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India's coast guard found 81 survivors and eight dead on a boat crammed with Rohingya refugees adrift in the Andaman Sea, an Indian foreign ministry official said on Friday, adding...
সিলেটের বিভিন্ন অঞ্চলে সরিষার ভাল ফলন হয়েছে এবার। এই মৌসুমে মোট ১১,৪৩২ হেক্টর জমিতে আবাদ করা হয়েছে এই তৈলবীজ। সরকারি সূত্র বলছে, গত বছর এ বিভাগের চারটি জেলায় ৯,৩০০ হেক্টর জমিতে সরিষা চাষ করা হয়েছিল। কৃষি সম্প্রসারণ অধিদপ্তরের একটি প্রতিবেদনে বলা হয়, এ...
Transport services will remain suspended in Khulna for 24 hours from Friday evening, according to the local transporter's association. The association has said that the decision to suspend the movement...
Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it has developed a packaged fuel cell system module, as it hopes to expand its usage and accessibility of the zero-emission technology amid the...
India’s Axar Patel claimed an 11-wicket match haul as they beat England by 10 wickets inside two days in the day-night third test on Thursday, dashing the tourists’ hopes of...
Sportsmen and athletes in general inspire us. They inspire us to chase our dreams. Successful sportsmen are regarded as icons, and often mass audiences take pride in them. We, the...
মহামারি করোনাভাইরাসের প্রভাব শুরু হওয়ার পর ধীরে ধীরে বন্ধ হতে থাকে বাংলাদেশ ক্ষুদ্র ও কুটির শিল্প করপোরেশন (বিসিক) কুমিল্লার বেশ কয়েকটি প্রতিষ্ঠান। ব্যবসায় ধস নামায় শ্রমিকদের বেতন দিতে হিমশিম খাওয়ায়...
Commerce Secretary Md Jafar Uddin on Thursday said it is possible for Bangladesh to earn more than US$5.0 billion by exporting leather and leather goods annually. "Leather is a potential...
While visiting South City Corporation’s Fakirkhali area of Ward No. 75 on Wednesday, DSCC Mayor Barrister Sheikh Taposh instructed the Regional Executive Officer and Property Officer to stop all "housing...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen had a meeting with US Congresswoman Grace Meng on Wednesday (US time) to discuss the ways and means of further improving political and economic...
Al-Muslim Group, a Bangladeshi apparel manufacturer, has denied the allegation of money laundering by its associate company AKM Knitwear. The Group's denial came following news reports on the allegation of...
The revenue collection fell by Tk 368.41 billion short of the target in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (FY) as businesses are yet to overcome the...
Bangladesh's economy has started recovering from the Covid-19 shocks, although some major challenges are there in some areas for maintaining its growth momentum, the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry,...
The Planning Commission (PC) on Thursday finalised the draft of Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current fiscal year (FY), reducing the allocations by Tk 75 billion to Tk...
China’s gross domestic product (GDP) could expand 8-9 per cent in 2021 as it continues to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, Liu Shijin, a policy adviser to the People’s Bank...
Papua New Guinea (PNG)'s first Prime Minister Michael Somare has died at the age of 84, local newspaper Post Courier reported on Friday. The founding father of PNG, who led...
At least eight people have died after two busses collided on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Dakshin Surma Upazila. The accident that occurred near Rashidpur on Friday morning left 15 people...
India announced new rules on Thursday to regulate content on social media, making Facebook, WhatsApp and others more accountable to legal requests for swift removal of posts and sharing details...
Australia’s aviation regulator said on Friday it would lift a near two-year ban on flights to and from the country that use the Boeing Co 737 MAX aircraft, making it...
US President Joe Biden on Thursday told Saudi King Salman he would work for bilateral ties “as strong and transparent as possible,” the White House said, ahead of the expected...
Myanmar police launched a crackdown overnight in a Yangon district after breaking up a protest to oppose a military appointed local official, as the World Bank halted payments to projects...
Writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who was arrested in a case under the Digital Security Act, has died in jail. The doctors declared the 53-year old dead on arrival when he was...
Prices of poultry meat continued to rise last week as broiler chicken was sold at maximal Tk 165 a kilogram on Thursday, further augmenting commoners' sufferings. Closure of many pandemic-hit...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) president Rizwan Rahman on Thursday proposed forming a 'national strategy committee' to get the GSP plus facility in the EU market after the...
Indonesia has slapped a safeguard duty, ranging between US$0.44 and $11.29 per piece, on export of a number of apparel items to the country from Bangladesh, officials said. The products...
In the face of agitation by students for the last few days, the government has decided in favour of opening universities on May 24 next. The students' dormitories would be...
