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Veteran Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has received the honour of a spot in Wisden’s Teenage Riot Test XI - A team of greats who started young. In a year-ending report,...
Germany is likely to extend a national lockdown beyond January 10 to curb coronavirus infection rates that are still running high and putting huge strains on hospitals and health workers,...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said they have no displeasure against the countries which abstained from voting in the UN resolution and voted against it saying it...
Covid 19 has had the greatest impact on schools and education than any other event in recent history. Overnight, schools around the world had to shift en masse to online-learning....
Bangladesh has recorded 835 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 516,019, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll climbed to...
The schedule for Australia's Test series against India was under threat again on Sunday after reports the tourists were unhappy at the prospect of re-entering strict quarantine for the fourth...
The central bank has extended the deadline for execution of the stimulus package for the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) by more three months. Under the revised deadline,...
Some 464 people were killed and 513 others injured in road accidents in December 2020 across the country. During the period, a total of 402 road accidents occurred where the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the police personnel to stop cybercrimes alongside money laundering, human trafficking, terrorism, militancy, abuse of drugs, gangster culture and repression on women and...
Stocks soared on Sunday, the maiden session of 2021, with the core index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) exceeded 5,600-mark, as investors reacted positively to the series of market supportive...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry is going to organise a virtual business-to-business (B2B) meet styled “DCCI Business Conclave-2020” on January 5-7. The three-day conclave, the first of such gathering,...
Prices of winter vegetables have plummeted in Rajshahi, causing worries among vegetable farmers in the district. According to farmers, some of them got satisfactory prices of winter vegetables during the...
A huge fire that broke out at an electronic goods manufacturing factory in Narayanganj's Sonargaon area was doused. The fire originated at about 10:50am at the Konka Electronics factory at...
At least seven people were killed after a bus hit an auto-rickshaw at Gachtala area in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh on Sunday. The identities of the deceased could not be...
Foreign or non-resident investment in debt securities of Bangladesh market increased in the last fiscal year while declined in equity securities in the last fiscal year. Bangladesh Bank unveiled the...
The government has extended deadlines for four mega projects – Padma Bridge, Metro Rail, Karnaphuli Tunnel and Dhaka Elevated Expressway – for another six months until June next year. Road...
India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency-use of two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and the other by local company Bharat Biotech....
Saudi Arabia said that entry to the kingdom by sea, land and air will be resumed starting Sunday after a ban that lasted two weeks amid fears of a new...
The government has deposited over Tk 6 billion to make an advance payment to Serum Institute of India for the purchase of 30 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against...
The government is expected to make public the details of the Bangabandhu-2 satellite, including its type and utilities, by April, reports bdnews24.com. A consulting firm will begin working on finalising...
A female student of the Department of Law and Land Management at the Islamic University reportedly took her own life at Adarshapara area in Jhenaidah sadar upazila on Saturday evening....
Stocks witnessed a steep rise in the early trading on Sunday, the first trading day of 2021, as investors are putting a fresh bet on the market amid high hopes...
The IBN Sina Pharmaceutical Industry has decided to form a subsidiary company named --The IBN Sina Natural Medicine--with a paid-up capital of Tk 120 million. The board of directors has...
US Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday said he will spearhead a drive by nearly a dozen Republican senators to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when Electoral College results are tallied...
Pope Francis has hailed fellow Argentine Diego Maradona as a “poet” on the pitch, but also acknowledged his frailty away from the sport. In a wide-ranging interview with Italian sports...
Digital currency Bitcoin extended its record-smashing rally on Saturday, beginning the year with a surge over $30,000 for the first time, with ever more traders and investors betting that it...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged US President Donald Trump on Saturday not to be “trapped” by an alleged Israeli plan to provoke a war through attacks on US...
Three companies - Taufika Foods & Agro Industries, eGeneration and Lub-rref (Bangladesh) - will raise a total of Tk 1.95 billion from the capital market through IPOs in January. The...
The Padma Bridge Rail Link project authority plans to resume the construction work on the faulty piers of elevated rail track after getting the final design on the concept of...
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Saturday took out 74 tonnes of solid waste from five drainage pits of the Panthapath box culvert on the first day of cleaning drive of...
Concerted government efforts backed by political will are required to prevent money laundering and bringing discipline in the financial sector, Professor Mustafizur Rahman, distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy...
The apex body of tea producers has requested the government to provide a 20 per cent subsidy, in addition to the existing export incentive facility to the tea sector, with...
The government has kept almost all oil-fired power plants shut and import of expensive LNG to a minimum to reduce energy procurement costs owing to lower winter demand and sluggish...
The 75th United Nations General Assembly has adopted its resolution on the human rights situation of the Rohingya and other minority groups in Myanmar, with nine countries changing their stance...
Last Thursday, the government did what was long overdue. It stripped the Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) of its authority over the city's 26 canals and 10 kilometres of...
Bangladesh national cricket team is all set to start gearing up from next week for the home series against West Indies, which will begin with three-match ODI competition. Mashrafe Bin...
The government has prepared a masterplan and necessary guidelines for the country’s biggest-ever vaccination programme to vaccinate millions of people across the country in early 2021 to control COVID-19. The...
One branch manager of a bank who used to be a junior colleague of mine was suddenly withdrawn from duty on allegation of missing cash from the vault which was...
Millennium Information Solution Limited (MISL), a software company for Islamic banking and finance in Bangladesh, has won the ‘Technology Provider of the Year’ GOLD Award. The award was announced at...
It was rather a very quick dash just before the end of the transition period for the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU). Both parties finally have...
Despite a recent claim of the government that Dhaka will be transformed into a modern and liveable city, the proposed Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for the capital is facing severe...
Brushing aside some quarters' knee-jerk reaction to the relocation of 100,000 Rohingya refugees to Bhashan Char, the first batch of them reached the island in the Bay of Bengal in...
A suicide bombing in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday killed five people including two Turks, the Turkish health minister said. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the...
Each shot of COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Bangladesh at a cost of around Tk 425, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Saturday. "The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be available...
India’s federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir plans to attract investments worth up to $4.0 billion in the next two to three years and would provide security to businesses setting...
Five India cricketers were placed in isolation while the Australian and Indian cricket boards investigate allegations of breach of biosecurity protocols after a video surfaced showing the players eating at...
Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was arrested on Saturday in Pakistan on terror financing charges, an official said. Lakhvi, who was on bail since 2015...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Saturday appointed singer-songwriter and actor Tahsan Khan as its first goodwill ambassador for Bangladesh. Tahsan will join a global team of 30 UNHCR goodwill...
Thai health authorities on Saturday recommended tougher restrictions on businesses and people's movement in 28 provinces, including the capital Bangkok, as the number of new coronavirus cases rises, reports Reuters....
Though the government initiated two projects for diversification of two sugar mills at a cost the of Tk 8000 million seven years ago, no development is noticed showing sheer callousness...
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