-finance institutions (MFIs), to give poor borrowers some relief. The...
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has decided to make a fresh move to convince the relevant government agencies, businesses and experts about the benefits of signing free trade area (FTA)...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered in 2018, according to a declassified US intelligence assessment...
The law enforcement agencies in the country may not have a clean image yet but the 999 emergency call has been going from strength to strength so far as its...
The emergence of digital health services can significantly impact the country's growing economy with the adoption of proper planning and strategy.Our economy is affected due to the pandemic, but the...
An envoy for Myanmar’s ousted government called on the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop a military coup on Friday, as police cracked down on anti-junta protesters...
A Rossiya Airlines Boeing 777 cargo plane made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Friday due to a problem with an engine control sensor, the airline said. The...
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary and Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday raised a question asking why BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, who does not wake up before...
'It was absolutely shocking, how children aged five or six were hunted down and had their throats slit. I was thinking 'this is ISIS-type stuff'. I told Aung San Suu...
বাংলাদেশের একটি বিজ্ঞাপনচিত্রের সংলাপ পার্বত্য অঞ্চলের বিষয়ে জনমনে বিরূপ ধারণা সৃষ্টি করতে পারে- এমন আশঙ্কা থেকে বিজ্ঞাপনটির প্রচার বন্ধ করার পাশাপাশি এ বিষয়ে যথাযথ ব্যবস্থা নেয়ার সুপারিশ করেছে পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম...
Planning Minister M.A. Mannan called upon the planners to go to people at the grass-root level to know their requirements before inking planning documents. The minister, who has a penchant...
Student and young people are reading less nowadays. Most of them read textbooks and notes and spend time on smartphone or tablet browsing the internet. It is slowly leaving an...
Construction of the Padma Bridge is expected to be completed by 2022 making it the 122nd longest bridge in the world and the longest in Bangladesh. This marvellous infrastructure is...
The prison authorities have started a case over the “unnatural” death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail nearly 10 months after his arrest on charges pressed under the Digital Security...
India's coast guard found 81 survivors and eight dead on a boat crammed with Muslim Rohingya refugees adrift in the Andaman Sea, and were repairing the vessel so that it...
Awami League has asked its all district and city units to send resolutions of grassroots to center in phases for upcoming union parishad (UP) elections. The election commission has decided...
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that writer Mushtaq Ahmed was tortured to death in prison. In a statement, he demanded formation of a judicial probe...
Veteran banker, Khandaker Ibrahim Khalid is no more. Although he recovered from Corona virus infection, he finally succumbed to old age complications. We pray to the Almighty for the peace...
As G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet virtually this week, the world continues to climb back from the worst recession in peacetime since the Great Depression. The International...
Bangladesh has seen a significant improvement in dengue scenario, according to official data. "No new dengue case was reported in the last 24 hours until Friday morning," the Health Emergency...
A committee will be constituted ‘if necessary’ to investigate the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail, after his arrest in a case under the Digital Security Act, said the...
ডিজিটাল নিরাপত্তা আইনে কারাবন্দি অবস্থায় মুশতাক আহমেদের মৃত্যুর কারণ জানতে ‘প্রয়োজনে’ তদন্ত কমিটি করা হবে বলে জানিয়েছেন স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী আসাদুজ্জামান খাঁন কামাল। তিনি বলেছেন, কী কারণে কারাগারে মুশতাকের মৃত্যু হল তা...
দৃশ্য এক: দুই বন্ধুর ফোনালাপ প্রথম বন্ধু: দোস্ত, ইউটিউবে একটা ভিডিও আপলোড করছি দেখতো কেমন হইছে? নিজেই বানাইয়া আপলোড করছি। দ্বিতীয় বন্ধু: (কিছুক্ষণ পর) আরে মামা তুই তো দারুণ জিনিস...
US air strikes against Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria killed at least one fighter and wounded several others in what US officials said was a calibrated response to rocket attacks...
Shamima Begum, who left the United Kingdom for Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) group as a teenager, will not be allowed to return and fight her citizenship case,...
UN Secretary General (SG) Antonio Guterres has highly applauded Bangladesh’s tremendous efforts in mitigating health and socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. He made this appreciation in a meeting with...
Bangladesh is set to receive the final recommendation on its graduation from the least developed country status, as the nation marks the golden jubilee of its independence. Prime Minister Sheikh...
চলতি অর্থবছরের বার্ষিক উন্নয়ন কর্মসূচির (এডিপি) বরাদ্দ ৩ দশমিক ৬৫ শতাংশ কমিয়ে এক লাখ ৯৭ হাজার ৬৪৩ কোটি টাকায় নামিয়ে আনার পরিকল্পনা হয়েছে। আগামী মাসের প্রথম দিকে প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার...
Bangladesh has recorded 470 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 545,424. The death toll climbed to 8,395 after 11 fatalities were...
As the finance industry prepares for life post-pandemic, commercial banks are moving quickly to harness working from home to cut costs, while investment banks are keen to get traders and...
স্বাধীনতার সুবর্ণজয়ন্তীতেই স্বল্পোন্নত দেশের তালিকা থেকে উন্নয়নশীল দেশে উত্তরণের চূড়ান্ত সুপারিশ পেতে যাচ্ছে বাংলাদেশ। সেই সুখবর জানাতে শনিবার সংবাদ সম্মেলনের আসছেন প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের। তার প্রেস...
Scores of students were abducted by gunmen who stormed an all-girls school in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara on early Friday, a local official said. Abubakar Dauran, Zamfara state commissioner...
Leftist student organisations have blocked the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka in protest against the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail following his arrest in a case under the Digital...
A group of Russian diplomats and their families made an unusual exit out of North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to strict Covid measures. The eight people travelled...
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