A Russian court sentenced a man to eight years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty of state treason for allegedly handing over secrets to China, the TASS news...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government is working to improve the waterways of Bangladesh to ensure that the transportation of goods on both the domestic and international fronts...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday renewed her call to the people of the country to strictly maintain the health protection guidelines, even after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. “[You] don't...
To catch up with the frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and biotechnology, Bangladesh has to go a long way as the country is ranked 112nd among 158 countries...
In light of the global Black Lives Matter movement, a month-long virtual interactive exhibition titled ‘The Black Story’ will begin on Thursday. The exhibition at www.theblackstory.com will continue until March...
India and Pakistan’s militaries said on Thursday that they agreed to stop firing on the disputed border in Kashmir where such exchange of gunfire has been frequent in recent months....
'Better Call Saul,' the prequel spinoff to the hugely successful series 'Breaking Bad,' will begin production in New Mexico on its sixth and final season beginning in March. White Turtle...
গ্রাহকের স্বাক্ষর জাল করে একটি বেসরকারি ব্যাংকের এক কর্মকর্তা কী করে সাড়ে পাঁচ কোটি টাকা হাতিয়ে নিয়েছিলেন, সেই তথ্য উঠে এসেছে বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংকের এক প্রতিবেদনে। জালিয়াতির ওই ঘটনা ঘটে ২০১৮...
টিকা নেওয়ার ১২ দিন পর দুর্যোগ ব্যবস্থাপনা ও ত্রাণ সচিব মো. মোহসীন করোনাভাইরাসে আক্রান্ত হয়েছেন। তিনি এখন রাজধানীর ইউনাইটেড হাসপাতালে চিকিৎসা নিচ্ছেন বলে মন্ত্রণালয়ের জনসংযোগ কর্মকর্তা মো. সেলিম হোসেন বৃহস্পতিবার...
An attribute that Klopp once labelled the Liverpool side, mentality monsters is clearly missing now. This current Liverpool side have been a shadow of what they were during the previous...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Wednesday announced the appointment of British actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw as its newest global Goodwill Ambassador. Gugu has been working as a high-profile supporter for...
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) launched a new venture that will invest $3 billion in developing tourism and infrastructure in the southwestern Asir region, the state news agency SPA...
UN aid chief Mark Lowcock urged Gulf states to step up next Monday when the world body seeks to avert a large-scale “man-made” famine in Yemen by raising $3.85 billion...
The Chinese contractor for the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP) alleges that it is facing a fund crisis due to a delay in the payment release by Bangladesh Railway....
Bangladesh is observing the 12th anniversary of the Peelkhana massacre which killed 74 people, including 57 army officials. Several dignitaries paid tribute to the martyrs by laying wreaths on their...
Asian stocks jumped on Thursday after US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reaffirmed interest rates would stay low for a long time, calming market fears that higher inflation might prompt...
Students and doctors in Myanmar plan to hold new protests on Thursday against military rule, as the United States expressed concern about Malaysia’s deportation of about 1,100 Myanmar nationals back...
Standard Chartered on Thursday restored its dividend and reaffirmed its long-term profit goals, in a show of confidence about its ability to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic even...
A declassified version of a US intelligence report expected to be released on Thursday finds that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,...
Stocks opened mixed on Thursday as investors mostly maintained a cautious stance amid persistent lacklustre trading. The market swung between positive and negative in the early trading this morning as...
The Australian parliament on Thursday passed a new law designed to force Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc to pay media companies for content used on their platforms in reforms...
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a proclamation from his predecessor that blocked many green card applicants from entering the United States. Former President Donald Trump issued the ban...
The reality has not yet sunk in for Pepe Diaz that the beloved deli he ran with his brother for more than 30 years is permanently shut. “The camaraderie with...
Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect, as pro-democracy demonstrators continued to stage rallies to protest the...
Global business jet deliveries declined 20.4 per cent to 644 aircraft in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic weighed on production earlier in the year, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)...