Market volatility remains endemically an irritant and at times causes economic haemorrhage not only to consumers and producers but also to this country. Some like to call it a sellers'...
Apparel business model has been in need of a reset for quite some time. This is mainly prompted by, among others, the need for a shared responsibility among buyers and...
Disgruntled Chittagong University students have launched protests after the Ministry of Education suspended examinations for three months, including those ongoing, reports bdnews24.com. The students took to the streets after the...
Facebook, following in Google's footsteps, says it plans to invest $1.0 billion to "support the news industry" over the next three years. The social networking giant, which has been tussling...
Supporters of Myanmar's military, some armed with knives and clubs, others firing catapults and throwing stones, attacked opponents of the Feb. 1 coup on Thursday, as protests against the new...
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Thursday they are testing a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine to better understand the immune response against new variants of the virus....
The US Embassy in Dhaka has conducted its second Medical First Responder Seminar (MFRS) of 2021. Ten Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) officers from the Rajshahi FSCD Division participated...
রোটারী ইন্টারন্যাশনালের ডিস্ট্রিক্ট ট্রেনিং এসেম্বলি আজ বৃহস্পতিবার শ্রীমঙ্গলের একটি হোটেলে শুরু হয়েছে। খবর প্রেস বিজ্ঞপ্তি’র। উদ্বোধনী অনুষ্ঠানে বক্তব্য রাখেন রোটারী গভর্নর এম রুবায়েত হোসেন, গভর্নর নির্বাচিত ব্যারিষ্টার মুতাসিম বিলাহ ফারুকী,...
Few can imagine a French child and his mother speaking English at their dining table in the morning; or the father, preparing for going to office speaking in favour of...
The Ministry of Railways and WaterAid Bangladesh on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), under which the latter will provide technical support for improving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)...
February 20, marks the first thirty days of the Biden Administration. It has inherited a caustic situation orchestrated by the previous administration which not only refused to accept the electoral...
For addressing competitiveness, technology adoption and diffusion has been an age-old strategy. Yes, technology adoption increases quality, reduces wastage, and lowers the demand for labour too. Consequently, competitiveness increases. However,...
Viruses constantly mutate as they spread, and most changes aren't significant. First-generation COVID-19 vaccines appear to be working against today's variants, but makers already are taking steps to update their...
Rajshahi University students on Thursday staged demonstrations demanding continuation of examinations under its different departments. The examinations of the university have been put on hold after the Ministry of Education...
A teenage boy was stabbed to death in the city’s Banani area on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Shakil Gazi, 14. Pedestrians rescued Shakil with serious stab injuries...
ভারত আবারও প্রস্তাবিত বাণিজ্য বিরোধ মীমাংসা বিষয় চুক্তিপত্রে অ্যান্টি-ডাম্পিংয়ের বিষয়টি অন্তর্ভুক্তির বিরোধিতা করেছে। এমনকি অ্যান্টি-ডাম্পিং বিষয়ে ‘প্রি-ইনিশিয়েশন কনসাল্টেশন’ বা প্রারম্ভিক পরামর্শের মতো শর্ত অন্তর্ভুক্ত করার বিকল্প প্রস্তাবেও ভারত রাজি হয়নি।...
Bangladesh Railway will appoint around 12,000 new workers to alleviate its shortage of manpower, according to Railway Minister Nurul Islam. “Currently, 137 stations are shut due to workforce shortage. We’ve...
Bangladesh on Thursday rejected a BBC report which states that a group of Rohingya people are adrift in the sea off the coast of Bangladesh. In a statement, Foreign Minister AK...
India on Thursday rolled out new regulations for social media companies and digital streaming websites to make them more accountable for the online content shared on their platforms, giving the...
বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ের জনবল সঙ্কট কাটাতে ১০ থেকে ১২ হাজার লোক নিয়োগ দেওয়া হবে বলে জানিয়েছেন রেলমন্ত্রী নূরুল ইসলাম সুজন। খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। বৃহস্পতিবার রেলভবনে এক অনুষ্ঠানে তিনি বলেন, "বর্তমানে...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has devised five strategies to boost its revenue collection offsetting the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision to adopt the methods was...
Stocks ended higher for the two straight sessions on Thursday, with the key index of the major bourse crossing the 5,400-mark again, as bargain hunters were active on sector-wise lucrative...
Bangladesh and Japan on Thursday discussed ways to develop strategic partnership giving a big boost to existing comprehensive partnership. The two countries eye a stronger relationship as Bangladesh and Japan...
Bangladesh has recorded 410 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections to 544,954, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll climbed to 8,384 after five...
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