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With four mass rapid transit (MRT) projects in line, the fast-progressing being the metro rail-based MRT-6, Dhaka is preparing to embark on yet another massive project. Following many South Asian...
US President-elect Joe Biden will unveil a long-expected immigration proposal after inauguration to provide a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. As...
The authorities concerned have finalised a plan to arrange the month-long Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela of this year before the holy month of Ramadan, expected to begin from April 12....
Last year, I urgently needed to send BDT 20,000 to one of my relatives for meeting her immediate needs. Remitting from Canada would have taken at least seven days, so...
Millions of young people -- both men and women -- from different low income countries in Asia and Africa have over the past decade taken the courageous step of leaving...
Bangladesh Awami League on Sunday named the members of its International Affairs Subcommittee for2019-2022. AL General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader approved the subcommittee as directed...
Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque on Sunday said the irrigation efficiency would be increased up to 50 per cent by 2030 aiming to expand more cost-effective irrigation facilities for the farmers....
US President Donald Trump will leave office with the lowest approval rating of his presidency, according to a new CNN Poll, with more Americans than ever in support of removing...
The informal economy, comprising activities that have market value and would add to tax revenue and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) if they were recorded, is a globally widespread phenomenon. According...
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tajul Islam on Sunday said the municipal councils would face dissolution for failure in increasing income as the government plans to change...
A Sylhet tribunal on Sunday framed charges against all the eight accused in a case filed over the gang-rape of a newly-wed woman at Sylhet's MC College hostel in September...
Denouncing the killing of its councillor-elect in Saturday’s Sirajganj municipal polls, BNP on Sunday alleged that the Awami League has turned Bangladesh into a "death valley" as justice has disappeared...
Austria will extend its COVID-19 lockdown, with the goal to start easing restrictions from Feb. 8, the government said on Sunday. The catering sector and tourism will not be able...
At least 48 people died and 97 people were injured in a militia attack in Sudan's West Darfur state on Saturday, Sudan's state news agency SUNA said, citing a local...
England needs 36 runs on the final day to win the first Test against Sri Lanka despite losing three wickets in a chaotic end to the fourth day in Galle....
Facebook Inc has banned advertisements for weapon accessories and protective equipment in the United States with immediate effect until at least two days after US President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on...
Paceman Josh Hazlewood offered no excuses for Australia’s laboured display in the field on third of the fourth test against India after the hosts’ vaunted attack was humbled by Washington...
Ice cream has been found to have been contaminated with COVID-19 in China after three samples tested positive for the virus. Anti-epidemic authorities in north China's Tianjin Municipality are tracing...
The company that bought the ammonium nitrate which exploded in Beirut last August had possible links to two Syrian businessmen under U.S. sanctions for ties to President Bashar al-Assad, according...
A case has been started in Noakhali over another incident in Noakhali in which a group of men stripped a woman naked and assaulted her after breaking into her home,...
Bangladesh witnessed an alarmingly high incidence of cancer with a massive rise in both deaths and cases in 2020. At least 108,990 cancer deaths were recorded in the year while...
Land Secretary Md Mustafizur Rahman said that the hearing of e-mutation and miss cases through video conference will start soon, according to a press release. This will make it easier...
In a recent interview with DW, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen said that authorities in Dhaka could provide legal documents to some of the Rohingya that live in...
Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Issa bin Youssef Al-Duhailan on Sunday said the government of Saudi Arabia is considering those Rohingya people are living in Saudi Arabia with Bangladeshi passports as...
The government has announced two more stimulus packages worth Tk 27 billion to help small, medium and cottage industries and expand social safety coverage. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved...
Bangladeshi drugmaker Globe Biotech Limited has applied for approval to begin clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate 'Bangavax'. It submitted the ethical clearance application to Bangladesh Medical Research Council...
Turkish communication and messaging app, BiP placed at the top of the users' list in Bangladesh in the wake of concerns about new privacy on WhatsApp. MobileAction, one of the...
India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive hit a bump on the first day due to glitches in an app called Co-Win that is being used to coordinate the campaign, according to several...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged all concerned to make more films on the Liberation War as generation after generation could know the real history of Bangladesh’s emergence as...
Bangladesh has recorded 23 deaths and 569 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 527,632. The death toll climbed to...
On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh’s independence, the national cricket team will wear a special jersey designed based on the idea of the national flag, the war...
A Dhaka court has sentenced three people to death for killing a woman and her son in Kakrail in 2017. Dhaka's Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Rabiul Alam pronounced the...
Stocks ended lower on Sunday, after a single-day break, as risk-averse investors booked profits on quick-gaining stocks. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by...
Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution, or BSTI, has moved to lower the specification of petrol allowing local use of dirtier fuel that threatens environment and engines of motor vehicles. The...
Some parts of the country are likely to witness rainfall this week, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). Rain activity is likely at the end period of 72 hours starting...
Tax has been collected from undisclosed assets for the first time in Magura. In 2020, a total of 72 clients paid tax on their undisclosed assets and the tax amount...
It seems only yesterday when almost every New Year’s Eve party in Bangladesh had PSY's Gangnam Style playing at full volume. But if asked what the famous catchphrase ‘OppaGangnam style’...
Bangladesh is set to lose Tk 6.0 billion in export revenue as export of live crab and eel fish to China has remained halted for more than six months, industry...
Italy forecasts its debt to soar to a new post-war record level of 158.5 per cent of gross domestic output (GDP) this year, surpassing the 155.6 per cent goal it...
The build-up to next month’s Australian Open was thrown into disarray on Saturday when 47 players were forced into two weeks of strict hotel quarantine after coronavirus infections were reported...
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has come forward with a US$47 million credit line to support the country's small and medium enterprises (SMEs), hit hard by the pandemic, but abandoned...
At least 73 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province on Friday, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday, the latest in a string...
A team of climbers from Nepal on Saturday become the first mountaineers to successfully complete a winter attempt on the summit of K2, the world’s second tallest peak. The group...
Brazil’s government will not seek to bar Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from 5G network auctions slated for June this year, newspaper Estado de S. Paulo reported...
NASA’s deep space exploration rocket built by Boeing briefly ignited all four engines of its behemoth core stage for the first time on Saturday, cutting short a crucial test to...
Stocks on both the bourses witnessed an upward trend in the early trading on Sunday amid rising trading activities as investors were putting fresh bets on the market amid high...
GM Ziaur Rahman Zia of SAIF Sporting Club emerged as unbeaten champion in the Mujib Birth Centenary Invitational FIDE Rating Chess tournament that concluded on Saturday at Bangladesh Chess Federation...
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has taken a move to amend the rules of the now-defunct Motor Vehicle Ordinance (MVO) by incorporating a provision in it for the registration of...
Country's stock market does need the listing big companies with strong fundamentals to help deepen and widen its base and reduce speculation-based trading, speakers told a webinar on Saturday. They...
The IPO subscription of Desh General Insurance will open on February 14, aiming to raise Tk 160 million under the fixed price method. The company’s initial public offering (IPO) subscription...
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