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Police have arrested Ron Haque Sikder, managing director of Sikder Group, on charges of threatening to murder a top executive of Exim Bank, reports bdnews24.com. Ron, who had left the...
মহাকাশ থেকে নাসার তোলা ছবিতে পেরুর আমাজন বনের গহীনে দ্যুতি ছড়ানো উজ্জ্বল ‘সোনার নদীর’ বিস্ময় জাগানো দৃশ্য বেরিয়ে এসেছে। যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের মহাকাশ গবেষণা সংস্থা বলছে, ওই সোনার নদী আসলে পাহাড়ের বুকে...
Britain recorded the lowest temperature in 26 years on Thursday after a bitingly cold blast of Siberian weather swirled in from Russia, pushing temperatures down to minus 23 Celsius in...
A jailed Chinese lawyer who defended other human rights lawyers arrested in a sweeping crackdown against activism has won an international human rights award, the jury said on Thursday. Yu...
Md Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, founder and president of the Association for Social Advancement (ASA), has passed away. He was 72, Prothom Alo reports. He breathed his last at Square Hospital...
West Indies are looking at a big score thanks to a half century by wicketkeeper-batsman Joshua Da Silva on the second day of Dhaka Test. Joshua's fifty came in the first...
Bayern Munich beat Mexico's Tigres UANL 1-0 on Thursday thanks to Benjamin Pavard's winner on the hour, to win the Club World Cup title and earn their sixth trophy in...
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said on Thursday a British tabloid had been held to account for its “dehumanising practices” after she won a privacy claim against the paper for...
When Vitória Bueno’s mother first dropped her off at ballet class, she worried about her five-year-old fitting in. Born without arms, Bueno’s dream of being a dancer seemed painfully unrealistic...
US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first phone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues, even as Xi warned that confrontation...
Mohammad Rizwan's splendid 104-run knock propelled Pakistan to victory in the first Twenty20 International against South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Thursday, Pakistan’s Dawn reports. It was...
Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will begin voting on Friday to select a new prosecutor for a nine-year term after failing to find a consensus candidate. A...
Denmark’s top court will begin an appeal hearing on Thursday in which it will be asked to decide if coughing at someone while shouting “corona” constitutes threatening behaviour. The 20-year-old...
Lucasfilm, the Walt Disney Co-owned movie studio, said on Wednesday that it had ditched Gina Carano, a lead actor in its TV series “The Mandalorian”, over social media posts that...
One of the major impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the countries in the Bay of Bengal region is a surge in debt burden, economists told a dialogue on Thursday....
Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt Jr., the self-described “smut peddler” who used his pornography empire and flair for the outrageous to push the limits of free speech and good taste,...
More than 40 global apparel brands, local manufacturers and recyclers have joined a new initiative to capture and reuse textile waste in Bangladesh, sources said. The initiative is focusing on...
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday asked the taxmen to refrain from physical inspection as it may cause harassment to the taxpayers. He also instructed them to automate the...
British television channel BBC World News was barred on Friday from airing in China, a week after Britain’s media regulator revoked Chinese state television’s licence to broadcast in the United...
Shares of British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company (BATBC) jumped 12.62 per cent to close at Tk 1,700.30 on Thursday following its hefty dividend declaration. The multinational tobacco company saw its...
As many as 1.2 million tonnes of plastic waste were shipped to Bangladesh in three years since 2017, although there is a legal ban on importing any sort of waste...
Group of Seven finance ministers are likely to back a new allocation of the International Monetary Fund’s own currency, or special drawing rights, at an online meeting on Friday to...
The prices of rice and edible oil continued to rise in the city's wholesale and retail markets last week hitting people's pockets. According to trading sources, the prices of common...
The 20-year transport plan for the mega city will be revised in a gap of five years to identify lapses and deviations in executing the proposed options. With this, the...
Three more garment-producing countries have joined the Asian Associations in IAF-STAR Network initiative on manufacturers' payment and delivery terms. On January 12, nine trade bodies from Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Myanmar,...
The insurance regulator on Thursday appointed an administrator at the Delta Life Insurance Company Limited after suspending the company's board of directors for four months amid allegations of financial irregularities....
