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Paban Chowdhury, executive chairman of BEZA, hands over 30 acres of land to Rupali Chowdhury, managing director (MD) of the Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited, at a ceremony held at the...
Automakers around the world are shutting assembly lines because of a global shortage of semiconductors that in some cases has been exacerbated by the Trump administration’s actions against key Chinese...
The government will create a comprehensive database of overseas jobseekers with a view to reducing interference of middlemen in the recruitment process, officials said. To this end, Bureau of Manpower...
He came, he sawed, he conquered. One hundred years ago on Sunday, illusionist P.T. Selbit put a woman in a box on the stage of London’s Finsbury Park Empire and...
The A-list is back. How A-list? Try Lady Gaga and J. Lo. Inauguration officials announced on Thursday that the glittery duo would appear in person on Jan 20, with Gaga...
Dhaka bourse closed the week setting a milestone in market capital capitalisation riding on investors' enthusiastic participation in large cap sectors. Following the price appreciation witnessed by majority number of...
Two Bangladeshi private banks have secured the second and third place in the best new Islamic banks for 2020, according to a Malaysian poll. The poll conducted by Islamic Finance...
Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) is getting its longstanding dues amounting to Tk 63.9 million from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), a state-run mobile network provider of India, this...
Edible oil and sugar became dearer last week increasing sufferings of the consumers, especially the commoners, who had already been hit hard by price hikes of other essentials. Prices of...
The annual development programme (ADP) is likely to be revised soon with a significant cut due to poor project execution by the ministries and agencies in the first half of...
Prices of the top 20 local ready-made garment (RMG) items declined in 2020 due to a fall in global demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic, exporters said. The items comprising 12...
With the new customs rules becoming effective late last year, India has now started seeking different types of documents from the Bangladeshi exporters and authorities in the name of checking...
It was 2:00 AM and a rather massive, loud sound startled us from our deep sleep. First, we thought it was a bomb, then we realised after a few more...
Like many other countries, Bangladesh is also putting much effort into rolling out a vaccine to intensify the fight against deadly coronavirus. The government has already arranged to get 30...
The sporadic incidents of far-right lone wolves attacking immigrants, or members of the minority groups in the Western countries are apt to give one the impression that such extremists do...
The repair and maintenance work for a large number of smaller physical infrastructures spread across the country is facing serious hurdles. The reason is the government body that looks after...
Having spent almost a year with the novel Coronavirus, the new year brings forth a beacon of hope with the advent of vaccines, setting aside the associated implementation challenges. It...
US pharmaceutical company Pfizer confirmed Friday it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to 2.0 billion doses per year. "This temporary...
At least 23 people who received the COVID-19 vaccine developed by US firm Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech have died in Norway, with 13 of the fatalities linked to the vaccine's...
FC Barcelona has postponed its presidential election originally scheduled for Jan. 24 due to a spike in coronavirus cases in the region of Catalonia, the Catalan government said on Friday....
As US President Donald Trump's supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armour trudged purposefully up...
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, announced the resignation of his government on Friday, accepting responsibility for years of mismanagement of childcare subsidies, which wrongfully drove thousands of...
England Captain Joe Root scored an unbeaten 168 as England built a substantial lead over Sri Lanka on Friday, the second day of the first Test in Galle. Debutant Dan...
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said new evidence had emerged in the past year that “crimes against humanity - and possibly genocide - are occurring” in Xinjiang. It also...
The origins of the brutality documented in all its ugliness last week - an Israeli soldier shooting an unarmed Palestinian who was trying to protect the electric generator he needs...
The incoming Biden administration is under tremendous pressure to demonstrate better US economic management. Trade negotiations normally take years to conclude, if at all. Unsurprisingly, lobbyists are already urging the...
A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13,000km Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to reach Australia. Now authorities consider the bird a quarantine risk and plan to kill...
A Pakistan International Airlines plane has been held back by Malaysian authorities due to a British court case over the jet's lease, the airline said on Friday, adding it would...
At least 46 civilians are reported to have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior provincial official...
Trent Copeland bowled a straight-to-the-stump delivery to Sri Lankan opener Tharanga Paranavitana, which touched his pad, seemed like a strong contender for an LBW (leg before wicket). As the umpire,...
Bangladesh has suspended import of animal, chicken, duck, egg or chicks from all countries after India reported an outbreak of bird flu. “We are being cautious to prevent the spread...
People across the world are generally likely to say yes to getting a COVID-19 vaccine, but would be more distrustful of shots made in China or Russia than those developed...
Nepal on Friday gave approval for AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the country. "Conditional permission has been granted for emergency use authorisation of COVISHIELD vaccine against Covid-19...
The Pentagon on Thursday added Xiaomi Corporation and eight other firms to the list of companies with alleged ties to the Chinese military in line with an executive order signed...
Bangladeshi and Italian police have arrested two fugitives with alleged ties to human trafficking and the killing of migrants in Libya. Shahadat Hossain, 29, was arrested at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal...
The hustle and bustle of everyday life in Kurigram came to a halt on Friday as a mild cold wave swept across the district. Subal Chandra Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Kurigram...
New cases in China are at 10-month highs, prompting the lockdown of 28 million people in two provinces, disrupting logistics and industrial activity, with millions expected to scrap holiday travel...
The government has extended the shutdown of schools and other educational institutions, except for Kawmi madrasas, to January 30 as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. The education ministry announced the...
Marnus Labuschagne’s century has piloted his side to 274-5 at stumps on day one of the series-deciding fourth Test in Brisbane, where India’s unheralded attack exposed Australia’s early lack of...
Bangladesh has registered 13 new deaths from the coronavirus, the lowest daily count in eight months, taking the death toll so far to 7,862. The tally of infections climbed to...
Food has become so expensive in Turkey that some people are spending what money they have to stock up on rice and pasta to avoid swallowing even higher prices in...
US President-elect Joe Biden’s proposal to pour $1.9 trillion into a hobbled economy could lay the foundation for a surge in jobs and spending that many economists say is needed...
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on Friday, with the meteorological agency warning of aftershocks, possibly strong enough to trigger a...
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) witnessed a marginal fall in cases filed and fines realised for violating traffic rules in the month of December 2020 compared to that of November...
US President-elect Joe Biden must place environmental justice at the heart of his plans to tackle climate change by tailoring policies to address the global inequalities at the root of...
“We are going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue,” President Donald Trump exhorted his screaming supporters before they marched on the US Capitol last week, saying he’d go with them. He...
After a three-day in-room quarantine upon their arrival in Bangladesh, the West Indies started practice ahead of the three-match ODI and two-match Test series against the hosts. The visitors were...
Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) has set a target to earn Tk 10 million- 15 million in revenue per year from the newly-launched deluxe rooftop restaurant at its new complex at...
The outgoing Trump administration said on Thursday it was issuing new rules that would allow manufacturers of automated vehicles to bypass some crash standards required of conventional vehicles, which would...
At a time when the women in countries like Bangladesh are proving their worth joining almost every field in society, it seems, professional atmosphere suits only the ones who have...
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