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The High Court Tuesday stayed a government circular that had restricted students aged under 11 from applying for admission to sixth grade in public high schools, reports UNB. The HC...
As per 2020 Campus Track Survey, bKash, the largest MFS provider in the country, has emerged as the number one ‘Employer of Choice’ among 53 multinational and local companies across...
The discovery of the ruins of old Roman baths during the construction of a major drainage system in the heart of Jordan's capital has posed a dilemma: how to preserve...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) today said no public gathering at open spaces including rooftops will be allowed on the night of December 31 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The DMP asked...
Devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic since March, the robust Indian media fraternity sets to bid farewell 2020 with largest of journo-murders in the world. As the populous country lost over...
At one time, not so long ago, market socialism was a laughable idea, considered almost as an oxymoron. The two words, market socialism, conveyed a classic case of mutual contradiction....
The first study of the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine in Iran began Tuesday, state TV reported, with dozens due to receive the domestically developed shot even as...
A strong earthquake in central Croatia has killed at least one person – a girl, injured many and caused considerable damage to buildings in Petrinja, a town southeast of the...
Disasters fuelled by weather and climate extremes brought “catastrophic results for millions” across rich and poor nations in 2020, causing thousands of deaths and tens of billions of dollars in...
A Japanese company and Kyoto University have joined forces to develop the world's first satellites made out of wood by 2023. Sumitomo Forestry said it has started research on tree...
A total of 50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to the second part of the annual round-up of abusive treatment and violence against journalists, published on Tuesday by...
The European Medicines Authority (EMA) will most likely not be able to approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by drug maker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford in January, the watchdog’s...
Grassroots farmers in Rajshahi are being delighted because they are getting good yield and the lucrative market price of the newly harvested onion everywhere in the region including its vast...
Many women in Bangladesh who have lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic are using Facebook to run their own businesses. But it is not an easy task in a...
The Panama flag carrying ship ‘MV Venus Triumph’ has been anchored successfully at Matarbari deep seaport in Maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar today (Tuesday) for the first time. The ship...
A leader of traders in Gulistan has moved a court for permission to start a case against Mohammad Sayeed Khokon, the former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, and six...
French couturier Pierre Cardin, who made his name by selling designer clothes to the masses, and his fortune by being the first to exploit that name as a brand for...
Bangladesh has planned to go all out with a big carnival with heads of state and government from March 17-26 marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed agreements for $200 million additional loans, including $130 million concessional loan, to improve access to efficient and reliable electricity supply...
The country’s remittance earnings may fall next year as the outflow of workers abroad declined drastically in the current year, projected a RMMRU report. Only 183,682 workers went abroad with...
The government has endorsed the 8th five-year plan (FYP) with a target to boost the country’s economic growth to 8.51 per cent by its terminal fiscal year 2024-25 recovering from...
Bangladesh has logged 1,181 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 511,261. The death toll climbed to 7,509 after...
India's Civil Aviation Minister on Tuesday said the country was likely to extend a ban on flights from Britain that it has imposed in a bid to contain a new...
The government has decided to issue certificates to the eighth-graders without any grade point average (GPA) as this year's Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations were...
Rizwan Rahman, who heads a renowned local conglomerate, has been elected President of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) for 2021. NKA Mobin has been re-elected Senior Vice...
Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) maintained its downward trend of new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday but authorities asked people to be on "high alert" after cases...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the people of the country are now reaping the benefits of democracy as ‘they got back their state power from the cantonment’. "Military...
Stocks extended the winning streak for the fifth straight day on Tuesday as investors remained active on major sectors issues. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went...
The world economy is reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic, but by and large, as data shows, Bangladesh is an exception –the pandemic has the least effect on its economy compared...
As part of the government's initiative to relocate Rohingya to Bhasan Char, 1,134 Rohingyas started their journey to the island by five ships on Tuesday in the second batch. Ships...
Students in Bangladesh got automatically promoted to the next classes in 1971 when the country fought a bloody Liberation War against Pakistan. The government resorted to the automatic promotion option...
The government is planning to hold the Secondary School Certificate or SSC and equivalent examinations in June, followed by HSC exams in July-August. Before the exams, the authorities will formulate...
Tim Southee took his 300th Test wicket as New Zealand closed in on victory over Pakistan in the first Test at Mount Maunganui. Southee claimed 2-15 as Pakistan ended day...
More than 81 million people worldwide have been infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) in one year, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The caseload reached 81,260,603 with...
Experts and officials have made a call for joint efforts to recover rivers from grabbers, and a social movement against the river grabbing in order for a sound and liveable...
The 106th birth anniversary of art maestro Zainul Abedin is being observed today (Tuesday). The creative genius was born on December 29, 1914, in Kishoreganj and went on to become...
M M Haikal Hashmi and M Khurshed Alam have been appointed as the Deputy Managing Directors of Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL). Prior to his appointment, Hashmi was Deputy Managing Director,...
Bangladesh started moving a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, a naval official told Reuters, despite opposition from rights...
India has found six people who returned from Britain in recent weeks infected with a more infectious strain of the coronavirus that has prompted a wave of panic and border...
Thailand announced its first coronavirus death in nearly two months and tightened restrictions on entertainment businesses in its capital on Monday, in a bid to contain an outbreak that has...
Asian shares jumped on Tuesday, with Japanese stocks hitting a 30-year high, as hopes that a long-awaited US pandemic relief package would be expanded and a Brexit trade deal supported...
Milan woke up to a thick blanket of snow on Monday, thrilling children but disrupting anyone trying to get back to work after the strict Christmas lockdown. Masked city workers...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday said it was finalising the first-ever proposed standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes. The EPA said its new requirements for airplanes...
Stocks witnessed upward trend in early trading on Tuesday as investors remained active on major sector issues amid year-end dividend expectations. Meanwhile, Robi’s share continued to rise for the fourth...
A rejuvenated India shorn of Virat Kohli turned the tables on Australia to claim the second test in Melbourne with a rousing eight-wicket victory within four days and breathe life...
The US government on Monday appealed a federal judge’s order that blocked the Commerce Department from imposing restrictions on Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok that would have effectively barred its...
The boards of directors of state-run two more listed companies – Jamuna Oil Company and Eastern Lubricants – have recommended cash dividends for the year ended on June 30, 2020,...
“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin was released from a Dublin, California, prison after completing a two-month sentence for paying bribes to secure spots for her daughters at a top US...
India’s major grain-growing state of Punjab on Monday asked police to crack down on farmers and sympathisers vandalising telecommunication masts as they intensify their weeks-long protests against farm deregulation. Protesters...
Speakers on Monday urged the government to provide “digital cards for farmers” upgrading the current agriculture card to ensure that they get different services easily and in a transparent way....
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