The government has scrapped the 'on-spot' registration for coronavirus doses to avoid crowd in centres and properly run the vaccination campaign, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said Thursday. "On-spot registration got...
The countrywide Covid-19 vaccination programme on the first day of its launch received a somewhat lukewarm response. But from the third day, the people in greater numbers started taking the...
Apparently there is hardly any connection or similarity between the glacial burst that triggered a disastrous flash flood in Uttarkhand, India and the tar-like colour of water flowing down the...
The Shipbuilding Industry Development Policy-2020 recently approved by the government, though belated, is no doubt a well directed move not only to acknowledge the potential of this unexplored area but...
The outbreak of coronavirus has led many thinkers across the world to delve deep into the multi-faceted crisis facing the world and humanity today. Some of them have come-up with...
WorldFish Bangladesh, a global leader in inland fish production, inaugurated the first-ever specialised PCR-based molecular fish laboratory in Khulna. It opened the private system laboratory, jointly with Fishtech (BD) on Thursday,...
Nobody, even the terminally ill persons, can say exactly when death will strike them. This riddle has been haunting humans since long. The broader medical science has progressed radically, with...
Some 50,000 more homeless and landless families are going to get homes in April as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's gifts in the 'Mujib Year'. Earlier in January, about 70,000 homeless...
On January 27, 2021, the nation-wide vaccination programme began with a senior staff nurse of Kurmitola General Hospital, Runu Veronica Costa. Even though this manifestation of respect is highly admirable,...
On March 26, 2021, Bangladesh will be celebrating 50 years of its independence. The country has come a long way since overcoming the challenges of post-war restructuring and resource management...
As Lebanon grapples with surging coronavirus infections and a financial crisis that has crushed its economy, migrant workers often cannot find the care they need if they test positive. Desperate...
The High Court has ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate allegations of forging bank document in bail plea of MP Salina Islam, wife of MP Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul...
Authorities in India warned on Thursday of rising water levels in a Himalayan river valley hit by a major avalanche as they scaled back a search for 35 construction workers...
বাংলাদেশের উত্তরাঞ্চলীয় জেলা পঞ্চগড়ে সোমবার পাওয়া গেছে বিরল প্রজাতির একটি সাপ। প্রাণী বিশেষজ্ঞরা বলেছেন, বাংলাদেশে প্রথমবারের মত সাপের এই প্রজাতিটি দেখা গেছে এবং পুরো পৃথিবীতেই মাত্র ২০-২২ বারের মত দেখা...
Bangladesh’s electricity import will go up to 9,000 MW by 2041 which will meet 15 per cent of the country’s demand by cross border power trading. State Minister for Power,...
Senators at Donald Trump's second impeachment trial have been shown new dramatic and graphic video of the day his supporters stormed the US Congress. The footage showed police engaging in...
Nkrumah Bonner was making up for lost time with his second successive half-century as West Indies ground out 223-5 against Bangladesh on day one of the second Test on Thursday....
An opposition-ruled Indian state said on Thursday it had asked the federal government to halt the supply of a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine until its efficacy could be proven in an...
Three individuals and three institutions have been selected for the ‘National Environment Medal 2020’ for their outstanding contribution to the development of environment in the country. The nominations were finalised...
ডিজিটাল প্লাটফর্ম এবং অন্যান্য প্রযুক্তি ভিত্তিক যন্ত্রপাতি এশিয়া এবং প্রশান্ত মহাসাগরীয় অঞ্চলের দেশসমূহে সকল ধরনের ব্যবসা বাণিজ্য ও শিল্পকল কারখানায় প্রবৃদ্ধি বৃদ্ধির সুযোগ সৃষ্টি করে দিয়েছে। খবর বাসস-এর। এশীয় উন্নয়ন...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said driving licence issuance will begin in the last week of February. “Printing of the draft of licence has already begun....
Tokyo 2020 organising committee president Yoshiro Mori will resign over his controversial remarks about women, media reports said here on Thursday. Nearly all major Japanese media outlets, including state broadcaster...
Bangladesh has recorded 418 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 539,571. The death toll climbed to 8,248 after nine...
Tech giant Dell Technologies appointed Sonia Bashir Kabir to its Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) CXO Advisory Board recently. A total of 22 members from Asia were selected to join...
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