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The number of prisoners as of January 29, 2021, stood at 82,345, according to the Department of Prisons under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Of the prisoners, 17,128 are convicts...
The government has extended the closure of all educational institutions except Qawmi madrasas until February 14 due to Covid-19 situation in the country, according to an education ministry statement issued...
In a temple on the outskirts of Bangkok, participants at a daily ritual clutch a bunch of flowers and lie down in a coffin with a sheet pulled over them...
Conservationists in England are looking for the country’s first-ever rangers to look after European bison, Europe’s largest land mammal, which is being introduced to Kent more than 15,000 years after...
Two customers sued Robinhood Financial on Thursday over the online brokerage’s trading ban in GameStop and other high-flying stocks caught up in a retail buying frenzy that forced some prominent...
Mastercard Inc has signaled a near-term rebound in business as it expects an uptick in travel due to easing lockdowns and improved Covid-19 vaccination efforts, after the credit-card giant beat...
Demand to invest in funds which focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues jumped in 2020, driving assets under management up 29 per cent in the fourth quarter to...
The clash between retail traders and Wall Street professionals that sparked roller coaster rides in the shares of GameStop Corp may pose a risk to dozens of other stocks and...
Actress Cicely Tyson, who specialized in portraying strong Black women caught up in life’s struggles during a 60-year career that earned her three Emmys and a Tony Award, died on...
Facebook took down a popular Wall Street discussion group, Robinhood Stock Traders, in a move that its founder on Thursday described as backlash for conversations buoying shares of GameStop Corp...
Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Thursday criticised polarisation and misinformation on social media, intensifying a conflict between the iPhone maker and Facebook. In remarks delivered at the Computers,...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he hopes there will be a “reset” in US-China relations, acknowledging that while the countries had “different views” on human rights, they should...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in “complete shock”, lawyers said. US...
Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp overtook Germany’s Volkswagen in vehicle sales last year, regaining pole position as the world’s top selling automaker for the first time in five years as the...
Speakers at an international webinar have stressed the need for diversifying the country's export basket and focusing on bilateral free trade agreements to address the challenges of the post-Covid global...
The Power Division has not yet tabled detailed documents on latest status of the country's all 23 coal-fired power plant projects to the Prime Minister (PM) to fix the fate...
The Bangladesh Bridges Authority (BBA) has planned to do a further feasibility study on the country's proposed longest bridge on the Tentulia in Barisal division. A cabinet committee has not...
Rice and sugar prices showed a hike last week increasing the sufferings of the consumers, especially the low-income segment of the society. Prices of coarse and medium qualities of rice,...
A scheduled liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment failure of Oman Trading International (OTI) aggravated the winter-time crisis of natural gas supply across the country over the past couple of weeks....
As many as 541 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in five hospitals in Dhaka on Thursday after 26 people were inoculated on the first day of the mass...
Usage of technology in every sphere of life is in the core of 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). The financial sector is at the forefront of 4IR globally and Bangladesh is...
The University of Dhaka has demoted Samia Rahman, a teacher of mass communication and journalism, from associate professor to assistant professor for stealing content in her research, reports bdnews24.com. The...
"The vaccines are here!"-the cry heard and welcomed the world over-has boosted hopes of a global economic recovery in 2021. Yet until vaccines are widely available, the market rally and...
Imports from abroad need payment settlement in currency other than in local currency. Countries having international currencies can import in their own currencies. US Dollars, Euro and some others have...
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in "complete shock", lawyers said....
It is heartening to learn that the government is going to undertake a Tk4.28 billion project to create opportunities for women entrepreneurship, which in turn is likely to open up...
Bangladesh's GDP growth estimates have always been an enigma. Higher growth figures have always allured the people who are at the helm of the statecraft. Many others do appreciate the...
The findings by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) have not shed any new light but only confirmed the popular perception that business malpractices and a lack of government intervention...
On the second day of coronavirus vaccination in Bangladesh, two state ministers along with several other VIPs of the country received shots. They said different quarters of society are spreading...
The High Court on Thursday wanted to know from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) what steps had been taken or whether any step had been taken against the 17 CBA leaders...
With the advent of the 20th century, 1913 to be precise, Rabindranath Tagore might not have drawn the attention of the Nobel Committee members. Thanks to an auspicious position of...
A criminal court in Kuwait has sentenced Bangladeshi MP Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul to four years in jail for trafficking human and laundering money. Judge Abdullah Al Osman delivered...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated Bangladesh's friendship-based foreign policy and renewed calls for the repatriation of the forcibly-displace Rohingya people through discussions with neighbouring Myanmar. Hasina made the remarks...
Bangladesh on Thursday urged India to show flexibilities in the visa regime and address the difference in overstay fine structures applied by India. The request was made during the second...
More than 39 billion children across the world missed their in-school meals since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released on Thursday by the UNICEF...
The deep divisions roiling the US Republican Party came into clear focus this week in controversies about Representatives Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene - two politicians with little in...
The government is going to take a project for providing skill training to 330,000 youth at upazila-level across the country, said State Minister for Youth and Sports Md Zahid Ahsan...
Bangladesh has logged 509 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 533,953. The death toll climbed to 8,087 after 15...
Being asked to enlist the best years of our lives, 2020 does not seem to have any chance to make it to most of our lists. While it was a...
Stocks finished marginally higher for the two consecutive sessions on Thursday as the stock market regulator relaxed its directive on margin loans for more four months. The Bangladesh Securities and...
As inventor Tony Stark, Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. transformed into superhero Iron Man. Now the Oscar nominee is taking action against environmental threats to the planet. Downey is looking...
Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen reached New Delhi on Thursday to attend Bangladesh and India foreign office consultations (FOC) on Friday. During his meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh V...
IOC President Thomas Bach has said the International Olympic Committee was fully committed to the successful organisation of the Tokyo Summer Olympics this year, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Though much...
The High Court has scrapped the sentence of Md Kamrul Islam, who was wrongly accused and sentenced to 15 years in prison for forgery of an SSC exam certificate on...
Greek scientists on the volcanic island of Lesbos say they have found a rare fossilised tree whose branches and roots are still intact after 20 million years. The tree was...
The US State Department is reviewing a Trump administration determination that China has committed genocide by repressing Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region to make sure that it sticks, President...
A line of tractors stood ready at dawn on Tuesday to move out of a protest site near New Delhi where thousands of farmers had been camping for the last...
Google is reviving plans to launch its own news website in Australia within weeks, according to a local media outlet contracted to provide articles for the venture, as the search...
Antony Blinken began his first full day as US secretary of state on Wednesday promising to repair ties with global partners and show the world that America can lead, while...
Bangladesh’s huge export-oriented readymade garment industry is fighting for its survival after fresh coronavirus curbs in Europe and North America shrivelled already-weakened order books, industry leaders said. The government told...
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