A wild and ailing sheep found in a forest in Australia, named Baarack by rescuers, has yielded a fleece weighing more than 35 kilogrammes - nearly half the weight of...
Four mega projects of the Bangladesh Railway (BR) have suffered setback due to the delay in processing loan documents by the relevant Bangladeshi implementing agencies and bureaucratic complexities in China,...
Facebook on Wednesday pledged to invest at least $1 billion in the news industry over the next three years, days after a high-profile stand-off with the Australian government over paying...
European Union leaders will agree on Thursday to work on certificates of vaccination for EU citizens who have had an anti-Covid shot, with southern EU countries that depend heavily on...
When Germany went into lockdown following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, Erika Rischko, now 81 years old, posted her first 12-second video on TikTok in which she...
Alaska may need to brace for more thunderstorms — along with the landslides, floods and wildfires they can bring — if current climate trends continue, a team of scientists warns....
A five-day Handicrafts Exhibition-2021 began in the city on Wednesday. The Bangladesh Handicrafts Manufacturers and Exporters Association, or Banglacraft, organised the event marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...
KHULNA: Sunflower cultivation has achieved a success in the saline fallow lands of the coastal upazilas of Khulna. As a result, new possibilities have emerged to meet the demand for...
Bangladesh-Italy investment summit will be held in April next, aiming to promote bilateral trade between the two countries. Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and Better Bangladesh Foundation (BBF) will jointly...
The securities regulator has decided to scrap the IPO (initial public offering) quota facility of three merchant banks for shortage of paid-up capital required to conduct operations as portfolio manager....
Speakers at a workshop Wednesday said the country's accountants have to prepare themselves for fully automated auditing practice in near future. They said chartered accountants professionals have globally embraced software...
The Authorised Dealers (ADs) have been allowed to extend loan facilities to the Type-C industries of the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) in Taka, as admissible to such industries outside the...
Bangladesh and Japan have agreed to set new schedules for implementation of five big infrastructure projects here as the authorities concerned failed to meet the previous deadlines amid Covid-19 pandemic....
The globally 'controversial' Vitol Asia Pte Ltd is all set to expand its energy business in Bangladesh by bagging yet another lucrative deal. It is now in the process of...
Dhaka city reels from traffic mess, as two city corporations are running without any traffic engineers (TEs) responsible for road and signal design, and other remedial acts. According to transport...
There is always a little girl somewhere in every corner of the world in a conservative family, who-- despite all the obstacles thrown from all around-- nurtures big dreams. While...
Break The Circle is the annual flagship international photography exhibition being hosted by the Islamic University of Technology Photography Society (IUTPS) every year. This signature event promotes photography as a...
My first visit outside Bangladesh was Moscow, the capital of the then USSR in the late 1960s. I enrolled at the Moscow State University-- considered the best university in Russia...
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অধিভুক্ত সরকারি সাত কলেজের স্নাতক তৃতীয় ও চতুর্থ বর্ষের স্থগিত পরীক্ষার নতুন রুটিন প্রকাশ করা হয়েছে।খবর বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম-এর। নতুন রুটিনে দুটি পরীক্ষার তারিখ পরিবর্তন করা হয়েছে। বুধবার...
People's health and wellbeing are critically and intricately dependent on the earth's natural systems. But advances in recent decades in the areas of socio-economic growth and technological transformation have materialised...
With students of a number of public universities growing fidgety, Education Minister Dipu Moni made known at a virtual press conference the government decision on opening university dormitories and classes....
Riding on steady economic growth in the last one decade and strong investments in socio-economic development, the country has already seen phenomenal progress in terms of reducing the number of...
Facebook Inc on Wednesday pledged to invest at least $1 billion in the news industry over the next three years, days after a high-profile stand-off with the Australian government over...
The one-shot coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson provides strong protection against severe disease and death from COVID-19, and may reduce the spread of the virus by vaccinated people,...
February 20 marks the entry into force of a new international agreement promoting paperless trade, a timely reminder of how the Covid-19 pandemic has brought digital solutions to regional development...
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