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The rusting hulks of thousands of old cars brought into Gaza from Israel decades ago have long been piled up in Mad Max-style wastelands of decaying metal that scar the...
Surrounded by lipstick and eye-shadow, Aisha Quashie brushes her cheek with foundation as she mirrors makeup artist Laura Hunt thousands of miles away in London. The 39-year-old, who finished treatment...
Stocks opened on a positive note on Thursday as bargain hunters showed their appetite on sector-wise issues. Following the previous day’s marginal gain, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the...
A German veterinary clinic has trained sniffer dogs to detect the novel coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94 per cent accuracy. The dogs are conditioned to scent out the...
Hollywood period drama “Mank” led a list of Golden Globe nominations on Wednesday that were strong on diversity and dominated by Netflix in a reflection of the upheaval wrought by...
Diane von Furstenberg was working on a new book, “Own It: The Secret to Life,” when the pandemic began. Suddenly, the fashion designer’s words of wisdom and advice, due to...
A Satkhira court on Thursday sentenced former BNP MP Habibul Islam Habib and two others to 10 years imprisonment in a case filed over the 2002 attack on Awami League...
Wearing face masks and red ribbons on their blue protective gowns, the group of Yangon medics raised three-finger salutes in a gesture of support for Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined people across the United Kingdom on Wednesday in clapping outside their front doors in a tribute to Captain Tom Moore, the centenarian who touched the...
Bank of America Corp has said that it would invest $15 billion in affordable housing initiatives over the next five years, tripling its commitment as a booming mortgage market caused...
Spotify on Wednesday forecast that revenue and paid subscribers would miss Wall Street estimates this quarter due to uncertainty over how long the coronavirus crisis would last and with it...
Ant Group Co has agreed a restructuring plan with Chinese regulators under which the fintech giant will become a financial holding company, a person with direct knowledge of the matter...
The vast majority of US small businesses took a hit to their revenue last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, with minority-owned businesses struggling the most and worrying more about...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged on Wednesday to mobilise enough international pressure on Myanmar’s military “to make sure that this coup fails” as the UN Security Council tries to...
Down by two goals with two minutes left, Barcelona finally showed the character of a champion again. Lionel Messi helped set up two late goals to force extra time, and...
Canada named the far-right Proud Boys a terrorist entity on Wednesday, saying it posed an active security threat and played a “pivotal role” in last month’s attack on the US...
Half of Afghans need humanitarian aid but rising violence is preventing deliveries, a senior European Union humanitarian official has said, reiterating calls for a ceasefire between the Afghan government and...
Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) officials on Tuesday fined 48 businesses in 17 districts Tk 0.448 million for violating consumer rights. Among the businesses, several eateries in the...
The Baraka Patenga Power Limited (BPPL) will utilize part of its initial public offering (IPO) proceeds of Tk 1.44 billion (144.34 crore) to invest in two of its power generating...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has decided to issue new TREC (Trading Right Entitlement Certificate) for conducting trading activities in the capital market. The premier bourse on Tuesday took the decision...
The government signed a deal on Wednesday with Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) for capacity building of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA). BFSA and JICA signed the agreement for technical...
The government has decided not to impose any immediate ban on import of poultry products as proposed by different state agencies concerned to prevent possible spread of bird flu in...
Petrobangla has sought fiscal support worth around Tk 23 billion to foot ballooning bills, including purchase of LNG (liquefied natural gas) during the first half of the current fiscal year....
The joint platform meeting of Bangladesh and Japan is scheduled to be held virtually on February 24, nearly after two years, according to sources. The meeting is expected to focus...
Rice production has largely become a losing agro-venture for the country's peasantry for the past two and a half decades, according to a latest official study. Real effective prices of...
The eigth death anniversary Dr Khashruzzaman Choudhury, a freedom fighter and Swadhinata Padak (Independence Medal) recipient, will be observed today (February 4). A member of the erstwhile Civil Service of...
The securities regulator has formed a two-member committee on Wednesday to probe into the role of market operators behind the unusual price hike of shares of the newly-listed companies, observed...
The government has selected 31 industries and services-oriented organisations for National Productivity and Quality Excellent Award-2019 for their outstanding contribution to productivity, job creation and quality development of goods and...
The apparel trade group has moved to develop insolvency or exit policy framework in order to salvage the industry battered by the pandemic. The objective of the framework is to...
Chittagong University Human Resource Club (CUHRC), an extra-curricular organisation affiliated with the human resource management department of CU, took a social welfare initiative on January 16 and continued till January...
What does it take to be number one? A recent survey by Fast Company suggests that the answer could be a well-lined bookshelf. In fact, the average number of books...
Almost every university has clubs and welcomes students to be part of it. Clubs help them to gain knowledge, skills and experience in leadership, communication, problem- solving, group development, management...
There is no need of expressing in words how the Covid-19 pandemic has altered the way of life. Although most sectors have brought their normal operations back, educational institutions remain...
Although the death from drinking liquor is nothing new in this part of the world, the number of such casualties reported from as diverse backgrounds as Gulshan's bar/restaurants, Gazipur's holiday...
There is a growing concern that Covid-19 will stay for quite a while, and therefore, we need to explore innovative ways to cope with the 'new normal' realities. More and...
Hollywood period drama “Mank” got a leading six nominations on Wednesday for the 2021 Golden Globe awards in film, while television shows “The Crown” and “The Mandalorian” will be among...
With flowers and lights, Britain paid tribute on Wednesday to Captain Tom Moore, 100, who touched the hearts of millions by offering a simple message of hope and self-sacrifice during...
The latest ranking of Bangladesh in the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) prepared by Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) has dropped during 2019-20. According to the latest CPI report,...
Growth plunged to an over 10-year low in FY 2020 (July 2019-June 2020), amid unprecedented contractions in merchandise exports, industrial production and remittances due to Covid-19 in Q4. Turning to...
India's Serum Institute will supply 1.1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax to the COVAX vaccine scheme as part of a new long-term deal, the head...
The rate of inflation declined to 5.02 per cent in January from 5.29 per cent in the previous month (December). “The general point-to-point inflation rate eased to 5.02 per cent...
The nation will celebrate the National Library Day 2021 on Friday (February 5, 2021). The theme of the day is 'library in ever house is the pledge of the Mujib...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Tungipara in Gopalganj on March 26 to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “It’s his (Modi)...
Tencent Holdings Ltd on Wednesday named 37 companies it had blacklisted from future contracts and said it has fired more than 100 staff over embezzlement and bribery incidents. Tencent, China’s...
180 life jackets were distributed among the fishermen (skippers) in Cox's Bazar to save them from any drowning incidents on Tuesday in the conference room of the district fisheries officer,...
Bangladesh neither condemns the military rule in Myanmar nor it demands the release of Aung San Su Kyi, who has been detained by the military since Drifay’s coup. Explaining the...
Figures for the doses of COVID-19 vaccines being allocated mainly to 92 low- and middle-income countries by June from the international COVAX scheme will be published on Wednesday, agencies said....
AstraZeneca and University of Oxford aim to produce the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines that will ensure protection against variants as soon as the autumn, a senior executive at the...
There's a crib in President Joe Biden's White House. Upstairs in the family residence, the bed is set for the president's youngest grandchild, Beau Biden Jr. The baby was born...
The government has turned down a proposal to import 100,000 metric tonnes of rice from Myanmar due to the current situation in the neighbouring nation. The Cabinet Committee on Public...
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